Images in multiple projects or other workflow with a similar result?

Maybe I'm doing this the wrong way, I'm new to Aperture and open to suggestions. What I have is a number of projects each of which contain some images I'd like to submit to a stock site. I thought that the best process would be to create a "Stock photo submissions" project, and copy the images into that. From there I can edit and annotate the photos, for example, noting where they are submitted.
However, when I drag a photo to the project I get a stern-sounding warning about moving the photo. It does seem to still be linked in the previous project. However one day I might clean up the stock project, and it appears that this would delete them altogether?
Suggestions?

Images reside in 1 (and only 1) project.
You can have multiple albums, and albums can hold images from many projects.
However, if I were you, I'd use smart albums to do this instead. What I do is to create a keyword (I use _ISC for "iStock Candidate") for each picture I want to consider submitting to stock. Then I create a smart album for all images with that keyword. Voila, it's easy. No needing to worry about where they are. Any time you want to consider the image for stock, just add the keyword (you can use the keywords bar to simplify this).
I further expand this as such
_ISC - iStock Candidates (reconsider if I want to submit, then adjust and keyword)
_ISS - iStock Submitted (photos I've submitted and am awaiting approval)
_ISR - Photos iStock has rejected (they have a litany of reasons, some frustrating )
_ISA - iStock Accepted -- on iStock and available for sale
To "move" an image from a smart album to another, I click on the new keyword in my keywords panel, and then shift-click the old keyword which removes it from the image. Takes about a second.
I also have codes like this for other stock services -- to ensure I don't submit the same image to multiple services and violate any exclusivity agreements I may have for specific images.
There may be better ways, but using smart albums is very flexible and an easy way to not have to manually do anything other than click a button.

Similar Messages

  • Images in Multiple Projects

    I want to use some images in more than one project. If I put them in the first project along with all my other images, they can all be seen from the project folder. If I then put them in another project, I can put them in a folder, but not in the project file itself. In order to do that, Aperture says it will move the masters to the new project. This then prevents me from seeing them in the first project file. In both projects, I want to be able to see all the files that are in each project directly.
    I hope this makes sense. I will appreciate any help in making this work.
    Thanks -
    Dudley Warner

    Thanks for answering my question. It seems intuitive that you should be able to have images in multiple projects so that you can open the project and see all the images you are working with. If that is not possible in Aperture, I'm sure I can just work with albums.
    The functional ability I really want is to be able to have smart albums in each project that pull their content from all the other albums that are in the project. I realize now that I can accomplish this by using albums rather than projects.
    Thanks -
    Dudley Warner

  • Moving Ref Images in Multiple projects

    Does anyone know if its possible to batch move multiple projects of referenced images in one library. I am moving to a bigger external drive and don't want to have to go in to each project and repoint it to the new referenced file location.

    Yes,
    Just use any view where you can see the images - even a search based on whatever criteria you want, select them all and use file->relocate. The subfolder options will even let you restructure them in various subfolder formats based on date, project name, whatever.
    Or...
    Just move them outside of Aperture and use file->locate to reconnect them. Personally I would choose option one.
    I have a bunch of stuff here on various Aperture topics
    [http://photo.rwboyer.com/
    RB

  • Move/Copy multiple Layers to other document  with Script

    Hello, I have one question to how move or copy multiple layers to other document?.
    With this script i can move one by one:
    var docRef = app.activeDocument;
    var moveLayer1 = docRef.artLayers.getByName('Title');
    var moveLayer2 = docRef.artLayers.getByName('Background');
    var moveTo = app.documents.getByName('Untitled-1');
    var layerRef = moveLayer1.duplicate( moveTo, ElementPlacement.PLACEATBEGINNING);
    var layerRef2 = moveLayer2.duplicate( moveTo, ElementPlacement.PLACEATBEGINNING);
    but i need move two layer in one step....

