Aperture 2 and new metadata information
I have just upgraded my 1.56 library to Aperture 2.0 library and am very impressed by the general speed of operation, especially the query hud which is very fast indeed. However one thing puzzles me. When I upgraded my library all the existing metadata is carried through to the new library but the new exif fields remain empty. This is important to me as I need to kow the lens model I am using on each image. What is strange is that if I drag (or import) images into a new project all the metadata fields are filled including the lens model fields. My question to the Aperture team (or any knowledgeable users) out there is how do I get the missing metadata fields filled up without losing any of the existing IPTC field and keyword data that I have painstakingly completed over the last few years on my existing images.
Message was edited by: Trevor Craig
I just solved my own problem.
1. Export Raw images as masters and tick embed IPTC information
2. Start a new Aperture library and the exported masters all back in again
All information is now available in the metadata fields. The downside is you need 2x storeage initially to do this and will loose your edits from version 1.56.
I suppose you can't have everything sorted!
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