http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/aperture_aperture_aperture An entire Lightstalkers thread via RSS/XML. en-us I've been using aperture for a month & quite like it. But - How (the ....) do I move pictures from one project to another-and cancel the original location file.tried various things and I can't seem to get my head around it. I'm trying to organize my library and it seems it would be useful to gradually move the files to a specific project as I was captioning and adding metadata. Ideally the project I dumped all my files into would get smaller and smaller as I got through working on it. By the way, can you add metadata in batches? last question - Does referencing files really make it faster?Am running a 24" imac with 2gigs ram and 7600 graphics card. thanks Emanuel Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:55:31 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/aperture_aperture_aperture 1. Dragging and dropping from project to project works for me ... should be working for you too? 2. Use the Lift and Stamp tools to move metadata from one image and apply it to one or more others. Or check out 'Batch Change ...' under the Metadata menu. 3. Referencing doesn't speed up Aperture .... it would make more sense to me to imagine it slows it down. Referencing is meant to allow you to keep images on external drives, see previews when you haven't got the drives connected, and make adjustments or output them when they are connected. It also keeps some people happier because their images aren't ingested into the Aperture library. One way to give Aperture a kick in the guts when it's misbehaving is to go Window -> Show Task List -> and cancel the preview generating, then allow it to start again when you aren't too busy. Another consideration is to reduce the size of the preview images Aperture generates, which you can do in Preferences, but the disadvantage of this is that when you drag and drop an image out of Aperture (ie., into the Finder or straight into Photoshop) it'll be at that lower resolution. The bottom line is image preview generation, while it's occurring as a background process, slows Aperture down a lot. Good luck. Wade. Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:32:11 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/aperture_aperture_aperture#58737 The only thing I don't understand is how to remove the pics only from the original project once they're in the new one. I wanted to tackle it bit by bit, a bit like a slowly diminishing stack of paperwork, captioning,metadating (to metadate? I metadate you..ecc?) moving the files into more specific projects..Is it possible? I'll try the other suggestions. I was wondering if referencing=faster after I'd read Greg Marinovich's last message on the 'I hate aperture' post. thanks for the help. E. Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:51:33 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/aperture_aperture_aperture#58740 I am a bit confused Emanuel, because if I drag an image out of one project and into another, it no longer exists in the original project, as you would expect. I checked the the Preferences to see if there might be a copy vs. move setting which might explain why yours is acting the way it is, but there isn't one. Regarding referenced files and speed, I've done both and haven't noticed it make a difference. I think Greg Marinovich also bumped up his RAM by the look of it. Ask him about this to be sure. Regards, Wade. Fri, 16 Feb 2007 22:12:01 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/aperture_aperture_aperture#58818 Cheers Wade, I've been trying to sort this out for a couple of weeks, there's nothing on the manual about it.The dvd-doesn't help either as it's too vague. I've tried creating albums and moving them from there but no luck. I've tried poking around the preferences/options but I can't seem to find the setting,assuming there is one. I'm sure it's something completely obvious, like when you put diesel in a petrol car and then wonder what the problem is, as everything seems to be working.. It just ticks me off as I need to remember where I left off,and have to follow the same order. I'll try to work around it.suppose I don't have much choice. Thanks, in any case. E. Sat, 17 Feb 2007 00:15:45 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/aperture_aperture_aperture#58827 anyone have any ideas?why are my masters stuck? Sat, 17 Feb 2007 09:34:41 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/aperture_aperture_aperture#58844 Emanuel, the default setting is for it to work as it does for me, so if all else fails, reinstall the application and you should be alright. Sat, 17 Feb 2007 13:43:30 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/aperture_aperture_aperture#58850 ah...hadn't thought about that. Cheers Wade, I'll try it. thanks again. E. Sat, 17 Feb 2007 14:40:34 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/aperture_aperture_aperture#58851 Hello, Emanuel, Like Wade, I don't have any problems moving the masters from project to project. Perhaps you can try posting in the Aperture Discussion Forums on Apple Support. Someone may be experiencing the same issues you have. - j - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 15:12:51 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/aperture_aperture_aperture#58854 thanks Justin, I'll try that.I just wanted to understand why, there must be some setting somewhere. Sat, 17 Feb 2007 15:27:58 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/aperture_aperture_aperture#58857