The new list has replaced the old list on our servers, so if you purchase the list now you will get the new one. Those of you who want to upgrade can just import the new list over your old list. Note that this will result in duplicate keywords in cases where a typo was fixed. So if we had a keyword called “tpyo” and we changed it to “typo”, your list will contain both after the re-import. One way to remove the old keywords is to remove *all* keywords before importing the new keyword list, but this would also remove keywords attached to your images, so only do this if you know what you are doing.

Finally, I had my first real-life chance to make use of the MarineLife Keywords List I wrote about a while ago.

All I had to do to label my squid shots was look-up “bigfin reef squid” in the MarineLife Keywords index that I had already imported into Aperture, and, like magic, I had everything I needed in order to tag the squid images:

bigfin reef squid: Sepioteuthis lessoniana; bigfin squid: Sepioteuthis lessoniana; Cephalopods: Cephalopoda; Invertebrates; Loliginidae; Mollusks: Mollusca; Squid: Teuthida; Teuthoidea

…in practical terms, meaning I didn’t have to (mis)type all those long multi-syllabic tongue-twisters into each photo’s metadata. All I had to do was drag-and-drop the list onto all my squid files and I was done!

Read the whole journal entry to learn more about Tony’s digital workflow.

This video is most helpful for Aperture users, but Lightroom users may find it interesting as well since keywording workflow is similar in both products.