Import - Folder naming options

I'd like to use a naming scheme for Folders, as can be used for filenames, while importing...
Eg something like /YYYY/YYYYMMDD_Custom_Text or YYMMDD_Caption. I like the ability to sort folders by capture date very much, but miss a bit of describing text beside it.
In an ideal world, this folder name would also be used in the backup, of course!
That'll make the "import from device" function 150% usable for me.
Thanks for all the good work!
Nicolas

Nicolas, In Scott Kelby's Lightrom book he describes a procedure to do what you want. P 17-21 I think.

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Okay, this is a rant but...
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Hello, Todd. Why not submit a feature request? Go here:
http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/contact.html
and click the feedback tab to see where to submit a request.

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Hi Rob,
I just have to try the Ottomanic Importer.
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Hi,
my current file structure for my pictures is very bad currently. I'd like to sort them in a year/month way. When importing into Aperture, i can create such structure perfectly (by using the import as projects option and renaming all files/folders) but Aperture imports the old file structure as projects afterwards which makes no sense for me.
Old structure on the HDD for example:
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New structure after Import on the HDD
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-01
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So far so good but in Aperture the naming of the projects is still
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Only workaround I found is to delete all Projects in Aperture and then reimport it using the new file structure created by Aperture Any way to tell aperture ONLY to create a new file structure on the HDD and then import exactly that structure as projects?
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Vista Prof with latest iTunes.
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