Help with a referenced file issue

Ok, when I import photos, I import them into the Aperture library. I do not reference other file locations. So here is what happened. I exported a project from one aperture library on an external HD to imported it into another library on a different drive. Everythign seemed to be fine, the files were there. Well, I went to open up a file and it keeps telling me "NO REFERENCED FILES The selection doesn’t have any referenced files." for all the photos. If I right click and choose Locate referenced files, I get the exact same message! Help! I really do not need the full size images and thought I could just drag and drop the picture it is showing me, but that is a no go as well...is there any way for me to 1. find if the original files are in my library somewhere (my gut says no) or 2. obviously aperture has some sort of file since I can see them and expand them to fullscreen...can I get those from anywhere??
Thanks in advance!

This is one of the more frustrating "features" of Aperture. (In my opinion, at least. There are plenty of folks here who see this as The Way It Should Be.)
When you let Aperture manage your library, it does just that -- it is managing the location and manipulation of your files, and doing its best to keep you from accessing the master images directly outside Aperture. On a referenced library, Aperture will show you the individual master file in the Finder. On a managed library, that's disabled. The argument goes that this prevents you from manipulating the file in a way that would screw up Aperture's management of your edits/versions. And I see that point. Still, I wish I could tell Aperture to trust me enough to let me see my own files when I need to. There are plenty of times when I'd like to copy a file somewhere without using Aperture's "export" feature, and copying a file does nothing to harm the gentle balance of Aperture's library.
You CAN still drag & drop with a managed library, however. The key is that you have to turn on previews. This generates a small jpg for each of your files, which you can drag anywhere (including the desktop). In preferences, you can decide how large you want previews to be, and you can tell Aperture to generate previews whenever you import new files. For your existing library, you just need to select everything, right click, and "Update previews." It will take some time, but will eventually chug through them all. Once it's finished, you can drag from the Aperture browser window just as if you were dragging from a finder window. Again, the size of the file you're dragging will depend on the quality you've selected in preferences for Previews.

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