I'm going to cover two things today, the first of which is the All Projects view. If you're like me, you have a lot of projects in your Aperture library, and sometimes it's tough to remember exactly what is in each one. The All Projects view is a great way to remember, without having to open the project up, so that you can quickly find the project you're looking for.

To see this view, open up the Library group in the top of the Projects pane, and select All Projects. On the right, you will see square views with images from each project. As you move your mouse over each image, Aperture will show you the date range for the images in the project, how many images are in it, and, as you move your mouse across the image, it'll show you a different image within the project. If you double-click on a project, Aperture will open it up.

By default, Aperture shows the earliest image in the project as the thumbnail. There are two ways to pick a specific image, instead. From within a project. select the image you want to be the key image and choose Images > Make Key Photo. Alternatively, from within the All Projects view, as your move your mouse across the thumbnail, press the Space key when you find an appropriate image. Aperture will make that image be the key image.

If you control-click on a project's icon, you'll see a few more options, including changing the project's sort order so that you can scrub from the oldest image to the newest.

The second topic for today is a new application for iPhone and iPod Touch called FlipBook. FlipBook is a very cool little application that lets you animate on your phone. It also has some of the best drawing tools of any iPhone app, from customizable brush sizes to an eraser to layered drawing; it's great for drawing just one frame, too. I have to admit I'm a bit biased since I wrote FlipBook.

Why am I writing about it here? Well, sometimes you want to present a group of images to a client and annotate the images. Right now, that's a bit of a pain and there's no "one true way" of doing this. One of the things you can do in FlipBook is to import an image from your photo album onto a frame (which is also useful for making stop motion movies).

A really neat way to present images to your clients is to load your images onto your phone, make a new flipbook, put a photo on each frame (making as many frames as you need), and then make a blank layer on top. When talking to your client, you can scribble on the blank layer and erase as needed without affecting the image. It's a great way to take notes right on top of your images, no paper required. When you're done, you can add the image with the notes to your photo library or upload it as a private movie (one that only you can see) to the companion website, flipbook.tv. Useful, eh!