Referencing images within a .js file

Hello,
I have a DHTML menu I want to use in my Html DB application -- and it uses a graphic. I have uploaded the static .js file as well as the image to the repository. But the image is not showing up (it is referenced within the .js file). Do you use the same reference WITHIN a .js file as within the html? Here is an example snippet from the .js code:
pagebgcolor="#82B6D7";
pagecolor="black";
separatorcolor="#2D729D";
separatorsize=1;
------------------------------>>>>subimage="#WORKSPACE_IMAGES#arrow.gif";
subimagepadding=2;
Thanks,
Jeff

Just for reference, I'd imagine you can't use #VARIABLE# substitutions within javascript files.
Since HTMLDB probably does keyword replacement as it reads the information to render a page, and since your javascript file is in it's own file and not output by HTMLDB, I'd imagine it would have no connection to HTMLDB's keyword substitution rendering the use of #NAME# replacement useless.
Again the above only holds weight if the javascript is in it's own file. If you're placing the javascript in a field in HTMLDB somewhere I'd imagine that at some point HTMLDB would make the substitution.

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How can I tell whether a project has managed or referenced images

Hi all,
Another noob question.
I started working with Aperture and imported about 20GB of photos from my hard drive into one big project. But I can't remember whether I imported them as managed or referenced images. I want to clean up my drive and delete one set of these if they're duplicates.
Is there an easy way to determing if the images in the Library are managed or referenced? I've looked all over for an answer, but can't find one.
Thank you!

The "badges" in the lower right corner of each image will tell you if the image is a "referenced" image.
See this page for an explanation of the badges: http://documentation.apple.com/en/aperture/usermanual/index.html#chapter=11%26se ction=9%26tasks=true
The badge icon will either be a small rectangle (which represents your photo) with an arrow (indicating that the real photo is elsewhere -- aka "referenced", or it will the rectangle will have a red slash through it, meaning it's a referenced image but the master is currently offline.
There's a third possible icon... which is yellow warning triangle (has a "!" in it) with the arrow. This means the referenced master was not found (e.g. the Mac can find the filesystem & folder, but your image is not there.) This means someone decided to delete or move images in the filesystem -- bypassing Aperture.
On a related note... it is possible to change your mind about whether you want images to be "referenced" vs. "managed". The "Aperture" -> "File" -> "Relocate Master..." will allow you to pick a folder on the hard drive and Aperture will copy the masters to that location -- converting a "managed" image into a "referenced" image. The "Aperture" -> "File" -> "Consolidate Master..." will do the opposite... it will convert a referenced image to a managed image, but does offer the choice of whether the "copy" vs. "move" (e.g. do you want to leave a copy of the image out in the filesystem which is no longer associated with Aperture vs. have the only copy of the master living inside the Aperture library.)
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We are currently looking for a way to link images to a design file within programs like InDesign and Illustrator using an HTML link instead of a local file. We are hosting our images in SharePoint and need the design file to retain it's links, no matter

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How do I access the images within a .chat or .ichat archive file?

Looks like Messages in Mavericks has lost the ability to view images within archived .chat and .ichat files. Does anyone have any idea how to view or extract the image from those files, either within Messages or via another program?

Hi,
I have found that if a chat is "Open" in the Messages window but is not the front chat then when selected the pics have become file markers.
Double Clicking them opens then in Quick Look.
I have opened one in TextEdit.
I can see where the pic is supposed to be:-
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The bit at the end refers to a wrapper and the fact it seems to be a .png file
The section of chat looks like this
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I have not been paying much attention to the Add-ons for Messages (or late iChat) that may help in some way.
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Centre aligning images within picture frame using XML file

Hi
I am using a flash file that uses an xml file to upload a
series of images one at a time into a picture holder.
There are two different widths of the images. The height is
always the same. Is it possible to set this up so every image that
the xml file calls is centre aligned within the picture frame.
At the moment when using the xml file to load the image it
always left aligns the image when it brings it into the picture
frame even if you change the alignment to centre align within in
the align panel.
Does anyone have a suggestion why this is happening or how to
fix it?
Thanks for the help

