Aperture's crop a little disappointing

I recently switched from iPhoto to Aperture, and wow are there a lot of features. It's actually a little intimidating. But anyway, I use this software on my MacBook Pro. With iPhoto, if I wanted to crop an image, I would pinch or expand my fingers vertically and horizontally to crop a picture. It was a huge convenience. In Aperture, I can't (or at least haven't found a way) to do this. Is there a way to make the Aperture crop work like iPhoto's?

Sovelin,
I don't have a multi-touch trackpad, so I am unable to use the function, but Aperture 3 indicates you can use the "pinch" in crop mode.
[http://documentation.apple.com/en/aperture/usermanual/index.html#chapter=1%26se ction=3%26tasks=true]
Your profile does not indicate what version of Aperture you are using, but since you are new to Aperture, you are probably using version 3.
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