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26 Chapter 2 Importing Basics
Jumping In
Navigate to your images:
m Click Desktop in the Import pane and select the folder that holds your sample images.
You see the sample images appear as thumbnails.
Select images to import:
m Click a thumbnail to select it. Inspect the Image Information area to see information
about the image. Press the Right Arrow or Left Arrow key to select other images.
m Hold down the Shift key and press the arrow keys to select multiple images.
Command-click specific images to select or deselect them. To select all the images again,
choose Edit > Select All, or click the gray area between images to deselect everything.
Select a project to hold your images:
m Click the Soccer project in the Projects inspector. Notice that the Import arrow moves
to indicate that images will be imported into this project. Click the new empty project
that you created in the Projects inspector to select it again.
Choose where masters will reside on your hard disks:
m Select five or six images in the Import dialog. Open the Store Files pop-up menu to see
its options. Choose In the Aperture Library to store the files in the Aperture library on
your hard disk. You can also choose to store files in a different location on your hard
disk, or, if the files already reside on a hard disk, you can choose to leave the files in
their current location.