Automatic import of photos downloaded from internet into Aperture?

Hi,
I'm a new Mac user.  I have always used Photoshop for downloading, uploading, importing, storage, organization, and editing of my photos.  I'm trying to learn to use Aperture a little at a time, and read the online manual, but there are a few things that I can't figure out.  I'm sure it's right in front of me. 
If I see a picture on a friend's facebook and I download a copy of it, I can locate it in my finder, which is great.  But in photoshop, when I opened photoshop the next time after downloading the picture, it would automatically add the new pictures to my library.  Is there a way to get that same thing to happen in Aperture.  Can I drop and drag them from finder, or is that the wrong thing to do? 
Thanks in advance!
Christy

Christy,
You can drag and drop images from the Finder to the Aperture library. Aperture will copy the image to it's library so you'll end up with two copies unless you delete the one in the Finder.
Or you can use an Automator Script to watch a hot folder and any image you place there will get added to Aperture. The script was designed for shooting with a tethered camera but it will work the same for what you describe.

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