Because I've got many scanned photos I also have an Aperture library for all my processed images of all kinds (might be strange but it works for me) that is 7.5GB with files (not in the library) 38GB. I've got 140 GB of RAW files and the Aperture library (which does not contain them) is 10.5GB. It also has better organizational features and handles multiple libraries much better. If you do lots of editing Aperture would be far better as it saves the steps you make in editing rather than the edited images which makes it more space efficient. The thumbnails will take about 50KB for each image, even if you don't edit them, but that's far smaller than the originals! Nothing will be stored on the original HDD. So, if you move your iPhoto Library to another disk, you're moving the database records as well. The iPhoto Library contains much more than image files - most important, the database records I mentioned earlier. Once they're copied into the Library folders, you can delete the files on the "outside." In iTunes, this is called "consolidating." So by default, Imported images are copied. The assumption Apple is making is that your image files are safer inside the Library folders than outside. A database record will be created in the Library that includes the directory path to the image file, wherever it may be located. So, you can "Import" an image stored elsewhere on your computer or network, and leave it exactly where it always was, and NOT make a copy of it in the iPhoto Library - you just have to change your preferences to do it. #2 is the default, which you can override, as the previous post described. By default, when you Import a photo, two basic things happen (I'm over-simplifying) - #1 - a database record is created for data about that image in the Library database (that data includes the location of the image file), and #2 - the image file is copied into the Library folder system. Photos do not have to be stored in the Library folders. Yes, you're missing the point that you have a choice.
0 kommentar(er)
