Aperture as a finishing tool

Hello,
The Aperture discussions well document the varying usefulness people find for Aperture, and while everyone it seems is united in the potential we can see, there appears to be heavy division on whether Aperture can be integrated successfully into workflow (for a variety of reasons) -- therefore I don't wish to even touch that part of the debate. I know others have had successful experiences, which is great, and I applaud. For me, Aperture is unusable in the importing / sorting / proofing / editing portion of the workflow. Ironically, working with Aperture has honed my Bridge/ACR/Photoshop workflow, and I'm really optimistic about Bridge feature additions. That's me -- I know everyone else is different, and that's fine -- don't wish to discuss that. The reason I say all this is that I see another area where Aperture could really shine, and become part of my workflow, despite not being used in these other areas, and that is as a finishing tool.
I have no knowledge of how long it will take to fix the myriad of problems metioned in these discussions, and after pondering matters further, even if the app were perfectly bug free, certain design decisions may still leave the way some photographers choose to work out in the cold. But I'd love to see effort poured into filling out the book publishing options, ability to create and burn slideshows to DVD, and integration with printers and printing services. As a more feature-rich finishing tool, I might be able to use Aperture again , as that is a part of the workflow that presently includes its share of manual work and other tools.
Likewise, from using iPhoto, which is at version 5.0.4, and still has a serious image adjustment problem with distorted images, I sense that focusing on finishing would be a more immediate path for Aperture to mastering at least some part of the workflow, and making Aperture more generally usable for photographers. Someone posted a while back that they felt that Aperture should do at least one part of the workflow well, and be able to be integrated in a non-disruptive way. I agree with this view, and after nearly 50k posts on the discussions, is pretty apparent that the hotspots in the workflow are the areas where Aperture has had problems for many. Rather than pour all resource into this area of the workflow, and be struggling with it for the next year, perhaps the finishing stage of the workflow could be an immediate area of Aperture focus, and be made very solid and feature rich in a matter of months.
Brad
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Afternoon all,
Following on from a separate forum thread I've got here in iPhoto https://discussions.apple.com/message/20902055?ac_cid=op123456#20902055?ac_cid=o p123456, I wondered whether the Aperture thread could also help me out.
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My question is simple: Is Aperture the tool for me?
I look forward to hearing from you.
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If you read TD's answer carefully, it says
It cannot have the Library on a networked location, such as a NAS. iPhoto needs to have the Library sitting on disk formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Users with the Library sitting on disks otherwise formatted regularly report issues including, but not limited to, importing, saving edits and sharing the photos.
The main problem is the formatting of the drive - for Aperture holds the same: The library needs to be on a disk formatted MacOS X Extended. Otherwise you are risking inconsistencies in your Aperture library and open a can of worms, see:
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If you absolutey want to store your Photolibrary on a NAS, you can create a writable diskimage formatted MacOS X extended on your NAS and store the library on this disk image. You will have to take care to automount the diskimage before you access Aperture. This will be tedious and slow.
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2. While you can run iPhoto in Referenced mode, with the Masters on a NAS and the library on a local disk, this is inherently unreliable. Here has more:
This is better in Aperture. Other than iPhoto Aperture has built-in tools to deal with referenced original files. So you can move the bulk of your image files to an external volume and keep only the Aperture library on your internal volume.
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Aperture 3 update. Why is there still no eraser for the retouch tool?

Perhaps I'm missing something, but: Why is there still no eraser for the retouch tool?
I realize you can delete retouch strokes, but they are in linear order so you often have to delete useful ones to go far enough back to get the one that you've decided no longer works.
I would rather have the ability to erase strokes back to the original image, much like the way the History Brush works in Photoshop, and indeed the eraser tool works in many other Aperture bricks.
Example, I retouch an eye, and then move on to retouch an ear. Then I decide I don't like the eye brush strokes. In order to remove one stroke on the eye retouch, I have to delete all the successful brush strokes I've made to the ear (i.e. those that came after the stroke I wish to remove from the eye). This is needlessly complicated and inefficient.
Many of other bricks in Aperture have an eraser tool to selectively remove brushstrokes. Why not the retouch tool?
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Retouching (and cloning) involves not just applying a transformation to the selected pixels, but basing that transformation on _other, non-contiguous_ pixels sampled from the image. This leads me to think that there may be intractable technical problems setting up the kind of workflow you propose.

