Moving iPhoto folders into Aperture projects?

When you import an iPhoto Library into Aperture everything in the iPhoto Library is place in a folder called iPhoto Library. Events in iPhoto are turned into Aperture projects in a subfolder called Events.

Under the iPhoto Library folder will be albums, smart albums and other containers from iPhoto. Remember iPhoto slide shows and books will NOT be carried over to Aperture. The images in those will be placed in albums with the names of those items.

Are you sure? Take a look in the iPhoto Library folder. Here is what an iPhoto import should look like:

Folders, albums and smart albums from iPhoto appear under the Events folder.

The Events folder holds the projects that were made from the events in iPhoto

Its been a long time since I used iPhoto but I'm pretty sure the images at some point had to be in events no matter what the rest of the iPhoto library sttructire was.

And as for Aperture the only place images actually live is in projects. If you have no projects in the Aperture library you have no images in the library.

If you go to Project View what do you see?

The organization of the Aperture library is totally in your hands. The structure created when the iPhoto library is imported is there merely as a convenience. You are free to rearrange it as you wish.

Don;t worry about the questions that's why the forum is here. And don;t worry about coming to grips with Aperture right away. Most of us, even after years, are still learning things about the program. In my own case I imported my Aperture library at least a half dozen times before I finally got a structure I was comfortable with. And even after that I was and still am tweaking it.

Spend some time with the user manual it has a lot of useful information in it especially the first part on the structure of the library. Also The Aperture 3 book by Scoppettuolo is, imo, a useful addition.

Just make sure from the beginning you have a good working backup. Knowing you have the ability to roll back should anything go wrong is a powerful learning tool. You'll be more likely to experiment if you have the peace of mind of knowing you can get ti all back

good luck

I "imported" and "copied" my iPhoto library into Aperture. The iPhoto Folder structure - described elsewhere in this discussion thread - was created for me in Aperture. I "deleted" my old iPhoto Library by saving it on an independent, external hard drive (for safekeeping). Aperture works fine without the iPhoto Library present, however I am puzzled why I still have the iPhoto Library folder structure on the left column of my Aperture screen. When I try deleting this folder within Aperture, I lose all my photos (fortunately, "undelete" gets them back). I'm still on the learning curve with Aperture so this is probably a naive question, but could someone please explain why these iPhoto folders are still present when I'm supposedly independent from my iPhoto library now?

Those are not your iPhoto folders. They are Aperture Folders and containers selected and organized to match what Aperture found in your iPhoto Library.

As Frank says upthread:

The organization of the Aperture library is totally in your hands. The structure created when the iPhoto library is imported is there merely as a convenience. You are free to rearrange it as you wish.

In general, don't post to threads already marked "Answered". As Frank also says -- ask questions! -- just put them in a new thread (it helps everyone navigate the forum more expeditiously).