Apple Aperture 2 - Manual (Page 138)

138 Part I Interface and Acquisition
Importing Folders of Images from the Finder
If you’ve spent time organizing your images into a meaningful hierarchy on your
computer and you want to keep that organization, you can import a folder of images
as a project or drag it directly into the Projects inspector. When you import a folder of
images or drag it into the Projects inspector, the folder becomes a project and any
subfolders become albums within the project.
To import a folder of images from the Finder using the Import command:
1 In the Projects inspector, select Library.
2 Choose File > Import > Folders Into a Project.
3 Select the folder of images that you want to import.
4 Choose a location for the imported images by doing one of the following:
 To store imported masters in the Aperture library: Choose In the Aperture Library from
the Store Files pop-up menu.
 To import the files as referenced images stored in their current locations on your hard
disk: Choose “In their current location” from the Store Files pop-up menu.
 To store imported masters as referenced images in the Pictures folder on your hard
disk: Choose Pictures from the Store Files pop-up menu.
 To store imported masters as referenced images in a location other than the Pictures
folder: Choose “Choose” from the Store Files pop-up menu and select the folder you
want. Choose “No folder” from the Subfolders pop-up menu to specify that the files
be stored as separate individual files in the selected folder. You can also specify that
Aperture create a hierarchy of subfolders with specific folder names to hold your files.
For more information about creating folders to hold your imported images, see
“
Importing Masters for Referenced Images into Folders ” on page 125. Choose
whether you want the image files moved or copied to a new location by clicking the
“Move files” or “Copy files” button.
Warning: When importing folders of images into Aperture, carefully plan how you
want your images organized before you begin. The top-level folder containing images
becomes a project containing all the images in the subfolders as well. This means that
if you import a folder with thousands of images contained within its subfolders,
Aperture will create a project with thousands of images.