As an asset management tool it should manage all images but only adjust raw

Is Aperture an image management tool, raw converter/workflow tool, or both?
Let it be both! Restrict what is is ALLOWED to ADJUST, but manage it all.
When I do a shoot, I start out with 300-1000 RAW images.
By the time I am finished with the client I will have narrowed the pile of image assets down to 20% of the original RAW files, JPGs of all of those, AND 10% of the selected originals will also end up as layered PSD/TIFF files. But when I go back in and want to open a PSD file then why not allow just that Then save it back as the same or a version..
OR when I tell it to open a PSD file in CS2 it will as "make a version(full or flat), or edit original?" and of course a "don't ask me again for this format" check box!
So why not leave the layered PSD/TIFF files alone and NOT allow them to be adjusted, only managed?
Think about it, IF I want to adjust my multilayered PSD file I will most definitely only trust that to CS2 where I retain full creative control over the layers, and I can output a version if I want!
IF I am crazy enough to feel the need to use the shallow tools of Aperture to tweak the brightness/level/curves/saturation/WB/etc/etc of a flattened COPY of my layered PSD file then I will make a copy and drag it into Aperture. By shallow I mean that CS2 and layers has much more control than the single layer tools of Aperture.
As an option leave it open as a configuration choice in the prefs... "Adjustable image formats: RAW, JPG" and even on a per image basis, right-click--> image status-->Adjustable or Unadjustable.
Yes, I sent this idea off to Apple!

Moki,
Right there with you. Here's my rough scenario:
1. I shoot 500 RAWs.
2. Cull down to 100 keepers.
3. Client culls down to their 50 selects.
4. Anywhere from 25-50 become layered PSD files, depending on the presentation the client wants (sizes, packages, borders, special effects, etc.).
5. In addition to those 25, there may be *completely new* composites (PSD's) created from combinations of the 25 -- this isn't a version of one of the original masters -- it is a *completely new* image that Aperture needs to manage in the project (so import of PSD without flattening and/or allowing Photoshop to Save-As into the Aperture library is a must).
I'd even add to your request about allowing adjustments. It would be totally cool if the adjustment tools were context-sensitive, enabled when working with an image (like RAW or JPG) where Aperture can adjust, and disabled when working with an image (like layered PSD or TIFF) that it won't adjust.
Anyway, I have complete confidence that eventually, the RAW conversion will be fixed, so even though that's an immediate glaring issue, it doesn't seem to me to be the long-term workflow killer. Being able to traverse this editing stage of the workflow with Photoshop is crucial. Without this, its basically
a complete project export after the initial organization stage, and the rest of the workflow is either managed entirely in another tool, or a complete pain to bring back into Aperture for output, which leaves files strewn everywhere for backup and archiving.
Brad

Aperture won't launch a second time... must restart Mac

I have a huge amount of photos; so many that I had to break the library down into several smaller ones.
Until yesterday, everything worked fine. I could open Aperture by double clicking on any library or switch between them with ease.
Today, however, things aren't working so well.
When I open Aperture for the first time after a fresh restart of my iMac, it works as you would expect. Library opens and it's business as usual. Problem is, if I try to switch between libraries or if I quit Aperture and try to open it again, I get a small dialog box saying:
"Opening Aperture Library" but the library never opens; eventually Aperture stops responding and I have to force quit. The only way to get Aperture to open after this is to restart the iMac.
http://screencast.com/t/zQhzTq0Zpy
followed by
http://www.screencast.com/users/richcirminello/folders/Jing/media/ec07a83d-ddd1- 4a2e-8c49-17e6c6d51beb
Here are a few things I have tried:
+ try opening a library from a different user account on the iMac: I am able to open, close, switch, etc... normally
+ connect the external hard drive with my libraries to a different Mac; same as using a different user account, Aperture seems to function normally
This leads me to believe there is something wrong wit my user account on the iMac.
My user account name is "rich"
I went into rich/Library/Application Support/Aperture and trashed everything. Unfortunately I have to reinstall my plug ins now (and all my watermarks, export settings and print settings argggh!), but that seemed only to help for a short time. After using Aperture for a few hours, the problem came back.
This is immensely frustrating!
I am using an iMac 27" 2.93GHz i7 with 8GB RAM, OS 10.6.6 and Aperture 3.1.1
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This leads me to believe there is something wrong wit my user account on the iMac.
While I see the train of thought that led to that theory, you appear don't mention having tried a standard library trouble-shooting step. Have you used the "Aperture Library First Aid tools", as documented here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3805 ? If I was experiencing the problems you've described, I'd try the tools on both the Aperture library you work with initially and the one which you fail to be able to swap to later on.
One other thought occurs to me. It might be nothing, can easily be ruled out. Is it possible that this is (still) a disk space issue? And I mean either your boot drive or the external drive containing your libraries. How much space is free on each drive when you've got Aperture up and running? If you don't want to try the First Aid tools, it might be worth trying to remember to check the free disk space while Aperture is running - immediately before you finish with the first library.
I hope these thoughts put you on the road to a solution...
Regards,
GaryG

