Apple Aperture 3.5 - Manual (Page 39)

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Create a custom name format
In addition to the preset name formats, you can create custom name formats. To create a name
format, you select the name elements you want in the File Naming dialog.
1 In the Import browser, choose Rename Files from the Import Settings pop-up menu, then choose
Edit from the Version Name pop-up menu.
The File Naming dialog appears.
2 Click the Add button (+) to create a new name format, or select the preset name format you
want to change.
3 Drag the name elements you want into the Format field in the order you want them. You can
also add valid characters or spaces between the name elements.
4 Enter a custom name in the Custom Name field, if you like.
5 Click OK.
Your new name format now appears in the Version Name pop-up menu.
Reset the starting number of a counter in a name format
When using a counter in your name format, you can specify the starting number and the
number of digits, from one to six, that appear in the counter. When you use a preset name format
with a counter, make sure to reset the initial starting number, if necessary. Otherwise, on the next
import, Aperture will continue numbering the imported files starting from the last number of the
previous import.
Do one of the following:
m In the File Naming dialog, type “0” (zero) in the “Incrementing counter starting at” field.
m In the File Naming dialog, select the preset whose counter you want to reset to zero, then click
the Reset Preset button.
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