Apple Aperture 3.5 - Manual (Page 21)

Chapter 1 Aperture basics 21
What are projects?
You organize your originals and versions using projects, which are similar to events in iPhoto.
When you import photos into Aperture, you assign them to a project. You can create as many
projects as you like, up to the limitations of your disk space. For example, you can create a new
project for each of your shoots. Or, if you do several shoots of the same subject, you can create
a project that encompasses all of the shoots.
Project opened
to show its contents
You can have multiple projects open at the same time, each represented by its own icon in the
Library inspector.
What are albums?
An album is a container in the Aperture library used to group photo versions. You can create
albums at the library level or within a project.
You use albums created at the library level to organize versions from multiple projects. For
example, you can create an album to consolidate your favorite photos, or selects, from multiple
projects. You can then publish this collection of selects on your website or export the album’s
contents for review by a prospective client.
You can also create albums within projects to help you organize your photos into relevant
groups. For example, you can organize photos in a project by:
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Occasion: Break a project into a series of albums according to specific occasions. For example,
a wedding project can be divided into albums for the preparation, ceremony, and reception, or
a soccer project can be divided up in albums for each game.
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Day: Break a project that spans multiple days into albums for individual days. For example,
a project consisting of a two-week trip to Japan can be divided into 14 individual albums
corresponding to each day.
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