1. In the Import browser, choose Pictures or another folder from the Store Files pop-up menu, then choose Edit from the Subfolder pop-up menu that appears.

   The Folder Naming dialog appears.

   

2. Click the Add button (+) to create a new name format, or select the preset name format you want to change.

3. Drag name elements into the Format field in the order you want them to appear.

   You can also create a hierarchy of folders within folders. For example, you can specify that Aperture place your referenced images in a subfolder named Date, and within that folder you can create subfolders identified by the time the photo was taken.

4. Drag a slash between the elements where you want subfolders created.

5. Enter a custom name in the Custom Name field, if you like.

6. Click OK.

Your new folder name format now appears in the Subfolders pop-up menu.

When using a counter in your folder name format, you can specify the starting number and the number of digits, from one to six, that appear in the counter. When you use a folder name format with a counter, reset the initial starting number. Otherwise, on the next import, Aperture will continue numbering the image folders starting from the last number of the previous import.

• In the Folder Naming Presets dialog, type “0” (zero) in the “Incrementing counter starting at” field.