    var docRef = app.activeDocument;
    select_layer("Title");
    select_layer("Background", true);
    var moveTo = app.documents.getByName('Untitled-1');
    duplicate_active_layer(docRef, moveTo);
    function select_layer(name, add_to_sel)
        try {
            var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
            var ref  = new ActionReference();
            ref.putName( charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " ), name);
            desc.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "null" ), ref );
            desc.putBoolean( charIDToTypeID( "MkVs" ), false );
            if (add_to_sel) desc.putEnumerated( stringIDToTypeID( "selectionModifier" ), stringIDToTypeID( "selectionModifierType" ), stringIDToTypeID( "addToSelection" ) );
            var ok = true;
            try { executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "slct" ), desc, DialogModes.NO ); } catch(e) { ok = false; }
            ref  = null;
            desc = null;
            return ok;
        catch (e) { alert(e); throw(e); }
    function duplicate_active_layer(src_doc, dst_doc)
        try {
            app.activeDocument = src_doc;
            var d = new ActionDescriptor();
            var r1 = new ActionReference();
            r1.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " ), charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ), charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" ) );
            d.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "null" ), r1 );
            var r2 = new ActionReference();
            r2.putName( charIDToTypeID( "Dcmn" ), dst_doc.name);
            d.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "T   " ), r2 );
            d.putInteger( charIDToTypeID( "Vrsn" ), 2 );
            executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "Dplc" ), d, DialogModes.NO );
            d = null;
            r1 = null;
            r2 = null;
        catch (e) { alert(e); throw (e); }

  • Merged Project - Can you share images between multiple projects/topics without images actually copied into each project?

    I have a merged project that I use the same images in several topics in different projects. I use the resource manager but each time these images are being copied into each project. My merged project is getting so large it is taking forever to download. I hope I'm just missing a step to eliminate the redundant usage of these images.

    I'm concerned since the complete merged projects have increased in size on a steady basis. For example, January 2014 project size was 288mb and I just published again today and it has increased to 353mb. There are so many images replicated over and over in each merged project. We are getting complainants from our customers on the size of our online documentation. I was hoping for a easy solution and thought this might be the best way.

  • Topics in multiple projects in RoboHelp 8 are getting crossed over

    I have multiple projects I imported/upgraded into RoboHelp 8.  Initially when in each project, all topics are correct.  But after importing second and subsequent projects, when I go back to the first project, it shows the topics from the last project??  What's going on?  I've tried searching to see if this has happened to others, but do not see anything of the like... Any help would be appreciated...

    Hi all
    Perhaps it will help if we take a moment to understand a bit of the evolution of RoboHelp.
    Pull your chairs a bit closer and I'll tell you a story. In earlier years RoboHelp projects were managed by the .MPJ file. Because the MPJ file kept track of all project aspects, it was possible to store as many different projects as you like in the same main folder. This was nice from the aspect of sharing content. You could set things up so that you had common topics and images across multiple projects. If any of them changed, you changed them in any project and they changed for ALL projects using them. Of course this meant you had to recompile or re-generate each project if they changed, but the change actually only occurred once.
    Now along comes X5 with a new file structure. XML format. This meant some changes. Unfortunately some changes that effectively blew this manner of working totally out of the water. You may wonder why. Well, it's because while each project is mostly unique, some of the underlying files are rather generically named. For example, you have the ProjectName.XPJ, which is specific to each project, but that XPJ references generic files with APJ (Anaheim ProJect) file extensions. Files such as rhskins.apj, rjsnippet.apj and so on.
    My guess as to what has happened here is that with only one instance of these files able to be in a single folder, whoever saved last wins.
    What you have ahead of you is the following task.
    You need to split the projects into separate folders so that each project is in its own folder.
    THEN you upgrade each project.
    You should probably begin by restoring from the backup you made prior to attempting the upgrade.
    You, ummm, DID make one, didn't you?
    Cheers all... Rick
    Helpful and Handy Links
    RoboHelp Wish Form/Bug Reporting Form
    Begin learning RoboHelp HTML 7 or 8 within the day - $24.95!
    Adobe Certified RoboHelp HTML Training
    SorcerStone Blog
    RoboHelp eBooks

  • TS1398 My iPhone is not showing that its connected to wi-fi at home. My laptop is connected, but the phone is only showing 3G. I've turned the phone off and on multiple times, turned wi-fi on & off multiple times, all with the same result of no wi-fi.

    My iPhone is not showing that it is connected to wi-fi. My laptop is showing the wi-fi signal with a completely strong signal.  I have turned the phone off & on multiple times, and have turned the wi-fi (on the phone) off & on multiple times as well, all with the same result. Help!!! Any suggestions?

    Poof! It's working like normal! Thanks Lawrence! Guess I have to learn patience!

