Operation Manual

Dragging Images into Different Projects and Albums
You can drag images into different projects and albums. Depending on where you drag
an image, Aperture either moves or copies the image to the new location.
As a general rule, when you drag an image into a different project, Aperture moves the
image into the new project.
When you drag an image into a different album, Aperture creates a duplicate version of
the image and places it in the album. An image can be copied into any album in the same
project or into albums in different projects. The destination album can be an album, book
album, Light Table album, slideshow, or web journal or webpage album.
To copy an image into a different album
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Drag the image into another album in the Library inspector.
To move an image into a different project
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Drag the image into another project in the Library inspector.
To copy an image into a different project
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Option-drag the image into another project in the Library inspector.
You can also drag images out of Smart Albums. If you drag an image from a Smart Album
into another album, the version is copied to the new location. If you drag an image into
a project different from the project that contains the Smart Album, Aperture moves the
image to the destination project. All links to versions in other albums are maintained. For
more information about using Smart Albums, see Grouping Images with Smart Albums.
Renaming Master Image Files
At times, you may want to rename master image files to match the names you’ve assigned
to the image versions in Aperture. Although Aperture keeps track of your masters
regardless of what they are named, it’s often useful for your image filenames to match
inside and outside of Aperture—especially when the masters are referenced masters. For
more information about working with referenced images, see Working with Referenced
Images.
To rename masters
1 In the Browser, select an image or group of images.
2 Choose Metadata > Batch Change (or press Command-Shift-B).
3 In the Batch Change dialog, choose a naming convention from the Version Name Format
pop-up menu to specify how you want the masters named.
203Chapter 5 Working with Images in the Browser