You're welcome. Pleased it worked.
All it does is use the MovieClipLoader class to load the
images into your holder_mc. Because loading takes time, and because
you can't check or adjust the size or position of images until they
have loaded, the MovieClipLoader class gives you a handy option to
run some code whenever its finished loading something you told it
to load.
That's what the addListener instruction does... it says
whenever myLoader has something new to tell me about the status of
the load requests I ask it to do... make it run some related code
in the listener object (which is called loadListener in this
code... it could equally be called something else). You 'listen'
for different events or updates of status. All I 'listened' for
here was the onLoadInit event.
The onLoadInit is the 'final' status update after loading. It
occurs when something has loaded and its properties are accessible
(_x, _width etc). The target_mc that is an argument for the
loadListener.onLoadInit is a reference to the clip that was loaded
into.
The best way to learn about this stuff is probably to read up
on MovieClipLoader in the livedocs and try google to see if there's
an online tutorial somewhere. Then give it a try yourself in
another new fla.
cheers
GWD

Referenced Images Say They are Referenced But Are Not.

Is anyone having the following problem? I have about 4500 images that were Imported into Aperture as Referenced. Have been working with them over the past month. Tried making a Web Journal recently and after exporting the pages, many of the images did not show up in the web pages although the caption did. I went back to my Album and went through the images. The ones that didn't show up in the web pages were very strange looking within the Album. As a thumbnail they looked fine but when I put the loupe on them at 100% it was obvious that they were some sort of small jpeg or something due to lots of jaggies and poor quality. Even though the Reference icon was supposedly fine, telling me it was online since it did not have a yellow warning label, for some reason Aperture was not accessing the original RAW file.
I now have hundreds of images I have to try and find in the Album that say they are referenced but really are not.
Prior to this web journal problem showing up Aperture had been showing me many of these files were not online even though the drive was definitely hooked to the computer and I was able to go to the same images via the Finder and actually see that they were there. One minute the overall project registered images offline, I would click on an Album and they would register as Online. Then switch back to the Project and amazingly they register as online. Back down to the Album and it tells me they are off line. Back and forth from project to album and a different icon 50% of the time. I knew something was up.
I eventually tracked down many of the images that said they were online but by reviewing them it was obvious they were not due to the jaggies I mentioned above. When I would find one like this I went to Manage Referenced Photos and reconnected the image even though it's telling me it is already connected. After doing this to many of the images I reproduced the web pages and they then showed up. I nearly had all the images showing up except for one that I must have missed in reconnecting so I went back to do just that. As I scrolled through the Album and the Web Journal, many of the thumbnails would turn gray and then finally an image would show up. This happened to dozens of images. I found the one that had not shown up in the last export of the web pages, reconnected it (even though it said it was connected) and then exported the web pages again. Unfortunately I was back to square one. Once again dozens of images were now not showing up in the export of the web pages again.
I just can't believe how buggy 1.5.2 seems to be. I thought maybe it was something to do with Repairing Permissions so I went and did all of that. Still no luck! Anyone else experience anything like this? I'm about ready to give up on this software.

Victor,
Yes larger hard drives will help but the day they are large enough to fit in a laptop with a professional photographers entire collection is a long way off and may never happen. There is no reason why Referenced files needs to be so difficult. Two quality programs that handled it with ease was RAW Shooter (now gone having been bought by Adobe) and Photo Mechanic which is superb for some tasks. For Aperture to have this many issues with referencing images is unacceptable and the market place will bear this out. I've quite using the program all together and have gone back to Photo Mechanic combined with IView and Photoshop. There's still room for an Aperture like product but Apple better get moving to make it work better. Microsoft just announced some of the upcoming IView capabilities that will be available next year. Adobe has CS3 and Lightrooom and I'm guessing Photo Mechanic isn't resting on it's heels. I really, really wanted to like Aperture and I worked with it day in and day out for nearly two months. As time went on the Referenced files just kept getting more and more unstable and I lost a ton of work due to it no longer being able to see some of those files.
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Warning Badge on all images in library but they are not referenced images.

