Apple Aperture RIP

Now that Aperture is going to be discontinues what are the choice besides Adobe Lightroom for us.

I am a rank amateur, but have used both Aperture and Lightroom (now v5.6) in a MacOSX 10.6.8 to 10.9 environment. Must say I started using Aperture first, however, when it became clear 2 years ago that Apple was not commited to maintaining the product I moved to Lightroom with some trepidation on the recommendation of a good friend.
Lightroom overall has been good for me. I like the way it treats libraries and lets you leave the folder structure of your photos on your hard drive in the way you want. It has been very stable which Aperture was not which was surprising.... YMMV. Lots of features with a pretty decent user interface.
Lightroom can also be purchased standalone from Adobe (as of this writing) which is my preference. The subscription model is good for Adobe shareholders not so much for mid-range users.

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I have upgraded Apple Aperture from version 2 to version 3 and I'm having a problem with the "Highlights and Shadows" adjustment. According to the user's manual, I should have access to an advanced disclosure triangle which would allow me to adjust mid co

I have upgraded Apple Aperture from version 2 to version 3 and I'm having a problem with the "Highlights and Shadows" adjustment. According to the user's manual, I should have access to an advanced disclosure triangle which would allow me to adjust mid contrast, colour, radius, high tonal width and low tonal width.
If anyone has any suggestions as to how to access this advanced section, I'd be most grateful.

Hi David-
The advanced adjustments in the Highlights & Shadows tool were combined into the "Mid Contrast" slider in Aperture 3.3 and later. If you have any images in your library that were processed in a version of Aperture before 3.3, there will be an Upgrade button in the Highlights & Shadows tool in the upper right, and the controls you asked about under the Advanced section. Clicking the Upgrade button will re-render the photo using the new version of Highlights & Shadows, and the Advanced section will be replaced with the new Mid Contrast slider. With the new version from 3.3 you probably don't need the Advanced slider, but if you want to use the older version you can download it from this page:
http://www.apertureexpert.com/tips/2012/6/12/reclaim-the-legacy-highlights-shado ws-adjustment-in-aperture.html

How can I add Apple Aperture which was bought on DVD to my App Store inventory?

Some time ago I have bought Apple Aperture the classical way (in a box with a DVD). Is there a way to add this "physical license" to my list of App Store purchases?
Cheers,
- Ralf

No. As noted both ways are separate.
Originally the MAS would recognize Apple software installed by the 'old' way - I have iWork installed and it was recognized - but - that ability was removed after several monts. What you buy as physical and as digital are separate.
MJ

DxO Optics Pro and Apple Aperture workflow?

I'm wondering if anyone here has workflow suggestions for using DxO Optics Pro and Apple Aperture?
I've been using DOP for a couple of years now and love it, of course. I am just starting to use Aperture to catalog, sort and arrange a large collection of images. I would like to be able to import images on my drive into Aperture and keep them in Aperture's library, and get DOP to do its work in small batches when needed (essentially the "Scenario 2" workflow that is suggested in DxO's support section for using Adobe Lightroom.) But is that even possible with Aperture? Needless to say, I don't want to lose (during import into Aperture or export to DOP) the photo file information that DOP uses to do optics corrections.
If the workflow above isn't possible, I'm open to suggestions. If I must process ALL my images with DOP first, before importing them into Aperture, I can live with that, but it would be good to hear from some experienced users before I just assume I have to do that.
Thanks!
(By the way, I did read the other thread on here about DOP & Aperture, and it doesn't really go anywhere toward suggesting workflows. It just ends up discussion DNG files a bit, but that's about it.)

Hello All,
I've been working on getting this one figured out with DxO for the last week or so.
While I can't report that I have figured out the secret of the mysterious DxO OP & Aperture workflow (there doesn't appear to be one), I have figured out some key info that I needed to know to get started with Aperture, and continue using DxO OP.
First, the main thing that I became curious about... What EXIF information is lost when importing into & exporting from Aperture. I especially wanted to know what EXIF information that DxO OP needed to do its processing would be lost. (I know there are EXIF info viewers that I could use to check the info for myself, but I wanted to here conclusions from the source.)
The tests were done with the very helpful tech support folks at DxO. We ran 4 files through their fine tooth combs. Two files were straight from the camera, one file was imported (not referenced) into Aperture then I "dug" for it within Aperture's Library using "Show Package Contents", and the fourth was imported into Aperture's Library then I did a File > Export... > Export Master. (As Hud46/Dave guessed above) All EXIF was identical for all 4 files, so DxO could do its complete processing on any of them.
Many of you may have known this already, but I wanted to be sure.
Now, on the topic of a usable workflow for Aperture & DxO, I'm still working on that on. I'm guessing that I'll be finding out pretty much the same that you guys have mentioned here, that they don't play well (enough) together yet.
Allen, I agree that DxO does need to work on their compatibility with Aperture (as they seem to have done with Lightroom) so any feedback to them about that would be a good thing. Having been in touch with them a fair bit on this topic though, I have found that DxO sees Aperture as something of a "closed" system. I don't know what's up with politics of all this, so I'm just going to keep asking for the compatibility and let them sort it out.
Jack, Thank you very much for your workflow suggestion. I will give it a try and see how it works for me.
For what it's worth, I did just do a shoot for a client and used Aperture & DxO OP together. At first glance it looks something like what you did Jack. What I did, simply, was:
1) Downloaded images from the camera using Image Capture (I had already done this step actually) and put them in a folder.
2) Imported the images into an Aperture Library (for just this project) as Referenced Masters.
3) Sorted & rated them. Selected my Picks.
4) Exported those Picks as Masters.
5) Ran DxO Optics Pro on the Picks & saved the output.
6) Delivered to the client, then archived that Aperture Library, DxO's sidecars & output to Hard Drive & DVD.
7) Deleted all of it from my hard drive. (Why keep toting around, and having Aperture deal with in some way, 6+ GB of originals & thumbnails, etc when I likely won't need them all in that incarnation again? Hard drive may be getting bigger and bigger, but I can easily outshoot them.) Now, of course if I need to work with that shoot's Aperture Library in the future, I can't just work with in on the DVD, but at least I won't have to do my rating all over again.
Just thought I'd share that workflow in case it helps someone out with a similar situation.
Onward with the testing... I still have to figure out which way I should import my own main collection of images.
-Neil

