Apple Aperture - Manual (Page 103)

Chapter 4 Importing Images 103
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Importing Master Files for Referenced Images into Folders
When you import images as referenced images, you can have Aperture place their
master files individually into a selected folder, or create subfolders to hold the files. For
example, you might have the imported image files placed in subfolders identified by
date. You can create folder name format presets that you can quickly choose to select
the folder name format you want.
To create a folder name format, you select the name elements you want in the Folder
Naming Presets dialog. You can specify a combination of name elements to create the
custom folder names you want. You can compose folder name formats that combine
the following name elements:
 Version Name
 Master Filename
 Sequence Number (1 of 3, 2 of 3, 3 of 3)
 Image Year
 Image Month
 Image Day
 Image Date
 Image Time
 Index Number (1, 2, 3)
 Custom Name
 Counter (001, 002, 003)
 Current Date
 Current Time
 Current Year
 Current Month
 Current Day
 Folder Name
 Project Name
You can also create a hierarchy of folders within folders. For example, you can specify
that Aperture place your images in a subfolder named Date, and within that folder you
can create subfolders identified by the time the image was taken. To create the folder
name format, you drag the elements you want into the Format field and drag the
forward slash element between the elements where a subfolder should be created.