Hi All,
I have my main library located on a server with all images within the library. I don't have any up to date vaults.
I was having issues with one project where it was showing me 'unsupported image' so I set up a vault, backed it up and then rebuilt the library. When it came back all images have the warning badge with an arrow as if they are referenced files that have moved location or something?
I am currently trying to rebuild the library again before I try restoring the last (flawed) vault to the local hard drive.
Has anyone got any ideas?
Thanks
Max

YEEESSS! Thank God.........
I checked inside the project again and compared it with a working project on another manchine and noticed the / had turned to some weird scissor symbol. I guess this must have happened when I enabled Airport backup on my QNAP which turns the share into AFP.
I am now manually changing them back to / and they are relinking back into the library - Phew!!
I guess I will have to start Keeping the library on the local drive. I do the same with my macbook pro but have older images referenced to the server to save space, maybe I should use the same tactic on the Mac Pro. I guess that means that the Vault only holds the metadata and not the images as they will be on the NAS, however that is RAID protected so should be ok.
Thanks!
M

How to access Shared Component Images from External Javacript File

Hi,
I have an external javascript file that is referenced within a page that consists of a number of calls to images within the Shared Components, i.e.:
"#WORKSPACE_IMAGES#up_arrow.png"
Unfortunately this no longer seems to work when used in an external js file.
What options do I have to allow the external js to access images within the Shared Components/database?
Thanks.
Tony.

Hi,
You do not have much options, that is know limitation.
This post is about same kind problem with CSS files
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Br,Jari

Updating Referenced Image Folder names

Hi,
My Aperture library is a Referenced Library. My referenced images are stored on an external FW 800 drive and my file system is setup as: Folder Name/Project Name. This has worked great for me, but causes issues when I make changes to the organizational system of my library. I know that Aperture is smart enough to still link the correct files even if the folder/project system is off.
My question is: How do you keep the folder system synced and intact when using a Referenced Library after making changes to the names of Projects, etc? Is this possible? If not, what system of fouler organization works best for keeping things simple, organized and in sync with as little confusion and downtime in terms of work flow?
I'm looking for some general (and specific) ideas from users here.
Thanks,
Mac

macorin wrote:
The question for you is: What need are you trying to meet by mimicking in your Master file storage and retrieval structure?
Kirby,
First, thanks for the lengthy and helpful response. In thinking about what you wrote, I probably don't need to worry about my Master file storage structure. So long as Aperture is able to find my Masters no matter the folder, project, album they sit in, I should be fine. My initial thinking was that if I wanted to access my Masters (for some reason) outside of Aperture, it would be easier for me to know where everything was. That being said, I don't really ever need to do that, as everything can be done straight from within Aperture. Still, it just makes me a little uneasy knowing that my images are organized and structured one way in Aperture and another outside of it where those images are linked to.
Don't let it make you uneasy. Even if they are all in one 55-gallon bag (or Finder folder), they are easily sorted by date (and time) taken, and by file name. These two alone -- esp. if you have renamed your Masters with a good and rigorously applied file-naming convention -- should meet every need you might have.
Moreover, your Aperture Library of images should be deeply hyperlinked. That's a big reason to use Aperture. None of those hyperlinks are create-able in a file storage system.
At the risk of being (even more) off-putting than usual: think on that. Beginning to understand that difference allows you to manage your data in much more successful ways.
The second reason I was asking is because when I import into Aperture as a Referenced Library, I also back up those images to a second external hard disk. I generally keep this back up archive organized and structured the same way as my Masters structure. If I ever deleted a Referenced Master and then later on wanted to re-import it from my back up archive, it makes it easier to find things, etc if they are organized the same way.
I don't buy it. Can you give an example of a situation in which you need to find a file and you don't know the date it was taken (at least roughly) or some part of the file name?
Your Masters need almost no storage structure at all.
IME, once I started using Aperture's extensive image management tools, I found I had almost no -- zero, nada -- file management needs beyond back-up.
If you read what I wrote just above, I guess this plays to that. How do you manage your back-up file management system if things change in ways that I have suggested, i.e. renaming projects, etc and moving things around from one project to another?
I try to keep two additional copies of every Library and every set of Referenced Masters at all times. One set is kept off-site. It's not hard to do -- but I do run copy operations that last all night. Aperture's Vault can serve as one of the Library copies. I have found it easier to manage when I don't use Vaults, so I stopped using them. If you find Vaults convenient, use them.
Just to be clear: My main goal is to make sure that my back-up file management structure mimics my Aperture Library Folder, Project, Album (well, not album as you can't organize at this time by album name) structure. I am not talking about the structure of where my Masters are stored, but rather the structure of my back-up. I hope this makes sense.
This does not make sense. +File management+ refers to Referenced Masters and not to Aperture Folders, Projects, or Albums.
Your Aperture Folder, Project, & Albums (all of 'em) structure is part of your Library. Back up your Library, and you have backed up that structure.
The files an Aperture user needs to back up are
- your Aperture Library (an OS X package of hundreds of thousands of files)
- all your Referenced Masters.
That's it.

