Aperture 'import' issue...

I have a 2TB hard-drive (and a 250gb solid state drive containing the OS).
I imported pictures to Aperture from the larger hard-drive ensuring "Store files in their current location" is selected. However, the Aperture folder on the solid-state drive has since jumped up by 10gb.
Does anyone know why? -I was under the impression I could import pictures without filling up my solid-state drive.

To add to the previews are thumbnails, adjustments, keywords, it all adds up. Everything is stored in Aperture, except the master Files, which does save a lot of space. Reduce the size of the Previews to save more space. Go to Aperture Preferences>Previews and set them to match your screen size, and Quality 8, as a staring point. This makes a difference to the speed of response of Aperture. Also the quality is lower for viewing when off line. If they are always on line there is little need for higher quality previews. Allan

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I've seen this posted twice here, but both remain unanswered. Anybody find a solution yet? Please???? (My wife is pushing me to solve this...since I switched here to a Mac. Yikes.)
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To add to the previews are thumbnails, adjustments, keywords, it all adds up. Everything is stored in Aperture, except the master Files, which does save a lot of space. Reduce the size of the Previews to save more space. Go to Aperture Preferences>Previews and set them to match your screen size, and Quality 8, as a staring point. This makes a difference to the speed of response of Aperture. Also the quality is lower for viewing when off line. If they are always on line there is little need for higher quality previews. Allan

Aperture post import Issue - whats going on?

Hi all.
I've just imported a number of folders containing photos using the 'import files and folders as events' or something similar.
Now it's finished, it seems to have overwritten previously imported photos - example below.
Project A should contain 30 photos imported photos from my underwater - imported a week ago without any issues.
Project B should contain 7,000 photos imported from folders and files from over a few years from my DSLR - imported tonight.
After import, I selected Folder A (hoping to see underwater photos), and they start changing before my eyes! They physically swapped out for photos i'd imported tonight (Project B) in front of my very eyes!!!
Anyone know how to revert or fix this???
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Hi Clem
At the time of the issue, the physical master files were on an iOmega Home Network Cloud Edtion NAS.
I imported these into Aperture so I would keep my 'master', then there would be another in USER/PICTURES/APERTURE/APERTURE.LIBRARY (or whatever it's called). I was hoping for time machine then to back up the library which contatins the photos and adjustments etc, and my NAS would contain the orginal from my camera - this is also back-up daily with a secondary NAS.
I think the issue has arisen when I've imported subsequent batches from pre-built folders (built by a non-aperture import tool). The comand 'import files and folders as projects' (or whatever it's called) has mismatched the referenced/managed libraries that Aperture uses.
So I will start again, but I will have to purchased some sort of UPS system moving forward.
Sorry for the "(or whatever it's called)" but I'm hoping you get the idea - I'm repling to you when not at home in front of my machine.

Import button not active on Aperture import tool

I have a rMBP 15" (early 2013) model, and I was trying to import Aperture library (about 300GB) to Lightroom using import tool.
However, as I try to Import, Number of Image/video files and Disk space required remained undetermined and Import button has not been active for two hours.
What can I do? Just wait?

I too have exactly the same problem (the "Import" button on the Lightroom plug-in to import from Aperture library is not available).
The import button on the Adobe plug-in tool to import from my Aperture library is not available. It's greyed out.
I've tried the "repair permissions" option in Aperture ("Command+Options keys held while starting Aperture.app on my iMac). Aperture appears to fix the file permissions successfully (no error messages). However, the Adobe Lightroom import tool still shows the "Import" button greyed out.
I've tried the "repair database" option in Aperture ("Command+Options keys held while starting Aperture.app on my iMac). Aperture appears to fix the database successfully (no error messages). However, Adobe Lightroom import tool still fails to show an active "Import" button (still greyed out).
Finally, I've tried the "rebuild database" option in Aperture ("Command+Options keys held while starting Aperture.app on my iMac). Aperture appears to rebuild the database successfully (no error messages). However, Adobe Lightroom import tool still fails to show an active "Import" button (still greyed out)
The vital statistics for my aperture file are:
Version: Aperture Library 3.6
Filename: Aperture Library.aplibrary
Filesize: 136.08 GB
# Projects: 403
# Photos: 27,392
Permissions:
    myself     Read + Write
    staff         Read
    everyone Read
This is very frustrating. Did Adobe rush this import tool out too quickly without adequate testing?
Adobe, if you are listening please fix this issue with your Aperture import tool ASAP. Otherwise, I and a lot more users will be asking for our money back on the Creative Cloud plan we selected and are now paying for on a monthly basis!
Regards,
Tony

Aperture import plug-in won't run. After examining my library the number of image files stays at "undetermined" and the import button stays greyed out. Any thoughts?

