Highest level folders in Project Library

I haven't used iMovie since iMovie '06. At that time I created a project called "Old TV
Spots." I recently upgraded to a new MacBook Pro and imported video of a live concert into iMovie '09.
iMovie '09 imported my old project and there's now a folder called "Old TV Spots" at the highest level of the Project Library window. My live concert video ended up in this "Old TV Spots" folder.
The thing is, iMovie won't let me create another folder at the same level as the "Old TV Spots" folder, nor can I change the name of that folder: iMovie throws up a dialogue box that says "You may not use / . * ? : or the return key in names. Please choose another name." (Even when I just click out of my newly named folder I get this message.) I can, however, create folders within this folder, but not at the same level.
Is there anything I can do to regain some autonomy over the way I organize my projects? As it stands now, every project I create ends up in the not-always-relevant "Old TV Spots" folder.
Thanks for any advice!
Christopher

Two things to try.
1) Can you select the drive level? Or click VIEW/EVENTS BY DRIVE? can you see the internal drive listed in the project library list? If so, click the drive so it is selected and then click File/New Folder.
2) In the Finder, go to Movies/iMovie Projects. You should see your current folder. You should be able to add other folders. Then restart iMovie.

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Organizing with Folders vs Projects vs Albums vs Stacked Photos

Question - Longtime Apple user, but relatively new to Aperture. Working on organizing a large collection of photographs, and am debating whether to organize by Project and grouping similar Projects into folders, or whether to use Projects as my major subdivisions, and organizing within projects using Albums or Stacks.
I realize that there's probably no right answer, so I'm hoping that anybody reading this note could take a quick minute to share the philosophy they apply to organization, as well as any concrete advantages or drawbacks to Projects, Folders, Albums, or their own method.
Thanks for sharing!
Mark

