Apple Aperture User Manual
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To create a custom folder name preset:
1
In the Import dialog, choose Edit from the Subfolders pop-up menu.
The Folder Naming Presets dialog appears.
2
Click the Add (+) button to create a new name format, or select the preset name
format you want to change.
3
Drag the name elements you want into the Format field in the order you want them.
4
Drag a backslash between the elements where you want subfolders created.
5
Enter a custom name in the Custom Name field, if you want.
6
Click OK.
Your new folder name format now appears in the Subfolders pop-up menu.
When using a counter in your folder name format, you can specify the starting number
and the number of digits, from one to six digits, that appear in the counter. When you
use a folder name format with a counter, make sure to reset the initial starting number,
if necessary. Otherwise, on the next import Aperture will continue numbering the
image folders starting from the last number of the previous import.
To reset the starting number of a counter in a folder name format:
m
In the Folder Naming Presets dialog, type 0 (zero) in the “Incrementing counter
starting at” field.