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Exporting Projects, Folders, and Albums
You can select and export any combination of projects, folders, and albums in the Library
inspector. Aperture consolidates the selected items into an Aperture library and places it in the
location of your choosing. After exporting the item selection as an Aperture library, you can
either open the new library and work within it, or you can merge the library into the library of
another Aperture system.
For more information about opening Aperture libraries, see Viewing Other Libraries on page 40.
For more information about merging Aperture libraries, see Merging Libraries on page 41.
To export projects, folders, and albums
1 In the Library inspector, select the items you want to export, then choose File > Export > Items as
New Library.
Aperture consolidates the selected items into a library.
2 Enter a name and choose a location for the exported library.
3 Do any of the following:
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If your project contains referenced images and you want the original les available to the new
Aperture system: Select the “Consolidate originals into exported library” checkbox to copy the
original image les into the new library le.
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If you want to copy the previews into the new library so that you don’t have to rebuild them on the
new Aperture system: Select the “Include Previews in exported library” checkbox.
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If you want Aperture to alert you when it has nished building the new library: Select the “Show
alert when nished” checkbox.
4 Click Export Library.
Aperture consolidates the selected items into a library and exports the library le to the location
you chose.