Operation Manual

Relocating Referenced Masters
You can easily move masters for referenced images (referenced masters) to new locations
on the same hard disk or a different hard disk. For example, if you use several hard disks,
you might want to move the masters they contain to a convenient location on a different
hard disk.
To move masters for referenced images to a new location
1 In the Browser, select the referenced images whose masters you want to move.
2 Choose File > Relocate Masters.
3 Choose a folder location in the dialog that appears.
4 Choose None from the Subfolders pop-up menu to specify that the files be stored as
separate, individual files in the selected folder. You can also specify that Aperture create
a hierarchy of subfolders with specific folder names to store your files. For more information
about creating folders to hold your imported image files, see Importing Masters for
Referenced Images into Folders.
5 Choose a naming convention from the Name Format pop-up menu to specify how you
want the masters named.
For example, choose Master Filename from the Version Name pop-up menu to have your
files stored using the current master filenames from your camera or card. Choose a name
format from the Version Name pop-up menu to have your masters stored using a specified
name. If you choose a custom name format, enter the name you want in the Name Text
field. For more information about naming files, see Automatically Naming Your Imported
Images.
6 Click Relocate Masters.
Moving Referenced Masters to the Aperture Library
You can move referenced images’ masters (referenced masters) to the Aperture library.
For example, if you have a variety of masters stored in different hard disk locations but
it would be more convenient to work with them all stored in the Aperture library, you
can select the referenced images in the Browser and Aperture can move their masters to
the library. With the masters stored in the library, Aperture manages all aspects of them,
keeping them always available and allowing you to back them up in your vaults.
To move referenced masters to the Aperture library
1 In the Browser, select the referenced images whose masters you want to move to the
library.
2 Choose File > Consolidate Masters.
3 Choose whether or not you want the image files moved or copied into the Aperture
library by clicking the “Move files” or “Copy files” button.
4 Click Continue to confirm that you want the referenced masters moved to the Aperture
library.
209Chapter 5 Working with Images in the Browser