Q: How do I organise my photos?
I am new to Aperture and am trying to get my head around how Aperture 3.2.4 organises its collections.
Most of my images are coming from my iPod Touch running iOS 7.04.
Photos in iOS7 is supposed to organise the photos in Camera Rolls and whilst it does have multiple rolls they are few, and I can not see how they are divided up. I would have thought they would be by each batch or location that I shoot, but no.
When I bring them into Aperture I would like them to be grouped by actual shoot sequence, but by default they just go into one large "Untitled Project" . Renaming that just changes the name and it is still one large undistinguished collection.
I have been manually selecting parts of the camera roll and adding them to Projects with Location date. That is tedious for the 1000s of photos I take.
…and I am not sure this is doing what I want.
I'd like to be able to export/delete the actual collection as needed.
This where the confusion sets in.
Out of the Libraries, Albums, Folders which actually represents real files not just virtual collections.
I am uncertain what contains what ie which is a subset within a larger collection.
Folders are the most confusing they seem to be within and outside Libraries and Albums. Is that right? And if they are either how do you tell what they are?
I get that there are virtual collections: Smart Albums, Books, Light Tables, Slideshows, Web Journals & Web pages but it seems Libraries, Albums, Projects & Folders blur the difference.
Once in a Project (or whatever physical collection) how do I move photos into other more sensible collections? Is a Project the wrong division for collections?
Also how do I manage Vaults. Are these simply backups? Do they automatically synchronise with the main collection, or are they a one off movement/copy of files?
Is there a faster way of selecting images than unchecking all, selecting items again then checking them? This is quirky in its behavior. If I have some checked, then add more it won't let me check or uncheck them. I have to resort to Uncheck all and start again.
Peter
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), iMac 27" Early 2011
Posted on Jan 31, 2014 5:37 PM

