Apple Aperture 3.5 - Manual (Page 28)

Chapter 2 Import photos 28
You can import originals directly from a digital camera or card reader and from your hard
disk drives.
Grid View and
List View buttons
“Do not import
duplicates” checkbox
Viewer button Thumbnail Resize slider
When you connect a digital camera or select an item in the Import pane, the Import
browser appears.
You use the options in the Import browser to specify how and where photos are imported. The
Import browser shows thumbnails of your photos that you can enlarge or reduce in size using
the Thumbnail Resize slider. You can select individual photos to import or import all the photos
at once. You can also set the Import browser to display photos in a list by clicking the List View
button. In list view, you can click a column heading to sort photos by category. If you are unsure
whether a specific photo should be imported, you can click the Viewer button to inspect a high-
resolution version of the photo.
When you import photos, Aperture automatically checks to see if any of the photos are
duplicates of previously imported photos. Aperture checks the filename of the original to
determine if a photo is a duplicate of one in the library. Select the “Do not import duplicates”
checkbox to prevent Aperture from importing duplicates. If this checkbox is unselected, Aperture
imports all photos, even if they are duplicates, and creates a new original with a different
name for each duplicate. Aperture never overwrites or replaces an original that has already
been imported.
As you import photos, you can set Aperture to automatically name and record information about
them. Aperture can assign filenames using custom naming conventions; record metadata such
as captions, keywords, dates, copyright and credit information, and IPTC information; and adjust
the time when the photo was shot to the correct time zone. If the photo has an XMP sidecar
file, Aperture imports it as well and adds the metadata to the image version. You can even set
Aperture to automatically back up your photos as they are imported. For more information, see
Plan your backup system on page 72.
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