Aperture import plug-in won't run. After examining my library the number of image files stays at "undetermined" and the import button stays greyed out. Any thoughts?

Others have the same issue, with the import button being grayed out. My trail copy expired, but I believe by poking around in the options and selecting another Aperture library and re-selecting, I was able to continue.
The problem is common enough, that hopefully Adobe will address. In the mean time, try repairing your Aperture library, checking permissions, exporting a subset of your library for a test, or try putting that library subset on an external drive. (Can usually avoid permissions issues.)

D90 Import Issue - RAW file corrupted

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Since moving from my Nikon D60 to a Nikon D90, I've been experiencing issues importing RAW (NEF) files into Aperture. Most pictures will transfer fine, but some will be corrupted. The corruption occurs regardless of source (from card reader or directly from camera) and is not deterministic (will import photo correctly one time and not the second time around). I have verified that this corruption is at the master level and not preview, since I can see the corruption displaying the image in a different application. I have not run into this problem using applications such as Picasa. Below are links to two example photos of the corruption. Has anyone experienced this too? (I am running Aperture with all updates installed)
http://home.comcast.net/~brycerocket/apertureissue.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~brycerocket/apertureissue2.jpg

Are you perhaps importing directly into Aperture? I feel pretty strongly that card-to-Aperture or camera-to-Aperture handling of original images puts originals at unnecessary risk. I suggest this workflow from an earlier post of mine, first using the Finder (not Aperture) to copy images from CF card to computer hard drive:
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• Review pix for completeness (e.g. a 500-pic shoot has 500 valid images showing in Aperture).
• Reformat memory card in camera, and archive originals off site on hard drives and/or on DVDs.
Note that the "eject" steps above are important in order to avoid mistakenly working on removable media/backups.
Also note with a Referenced-Masters Library that use of the "Vault" backup routine backs up the Library only, not the Masters. Masters should be separately backed up, IMO a good thing from a workflow and data security standpoint.
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Strange import issue .. no longer works in 2.6 or Beta 3

Strange import issue.
I use LR-2.6 everyday but have only played around with the LR-3 for a limited amount of time so the other day I decided check it out and tried to import a handful of RAW(canon) files on a SDxc-8g card via a USB card reader. I set it up to copy and convert to DNG, apply a few keywords and Metadata but when I tried it acted like it imported the first image and then froze. Card reader lights stopped blinking and just stayed on, program task bar doesn’t show any progress, not even for the first image. I then went to the folder that I was going to have the images copies to and it contained a file of the first image, but there is no indication that LR-3 even created it and it doesn’t show up in the catalog. When I tried to close out LR-3 is popped up the “in the middle of a task warning” so I just closed the program and tried it a couple more times to no avail.
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I thought maybe my card reader was a POS but I was able to drag all the files to a new folder on my desktop and import them from there, nope. Tried rebooting a couple times, even opened a new catalog to test with, in both LR-2.6 and LR-3 and neither will work..
I am stumped any ideas?

Thank you for everyone's assistance
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IMPORT issues: Works with iMovie 3 but not iMovie 6 ???

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I have a SONY HDR-HC3 DVmini.
No problems with iMovie 3 on my Powerbook.
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My buddy thinks it might be a Quicktime issue.
He said to download Quicktime Pro, that might resolve this issue.
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THANX