  • I have been unable to connect to facebook since 2/7/2013. Firefox connects to all other websites with no problem. Im able to connect in mobile on pc.

    I had been on facebook in the morning of this date. I went back to my page and things began loading slowly. I logged out and tried to reload my account and from that moment on I keep getting the "Unable to connect
    Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at www.facebook.com.
    The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few
    moments.
    If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network
    connection.
    If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure
    that Firefox is permitted to access the Web."
    I have gone through and tried everything in the trouble shooting section for Firefox.
    My connection is fine, I have checked the modem, router, and checked in other browsers with the same results. I am unable to contact facebook to talk to their support team.
    I am able to connect on my pc, to facebook, if I type in mobile before facebook.

    Clear the cache and the cookies from sites that cause problems.
    "Clear the Cache":
    *Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Cached Web Content: "Clear Now"
    "Remove Cookies" from sites causing problems:
    *Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: "Show Cookies"
    Start Firefox in <u>[[Safe Mode|Safe Mode]]</u> to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).
    *Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe mode start window or otherwise make changes.
    *https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
    *https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
    See also:
    *http://kb.mozillazine.org/Error_loading_websites
    You can try to reset (power off/on) the router.

  • What is best way to manage multiple projects with limited HD space?

    I am running Premiere Elements 3 on a HP desktop with a 250 GB hard drive.  I also have a 500 GB external HD attached.  The main desktop HD is filled up with programs, photos, and current video projects for PE 3.  PE seems to work best when it can access files from the internal HD and not have to access them from an external HD.  Since I have many video projects going now, I cannot keep all the clips on the desktop HD so have put them on the external HD.  I used to keep just backups on the external HD, but now have to keep some of the original copies of clips and projects as well.  So when running PE3 I have to copy things back and forth to the desktop computer HD so I can run it without it needing to access the external HD.  This takes alot of time.
    Is there a better way to do things?  What is the best strategy for running PE when HD space on your computer is limited?  Do I need to free up much more of my 250 GB internal HD space so I can run all current projects from there?  And what is the best strategy for backing up my clips and projects.  Multiple external HDs?  Thanks for any advice on file and project management.

    First, welcome to the forum.
    I do just as Steve suggests, though for slightly different reasons. I need each Project to be portable between my laptop and my workstation. I have a couple dozen 1 - 2TB FW-800 external 7200RPM HDD's, so each Project goes onto one of these. Obviously with the size, I can group several normal Projects onto the same external.
    In my case, most of my Assets are stored on a NAS drive, and I will copy these over to the appropriate Project folder structure on the externals. If I have done Capture, those files will be in the Project's folder structure too. My stock stuff is always a copy, as will be my still images. Each Project has a root folder with its name and then appropriate sub-folders, i.e. Stills, Music, etc. below that root folder. All stays together.
    One trick for my case is that each external has the same exact drive letter assignment in the OS of each of my computers, so that external Z:\ is Z:\ on all computers. This must be done at the OS-level for all computers. I use labels on each external, so I know that I have Z:\, or Y:\ plugged in.
    For editing, this is not the most efficient way to handle Projects, or Assets. In a perfect world, one would have their OS and programs on C:\, their media on a RAID 0 D:\, their Projects and Scratch Disks on E:\, their Exports on F:\ and maybe their audio on another RAID 0 G:\. All original Assets would be backed up to maybe a NAS unit. This would give the greatest efficiencey, but would kill my portability. I pay a price in efficiency, so that I can spend much of the day by the pool on the laptop and then move the complete Project, along with all copies of all Assets and Scratch Disks upstairs to the editing suite. The workstation is setup like my ideal, but if I have a Project on it (using all of the resources of that machine and it's multiple HDD's), I cannot easily move down to the laptop - so I sacrifice the speed for the portability.
    One comment on using externals: FW-800 works fine for me. All of my newer external HDD's have that connection and each computer has either a FW-800 card, or ExpressCard. The use of eSATA would be even better, but I have a major investment in FW-800, so I have to consider that legacy. Someday, they'll all be eSATA, or whatever comes next. I found that FW-400 was too slow for me, so I relegated those older externals to just archive. Years ago, I tried USB externals, but found that I have problems with them, plus the connection speed was painfully slow. I gave up completely on those. I do not think that I have any USB only externals left. Goodwill got them all. I also tried to edit to/from my gigabit NAS and gave up on that because of the speed. It now is a storage unit for stock Assets that are copied over to the Project folders.
    If you have USB externals, give them a try. Just be a bit careful, especially if you have a faster computer, as that connection can cause problems if the data stream gets too big and too fast for the connection. Things will definitely go wrong at some point in a read/write cycle. Be very careful and keep copies of all irreplaceable Assets and also your Project files. Little is worse than having something get corrupted because the USB connection could not keep up. I've even had overloaded USB's shut down the entire system in a BSOD. Not very comforting, when you just completed 6 hours of editing!
    Good luck, and hope that some of this helps,
    Hunt