Referenced Images

Has anyone tried using their iPhoto library for referenced images (in other words, unchecking the "Copy Photos To The iPhoto Library" box in preferences)? I have always wanted more control of my file structure in iPhoto, and thought this might be a viable solution. My option is Aperture, which I own, but still find the learning curve daunting.
Any advice or tips would be welcome. Thanks.

I have always wanted more control of my file structure in iPhoto
You’re rather missing the point of iPhoto, I’m afraid. The point is to organise your Photos without reference to your files. If you want to organise Files, use the Finder, that’s what it’s for.
In referenced Mode: iPhoto will create an alias in the Originals Folder that points to your file. It will still create a thumbnail and, if you modify the pics, a Modified version within the iPhoto Library Folder.
However, you need to be aware of a number of potential pitfalls using this system.
1. Import and deleting pics are more complex procedures
2. You cannot move or rename the files on your system or iPhoto will lose track of them on systems prior to 10.5 and iPhoto 08. Even with the later versions issues can still arise if you move the referenced files to new volumes or between volumes.
3. Most importantly, migrating to a new disk or computer can be much more complex.
Always allowing for personal preference, I've yet to see a good reason to run iPhoto in referenced mode unless you're using two photo organisers.
If disk space is an issue, you can run an entire iPhoto Library from an external disk:
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library as an entity from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
If you're concerned about accessing the files, there are many, many ways to access your files in iPhoto:
There are many, many ways to access your files in iPhoto:
*For Users of 10.5 Only*
You can use any Open / Attach / Browse dialogue. On the left there's a Media heading, your pics can be accessed there. Apple-Click for selecting multiple pics.
Uploaded with plasq's Skitch!
You can access the Library from the New Message Window in Mail:
Uploaded with plasq's Skitch!
*For users of 10.4 and 10.5* ...
Many internet sites such as Flickr and SmugMug have plug-ins for accessing the iPhoto Library. If the site you want to use doesn’t then some, one or any of these will also work:
To upload to a site that does not have an iPhoto Export Plug-in the recommended way is to Select the Pic in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export and export the pic to the desktop, then upload from there. After the upload you can trash the pic on the desktop. It's only a copy and your original is safe in iPhoto.
This is also true for emailing with Web-based services. However, if you're using Gmail you can use iPhoto2GMail
If you use Apple's Mail, Entourage, AOL or Eudora you can email from within iPhoto.
If you use a Cocoa-based Browser such as Safari, you can drag the pics from the iPhoto Window to the Attach window in the browser.
*If you want to access the files with iPhoto not running*:
Create a Media Browser using Automator (takes about 10 seconds) or use this free utility Karelia iMedia Browser
Other options include:
1. *Drag and Drop*: Drag a photo from the iPhoto Window to the desktop, there iPhoto will make a full-sized copy of the pic.
2. *File -> Export*: Select the files in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export. The dialogue will give you various options, including altering the format, naming the files and changing the size. Again, producing a copy.
3. *Show File*: Right- (or Control-) Click on a pic and in the resulting dialogue choose 'Show File'. A Finder window will pop open with the file already selected.
Regards
TD

Problem with Referenced Images

Hi all,
I have some documents that all follow the same structure.
doc1\doc1.book
\*.fm
\images\A.jpg
doc2\doc2.book
\*.fm
\images\A.jpg
In both documents, I have an imported image file that I want to be "images\A.jpg".
my doc2 directory would have been created by copying and renaming doc1 (because they all follow the same document template/format). But in doc2's .fm file, my referenced image file's path is "..\doc1\images\A.jpg", referencing to the original file.
I've tried renaming doc1\images\A.jpg to doc1\images\B.jpg, and opening the doc2 .fm, which then says it can't find "..\doc1\images\A.jpg" and asks me to replace it with another file. So, I use "images\A.jpg" (which is in the doc2 directory). That seems to work. But this seems to also change the link in the doc1 .fm file to point to "..\doc2\images\A.jpg".
So, the problem seems like both .fm files will always point to the same image file. I don't know how to disconnect these, so that they can work independently from each other. i.e. each doc directory (doc1 and doc2) is self-sufficient.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
Kevin