Aperture (3.4.1) no longer opens and the following message appears: There was an error opening the database for the library "/ Users / Andrea / Pictures / Aperture 3 Library.aplibrary." How can I solve this problem? Thanks

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After a system crash your Aperture Library may be corrupted, because Aperture may not have been able to finish the ongoing database transactions.
Have you tried the Aperture Library First Aid Tools?
Aperture 3 User Manual: Repairing and Rebuilding Your Aperture Library
Try "Repair Database", and if this does not help: "Rebuild Database"
Regards
Léonie

Sincerity, will make Aperture better

I like to help apple do it better.. in order to do that apple dos't have to be mean to clients specially when I am in the middle of something important and they deleted my discussion, probably my writting english is not at is best, sorry I don't have the best writting in english, we can discuss this in spanish any time, in the mean time I like to finish what I started and I like to know if Aperture is really the program I wish it will be?
So I helped Apple and paste my discussion below, this was what apple deleted:
In order to process about 1000 pictures a day (this is my work flow) I need from programs speed and quality.. I don't need 3 or four programs to do the work of one.. I really like Aperture until it gets to your finish work I am not saying nothing against Aperture, actually I want to help do it better so we Pro-Photographers have an amazing tool to finish our pictures in a fast way before we deliver to our client.
And I know is not Photoshop. Photoshop makes filters and layers you can play around with your images and make a lot o design on them. aperture is not what Photoshop was created for.. But in my believes.. Is the best option to push the speed on our workflows as photographers?
When I work with Photoshop I can't process 1000 pictures a day is impossible, the lift and stamp tool in aperture is what I call a GREAT Feature on aperture, It gives us Pros speed on our work to speeds we though we will never have in our lifetimes...
The problem is after we get the necessary speed on our work and we can deliver those pictures the drawback is we can't deliver to our clients the full potential of the pictures.. Not the way clients see it... probably Photographers way.. But believe me when clients are involved is impossible to make them think 75dpi is better than 300dpi and if my client asks for 1200dpi I have to deliver those pictures on 1200 dpi.
Its simple the speed I get under Aperture (Amazing one) I lost it on the processing of my pictures to 1200 dpi?
You really think a pro photographer will finish their work under aperture if this is the whole point of working under aperture (speed), the solution is and I still see it that way.. Is work under CS2 color correct the images that way, and do it like in the past, there is no way aperture gives us that speed it was telling us in the web site of apple, at least not in pro photographers settings yes for amateurs and yes for web designers, and yes for post production, but for pro photography mmmm ?? I didn't think so
I see it like a dead end, everything is clear and fine and the minute you play under aperture everything is so fantastic until you get to the point of doing your masters from your versions, the ones you have thought you wanted printed on the magazine of your client in my case National Geographic Latin America.
So what happens I can’t give my client that picture of 72 dpi, I have to go back and make it under Photoshop CS2 color correct it and post produce it at 999dpi this is the maximum Photoshop gives from a single raw image.
Then you will ask how in the world I get 1200 dpi from a single raw image, well I say Canon and Nikon from the software they make of their cameras give us the tools so I download the pictures from my disc (CF) to my HD on my computer and open them to my canon or Nikon programs they ask me what I want to do with the pictures and I tell it what I need is a picture of 300 to 2000 dpi then after that process is finish I open them under CS2 and I color correct them, (now I am working under 2 programs) (really time consuming).
I believe Apple can do it better don’t you think?
I am a fan of apple work, I have always been and I hope aperture gives really the tools they sold us under their web page.
Thanks and sorry for the people that though I was offending them it was not my intention I just like to make the points clear

Adolfo, please read this:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=326563&tstart=0

