What are projects, What are albums – Apple Aperture User Manual
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What Are Projects?
You organize your digital master files and versions using projects. A project is a
container consisting of image versions and their corresponding master files. A project
can hold up to 10,000 master files, and you can create as many projects as you wish up
to the limitations of your disk space. For example, you can create a new project for
each of your shoots. Or if you do several shoots of the same subject, you may want to
create a project that encompasses all of the shoots. Projects are the most basic
component of Aperture because they contain your digital master files and track all
changes to versions.
You can easily transfer projects from one Aperture system to another. All links between
versions and their master files are maintained when projects are transferred. This is
particularly useful if you use a portable computer when on location or away from your
studio, and a workstation at your studio. For more information, see “
You can have multiple projects open at the same time, each represented by its own
icon in the Projects panel and tab in the Browser.
What Are Albums?
An album is a container in the Aperture Library that holds only image versions (not the
digital master files to which they refer). You use albums to organize images in the
Library, making your selections of versions easier to manage. You can create albums at
the Library level or within a project.
You use albums created at the Library level to organize versions from multiple projects.
For example, you can create an album to consolidate your favorite images, or “selects,”
from multiple projects. You can then publish this collection of selects on your website
or export the album’s contents for review by a prospective client.
Examples of items in
the Projects panel
Projects