Projects are, imho, badly misnamed. Aperture was designed with the general plan that one shoot would be one Project. Projects have one salient characteristic (which separates them from other ways of grouping images) -- each Master must be in a Project, and can be in only one Project. Because of the above, you should conceive of Projects as the master (small "m") and enduring holding bin of your shots. I think of them as boxes, or as binders ("binders" implying, somehow, something more long-term than "album").
However you end up organizing your collection in Aperture, the one method I recommend against is using Projects as your major subdivisions. They weren't designed to be used this way, they shouldn't have more than a few hundred Masters in them, and you are likely to outgrow that system of organization.
I stick with "one shoot = one Project". If I have three separate shoots on one card, I import the files in three separate sets, each with the Masters specially re-named, into three separate Projects. I then use folders to organize my Projects. I use Albums for sub-sets of Projects with more than 60 or so images -- I do a lot of my processing by Project, and I find 60 images is about the most I can easily handle at once. I use Albums also for actual projects (small "p") -- e.g.: a series of cards for sale, or work for a client.
All images are keyworded (again, a per-Project task). I use color labels to indicate the level of development of an image. I use stars to indicate the value of an image (rejected, not yet rated, best of stack, worth keeping, among the best in Project, worth publishing, excellent).
Keywords, color labels, ratings, and Project names give me enormous specificity in creating Smart Albums, which I do extensively.
Additionally, I do three things which I think are uncommon.
. I move my Projects according to the status of their development, and
. I separate my intake, storage, and processing areas from my output areas, and
. I never use Folders to organize by date.
I do this because for me Aperture's two overall functions are best treated separately. Those two overall functions are, generally, Intake and Output, or to be more specific, "Import, Develop, and Store" and "Gather for export, Prepare for publication, and Export". The top-level folders in my Library are
. Administration Smart Albums
. Raw (inputs)
. Cold Storage
. To Serve
Admin Smarties includes "5-stars", "Managed Masters older than 45 days", "Masters Missing", "Printed 17x22", "Re-take", and the like.
"Raw" is the top-level of a folder tree which includes "Just Imported", "Described not Stacked", "Stacked not Keyworded", "Keyworded not Picked", and "Picked not filed". I move my Projects into the appropriate folder. Note that this works well in Projects view -- one can drill down to any level of the Library tree and see at a glance which Projects are where.
"Cold Storage" is where I put all fully-processed Projects (and remember, for me "Project" just means "Shoot" -- if you ever used a non-digital camera, same as a box of slides or a sleeve of photos). I organize these as I see fit. I try to put Projects where I think I will look for them. Clients have their own folder(s). Other photographers have their own folders. On the personal side, I have folders for Portraits of friends, Family, Events, Trips, Indoors, Urban outdoors, Rural outdoors, Close-ups, Test shots, etc. Each of these is further subdivided. I have an entire folder sub-branch just for fine art still-lifes.
The last of the top-level folders holds a large sub-set of folders for output. None of these folders have Projects in them (Projects, for me, are +storage containers+, not output containers). I create a folder for each output project (small "p"), and use Albums as needed. In theory, every image that shows in the output side of my Aperture structure should already have been selected ("picked") and optimally developed as an image (the rating and label tell me the status of the image). What is left for me to do is final selection, pre-press, and export.
No where in my Library structure is any accommodation made to date (other than the "one shoot = one Project rule). The is no reason to organize an Aperture Library by date -- date organization is hard-coded into Aperture at both the Project and the Image level. Since it is already hard-coded into Aperture, I prefer to use the Library organization tools to create a storage and output structure which gives me a level of utility on top of date organization.
In general, I keep my Projects view (the Viewer, not the Inspector) grouped by Library folders and sorted by date (most recent first). If I want to view all my shoots (Projects) by date, I simply ungroup them in Project view. If I want to view them by year, I click the "Year" grouping icon. I find Project view, and the built-in grouping options, quite useful.
When I need to view all of my photos in date order I simply use "Photos" view. Note the sophisticated filtering options available using the "Date" and "Calendar" rules. In general, I set Photos view to sort by either "Import Session" or "Date -- Descending". I regularly use List view when in Photos view.
I complete my set-up with specific file-naming and Project-naming conventions. The important thing here is consistency -- set it up right from the get-go, and stick to it rigorously, and you won't have to second-guess your searches or filters.
Hope that helps. It's a lot of overhead -- but I have and take a lot of shots, I work in spurts, and I valued a system which would let me start and stop at nearly any time and always let me know +by structure+ the status of any shot or image or Project or project -- while remaining flexible and expandable.
My example should at least give you some ropes to use as you simultaneously shape and climb your Aperture mountain. I strongly recommend setting up a practice Library using, say, 10% of your images, and using to for a couple of weeks, tweaking it as you go, before "casting it in stone" and importing your entire collection. Aperture is broad and powerful -- take the time to know and understand it, and you will find your use of it immensely rewarding.
Good luck.

IMovie 10 Project library folders gone?

Where did the project folders go from the project library in iMovie 9. I can't find them anymore in iMovie 10.

Thanks Joe Seidler. Sad but exactly what I was fearing.
I just issued a refund and wrote: I don't want to waste money for a program I cannot use. My workflow is built on project and event folders. There is no warning that says: "Beware from upgrading to iMovie 10. There are some core functions missing." I will use iMovie 9. Please refund. Thank you.
How to refund, click here http://gizmodo.com/5886683/how-to-get-a-refund-from-the-app-store

Help! my imovie project library is full of temporary folders.. some are the ones i deleted.. i tried deleting the folders one by one but when i try to open the imovie, the folders keep coming back to my project library..

help! my imovie project library is full of temporary folders.. some are the ones i deleted.. i tried deleting the folders one by one but when i try to open the imovie, the folders keep coming back to my project library..

If it was working on 10/1, why not open up the most recent backup library with a timestamp of that day. Unless you specified otherwise, your backup folder is in Movies in your home folder. You can double-click one to open it in FCP.
The update command actually wants a mounted drive selected.
I suggest not going into the library bundles and moving or modifying folders/files except as a last resort. It sounds like both libraries are corrupted.
Russ

I have a fairly elderly I Mac 7.1 (2.47 Ghz Intel Core Duo) operating OSX v 10.9.5. At the core level I find two Library folders, one within the System Folder and one by itself with the other core level folders - mostly same content. Is this right?

iMac 7.1 (2.47 Ghz Intel Core Duo w/2GB memory) operating OSX v 10.9.5. At the core level I find two Library folders, one within the System Folder and one by itself with the other core level folders - mostly same content. Is this right or do I have a duplication problem?
The system is slow.

