Adjustments

so, since I wasn't getting a lot of traction on the previous thread I thought I would post something a bit more generic
<<The rub is - the ONLY way to get ADJUSTMENTS out of Aperture is through a static export ( TIFF or JPG )
Can we all agree on that ? >>
if you'd like context, heres the original thread
Re: Export Advice
( thanks again Kirby // waiting for your reply )

Well, yes. Aperture (and Lightroom) are non-destructive editors. They never touch the original file (often a RAW file, but a JPEG or TIFF file is created the same way). They just record details on your adjustments in a database and that's that. The originals aren't modified.
I don't really see the problem. Any time you want to take a modified version of a file and do something with it (what? put it on a web page, print it, email it?) you generate a JPEG or TIFF file that has the adjustments "baked in." You can do this any time you want.
Honestly, it's not like it takes 10 hours to adjust an image. In most cases, even if I lost all adjustments on an image, I could get something I'm happy with in somewhere between 15 seconds and 5 minutes. So I'm just not overly worried about it. Yes, you could export JPEG or TIFF versions of your "baked" images if you want.
But here's something to think about: RAW converters are continually improving. The one in OS X is WAY BETTER today than it was when Aperture was introduced in 2006. Similarly, Lightroom and Adobe Camera RAW are much better today than they were when it was released in 2007. There are big benefits to starting from scratch on many images. Taking a "baked" final image as the end-all be-all is the wrong approach if quality (and not consistency with something you did 8 years ago) is what you're after.

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