Interesting speed test - Aperture vs Lightroom

Still noodling on the whole Aperture v Lightroom thing and I as I mentioned in an earlier post, I like the corrections (develop) portion of Lightroom but pretty much like everything else in Aperture, especially the workflow and organization. The thing that I find troubling is the SLOW speed of Aperture.
So, I have Windows running on my 1GB Macbook via Parallels and installed Lightroom for Windows and it FLYS. The speed is the same or faster under Parallels/Windows than Aperture is natively and may be faster then just OSX version of Lightroom. . .wow.
This leads me to believe (hope maybe) that a performance bump for Aperture is in the works and probably won't be that hard for Apple. It almost seems like some debug/logging has been left on. . .
Adam

I totally agree that in real life working conditions that Aperure is a faster program. I think we have to qualify this speed issue...Lightroom has less system requirements that Aperture so it appears to be faster on the surface. The best way to test the program is to run it through its paces with your current workflow.
I posted the following findings on anoher forum...
LIGHTROOM
PRoS
- Easier to pick up and use
- Slightly more in depth Editing Tools (Curves, more color sliders, Black Level etc). Can acheive the same with Aperture, but not as easily.
- Fast (but with a few gotchas - must let the program finish building previews etc)
- Can create and share Presets with other users and apply Presets on Import
- History - can go easily back to Prior state
- System requirements not that stringent. Can also Mac & PC
- Healing Brush/Clone Tool is nicely done
- More Camera support...
CoNs
- File Management (DAM) seems to be the least in depth part of the program.
- Stacks/Virtual copies could be more intuitive. This seems more to be an after thought in this program and I am not sure what Adobe was doing here. Aperture just does a much better job in its exectuion. People that use both prorams will understand what I mean. Lightroom Also doesn't handle the import of Raw/Jpegs with same name well. Need to do a workaround.
- Modules (forces you into set way of doing things). The best part of the program is how easy it is to figure out due to the modules, but that is the part of the program that limits you the most once you figure it out. You end up hating the thing you love the most. The modules slows down your workflow to the point that it is counter productive and negates any speed increase the program has on the surface.
- User Interface is somewhat customizable, but you cannot customize the view as much as in Aperture...I actually found the interface too restrictive with the modules.
- Email feature and watermark feature not as intuitive. Sends images for email to a folder.
APERTURE
- Best FM/DAM Features of the two. Program clearly geared more towards File Mgmt
- Loupe - This tool alone gives Aperture an advantage
- Stacks - Extremely well done
- Versions etc...
- Can get CLOSE to Canon DPP (colors) conversions when using this program much faster than Lightroom. The best way to describe this is Aperture has less editing tools, but they are all very functional.
- Faster to Navigate and do things on the fly due to open nature which greatly speeds up your Workflow. Program geared more towards managing large amount of images IMO. The open nature of the program makes it much faster tool to get a final product when working with large number of images.
- Emailing functions are very intuitive (e.g. adding watermark etc). Click on email and my image goes straight to mail resized and with a watermark just add the persons namde and hit send. This is one feature that illustrates why with Apple you feel as if you are working with one big program, than a bunch of seperate programs.
- More Customizable UI..Can display images a multitude of ways
- Presets for each section
CoNs
- Learning Curve. The program is daunting at first due to its wide open nature. I suggest buying a book or you will miss out on many of its features. Many folks are not aware of the depth of the program.
- Focus was on clearly more on File Mgmt features than on editing features. The Editing features needs to be more in depth and improved. E.g. The Lift and stamp Tool is extremely difficult to use. Lightroom also has a few features that Apple should a good look at. I.e. Curves, History, More sliders etc.
- POWER HUNGRY - The program requires way too much computer (GPU) to run it adequately. I think Apple focused too much on using Aperture in the beginning to promote hardware. The program still cant get pass that stigma.
- The program locks you out once you start your conversion to Jpegs (you can’t work in the program during this time). Apple has to correct this because it really cuts down your productivity.
Conclusion
The best way to figure out if a program works for your particular needs is to test it under your working conditions. I had a week of down time and I decided this was the time to learn and test Lightroom vs. Aperture because I was looking for an alternative to Cannon DPP mostly due to how it handled shadow details and also sorting through pics etc.
Background: I am a fashion/model photographer and in my field we shoot a lot of photos to ensure we have that Money Shot . A shoot with over 1000 images is quite common. From this I have to narrow down to the best photos to send the presentable sample to the client without overwhelming them. One week turnaround is customary. I shoot only RAW so I have to do some edit to get the pictures to a state where they POP. Photoshop is not used in this phase unless I see a shot that needs something done that my DAM software cannot do and I HAVE to send it to the client because it is a winner.
After testing both software, I chose Aperture. It has some drawbacks, but I found it t be the better program for my needs. It helped me tremendously to sort through photos, apply keywords and create smart albums. For Example I came up with a key word Submission Package and I created a Smart Album tied to that keyword. I went through the images and tagged all the shots that caught my eye immediately with that keyword. This was while deleting the obvious bad shots, and editing the pictures and lift and stamp. Click over to the smart album titled Submission package and all the shots I want to send was sitting there already edited and ready to go. This made the program much FASTER in getting a final product.
I tried this with Lightroom, but the modular nature frustrated me because I don’t do things in a set order...For Example I might be applying Keywords, then see a pic I want to crop, then I decide I want to stack a few pics, then I want to tweak a photo. I was so tired of switching between modules and trying to remember what I could do where that I just gave up and went back to Aperture.
Ultimately I found that Aperture was a faster program in exection. At the end of the day it is all about of getting a great product in the shortest amount of time to my client and Aperture helped me the most to meet this objective...
Macbook Pro Core Duo 2.16 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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Hey...I was wondering if it would be allowed to make Aperture books and resell them....obviously if I do not own the copyright then I a cannot...but let's say I take a bunch of pics of my hometown and make a book and ask Apple for copies of this book...would I be allowed to sell it then?

