An Aperture 3 "Photo Preview" explanation appreciated.

As I have plenty of free disk storage I would like to set “Photo Preview” to yield the best possible quality and size. (The resolution of my monitor is 1260 X 1440)
I would appreciate an explanation of the choices of the Fit Within figures such as “Don’t limit”, “Fit within 2560 X 2560”, Fit within 1920 X 1920” etc.
My aim is to show my photos onscreen to their best advantage as well as sometimes using them for emailing to friends or creating slide shows for emailing to friends.
Are my current settings right for my purposes?
Photo Preview “Don’t limit”
Photo Preview Quality 10
Cliff

Hi Cliff. Sounds like you got this figured out already .
The Preview file that Aperture creates and keeps is a JPG rendering of the Image. In general it is a big thumbnail. The Preview is used:
- as a placeholder while the Original+Version is rendered (this is done "live" -- Aperture does not keep these files from session to session).
- when in in Quick Preview mode (the Preview is used in place of the fully-rendered Image in order to speed processing when culling or working with metadata).
- when you drag an Image from Aperture to another program.
- when the Originals are off-line (e.g.: if you have put your Image's Originals on an external drive and that drive is not mounted).
- in Slideshows (but if you create a Slideshow and the Previews don't exist, Aperture will create them).
- and probably a few I forgot.
The Preview can also be used as a some insurance against total loss: if you lose your Image's Originals but still have the full Library, the Library will have the Previews.
You should set your Preview size (and existence) based on your needs. I keep Previews of every Image, at the resolution of my monitor, at compression level 10. If you truly want "best quality" and maximum size, you should set yours to "Don't limit" and "12". The difference between 12 and 10 is going to be a lot of bytes, and probably no perceptible change in quality. The size you select is straight-forward, with a direct relationship between size and storage requirements.
Note that you can delete and re-render Previews at any time. I have found it much easier to "set it and forget it" -- but I am willing to provide the storage space needed and prefer the performance of a Library with a full set of Previews.
I suspect you've see it, but the User Manual page on Previews is here.
Message was edited by: Kirby Krieger -- link added, minor other additions.

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