Difficulty sharing photos between projects

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Difficulty sharing photos between projects

I love Aperture, but I am having a couple (unrelated) problems at the moment. I am not sure if Aperture was designed this way, but I can't seem to copy photos from one project to another. I have tried creating a version from the master and moving either the version or the master, but Aperture moves both to the other project and leaves no copy in the original project. Is this an intentional feature? Should I just make a light table or an album instead of a folder or a project (since it seems possible to share copies across those storage formats.

Also, when I go to pin pictures up in the Places viewer, no photos show up in the filmstrip at the bottom. Any thoughts as to why that might happen?

Thanks for any and all suggestions!

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.7)

Posted on May 23, 2011 1:42 PM

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Answer 1

May 23, 2011 1:44 PM in response to Evan Kramer

Correct on the project issue. Aperture leaves photos and all of there versions (they are linked) in a single project. Not sure on the places answer.

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Evan Kramer Author

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May 23, 2011 1:47 PM in response to wvriverrat

Thanks for the help. Is it just me, or is that sort of a bizarre semantic thing about projects? I'm figuring I'm too low on the totem pole to understand the decision.

Thanks again.

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May 23, 2011 1:50 PM in response to Evan Kramer

I'm not sure I understand the question.

Aperture was designed to be used by people who only do photography, and do it as a living. Those types of people work in a project based world which is why Aperture is laid out the way that it is. Hope that helps.

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Evan Kramer Author

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May 23, 2011 1:52 PM in response to wvriverrat

I get that, but have you never wanted to make a photo part of multiple projects? Maybe this is semantics. Thanks again.

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May 23, 2011 1:55 PM in response to Evan Kramer

Could you give an example?

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Neil G

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May 23, 2011 2:31 PM in response to Evan Kramer

Read up on "Albums". A Project is a set of original images. An Album can contain original images (in their projects) and/or adjusted images, which are called Versions. A Folder can contain Projects and/or Albums.

Think of a Project as a repository for images or 'negatives' to use a film term. An image has only one negative but you can make multiple Versions and put them into albums.

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Evan Kramer Author

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May 23, 2011 7:31 PM in response to Neil G

To wvriverrat: The example I ran into was a project I was doing about volunteer work in the Dominican Republic that contained a photo I also wanted to include in a world portraits project. Easy to get around, but I see what you're saying about the way you use it. My organization isn't the best anyway.

To Neil G: I like the thought about "negatives." That's a helpful way to think of it.

Thanks again to both of you!

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Answer 8

May 23, 2011 7:36 PM in response to Evan Kramer

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2762514?answerId=13124533022#13124533022

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2654297?answerId=12616449022#12616449022

It's not just you.

Cheers.

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