Apple Aperture - Manual (Page 88)

88 Part I Interface and Acquisition
An Overview of Importing Images
When you import from a camera or card reader, Aperture places the images in a
project. If you don’t select an existing project, a new one is created automatically.
As Aperture imports images, it generates a version file and an image thumbnail
corresponding to each digital master file.
You can import digital master images directly from a camera or card reader and from
your hard disk drives.
When you import images, you can choose whether to have the digital master files stored
in the Aperture Library or store them on your hard disk outside of the Library where they
can be accessed as referenced images. For more information about referenced images,
see “
What Are Managed Images and Referenced Images? ” on page 76.
Camera
Vault
(FireWire drive)
Import
Back up
Aperture Library
(system disk)
Importing
to Aperture
Digital
master files
Versions
Project
RAW
& JPEG