Apple Aperture 3.5 - Manual (Page 27)

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Importing photos overview
Aperture provides tools and workflow options that make it easy to import your photos. You can
import photos directly from your digital camera or card reader, and import photos stored on
your computer hard disk or other storage devices. You can also import audio and video files.
In Aperture you can open, view, and work with iPhoto libraries the same way you work with
multiple Aperture library files. For more information about opening your iPhoto library in
Aperture, see
View other libraries on page 58.
When you import from a digital camera or card reader, Aperture places the photos in a project. If
you don’t select an existing project, a new one is created automatically.
As Aperture imports photos, video files, and audio files, it generates a version file, preview, and
thumbnail corresponding to each original.
Aperture library
(system disk)
Importing
to Aperture
Camera
Import
Back up
Originals
Versions
Project
Vault
(external drive)
RAW
& JPEG
Import photos
67% resize factor
2