Light table and stacks

Hello,
I was recently trying to drag image(s) from a stack to a "light table" folder. What happens is that is moved the entire stack in the "light table" folder, instead of the one or two specific image(s) I would like to have in the "light table "folder.
Moreover, once in the "light table" folder, I can't drag one or two specific image(s) from the stack without having the whole stack on the light table... In order to achieve this, I have to unstack these images... but they get unstacked in the original project folder as well !!!
Thanks for your feedback...
And happy new year !
Seb.

Sébastien -- this is by design. Stacks are designed to
- keep images together
- have only one "pick" for each Aperture container.
They are the virtual manifestation of the old practice of (literally) stacking nearly identical slide versions of a shot while sorting on a light-table, with the best of the set on top.
Because of the way Stacks are implemented, it makes sense to use them only for sets of images which are
- very similar
- will have only one "pick".
I use Stacks for the following:
- same shot with minor camera setting changes (aperture, exposure duration, ISO, etc., but not usually changes in composition)
- rapid fire shots. If I get two or more good shots, I split the Stack.
- bracketed sets. Once I have created a new image from the bracketed shots, I import it, add it to the Stack, and make it the "pick".
I also use Stacks for Versions. Here logic and rigor break down. (I have recommended that Apple allow for a special type of Stack for stacked Versions.) Almost always, I will end up with one "pick" from the Versions. Once in a while though (often with cropped details) I will end up with more than one "pick". The only thing to do then if you need to use more than one pick in an Aperture container, is to split the Stack. This severs the Version from its siblings. I don't like that -- but that's how it works.
Note that Light-tables in Aperture are just a special instance of an Album.
What Frank was trying to get you to see is that it's your use of Stacks which is causing your problem. There is nothing to be gained from putting the images you want in a Light-table in an Album first.

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