I’m like you: I want discreet control over my keywords. A huge headache would be solved if keywords were case-insensitive. Also, I’d like a “related” keyword feature as well so tagging with one keyword auto-tagged with others.

We can dream, eh? Anyways, thanks for pointing out that I shouldn’t worry about my keywords too much. I’ll just end up tearing my hair out! I use 90% Smart Albums so they auto populate as I add things, but working with Aperture is far more tedious than it should be.

You are not the only one to be asking for changes with some of these obvious issues. I pointed out the major annoyance of not being able to see any “child” terms further down the hierarchy on my help page for Aperture, when I posted that in early 2007. http://www.controlledvocabular.....rture.html

I also point out how to include the full hierarchy when you are keywording with Aperture, though do agree with you that it would be nice if that was done automatically.

David

Here’s the url to the script: http://tinyurl.com/yv6mtk

Any thoughts?

I use Aperture for everything except keywording, for most of the reasons you have stated.

As a nature photographer I have tried lots of keywording strategies as I needed a hierachy structure. I now use Photomechanic (www.camerabits.com)for all keywording which I do prior to bringing the images into Aperture. Aperture reads the keywords into the library and I am done with it

Peter Llewellyn

http://www.bagelturf.com/apart.....index.html

That said, I haven’t tried it out to see exactly how it functions. I’m told its where you can include “secret metadata” for your own use, and need not be exported with the standard stuff.

You can also customize the keyboard buttons to say whatever you want.

What I want is to merge my bad keywords, I want to change bob to Bob…..

hope you’re using the aperture feedback button for this and not assuming that apple uses users’ blogs instead of a bugbase.