Auto importing

I have looked into getting Aperture to watch a folder so it will automatically import any new files, but am not having much success.
I'm not shooting while tethered to a camera. I have a folder that contains all my images, in their various sub-folders, and these are all reference in aperture. All I want is for aperture to automatically import any new folders in this main folder into new projects. I want them to be reference to their main location, not copied to the library.
I looked at Aperture Hot folder, but I couldn't seem to get it to work.
Regards

I haven't used the open copy feature, I normally do all my editing in PS and none in LR. Would it still show the copy in LR if you saved the final product in a PSD? Or are you saying that only works if you open as a copy and save in the same format?
Stu

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