Adding Metadata

Aperture imports the metadata embedded in image files coming from your camera or other media. This data includes the time and date of the image capture, camera information, and even color-balance information. We can add additional metadata when importing or wait until the image or images have been added to our Library. Metadata cannot be selectively applied to images as they're being imported; the same metadata (except for filenames) will be uniformly applied to all imported files.

Adjusting the Time Zone

Your digital camera keeps track of the time each photo is taken. Most people set their cameras to the time zone of where they live. You can change the time on the camera whenever you change time zones, but this is rather inconvenient. It is easier to change the time zone metadata when you import the images into Aperture.

1.	Under the Image Information area in the upper right of the Import dialog, select the Adjust Time Zone button.
2.	Choose Camera Time Zone > US > Eastern (EST). This is the time zone of your cameratypically, your residence. (Remember, you live in South Beach, Florida, for the purposes of this project.)
3.	Choose Actual Time Zone > US > Mountain (MST). This is the time zone of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where the images were captured. When Aperture imports your images, it will tag them with a time adjustment that reflects the time zone where the images were captured.

Adding Copyright and IPTC Metadata

One of the most important things you can do to manage digital images is to tag them with the proper copyright information. If you are dealing with images that you've acquired from different sources, it is best to add the copyright when you import them. International Press Telecommunications Council data can also be added to your images. IPTC data is often required in the newspaper and press industries for submissions. Again, both copyright and IPTC metadata can be added afterward, but it is more efficient to add it as you import.

1.	Choose Add Metadata From > IPTC Expanded at the right side of the Import dialog. Aperture adds several metadata input fields.
2.	Type Orlando Luna in the Credit field.
3.	Click in the Copyright Notice field.
4.	Press Option-G, which is the keyboard shortcut for the copyright symbol ©. Tip Option-2 is the shortcut for the trademark symbol ™ and Option-R is the shortcut for the registered-trademark symbol ®.
5.	Type Orlando Luna after the copyright symbol.
6.	Type Jackson Hole in the City field.
7.	Type Wyoming in the State field.
8.	Type USA in the Country Name field. There are a number of additional metadata fields in the Import dialog, but most are appropriate only for individually selected images. Remember, by not having any images selected, Aperture will apply the metadata to all of the images that we import.