How I organize my Aperture – Flickr libraries

When I import pictures I add them to a new project. Then I rate them based on what I personally think of the picture by using Aperture’s built in star rating system. This is not really that uncommon but I normally tend to have that classification carry over to Flickr. Since I pay for Flickr every year I use it as my picture backup of sorts. Maybe you guys find this useful or have any suggestions for me!

In Aperture:

X (9) – Picture is terrible (Pending delete)
* (1) – Picture is bad, too dark or way off
** (2) – Picture is ok, a little out of focus maybe
*** (3) – Picture is good
**** (4) – Picture is great
***** (5) – Absolute love for a picture

And what they mean in Flickr:

X (9) – No Upload
* (1) – Upload, Private
** (2) – Upload, Only Family can see
*** (3) – Upload, Friends and Family can see
**** (4) – Upload, Public
***** (5) – Upload, Public, in my featured set

Any Ideas on how I can make this better would be greatly appreciated but it tends to be working fine for me for now!


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