Aperture file renaming

Hello,
I write this with an increasing level of frustration. I run projects in Aperture that require several shoots, or in the case of my image library, continuous shoots.
How do I rename files so that it picks up the file number from the last file, and begins from there. For example, I may have renamed 1150 files, the next time I import or rename in that project, I want the numbering to start at 1151.
Any ideas? Aperture sure is a frustrating program to use, and nowhere near as user friendly as many would have you believe.
Thank you.

No worry's. Aperture is extremely flexible and once you get the hang of how it does things you will find it make's a lot of sense.
On to your question. The file naming templates are pretty easy to use, the field that you will want to use is counter. As in "custom name with counter". This is easy to customize just choose edit... in the version name drop down in the import window. When customizing you can pretty much choose any fields you wish. Using counter you can choose how many digits and the starting number as well. If you would like to change the actual master filenames during import don't forget to check the box to do so.
If you wish to change the version names of files that you already imported use metadata->batch change...
If you wish to change the actual master file names after you import you will need to use file->relocate master, if you do not know what you are doing with referenced masters be careful with this. If you are using managed masters and want to rename, use the relocate master and then use file->consolidate masters to bring them back into the library.
Let me know if you have any questions or don't understand what I just wrote.
RB
Ps. There is a bunch of stuff regarding Aperture organization that I put together here:
http://www.rwboyer.com/RBDesign/Blog/Entries/2008/7/15_Apple_Aperture_2.1Organization.html

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