Can I place my preferred folders from my machine into Captivate project library?

Hello everyone.
I have created a SWF(it may be of 2.0 or 3.0 versions) file which loads images and audio files dynamically from a source folder using XML and JavaScript.
I want that SWF file to play in my captivate project.
Is that possible ?
Or can we place the source folder in captivate project library and interact the SWF file to the source folder ?
Please give me the possible solutions for my requirement....
Thank you.

Hi Larry,
thank you for your reply.
They were originally in "Computer - Users - (my user name) - Pictures - iPhoto library *show package contents* - Import
(auto import folder is still in the iPhoto library if that makes a difference)
when i originally removed the import folder to my desktop. i closed iPhoto, reopened it, and everything worked fine. Now that i've put it in my trash and reopen iPhoto, everything is still fine and intact. I was just afraid things might change once i hit 'empty trash'. Also, once i hit yes to emptying the trash, i get the message that "there are some locked items in the Trash. Do you want to remove all the items, including the locked ones, or just the unlocked items?"
my gut feeling is that the import folder is just filled with junk that originated from my windows that my iPhoto won't recognize. but i'd rather be safe than sorry.
thanks in advance for your response and help.

Aperture folders and projects

After importing my photos from Aperture to Photos, my file and project structure is missing. How do I recover this? can I recover this? Thanks.

All metadata is Image-specific. The Image "owns" its metadata; wherever the Image is, its metadata is there with it.
There is no default template or auto-organization feature in Aperture. How you organize your Image collection (using Projects, Folders, and Albums) is entirely up to you.
Re-organizing can be fairly efficiently done. Create two new top-level Folders, named something like "Old Organization" and "NEW ORGANIZATION!". After designing the Library structure that best meets your needs, slowly and methodically move Images and containers from the containers in the "Old" Folder to the newly-created containers in the "NEW" Folder. When you are done, you should have no Images left in the "Old" Folder. Delete it.
Above, Frank refers to "Split View". I'm fairly certain he actually means one of the views showing multiple Browsers. I suggest doing this. Note, however, that you cannot drag from Browser to Browser (at least in 3.4.5). Your "drop target" must be an item on the Library Inspector. And don't forget List View, which is also usually helpful when creating a Library structure.
Of course, you should never use any computer file without having a backup.
Additionally, I suggest running "Repair Database" before you start, and after you finish.
For a concise overview of the parts of Aperture and how they relate, have a look here.
I have additional comments regarding Library structure here.
HTH,
--Kirby.

Aperture 3 Importing Folders as Projects is taking days to complete

Hello,
I acquired Aperture 3 a week ago and decided to give it a try. I've been using Lightroom since version 1. All my photos are in NEF (Nikon RAW) format and stored on an External HD. I used the A3 option FILE > IMPORT > FOLDERS AS PROJECTS command and selected folders from year 2008, 2009, 2010...this are 109 folders (13401 photos) from a total of 348 from year 2003 to date, meaning I am importing a fraction of all photos.
A very important note: I use the import option "Store Files: In their current location"...so that A3 is not moving, copying and so on, any files - it's just referencing them.
The problem starts here - it took Aperture 3 almost 24 hours to complete the "import"...i.e. to fill all the Projects with the corresponding photos. But the IMPORT PROCESS continues forever, today is day 4...the Aperture Library on this has grown to 18 GB and still growing. There is small but constant Hard Disk activity between the External HD with the Photos and the internal HD with the Library.
If I try to quit Aperture I get a message box:
+"Do you want to continue importing? Aperture is currently importing files. If you quit, the import task will be canceled and any files that have not been fully imported will be removed. | Quit | Continue |"+
How much longer shall I wait? Is it really importing or is this a bug? Why is there no progress bar or counter to give an estimate or idea of what is going on?
Just as reference: I imported the same folders (109) into Lightroom 3 Beta with the option "Store Files: In their current location" and it took only 1-2 hours.
Any help is highly appreciated.
Regards,
Kostadin