Your images, your work, your creation -> your copyright. Aperture is just a tool and the printing service is just a service. If you write a novel using Microsoft Word, you still own the copyright and Microsoft has no rights over your work, no matter how many fancy fonts and formatting features you use. Aperture is no different.
I'm sure Apple would love you to sell as many copies as you can - especially if you are using their printing service. At worst, they sell more printing services to you as you buy more books. At best, your customers are so impressed that they use Aperture or iPhoto to print books themselves, and Apple sells lots more books.

How can I restore a whole folder which (containing multiple albums) has disappeared - has disappeared from my iPhoto Library (using Aperture 3.5.1)?

Last time I saw the folder, it had somehow moved inside another large folder, so I remember trying to move it back to its correct place. Now it has vanished completely - along with all the albums and as far as I can see the events and photos to boot. Searching for some of the album titles brings up none of them. And they're not in the trash.However, if I open the Library in iPhoto, the search button does find some of the missing photos - where Apertues found none. Why should that be? I'm trying to restore the iPhotoLibrary from an arbitrary date a month ago in my CrashPlan database - this will take over two days. I used Time Machine to restore the Library as it was one month ago, but no dice. Does anybody have any ideas??
Many thanks in advance!
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OS X 10.9

I assume, you already checked, if the search filters in the Browser and Viewer are cleared?
Have you tried to repair or to rebuild the library?
To use the Aperture Library First Aid tools:
Press and hold the Option and Command keys as you start Aperture. The Aperture Library First Aid dialog will appear and offer the following three troubleshooting options:
Repair Permissions. Some issues in Aperture may be caused by incorrect permissions for items in the library. To correct the permissions for your library, select the option to Repair Permissions then click the Repair button. You must authenticate with a user name and password for a user account with administrative access to perform this operation.
Repair Database. Sometimes internal structures within the library may become damaged and cause unexpected behavior; you can use Repair Database to try to correct the issue. Select the option to Repair Database then click the Repair button.
Rebuild Database. For more severe issues that can't be corrected with Repair Permissions or Repair Database, you can try Rebuild Database. It is strongly recommended that you have a complete backup of your Aperture library before performing this operation, either in the form of a recently updated vault, or a Time Machine backup. Select the option to Rebuild Database then click the Rebuild button in the Aperture Library First Aid dialog.

