I need some advice from people who deal with images a lot. I say "Images", rather than "Photos", because my needs are a bit different from photographers, but I think similar enough that people here will know the answer. I've read most of the related threads here, and I can't find the answer to my specific question. It starts out sounding like the same thing as discussed before, but it's not, so please bear with me.
I'm looking for a way to better organize a large number of images (microscopy images, if that helps). Currently, I have them organized in subfolders, roughly by date, group and various subgroups. I've been reading everything I can about Aperture 3, and I understand that it works by adding tags to photos, and then using the tags to "organize" them later. I understand that it doesn't organize the files themselves (i.e. move them around).
My question has to do with the actual file organization. Can I just load the image files into Aperture as they are (i.e. in their current folders and subfolders), or does Aperture require that the image files be stored in one place? Could I have a library of family photos stored in the standard Photos folder, and then have separate libraries of work images stored elsewhere in documents? Does Aperture rename the image files? Is there a limit to the number of libraries that can be managed?
For the stuff I'm doing, the workflow features designed for photographers wouldn't be that useful to me, so is there something more appropriate out there?
Thanks
I'm looking for a way to better organize a large number of images (microscopy images, if that helps). Currently, I have them organized in subfolders, roughly by date, group and various subgroups. I've been reading everything I can about Aperture 3, and I understand that it works by adding tags to photos, and then using the tags to "organize" them later. I understand that it doesn't organize the files themselves (i.e. move them around).
My question has to do with the actual file organization. Can I just load the image files into Aperture as they are (i.e. in their current folders and subfolders), or does Aperture require that the image files be stored in one place? Could I have a library of family photos stored in the standard Photos folder, and then have separate libraries of work images stored elsewhere in documents? Does Aperture rename the image files? Is there a limit to the number of libraries that can be managed?
For the stuff I'm doing, the workflow features designed for photographers wouldn't be that useful to me, so is there something more appropriate out there?
Thanks