Pentax K5 / Apple Aperture - White Balance Inconsistency

Used my new Pentax K5 with studio flash for the first time on Saturday. I got some peculiar colour temperature results. Can anyone explain this?
All shots used the following settings:
- Raw DNG
- Adobe RGB
- Camera white balance set to "Flash"
- ISO 100
- 1/180s
- f/11 to f/19
- same lens used throughout ( Pentax A 50mm macro f2.8 )
When I loaded the raw files in to Apple Aperture the colour temperatures of the raw conversions came out as an inconsistent variety of temperatures and tints. As sample, the first ten shots on the "roll" show the following white balance values after raw conversion (prior to any manual adjustments being made):
5759 K / +4
5759 K / +4
5759 K / +4
5759 K / +4
4492 K / -9
4479 K / -7
4463 K/ -8
4469 K / -11
4563 K / -8
4572 K / -8
(For what its worth, 5759 K / +4 looks right to me.)
What is going on? Do I have a camera problem or an Aperture raw conversion problem?

My first question is why are you converting to DNG before importing into Aperture? It appears that Aperture should support the RAW files from that camera.
Second question is how familiar are you with the whole concept of RAW images? You realize that none of the camera settings (apart from shutter speed and aperture) affect the digital RAW file.
One of the strengths and reasons for shooting RAW is the ability to adjust white balance after the shoot. JPG images are extremely limited in their ability to have there white balance adjusted.
RAW conversion software is as much art as science, which is why no two RAW conversion programs will render an image in exactly the same way.
So I would first eliminate the DNG step and then see how that affects the workflow.
regards

Side by Side: Apple Aperture and Adobe Lightroom in S.F.

Below is info on a first ever (?) head to head comparison of Aperture vs Lightroom presented by Schorr & Hogarty. Should be a great meeting. If you are in Nor-Cal, check it out;
March 13 in S.F. http://www.asmpnorcal.org/events/event.html
Side by Side: Apple Aperture and Adobe Lightroom
Speakers:
Tom Hogarty, Product Manager for Lightroom, Adobe Systems
Joseph Schorr, Product Manager for Aperture, Apple Computer
This Tuesday join us and the designated gurus from Adobe and Apple
for a lively evening as we jump headlong into both Aperture and
Lightroom and discover the nuts and bolts of how these applications
work. You'll learn how these programs were designed from the
ground up for media photographers from the guys who helped design
them.
Dual 2.0 G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8) 17" PowerBook 1.67
Dual 2.0 G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8) 17" PowerBook 1.67

Wow, maybe this is what Schorr meant by "VERY soon" in this post in this thread on March 10th.
"Actually, Apple has annouced that Aperture support for the Pentax K10D, K100D, and K110D will be available very soon.
We will also be adding support for 11 other RAW formats from different cameras, including the Nikon D40, Leica Digilux 3, Panasonic Lumix DMC-L1, Samsung GX-1L, and seven of the Leaf Aptus and Valeo models.
Can't publish a release date, but this update will be coming VERY soon.
Joe Schorr
Sr. Product Manager, Aperture
Apple"
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4209290&#4209290
If so, as a Pentax k10D owner, I will be happily cleaning Lightroom of my machine and moving ahead with Aperture!
iMac and PB G4 17" Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Some progress, comparing com.apple.aperture.plist files

