EXPORTING
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Using AppleScript, users can automate the process of exporting images out of Aperture.
The export command only handles lists of image versions. Instructing Aperture to export a single image version will produce an error. Be sure to export a list of image versions even if you just want to export a single image.
Export
selected images to a user defined
directory.
tell
application
"Finder"
set export_dir
to (choose folder
with
prompt "Choose a
folder to export into")
as alias
end
tell
tell
application
"Aperture"
activate
set imageSel
to selection
export
imageSel
using
export
setting "JPEG -
Original Size" to export_dir
end
tell
Aperture allows users to export the original master file or a processed file. Also, Aperture provides the option of exporting a XMP sidecar or exporting the master with embedded IPTC data.
Instead of splitting up all the options the export command has, I decided to give an example that showed them all in as a simplistic manner as I can possibly provide. If you have not already noticed, I like giving my scripts prompts for the user of the script so that I do not have to hard code what I want to do each and every time I run the script. If I want to export masters today and versions tomorrow, there is no need to change the script's code.
This
script allows you to pick any current file and folder naming
policy, which project to export from, and you can decide to export
versions or master files. Of course some of the export options from
a scripting point of view don't make much since but others are
worthwhile. For example: selecting a custom version name with
counter to name your exported versions isn't very useful when
running an export script because you can't provide a custom name
like you can through Aperture's export sheet.
set
proj_name
to ""
tell
application
"Finder"
set export_dir
to (choose folder
with
prompt "Choose a
folder to export into")
as alias
end
tell
tell
application
"Aperture"
activate
set x
to name
of
every project
choose from list
x
with
prompt "Select a
project"
set ap_proj
to item 1
of result
set ap_proj
to project
ap_proj
set x
to name
of file naming
policies
choose from list
x
with
prompt "select a
file naming policy"
set file_policy
to file naming
policy (item 1
of result)
set x
to name
of folder naming
policies
choose from list
x
with
prompt "select a
folder naming policy"
set dir_policy
to folder naming
policy (item 1
of result)
set export_setting
to name
of export
settings
set
end
of export_setting
to "Master"
choose from list
export_setting
with
prompt "Choose a
file type preset"
set setting_name
to item 1
of result
--the above basically
allows the user of the script to pick and choose how the export
will occur instead of hard coding your export each and every time
you use this script
tell ap_proj
set theimages
to
every image version
as list --export every image
in the project. modify the script to use selections of images if
you'd rather export that way
end
tell
--below handles the
case of exporting masters or versions
if setting_name
is "Master"
then
with
timeout
of 3600
seconds
export
theimages
naming files
with file_policy
naming
folders with dir_policy
to
export_dir
metadata
sidecar
--new to 2.0 is the
ability to embed the versions' IPTC data into the master itself.
change "sidecar" to "embedded" to do so.
end
timeout
else
with
timeout
of 3600
seconds
export
theimages
naming
folders with dir_policy
using
export
setting setting_name
to
export_dir
naming files
with file_policy
end
timeout
end
if
end
tell