Exiting full screen shows desktop for a second

Hi all,
Just installed Mountain Lion, and all is fine, except for maybe one thing. If I'm editing a picture in full-screen (not the "full-screen" for the entire application, but the full-screen of the picture (by hitting the "F" key)), when I exit that mode (by hitting "F" again), for a second, I see my desktop.
A bit weird. Any ideas about this?
Thanks.

MarkPek wrote:
If I'm editing a picture in full-screen (not the "full-screen" for the entire application, but the full-screen of the picture (by hitting the "F" key)), when I exit that mode (by hitting "F" again)
Just for clarity, "f" issues the command "View➞Fullscreen". That command makes the Aperture application "full-screen" as defined by the OS. There is not (and has not been since at least 3.0, when I started using Aperture) any Viewer or Browser or Project View mode that is "full-screen". There is one and only one full-screen mode, and that is for the entire app. (In fact, you can enter full-screen mode from the Browser, the Viewer, Split View, or Projects View. There is no default Split View in full-screen mode, but if you enter full-screen mode from Split View, and immediately exit full-screen mode, you will be returned to Split View.
And a bonus for turbidity: I am not seeing my Desktop when entering or exiting Aperture's full-screen mode. 3.3.2 on 10.8. I see a sliding-application-window transition. The area outside the application window is black.
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