Two issues on Aperture: single photo won't show in viewer, emptied trash won't indicate as empty

Using Version 3.5.1. Several after-market edit plug-ins attached. Two new problems:
Very recently, when editing, the single photo viewer mode will start showing only black (blank), or shows the photo very briefly then goes black, or shows another different photo, or a damaged-looking photo. Multiple photo viewer modes still work ok. Problem goes away upon quitting and restarting Aperture, but then shortly soonafter recurs while editing.
Also, trash continually indicates 477 undeleted photos even after emptying. Additional photos added to trash get added to this count (i.e. it then indicates, say, 492 photos in trash, while showing only the actual 15 legitimate files in the trash folder), and then can successfully deleted the actual trashed files back to the mysterious 477, although with no photos actually left in the trash folder and the Empty Trash function still active for these 477 ghost files. This problem persists despite restarting.
Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

Problem goes away upon quitting and restarting Aperture, but then shortly soonafter recurs while editing.
First of all, make sure you have a current, working backup of your Aperture library.
Is your Aperture library on your system drive or on an external drive? If external drive, how is the library connected? And is the library referenced or managed?
Several after-market edit plug-ins attached.
Have you checked, if your plug-ins are the latest versions, and compatible with MacOS X Mavericks?
What trouble-shooting measures have you already tried? If you have not already done so, use the Aperture Library First Aid tools and repair the permissions and the database, see this page of the Aperture User Manual: Repairing and Rebuilding Your Aperture Library: Aperture 3 User Manual
Post back, with more information.

How can I create a link to an external site in my aperture web gallery?

Very keen to add a link to my main home page so people can go from my web gallery at www.smartstreets.eu back to my home page at www.smartstreets.co.uk
Anyone know a way to do this?
Also wondered if I can change the font, size, format (eg bold etc) in the theme I have chosen .. this seems to be set and cannot be changed.
Any ideas? Any places I can try for great third party web gallery themes? Thank you!

I don't know how to accomplish this when using Aperture's built-in web gallery feature. My suggestion may help until you find out how to do that. I suggest buying iLife '08 and using iWeb to create your web galleries. The iWeb media browser shows your Aperture library and albums so there's no need to export-import. You do need to generate previews for photos to use in iPhoto. iWeb is much more powerful than Aperture's gallery layout tools, plus there are many themes available. Think of iWeb as an export plugin for Aperture.

TS2518 I recently had to get a new hard drive on my MacBook Pro because of a crash. I was able to restore to my latest backup, but now when I need to upload to an application like DropBox, iMovie, and such, it won't acknowledge Aperture. I have Lion OS.

I recently had my hard drive crash on my MacBook Pro (OS Lion 10.7.5). I was able to restore my new hard drive from my latest backup, but since then have been unable to access Aperture Library from another application. When I 'request' an upload --- like to Drop Box, iMovie, or anything --- and it drops down the window for you to choose which library you want to choose from, Aperture is not acknowledged. It will show my iPhoto Library and Photo Booth.
I can export from Aperture to Facebook and Flicker, but not from the other direction. Any ideas on how to resolve this issue?
Thanks,
Brenda

Brenda,
Do you mean, the Media Browser is not showing the Aperture Library? What version of Aperture 3 do you have, and where is your Aperture library stored, on your system drive or an external drive?
For the Aperture Library to be visible in the Media Browser you need to have enabled the generation of previews in the Aperture "Previews" preferences. Do you have the option enabled "Share Previews with iLife and iWorks"? And have you the generation of previews enabled?
One other reason for Aperture not showing in the Media Browser could be a corrupted Aperture library. I suggest you try the "Aperture Library First Aid Tools" and repair your Aperture Library. Start with reapairing permissions, then try the other options, if necessary. See:
Repairing and Rebuilding Your Aperture Library: Aperture 3 User Manual
Another reason may be a corrupted preferences file; remove your Aperture preferences from your User Library, see Aperture 3: Troubleshooting Basics, the paragraph on removing preferences.
Regards
Léonie

Aperture v. 3.1.1 glitching and crashing with iOS 10.7.5 update?

It is crashing every time I use a brush tool or do anything too quickly in general. I just updated my mac yesterday and that is when this started. I have tried restarting my computer, checking for updates, etc.

Did you also update Aperture? Aperture 3.1.1 had a bug, that might cause crashes, when applying adjustments using MacOS X lion.
You should at least upgrade to
Aperture 3.2.4
for Aperture to run reliably with Lion, if you cannot (or don't want to) upgrade to the most recent Aperture version 3.4.2.
But before upgrading Aperture, be sure to keep a backup of your current Aperture library and to repair/rebuild the Aperture library using the Aperture Library First Aid Tools (Aperture 3 User Manual: Repairing and Rebuilding Your Aperture Library). The Aperture upgrade will upgrade your Aperture library as well, so you will not be able to open it any longer with the older Aperture version. And the upgrade may fail, if the library has problems, like inconsistencies that can be caused by crashes.
Regards
Léonie

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