Hi
Can be so much.
Often Camera has to be connected to Charger/mains during Capture.
An majority is a faulthy - badly connected FW-Cable (USB don't work at all)
My list on this
*NO CAMERA or A/D-box*
Cable
• Sure that You use the FireWire - USB will not work for miniDV tape Cameras
FireWire - Sure not using the accompany USB-Cable but bought a 4-pin to 6-pin FW one ?
• Test another FW-Cable very often the problem maker.
Camera
• Test Your Camera on another Mac so that DV-in still works OK
• Toogle in iMovie pref. Play-back via Camera (on<->off some times)
• Some Cameras has a Menu where You must select DV-out to get it to work
• Camera connected to "charger" (mains adaptor) - not just on battery
Does Your Camera work on another Mac ?
Sorry to say it is to easy to turn the 6-pin end of the FW-cable 180 deg wrong.
This is lethal to the A/D-chip in the Camera = needs an expensive repair.
(Hard to find out - else than import/export to another Mac ceased to work
everything else is OK eg recording and playback to TV)
Connections
• Daisy Chaining most often doesn’t work (some unique cases - it’s the only way that work (some Canon Cameras ?))
Try to avoid connecting Camera <--> external HD <--> Mac but import directly to the Mac then move
the Movie project to dedicated external hard disk.
Mac
• Free space on internal (start-up) hard disk ? Please specify the amount of free space.
(Other hard disks don't count)
I go for a minmum of 25Gb free space for 4x3 SD Video - and my guess is 5 times more for 16x9 HD ones
after material is imported and edited.
SoftWare
• Delete iMovie pref file may help sometimes. I rather start a new account, log into this and have a re-try.
• Any strange Plug-ins into QuickTime as Perian etc ? Remove and try again.
• FileVault is off ? (hopefully)
Using WHAT versions ? .
• Mac OS - X.5.4 ?
• QuickTime version ? (This is the heart in both iMovie and FinalCut)
• iMovie 8 (7.1.?) ?
• iMovie HD 6 (6.0.4/3) ?
*Other ways to import Your miniDV tape*
• Use another Camera. There where tape play-back stations from SONY
but they costed about 2-4 times a normal miniDV Camera.
• If Your Camera works on another Mac. Make an iMovie movie project here and move it
over to Your Mac via an external hard disk.
(HAS TO BE Mac OS Extended formatted - USB/DOS/FAT32/Mac OS Exchange WILL NOT DO)
(Should be a FireWire one - USB/USB2 performs badly)
from LKN 1935.
Hi Bengt W, I tried it all, but nothing worked. Your answer has been helpfull insofar as all the different trials led to the conclusion that there was something wrong with my iMovie software. I therefore threw everything away and reinstalled iMovie from the HD. After that the exportation of DV videos (there has not been any problem with HDV videos) to my Sony camcorders worked properly as it did before. Thank you. LKN 1935
from Karsten.
in addition to Bengt's excellent '9 yards of advice' ..
camera set to 'Play' , not rec/computer/etc.?
camera not on battery, but power-line?
did your Mac 'recognize' this camera before...?
a technical check.
connect camera, on, playback, fw-connected...
click on the Blue Apple, upper left of your screen ..
choose 'About../More..
under Firewire.. what do you read..?
More
• FileVault - Secure that it’s turned off
• Network storage - DOESN’T WORK
• Where did You store/capture/import Your project ?
External USB hard disk = Bad Choise / FireWire = Good
If so it has to be Mac OS Extended formatted
----> UNIX/DOS/FAT32/Mac OS Exchange is NOT Working for VIDEO !
mbolander
Thanks for all your suggestions. What I learned is that I had a software problem. I had something called "Nikon Transfer" on my Mac that was recognizing my Canon camcorder as a still camera and was preventing iMovie from working properly. After uninstalling Nikon Transfer and doing a reboot, everything worked great.
I never liked the Nikon Transfer software anyway--I guess I'll get a cheap card reader and use that to transfer photos in the future.
*No Camera or bad import*
• USB hard disk
• Network storage
• File Vault is on
jiggaman15dg wrote
if you have adobe cs3 or 4 and have the adobe bridge on close that
or no firewire will work
see if that halps
DJ1249 wrote
The problem was the external backup hard drive that is connected, you need to disconect the external drive before the mac can see the video camera.
Yours Bengt W

Importing issues with Final Cut Pro X. Green flash and twitches while play back

Hello, I'm having some importing issues with Final Cut Pro X and I can't find any solution whatsoever. Perhaps my importing settings are wrong?
Anyways, I've done a lot of recordings on eye TV and HD PVR with some videos that are about 3 hours long. I exported them into H.264 files, which turns them into mpeg-4 files with AAC audio. Then I import them into final cut pro X and I notice it takes a long time for them to render the videos and I notice that there are some green screens and twitches while I play through the video.
Here is a screenshot of the green screen that I'm talking about:
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My Hauppauge HD PVR settings are set to custom. Video Constant Bit Rate, the average bit rate: 13.5 Mbps. The audio is AAC.
My project settings for video properties is set to custom, 720P HD Format, 1280 x 720 Resolution and 30P Rate. The audio and render properties is set to custom, audio channels is stereo, audio sample rate is 48kHz and the Render Format is Apple ProRes 422.
I export the video as a quicktime movie. The export setting is H.262.
The summary of the export is:
File type: Quicktime movie
Estimated size: 397GB
H.264, Width and height: 1280 x 720. Framte rate: 30 fps

