Operation Manual

What Are Projects?
You organize your masters and versions using projects. When you import images into
Aperture, you assign them to a project. You can create as many projects as you like, up
to the limitations of your disk space. For example, you can create a new project for each
of your shoots. Or, if you do several shoots of the same subject, you can create a project
that encompasses all of the shoots.
Project opened to show
its contents
You can have multiple projects open at the same time, each represented by its own icon
in the Library inspector and Library tab in the Browser.
What Are Albums?
An album is a container in the Aperture library used to group image versions. You use
albums to organize images in the library, making your selections of versions easier to
manage. You can create albums at the library level or within a project.
You use albums created at the library level to organize versions from multiple projects.
For example, you can create an album to consolidate your favorite images, or selects, from
multiple projects. You can then publish this collection of selects on your website or export
the album’s contents for review by a prospective client.
116 Chapter 3 Working with the Aperture Library