Converting folders to projects?

Question

My first attempt to use the "import folders into a project" command resulted in my accidentally importing my entire "pictures" folder (40,000 images) into aperture as a sub-category of an existing project. I was only trying to do a sample. Now my entire pictures folder and all its sub and sub-sub folders are in my aperture library -- not as projects as I'd like them to be, but as sub-folders and albums.
Is there a way to re-categorize these, i.e. bump them up so that individual folders/albums become their own projects?
Am I making sense?

Answer 1

Tranquilo,
You can easily organize your import into more manageable projects.
While there is no command or shortcut key to "promote" a folder or album to a project, here is a workflow that should work for you. I have tested the process out on my system.
To organize and move photos and albums to different projects:
1. Create a project (Command + N). You can name the Project at this point.
2. Go to the Browser Only view from the View menu or cycle through views to get to the Browser using the V key.
3. Click on the folder you wish to become a project. This will put only those images from that folder into the Browser.
4. Select all the images in the Browser that you want to become a new Project.
5. Drag those images on top of the new Project icon in the Projects tab.
6. You will see a "Move Master" alert telling you that doing this will move the Master from the original project to this new project. Click Move.
7. Repeat these steps until all images are moved into appropriate projects.
After moving the Masters images to the new projects, you can also move the Albums and Folder icons into the Project as well. This will simply keep the Album or Folder organization you might have done in Aperture. Otherwise, you can discard the album or folder once all images have moved to their projects.
Note: Albums and Folders can reference images from many projects. However, albums do not house the Master files or Versions; that is the Project's role. Albums and Folders only reference the images from the project(s).
Hope this helps.