Import photos into projects, Merge projects – Apple Aperture 3.5 User Manual
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Chapter 3
Work with projects and the library
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Import photos into projects
You can import files, as well as Aperture projects and libraries, into a project selected in
Projects view.
Import files into a project
In Projects view, do one of the following:
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Select a project’s thumbnail, and choose File > Import > Files (or press Command-I).
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Control-click a project, and choose Import > Files from the shortcut menu.
The Import browser appears with the project selected in the Destination pop-up menu. For more
information about importing files, see
on page 27.
Import another project or an Aperture library into a project
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In Projects view, Control-click a project, and choose Import > Library or Import > Folders as
Projects from the shortcut menu.
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In the dialog that appears, select the project or library that you want to merge into the project
selected in Projects view, and click Import.
The project or library is merged into the project selected in Projects view. For more information,
see
on page 59.
Merge projects
If you create multiple projects and then later decide that the content spread among the projects
belongs in a single project, you can select the projects in the Library inspector or in Projects view
and merge them into one project.
Merge projects in the Library inspector
1
In the Library inspector, select the projects you want to merge by Shift-clicking adjacent projects
or Command-clicking nonadjacent projects.
2
Choose File > Merge Projects.
A dialog appears, indicating which project the selected projects will be merged into.
3
Click Merge.
The content in the selected projects is merged into the topmost selected project in the
Library inspector.
Merge projects in Projects view
In Projects view, do one of the following:
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Select a project or projects, drag them into the project that you want to contain the other
project or projects, and click Merge in the dialog that appears.
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Select the projects you want to merge, choose File > Merge Projects, and click Merge in the
dialog that appears.
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