Apple Aperture 2 - Manual (Page 134)

134 Part I Interface and Acquisition
Adjusting the Image File’s Time When Importing
On a trip, it’s easy to forget to update your camera’s clock to match the local time zone.
If you didn’t synchronize your camera time to the new location, Aperture makes it easy
to correct the time assigned to the image file by whole hours when importing.
To adjust image file capture time when importing:
1 Click the Import button in the toolbar (or press Command-I).
The Import dialog appears with the file browser at the top.
2 Select your camera or card reader, or navigate to a folder on your hard disk that holds
images you want to import.
3 Select the images you want to import.
4 In the Import dialog, select Adjust Time Zone.
5 Choose the time zone that matches the camera’s time setting from the Camera Time
Zone pop-up menu.
6 Choose the time zone of the shoot location from the Actual Time Zone pop-up menu.
7 Verify that the additional settings are correct, then click the Import Images button.
Aperture automatically updates the capture time of your image files according to the
Time Adjustment settings.
After you’ve imported images, you can adjust the date and time of any versions you’ve
created by choosing Metadata > Adjust Date and Time. For more information about
this command, see “
Adjusting Image Date and Time ” on page 293.
Dragging Files from the Finder to the Projects Inspector
You can drag image files from the Finder or desktop directly into a project. This is useful
if you’ve received image files from a source other than your camera, and you want to
use them in Aperture. You can also do this if you have image files scattered on your
desktop or throughout folders on your system and you want to consolidate them in
one place in the library.
To quickly import image files from the Finder into a project:
1 In the Projects inspector, create a new project or select an existing project.
2 Locate the image file or files in the Finder.
3 Select the image files and drag them to the project in the Projects inspector.
The import process begins and an indicator appears next to the project’s name,
showing the progress of the import.