Kevin,
If I understand you correctly, you have created the doc1 folder, inside is the doc1.book, *.fm files, and an images folder. One of the *.fm files references the A.jpg image in the images folder.
Create the doc2 folder, then copy all the files and folders inside doc1 to inside doc2. Do this in Windows Explorer, NOT FrameMaker.
Rename the doc1.book inside the doc2 folder to doc2.book. Everything should be as you want it to be.
NOTE that if you open doc1/*.fm in FrameMaker and then save it as doc2/*.fm, then FrameMaker recalculates the path to A.jpg to point to the file doc1/images/A.jpg, because FrameMaker assumes you want to retain your links to the original image files. The difference from the procedure above is that you are doing the copying within FrameMaker, not within the Windows file system.
Van

Aperture 2 Thinks Referenced Images are Offline with Network Home Directory

Aperture thinks my Home directory is offline, but it's not. My Home directory is on a Mac OS X Server on the LAN (i.e., not on the machine in front of me that I run Aperture 2 on). I'm able to import images from my Nikon D200 in RAW/NEF format using Aperture 2, and write them to my Network Home directory (again, on the Mac OS X Server across the LAN) with no problem. Images are added to Aperture Library as REFERENCED images. Actual image files and Aperture Library are within the Pictures folder in my Network Home directory (on the OS X Server across the LAN). Previews and images show up fine initially. However, after importing and quitting, the next launch of Aperture 2 shows those same imported/referenced images as being offline (i.e., alias badge with red strike-thru). No way to get Aperture 2 to recognize that these image files are really ONLINE, not off.
Tried to re-establish the link from Aperture to each image file using File->Manage Referenced Images..., but that corrupted something. Image becomes red slate with "Unsupported Image Format" message, and image preview goes blank/gray on next Aperture 2 launch.
Previous version of Aperture (v1.5.?) did not have this problem.

Thanks for the replies (in triplicate! from grommet). More information:
REFERENCED images that were imported earlier (using Aperture v1.5.x) show up ON-LINE in Aperture 2 (i.e., all is OK with the earlier images; referenced image badge has no red strike-thru).
The images that were imported more recently--all with Aperture 2--continue to show the referenced image badge with the red strike-thru, indicating Aperture thinks they're OFF-LINE (even though they're not). This makes it impossible to edit or use any of the more recent images that were imported with Aperture 2.
Here's the kicker: the more recent images imported with Aperture 2 and indicated as being OFF-LINE are stored in the SAME general file location as the earlier images that were imported with Aperture v1.5.x and are indicated as being ON-LINE!
My Home Directory is on a Mac OS X Server across the LAN.
Aperture Library is at: ~/Pictures/
Earlier images are at: ~/Pictures/Digital Photos/Roll-000001/1999-05-26-0001.NEF
Recent images are at: ~/Pictures/Digital Photos/Roll-000107/2008-04-17-0001.NEF
Clearly a bug with Aperture 2. I've filed feedback with Apple. Hope to heck this bug is not overlooked in next incremental release. I'm stuck/dead in the water without a fix.

Managing backup systems for referenced image masters

The manual says:
+Aperture doesn’t back up the masters of referenced images located outside the Aperture library. *You must maintain your own backup system of referenced image masters.* Aperture does back up the versions, previews, and metadata information associated with referenced images, but not the masters themselves.+ (my bolding)
So, somehow, I ended up with some images (older, it seems) in the vault but other images (newer) as referenced. An incomplete back up to the vault. I understand how I can move those referenced to the Vault but:
1) is there a fast way to find and select all the referenced masters for this move? Like a menu item or a button in a dialog box that says "Find and move all referenced Masters to the vault"? Simple eh?
2) why does Apple not allow you to keep referenced Masters out of the vault but a copy of the Master backed up in it? When it goes to reinstall (hopefully never!), it can just reinstall the whole vault in Aperture - if need be. I could live with this especially if it makes backing up all my Masters easy and recovering all of them assured.
3) Since #2 is not possible for now - how do people back up referenced files and why do you do referenced over Vaulted or a combination of the two (which is what I have but, not knowing I was doing this)? I would like to be able to look at images on my MacBook Pro but really keep the bulk of the images and editing on a MacPro.
4) when I imported iPhoto to Aperture, did they all come in as vault Masters or referenced?

