Apple Aperture 2 - Manual (Page 174)

174 Part II Photo Editing
Relocating Referenced Images’ Masters
You can easily move masters for referenced images to new locations on the same hard
disk or a different hard disk. For example, if you use several hard disks, you might want
to move the masters they contain to a convenient location on a different hard disk.
To move masters for referenced images to a new location:
1 In the Browser, select the referenced images whose masters you want to move.
2 Choose File > Relocate Masters.
3 Choose the folder location you want in the Relocate Masters dialog.
4 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 store your files. For more
information about creating folders to hold your imported image files, see “
Importing
Masters for Referenced Images into Folders ” on page 125. Choose whether you want
the image files moved or copied to the new location by clicking the “Move files” or
“Copy files” button.
5 Choose a naming convention from the Name Format pop-up menu to specify how you
want the masters named.
For example, choose Master Filename from the Version Name pop-up menu to have
your files stored using the current master filenames from your camera or card. Choose a
name format from the Version Name pop-up menu to have your masters stored using a
specified name. If you choose a custom name format, enter the name you want in the
Name Text field. For more information about naming files, see “
Automatically Naming
Your Imported Images ” on page 127.
6 Click Relocate Masters.
Moving Referenced Images’ Masters to the Aperture Library
You can move referenced images’ masters to the Aperture library. For example, if you
have a variety of masters stored in different hard disk locations and it would be
convenient to work with them all stored in the Aperture library, you can select the
referenced images in the Browser and have Aperture move their masters to the library.
With the referenced images’ masters stored in the library, Aperture manages all aspects
of them, always keeps them available, and allows you to back them up in your vaults.
To move referenced images’ masters to the Aperture library:
1 In the Browser, select the referenced images whose masters you want to move to
the library.
2 Choose File > Consolidate Masters.
3 Click Continue to confirm that you want the referenced images consolidated.