Operation Manual

To delete a metadata preset
1 In the Metadata inspector or the Metadata pane of the Inspector HUD, choose Manage
Presets from the Metadata Action pop-up menu (with a gear icon).
2 In the Metadata dialog, select a metadata preset, then press the Delete key.
When you work with other Aperture users or Aperture systems, you can share your
metadata presets to ensure a consistent application of metadata to all the images. You
can export metadata presets for others to use and import presets when you need them.
To export a metadata preset
1 In the Metadata inspector or the Metadata pane of the Inspector HUD, choose Manage
Presets from the Metadata Action pop-up menu (with a gear icon).
2 In the Metadata dialog, select the metadata preset that you want to export, then choose
Export from the Action pop-up menu (with a gear icon) in the bottom-left corner of the
dialog.
3 Choose a location to store the metadata preset information, then click Save.
The metadata preset is exported to the location you chose and saved as
[filename].apmetadata.
To import a metadata preset
1 In the Metadata inspector or the Metadata pane of the Inspector HUD, choose Manage
Presets from the Metadata Action pop-up menu (with a gear icon).
2 In the Metadata dialog, choose Import from the Action pop-up menu (with a gear icon)
in the bottom-left corner of the dialog.
3 In the dialog that appears, select the metadata preset file that you want to import, then
click Open.
The metadata preset is imported into Aperture and placed at the bottom of the Preset
Name column in the Metadata dialog.
Batch Changing Metadata
You can select a group of images and make metadata changes to all the images at once.
For example, if you need to add the same set of keywords to a selection of images, or
change the version name format, you can select the images and use the Batch Change
dialog to change them.
To change the metadata associated with a selection of images
1 Do one of the following:
• Choose Metadata > Batch Change (or press Command-Shift-B).
• In the Metadata inspector or the Metadata pane of the Inspector HUD, choose Batch
Change from the Metadata Action pop-up menu (with a gear icon).
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