File and folder import

I just installed Aperture and began to import files and folders from previous photo shoots (stored on a hard drive). I have many original jpgs that I modified in Photoshop and then saved as a separate version with a .psd extension. That means I have hundreds of files like 1234.jpg with a corresponding 1234.psd file. Upon folder import Aperture only imports the .jpg file and I cannot even see the .psd file in the browser when I try to import individual files?!? This only happens if I have used a common filename with different extension. Is this a bug or am I missing something....
I would really like to avoid to rename all my file names in order to import them properly into Aperture.
MacBook Pro   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

Every image in Aperture has a Master.  The Master is a file.  If you want to control how those files names are organized (remember -- you leave the actual location on the drives up to the OS), use Referenced Masters.  If you don't want to worry about this, use Managed Masters.
There is no way to change the Managed Masters file organization.
Aperture is an image management program.  The image is the atomic unit of the database.  Aperture gives you powerful tools for organizing, storing, retrieving, adjusting, and exporting (by which you create image-formatted files for use by other programs) images.  It purposely relieves you of the burden of doing file management (just as long ago OS's relieved you of doing drive platter and sector management -- a task two guys named Bill and Paul made some money off of).
It's not, of course, Steve's way or the highway.  You can have each of your images have a Referenced Master.  You can either organize these as you see fit in Finder, and then import the files (at which point Aperture creates what it calls an image), or you can use Aperture's tools to manage your Referenced Masters.
The simplest thing to do -- recommended for those new to Aperture -- is to import your files into the Aperture Library and let Aperture manage the Masters.  There is a lot to learn to take advantage of Aperture.  You can always and at any time convert any Managed Master to a Referenced Master, and vice versa.
All of, and any subset of, your images in Aperture can be sorted by import session, date taken, day of week taken, aperture, lens used, color space, rating, size, bit depth, orientation, file format of Master, and a score of other criteria -- all with one click.
If you use Aperture, your file organization matters only for backup and security.
Message was edited by: Kirby Krieger

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