Kostadin,
I'm noticing same thing today. This morning I imported about 100 Canon 7D RAW images from my memory card, which took about 5 minutes upon which I got the "Delete Images and Eject Card?" dialog. I accepted and removed the card.
4 hours later, I still have a "Importing..." spinning ball on Aperture. For the first couple of hours, I was trying to send emails with a few images and it would take 20 minutes for Aperture to generate the JPEG in the email. Now it only takes 10-15 seconds. BUt it is still "importing". So aperture continues to function, but it has some process going which keeps my CPU fans running on the MacBook Pro.
I am anxious to see just how long it takes to IMPORT... after it finishes importing.
What's it doing for this long?
Jim

Aperture - Transfer a photography folder and sub-folders to the library

Hi All,
Being a photographer, I recently jumped from my Dell XPS to the latest MacBook Pro and am still new on the use of Aperture.
Working on PC before then, I used to work a lot on Adobe Bridge to organise my pictures. I now work with Aperture that I find it amazing so far for fast treatment but I have an issue with uploading my photos to the library.
I have set up my full library on my windows explorer following a certain organisation (Folders and subfolders) and would like to upload all these photos on my Aperture library following the same structure. When I try to do so, Aperture just propose me to upload the photos on the folder but not on the subfolders.
Can anyone help about that? I basically need to load all the photos in one shot to my library and can't find out how to do it!
Thanks for your help,
Olivier

Hi, I am also fairly new to Aperture, but I think I got this one right... when I opened Aperture for the first time it did not have a library, and asked me to create one. I selected create new library, and then told it to leave my originals where they were. I selected the option to import folders as projects, and viola, the Aperture library resembled my Windows folder layout. If you delete the library (careful it is not the original files) and then open aperture you also get to start fresh in this way.
This is great until you import new photos into your master folders. To get them to show in Aperture in their folders/projects, you seem to have to download a new project, dash off to the source folders using Finder, reorganise the images and then recreate the library again using the same steps. Works, but long. Also I am not sure then how to manage all the changes I have made using the Vault. Lie I said, I am a beginner also... and seem to be stuck in transition between Windows workflows and Mac workflows...

Can't drag every project into new volume in Project Library (iMovie '09)

I am backing up my iMovie '09 projects (and their events) to an external hard drive. I am doing this from within iMovie, by dragging each project from the list that appears in the Project Library window onto the appropriate external drive that appears also in that window and selecting "Copy Project and Events." I have no trouble doing this... except...
The list of projects is quite long. There are times when the external drive is not visible in the window at the same time as the project I am trying to move. When I drag the project, it does not move "up" (or "down") the list, which remains (for lack of a better word) static; I can never drag it to the HDD volume. I hope this makes sense.
"Duplicate Project" only duplicates it on the current HD. There is no "Move to..." except "Move to trash." I can find no way to "select all" projects and drag the entire lot of them all at once into the desired volume.
What am I doing wrong or overlooking?
(I'm using a MacBook Pro running 10.6.8.)

I am in the habit of creating folders for my projects by year. If I have a single group of movies all on the same subject, I will create another folder for them under the year folder. For example, I have a folder for 20 movies I made during a cruise to Greece and Turkey under the 2008 folder.
Once everything is in Folders, it is simple to open one folder, close the rest, and you can see both the file and the target drive on the same screen. You may want to create a similar folder on the new drive, because I don't think you can copy an entire folder all at once.
Another trick to try at your own risk (i.e. test it first). You can move the first project over to the new drive from within iMovie. This will set up a proper iMovie Projects.localized folder on the external drive. Then try dragging some more projects to the external drive using the FInder. Paths to Events are hard coded within projects, so you cannot move events this way, but it should work for projects. (But test it first and convince yourself).
I have done it this way when a drive was failing and I had to act quickly.

How to view playing time of clips in Event or Project library ?

Hi
I have a 15 minute video and I want to extract clips say at 1:15-1:37 and add to project library. (Someone has send me the times at which to extract the clips)
I understand that clips work on frame basis rather than time basis, but still is there any way I can know what time the clip is running when I press space bar or place my curser on the clips .. something like time in status bar of any media player like VLC.
Thanks
Adi