Joseph Coates wrote:
...when I imported iPhoto to Aperture, did they all come in as vault Masters or referenced?
Images are imported according to settings you select. Probably you initially imported using a Managed-Images Library. To import by Reference from within Aperture, import images from the hard drive folder into Aperture selecting "Store files in their current location."
...how do people back up referenced files
Using any normal data backup method. I like to simply manually Finder-copy to external hard drives.
and why do you do referenced over Vaulted or a combination of the two (which is what I have but, not knowing I was doing this)?
Actually the correct syntax is Referenced over Managed. Vault refers to one type of backup routine that does include Managed Masters.
The primary problem with using a Managed-Masters Library instead of a Referenced-Masters Library is that for almost all modern digital photogs using Aperture their quantity of image files will grow quickly, rapidly taking more and more space on a single internal hard drive if Managed-Masters keeps all image files on a single internal hard drive.
Hard drives slow as they fill, so unless a multi-drive SATA/eSATA array is used a Managed-Library drive will sooner or later lose performance. Use of Referenced-Masters allows the Library to forever stay small enough not to overfill a single drive.
Personally I consider separate backup of Masters outside Aperture's Vault protocol a benefit, not a negative.
Using a Managed-Masters Library works even for for laptop/iMac owners if completed Projects with Masters are constantly purged from Aperture but that is inappropriate workflow for most photogs, and the benefits of using a Managed-Masters workflow are minimal.
I would like to be able to look at images on my MacBook Pro but really keep the bulk of the images and editing on a MacPro.
Although various user workarounds exist, the issue of synching your laptop Library with your desktop Library has not (yet) been addressed by Apple. IMO Apple's failure (still) to address this key issue is a travesty; Apple's single-user Filemaker has had that capability since the 1980's.
I suggest going to "Provide Aperture Feedback" under the Aperture menu and requesting that Apple provide single-user synch capabilities for two Libraries (such as the laptop/desktop setups that you and I both have). Note that it is important to specify single-user, two-Libraries, because multi-user scenarios are entirely different solutions that - unlike single user solutions - are usually very complex and expensive.
-Allen Wicks

How do I find out the size of each individual element within a photoshop file as need to replace some elements? Thanks :)

How do I find out the size of each individual element within a photoshop file as need to replace some elements? Thanks

What do you mean by "Elements"?
Elements in a flat image or Layers?
Could you please post a screenshot with the Layers Panel visible?

How can I export a folder of images using the original file data?

I have edited my images within the "Develop" mode, but now need to export as jpg's using those settings (note: some are now B&W) and then I also need to process as jpg's using the original settings (color), so my client has all the original color files as well. My files were all shot in the Nikon RAW format, but I can't figure out how to export all the images without using the develop adjustments I have made to each file, including having changed many to B&W. Is there a way to do this? Note that I also don't want to lose all of my adjustments, so can't just reset them all, if that's even an option.

2) Now I need to export all the images that have at least 2 stars
(around 1200), so I can give the client a folder of "originals." This
way, they can view images that didn't make the final edit (album) and
will also be able to print an image that I converted to B&W for
their album in color.
First of all, I think making a backup of your directory (using Explorer or Finder or whatever) might be prudent before you start this little experiment!
So, all of your originals are in one folder, and ~1200 of those are 2-star and 384 are 5-star and have edits, correct?
What might be easiest (although not the most effecient) is to just click on the folder, then use the Library Filter to select everything that's 2 stars and above. This will select all the images that need exporting.
Then follow Jao's instructions for creating a new collection and removing the edits. Make SURE you create your new collection with VIRTUAL COPIES or you're going to wipe out everything you've done.
Your new collection should then have virtual copies of everything 2-star and above, in their original unadulterated state. You can then export to JPG.
I think from now on I will export those files with 2 stars first, then narrow down the the final 384 and make adjustments
You could always create a collection of your "keepers" (2-stars and above). Then, for every image you want to edit, be sure to edit the virtual copy and then put it in a subcollection under the main collection.
That way you kind of have a history of what you did, and you can export (or re-export) at any time. You don't even really need to keep the exported JPGs around, since you can always re-export.
Scott Kelby has a Lightroom book that illustrates this kind of workflow much better than I can. I highly recommend it.

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