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I upgraded to LR5.2 2 weeks ago from 4.3. Install went fine, but I'm now having issues when importing my photos, Lightroom hangs partially through the import. The only choice I have then is to force quit the program, which then freezes my computer. Getting to be an invredibly frustrating exercise.
I have an iMac with OSX10.8.5 (Mountain Lion)
Lightroom 5.2
Importing & converting CR2 files (5DMkIII) to DNG.
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I recently put together an Aperture import workflow in Automator which I thought other people might find useful, it can be downloaded with instructions here:
http://tonyswash.info/ImportPlugin.zip
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It will then launch Aperture
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It will then eject your camera
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With the Aperture import window open and a memory card in a reader, I have at top left two option. One is the select the computer itself as the source and the other is the memory card. If I select the computer, at the bottom of the window I get pane listing the various harddrives and all there subdirectories, but when I choose the memory card, this pane is no longer vailable. Is it possible to have this pane display so that I can see the folders on the meory card?
I ask this because when a photographer is covering multiple rings at an event, it is faster to seperate the images inot their respective rings by choosing which folder to put them in than it is to change the file name which os what we currently. I provide staff with Nikon cameras at some events and if they are not familiar with Nikon, they struggle with the filename changing in a hurry, but selecting pre-made folders is easy.

Is it possible to have this pane display so that I can see the folders on the meory card?
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Aperture Import Settings Panels crashes.

The Aperture Import Settings panel crashes and it show you only info from the moment
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It seemed to me like a bug.

http://www.apple.com/feedback/aperture.html or if you have a (free) developer account you can use http://bugreport.apple.com

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If you edit an image in iPhoto, iPhoto creates a copy of the image and stores the original in its own folder. Further edits are on the copy.
When Aperture imports from iPhoto, does it import the Original, the Edited image, or both?
My hunch is it imports the Edited image, and the Original will be lost. Love to know for sure!

When you import you'll get a stack for any image that
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This is excellent news. With all the bad news about Aperture I'd feared the worst.

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I have been using Windws Live Photo Gallery to edit and organize a library of about 100k JPGs. I have added faces, GPS, Keywords, ratings, and captions to the pitcures. All of this information is stored in the metadata of each picture.
I have used iPhoto in the past and would like to move back to my Mac for editing/organizing my library. If my memory is correct, iPhoto only really imprts the keywords and GPS data, not the ratings or captions.
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I was thinking that if iPhoto nor Aperture does not import/export ratings, I could do a work around by selecting my photos by rating and then just add keywords based on those ratings. (one-star, two-star, etc). I could then do a reverse process in Aperture/iPhoto... Select the keywords and then give the photos the ratings.
Am I making any sense?
Mike
BTW, I am using an older 27" iMac i7 with 8GB... Need to update my profile.

Hi Mike. I don't know the answer to your larger question (though you might try with a few images and see what you get). I do know that what you propose here:
Mike Delaney wrote:
I was thinking that if iPhoto nor Aperture does not import/export ratings, I could do a work around by selecting my photos by rating and then just add keywords based on those ratings. (one-star, two-star, etc). I could then do a reverse process in Aperture/iPhoto... Select the keywords and then give the photos the ratings.
works, and works well. I have done this a few times (for ratings as well as for color labels and for other groupings). In practice, it goes quickly. Every "tag" of information that you can translate to a keyword will be preserved, and within the limits of the "moving to" software can be re-assigned.
(Don't get fancy with a keyword outline, though: Aperture flattens any keyword outline on import and leaves you with a simple single-level list of keywords. You can't group your keywords, but with clever naming: e.g. "StarOne", "StarTwo", "StarThree", you can at least have these show next to each other in an alpha-sorted list. Similarly, "ColorRed", "ColorBlue", etc. Although I've not seen any problems recently, I still avoid non alpha-numeric characters, including {space}.)

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