Aperture 3 adjustments presets help!!!!!

HELP.....
i was using my aperture 3, and i always use the ready to use "adjustemnts presets" under the presets pop-up menu that come with program.However i somehow pressed delete and now there all gone ... which include the color preset, the white and balence preset, and the black adn white preset...i even tryed uninstalling it and still are not there ....
please help i have tryed everything

Quit Aperture.
Go to your Home folder > Library > Application Support > Aperture, and drag the Adjustment Chain Presets.plist to your desktop.
Restart Aperture.
I believe you should have the presets back, the ones that ship with Aperture.
If you have 3rd party presets installed, not sure what it will do to them.
Hope that helps.

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There is no real automated way but it should be easy enough to do. Just take a look at what the preset does in lightroom in terms of what adjustments it uses and what settings are used. Do exactly the same thing to an image in Aperture, then save as a preset.
I really never understood why people buy "presets" - the adjustment controls are simple and limited compared to what you can do with say a plug-in or even a photoshop action. Replicating the results visually with having no idea what the preset actually did is easy enough - seeing the adjustment blocks it adds and the parameters it is using makes it a no-brainer.
RB

Aperture performs adjustments in a different order depending on file type

Aperture performs Adjustments in a different order depending on file type.
Here's an example:
Starting with two copies of an image, one in RAW format (Canon CRW from a D60), the other in TIFF (opened the .crw file in Preview and exported an 8bit tiff file).
{The test image is a photo of my copy of Aperture on the floor of my studio (which, for reference, is a few points of Cyan off of a neutral grey).}
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http://members.arstechnica.com/x/adrien/testRAW_originalImage.jpg
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http://members.arstechnica.com/x/adrien/adjustments.jpg
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http://members.arstechnica.com/x/adrien/testRAW_adjusted.jpg
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http://members.arstechnica.com/x/adrien/testTIFF_adjusted.jpg
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- White Balance: Temp -> 3500K (from 5000K).
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I've filed the bug with Apple (number 4394125 at bugreport.apple.com). hopefully they'll fix this.
Cross posted from this discussion at the MacAch on ArsTechnica forums:
http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/8300945231/m/893007866731 /r/832001796731#832001796731

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Solution 1:
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iam looking for a image convertor for raw (raf) files so i can edit them in aperture can any one help please

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1. So - can I delete these files?
You can, but because those are system files, it might be easier to use commands in a Terminal session. See below.
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(The latter is equally important to the image developer, imho.)
Somewhat contrary to your thinking, maximizing Boost and Hue Boost, and minimizing Moire and Noise, would (I think -- I'm no expert here) give you the greatest possible range for your adjustments.
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2349173
for more info and workarounds.
Printing in AP3 is a 'two-step' process now - there might have been problems to integrate the various options of printer drivers into the AP interface...
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P.S. Can you 'back up/save/ output etc the system settings for an application so as to not lose them on a reinstall??

I see from your signature you are using Mac OS 10.7.2 Lion.
Under Lion the Applications Folder is protected, and dragging from this folder simply creates Aliases on the Desktop. To delete an Application I found it easier to select the application and to use Command-delete. Then you will be prompted for your administrator password an can remove the application.
Regards
Léonie
PS:
Can you 'back up/save/ output etc the system settings for an application so as to not lose them on a reinstall??
The setting, and all your Aperture presets, are stored in your user library, in the preferences folder and the Application Support folder. These will not be affected by moving the Aperture Application to the trash. Aperture will use the same settings when you relaunch it after the upgrade to the full version.
Enjoy Aperture!

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