  • How can I make multiple quizzes with their own results slides within one project of Captivate 7?

    In one Captivate 7 project I want to create multiple quizzes with their own results slide. 
    Currently I have 5 quizzes that all are linked to 1 results slide.
    Is there a way to give each set of questions their own results slide?
    (I saw a response to a similar question for Captivate 5 from 2012, but I couldn't get much use out of is and I figured there was an easier way in Captivate 7).
    Any help would be appreciated!
    Thanks!

    Thanks for the reply Lilybiri!
    I checked out the link and it's useful, however your other plan might work better for me:
    Either you link to separate CP-files that have each their quiz, or you can show intermediate results slides (see link below), but you have to know that the score that will be transmitted to a LMS is the total score of all the quizzes.
    But how exactly do I link separate CP-files?  Do I have to publish them first and then link them, or can I link them before I publish?
    If you could shoot me a link or some advice I'd greatly appreciate it.  I'm finishing up a huge project that is due at the end of the day and this quiz issue is one of the last things keeping me from being finished.
    Thanks!

  • Single step workflow with multiple approvers (without using a group)

    Hi,
    is it possible to have a single step workflow with multiple approvers without using a group? This is for a contract document.
    i want to add a number of users based on particular logic. The approvers are random and do not belong to any particular group.
    DO let me know if it is possible or if any of you have done that.
    thanks in advance.
    regards,
    rubio

    Hi Rubio,
    I believe the behavior would be, if individual users are added as approvers then the system would require each approver to approve the document. However, if you use the user group, you could set the role so that it would be either ALL or ANY.
    Regards,
    Vikram

  • In Imovie 2011-Trying to image capture my project but it comes up after 10 hours- The project could not be prepared for publishing because an error occurred. File already open with write permission. Hopefully someone can help me.

    In Imovie 2011- Trying to image capture my project but it come up after 10 hours of rendering- The project could no be prepared for publishing because an error occured. File already open with write permission. Please Help!

    oh and ive tried publishing to almost everything. straight to idvd, to media browser, i tried both hd qualities and also the large quality. no luck with any of those

  • Burn multiple imovie projects to one dvd with menu

    How do i burn multiple Imovie projects to one dvd with roxio toast 10? Can i add all of the projects or do i need to export them as a quicktime movie first or something?

    You can share the first movie from iMovie, but all the others will need to be exported from iMovie as movies and dragged into the iMovie project.

  • How do I view multiple images from different projects at the same time?

    Hello
    I've been trying to find the answer in the user manual, but no luck so far.
    I did find how to open 2 projects at once, but I can only see one image at a time in the viewer and I have to keep going back and forth between projects to compare images. (These are scans of old photos and I want to eliminate the ones that are poorer quality, so need to compare numerous images from 2 sets of scans)
    How can I view an image from one project at the same time as an image from another? I know that it can be done in the same project by apple-clicking the second, third etc image, but this doesn't work if the images are from different projects.
    Thank you
    Elizabeth

    Thank you again Tony
    I've now created an album, independent of the projects, and dragged test images into it and it does just the job I needed. Now i just need to keep my brain sorted with which ones are which while i'm working
    Elizabeth

  • Scanning (Into JPEG) of Plain Paper with few graphics results into multiple images on HP 3545

    Scanning (Into JPEG) of Plain Paper with few graphics results into multiple images.
    Whenever I scan a page which is almost a white paper, but has some graphics on it, then the Scanned Files is not a single, rather it becomes in multiple parts e.g. circle in one jpeg file, square in another jpeg file. However the scanning to PDF works fine. Please let me know if this is manufacturing defect or defect in the product I purchased. 

    This only happens if I scan plain paper with few graphics. But scan to jpeg is working fine if the page has multiple objects

Maybe you are looking for