Hi Adi,
You may have worked something out by now, but try the following:
From iMovie's menu select View>Playhead Info. In both the Events and Projects windows, as you skim across thumbnails you will see a black box with white text moving above the playhead. In Events, it will show just the creation date and time for each clip, which will not provide the information you need. However, in Projects, the box will show the elapsed time as well as the time recorded (shown incrementally).
So, I would suggest that you drag the full 15 minutes to the project. Now you will be able to find the exact time for each part you need for the project. Click and drag across the first section required (say 1:15 - 1:37) so that it is highlighted with a yellow border. Now control-click (or right-click) and select "Split Clip" from the pop-up menu. Continue to do this for any other sections you need to split from the main clip (or clips).
Finally, control-click (or right-click) on all the parts you don't need and select "Delete Selection" from the pop-up menu. The clips remaining in the project will be just those parts you've split from the full video.
TIP: In iMovie's menu select iMovie>Preferences and check (tick) the box labelled "Display time as HH:MM:SS:Frames". Now all times will be displayed down to the frame level.
John
Message was edited by: John Cogdell - added TIP

Missing iPhoto Thumbnail Images in iMovie Project Library

Okay, here goes...
I'd created a short movie and have it in iMovie's project library. The movie included video footage from a dv camera as well as video from my digital photo camera. I recently reorganized and merged several events folders in iPhoto from my vacation, which included parts of the video used in the iMovie short movie project. Now, when I select the project in iMovie, some of the thumbnails are missing from the video sequence to the right of the project name.
It still plays (thankfully), but it's irritating me that I cannot figure out why the thumbnails have disappeared.
Does it have something to do with merging iPhoto files? If so, or even if not, how do I fix this and have the thumbnails reappear?

Something similar is happening to me. I created a project a couple of months ago in iMovie '08, and now the "upper window" thumbnails are showing with an exclamation mark - but just the video clips! The photos are still there. You can see the thumbnail with the exclamation mark and when you drag the cursor through it to see it play, it only does in the little damaged thumbnail but not in the screen. After touching it, it becomes black. It does not play at all when the project is played completely. I someone finds out how to solve this, please advise.
Thanks so much.
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File change for highest level page home page

file change for highest level page home page
When I got these files
I would type server/mywork/bkb
These files are in the server under the folders mywork/bkb
When I type server/mywork/bkb
The my index page would show up
That’s fine.
Now, I created a page called highestpage.cfm
The purpose is for me to put the link myindex.cfm and it
works fine.
But my problem that I am really still confused is
It will show up when I type server/mywork/bkb/ myindex.cfm
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I just want to type I type server/mywork/bkb/ without
myindex.cfm
And still will lead me to I type server/mywork/bkb/
myindex.cfm
Just like the earlier version
server/mywork/bkb that lead me to myindex.cfm
but only now will lead me to highestpage.cfm
I hope I am expressing my self correctly.
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If I understand your situation correctly, you can accomplish
this by setting the default web page names in your web server,
whatever that might be - Apache, IIS, etc. The web server will have
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specific file is requested. this is often index.html, index.cfm,
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Lost Project library files - edited functional film clips have caution d

I have edited a number of clips from one minute to 10. I left them in the project Library. They seemed fine and I left them there for later transfer to iDVD. Now a number of the files have caution ! sign and the edited project is non functional with only one frame.
I believe the event library is still OK so information is there to reedit- What has happened- can I somehow retrieve the Project library folders intact again?

Hey!!!!!
Your problem sound quite common. Is it possible that you deleted or moved any of the clips from their default location. iMovie always stores its clips and events in one place.
If you have moved ANYTHING that you used in the movie (pictures, music or clips) that could mess up the movie. I would advise not moving any of the elements of your movie until you have transfered it into a Quicktime movie.

Packed Project Library error: contains compiled code

I was trying to figure out how the packed library works for LVOOP, but face a wall with an error and don't know how to solve it.
i) I made a class 'Class 1', which I then put in a library called 'library'.
ii) I create a Packed Library and set the top-level library in the source files
iii) Once compiled and saved, I create a new project and add the newly create Packed Project Library to it. Second I add a newly create class, named 'Class 2'.
iv) I set the inheritance of the Class 2 as a child of Class 1.
v) select new VI for Override
vi) get Error 1035
What am I doing wrong or how to solve this?
Solved!
Go to Solution.

The default setting for packing VIs into lvlibp's will remove the block diagram.
You must not remove the block diagram for dynamic dispatch VIs you are going to override.
hope this helps,
Norbert
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