Importing Images from iPhoto


If you have an existing iPhoto Library, you know that iPhoto imports photos and uses a folder hierarchy structure with XML data to organize and track images. iPhoto also offers some basic image-manipulation tools.

Using Aperture, you can import entire iPhoto Libraries, iPhoto albums, or selected images within an iPhoto Library or album. When you choose to import an entire iPhoto Library that includes RAW files, Aperture can import copies of the files or simply reference the files without copying them. For Grande Agency, we will import an iPhoto album of images of Colonia, Uruguay, as referenced images, which allows us to keep the master images in their original location.

Note

When you import an iPhoto Library, Aperture preserves the album structure, image filenames, EXIF metadata, keywords, ratings, and any adjustments you've made to the images. Aperture does not touch your original iPhoto Library; it simply copies or references the images and data.


Importing an iPhoto Album

When you import an album from an iPhoto Library, Aperture offers all of the same selection and metadata options as when you import images from a disc.

1.

Select the Library in the Projects panel, and then choose File > Import > Images.

The Import dialog opens, with the source end of the Import arrow tailing from Local Files in the Import panel and the destination end pointing at Library in the Projects panel. Your computer's directory structure appears at the top of the dialog in column view, and the Browser at the bottom of the dialog shows thumbnails of the selected folder.

2.

Navigate to the APTS_Aperture_book_files > Lessons > Lesson02 > iPhoto Library and select URUGUAY.

URUGUAY is an iPhoto album. We can import the entire album or selected images in it.

Note

iPhoto must be installed and have been opened at least once for the album to be available.

3.

Select the first image in the Browser, DSC_0966.nef.

4.

Look at the Image Information area on the upper right of the Import dialog. The file type is NEF, which is the file extension for Nikon's RAW format.

We're going to import the whole album, but let's add metadata to the images first.

5.

Click an empty area of the Browser to deselect all the images.

6.

Choose Master Filename from the Version Name pop-up menu.

7.

Choose Add Metadata From > IPTC Expanded on the right side of the Import dialog.

8.

Type Orlando Luna in the Credit field.

9.

Type © Orlando Luna in the Copyright Notice field. Remember, press Option-G to create the copyright symbol.

10.

Type Colonia in the City field.

11.

Type URY (for Uruguay) in the Country Name field.

This new metadata will be attached to all the images when they're imported.

Now that you've chosen the album to import and have specified some metadata, you can specify whether the images are managed or referenced.

12.

Choose "In their current location" from the Store Files pop-up menu in the Import dialog.

13.

Make sure URUGUAY is still selected in the column view of the Import dialog, and that the Import arrow is pointing to the Library. Click the Import Arrow button to begin the import process.

Aperture begins to import the album and creates a new, untitled project for it in the Projects panel.

14.

Rename the untitled project in the Projects panel South America.

Aperture imports the Uruguay album into the South America project. The metadata we specified is attached to the imported images: A tag icon on the lower right corner of each of thumbnail indicates that the image has associated metadata.

15.

Quit Aperture.

As you can see, importing images from iPhoto does not require you to copy images into Aperture. In a referenced workflow, both Aperture and iPhoto can access the digital master file without duplication. Now, it's time to import our third collection of images: photos of South Beach, Florida.




Apple Pro Training Series(c) Aperture 1.5
Apple Pro Training Series: Aperture 1.5
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Year: 2007
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