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Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 11:09 AM by Joseph Linaschke “Organizing Your Aperture Library”; a Three Part Post on Photofocus.com
The first part of a three-part post on Photofocus titled “Organizing Your Aperture Library” is now online! Be sure to check that out, even if you’re 100% organized. There may be some new tips in there for ya!
I don’t know the schedule for parts 2 and 3, so be sure to check back for those.
Update on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 4:21 PM by
Joseph Linaschke
Joseph Linaschke
UPDATE: Part 2 is now online.
Update on Saturday, March 30, 2013 at 10:46 AM by
Joseph Linaschke
Joseph Linaschke
And here’s Part 3.
Reader Comments (5)
Interesting. Thought Scott Bourne dumped Aperture for LR.
Scott,
He did, which is probably why they asked me to write for them :-)
-Joseph
Hello Joseph:
I followed your recommendations and I love what its' done to my library. I had been struggling for a couple years, trying to figure out the most logical way to do this and the recommendation for 2012-02-25 | Hawaii Shot (as an example) - was brilliant. I ended up going thru my entire library, spent several hours making these changes.
The one thing I did which was a little different is I also created smart albums by 'Year', since I have numerous categories for my projects. So - for 2013, 2012, etc., I now see a chronological composite of all my various projects/folders all in one tidy location too, sorted by year. Thanks a ton!
Right on Mark, glad to hear it!
Smart Albums are great, for sure. I like to rely on a fixed structure for the big-picture stuff, and then use Smart Albums for smaller things. Keep in mind that every time you click on a Smart Album it re-scans it's target (which could be a project, a folder, or your entire library), so if you have a 200k image library and a pile of Smart Albums that look at the entire library, it may take a while to populate each one every time you click on it.
-Joseph @ApertureExpert
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So just out of curiosity, why did Scott abandon Aperture for LR? I've tried every version of LR off and on since its inception and I just can't get the feel for it. I'm sure this debate has been worn out but I'm always interested to hear why an experienced professional prefers a piece of software or a particular brand of camera, or lenses, etc.