Aperture: How to copy photo from one project to another?

[Hello.there]

Help?

I've created a new project in Aperture and I want to import a few photos from different existing projects....but how do I do it? So far I've only been able to move the photos, not copy them.

Thanks. 😱

 

[Grimace]

Aperture usually has one Master photo file in a Project (yellow) like "All Animals", which can be copied into other Albums (blue) like "Birds". The Albums reference the Masters in another location and you can make changes (black & white, saturation) without changing the Master.

You can also Export a Master by right-clicking on the image if you want to duplicate the Master to your desktop (then reimport to a new Project). You may want to change the file name just so you can keep track (ie. IMG_2031a).

 

[Hello.there]

Aperture usually has one Master photo file in a Project (yellow) like "All Animals".....

Thanks a million Grimace, you're a legend!

 

[lasermn]

Help?

I've created a new project in Aperture and I want to import a few photos from different existing projects....but how do I do it? So far I've only been able to move the photos, not copy them.

Thanks. 😱

Easy Peasy
Depress & hold the Option & Shift Keyboard keys; now with the mouse simply drag & drop the photo from one project into the other project. That effectively copies the photo so that you now have the same photo in its original project and the other project(s)
If you make change to one photo it only affects that photo, not both photos
This is a Copy, not a Duplicate.