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Migrating Aperture Library to Capture One catalog

MPekala

Hi all,

I've read all the posts and watched the videos on migrating from Aperture to Capture One, and I'm ready to give it a try this weekend.

I have two questions. My Aperture Library is about 30,000 images, I think, so I'd like to break it into small Libraries. How do I do that? My Library is 100% referenced files, broken into year folders, each of which has month sub-folders, each of which has day folders. So can I do separate Libraries by year or something? Or several years at a time?

Second question: Can I then "re-merge" the separate libraries into one or two big Capture One catalogs called "Aperture images" or some such?

Thank you!

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  • hifimacianer
    Hi Peter,

    would your tool also work with the new photos app, since the Library structure should be quite similar to Aperture?
    I like the new photos app in terms of speed and I'm also able to organize my pictures in a way I like.

    But it really lacks the editing features I need, so your solution would be also very welcome for my workflow.
    Would it be a big effort for you to adopt your scripts to work with the new photos app?

    Björn
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  • NN635770922769309595UL
    I have just "completed" the shift ("completed" because as another post mentions, I took the opportunity to do some housekeeping, and only moved the current Aperture library; the older ones are safely stored away for whenever).

    The library is a managed one, and makes / made extensive use of Folders and Albums. I first tried C1 back in April with what was then version 7 Pro, and gave up because of the problems mentioned in this thread. However, I recently found out about Aperture Exporter () which worked a treat, preserving the folder/album structure. And version 8 was well nigh irresistible.

    AE does have a known crash bug but I treated each Folder + its associated albums separately and all was well. I chose to go the Catalog / User collection / Group / Album route in C1, importing each Aperture Album from where I had AE park it.

    Bit of a lengthy job, but am highly delighted with the outcome.
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  • leanhnam220
    Thanks for giving me interesting information
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