Share metadata presets

Share metadata presets

When you work with other Aperture users or Aperture systems, you can share your metadata presets to ensure a consistent application of metadata to all the photos. You can export metadata presets for others to use and import presets when you need them.

Export a metadata preset

  1. In the Info inspector or the Info pane of the Inspector HUD, choose Manage Presets from the Metadata Action pop-up menu .

  2. In the Metadata dialog, select the metadata preset that you want to export, then choose Export from the Action pop-up menu in the bottom-left corner of the dialog.

  3. Choose a location to store the metadata preset information, then click Export.

The metadata preset is exported to the location you chose and saved as [filename].apmetadata.

Import a metadata preset

  1. In the Info inspector or the Info pane of the Inspector HUD, choose Manage Presets from the Metadata Action pop-up menu .

  2. In the Metadata dialog, choose Import from the Action pop-up menu in the bottom-left corner of the dialog.

  3. In the dialog that appears, select the metadata preset file that you want to import, then click Import.

The metadata preset is imported into Aperture and placed at the bottom of the Preset Name column in the Metadata dialog.