After restoring an old com.apple.Aperture.plist file from a backup on my iDisk with some success in restoring functionality in Full Screen Mode, I am submitting comparisons of some values for both plist values for Leopard (which works very well in Full Screen Mode) and Snow Leopard (which now works somewhat better, miraculously) in Full Screen Mode. Each of these could be used as a starting point to troubleshoot your screen glitch adjustment issues. For those with severe problems, check these out intently. Tonight I will change some of the SL values to be the Leopard values and see what happens. If anyone uses the PropertyListEditor.app and wants to give it a go....make sure you save your present plist on your desktop as com.apple.Aperture.plistold somewhere so that you can restore it to the ~/Library/Preferences directory if you should have some issues:
fullscreenWhichWIndow>Boolean>checked in Leopard, unchecked in Snow Leopard
fullSizeJPEGQuality>Number>1 in Leopard, 0.75 in Snow Leopard
fullscreenScale>Number>0.2 in Leopard, 0.5 in Snow Leopard (.75 in the unworkable version)
fullscreenFadeMode>Number> does not list this variable in Leopard, 3 in Snow Leopard
fullScreenSecondaryMode>Number> does not list this variable in Leopard, 4 in Snow Leopard
fullscreenWhichWindow>Boolean>checked in Leopard, unchecked in Snow Leopard
fullscreenAvoid>Boolean>does not exist in Leopard, checked in Snow Leopard
The following plist entries are the same values for each OS but they are Boolean in Leopard and Number type in Snow Leopard.....
GridViewSet1ShowLabels>Boolean>unchecked in Leopard
GridViewSet1ShowLabels>Number>0 in Snow Leopard
GridViewSet2ShowLabels>Boolean>Unchecked in Leopard
GridViewSet2ShowLabels>Number>0 in Snow Leopard
GridViewShowProperties>Boolean>checked in Leopard
GridViewShowProperties>Number>1 in Snow Leopard

You are looking at Aperture's cache in $TMPDIR.
Usually it is no problem to delete the contents of this cache, if Aperture is not running. But it is suspicious, that the videos have not been removed automatically, after Aperture quit.
Check the permissions on the $TMPDIR folder, if you are still the owner. If you are not for some reason, reset the ownership to yourself.
Log off and on to terminate any running processes. Open the Terminal and enter:
sudo chown -R $UID $TMPDIR..
You will need to enter your admin password.
Then test, if Aperture clean the cache on its own, after you relaunch Aperture.
Otherwise remove the videos yourself after quitting Aperture.
Regards
Léonie
P.S: Is there any related problem that made you browse the system cache files?

Are there any limitations for importing Apple Aperture Libraries for Lightroom 5.7 ? What can be the hardware limitation importing large Aperture Libraries like 200 gb ? Or is importing larger Aperture Libraries even possible at the moment for Lightroom 5

Are there any limitations for importing Apple Aperture Libraries for Lightroom 5.7 ? What can be the hardware limitation for importing large Aperture Libraries like 200 gb ? Or is importing larger Aperture Libraries even possible at the moment to Lightroom 5.7 ?

dj_paige wrote:
As far as hardware restrictions, the only one I can think of is that you certainly need enough free space on your hard disk to accomodate the masters from your Aperture library.
IIn which case, ensure all your masters are "referenced" in Aperture, and that you then go to Options in the Lightroom import box and import photos in their existing locations.

About Apple Aperture 3 Full Version (Mac)

In Apple Aperture 3 for Mac can i be able to PhotoStitch Photos in the Apple Aperture 3 Software? Or can it do PhotoStitching is what I mean? I Bought a 24inch Apple iMac Computer 1 Year ago & i did not get Apple Aperture 3 in My iMac cause i did not choose it i'm thinking of getting it but not for $200 i can get it cheaper on ebay.com cause i'm tight with money at the moment so please tell me what it can do? also I have a Canon PowerShot A2100 IS Digital Camera will it work on Apple Aperture 3? or What kind of Software can i use? please help me,
From Byron

Does your camera allow you to shoot in Panorama mode? I have a Canon and when I choose that, I can shoot several pictures in a row. Canon supplies the software called Stitch Assist which works on a Mac and it works like a charm. So you have to check if your camera has that capability; if it doesn't, then check out the doubletake as suggested. Aperture will not do any stitch assist; it is only for adjusting photo colors, digitally enhancing, etc. And, be very careful buying something like that on ebay: a great percentage is pirated/fake/illegal - only buy it if it is advertised as a new, still factory shrinkwrapped package. There are several sellers right now who advertise a full version, but only email you a fake/illegal serial number.
Edit: And you don't have to worry about your camera working with Aperture or the Mac - most pictures are in .jpg format. The easiest way is to put the memory card in a USB card reader and using that to transfer the pictures to your computer (saves camera battery wear). I always do that; as soon as I plug in the card reader, I get the icon on the desktop and then pick which pictures I want to keep (drag onto desktop) or throw away. If you temporarily drag them to the desktop, you can then decide which application you want to use (Aperture, iPhoto, or whatever) to adjust colors or whatever.
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Free Apple & Aperture Seminar Manchester/Leeds

Apple are hosting a free Aperture seminar next Tuesday in Manchester. The seminar i'm told will have Apple Aperture experts on hand to offer hands on help and and answer any questions.
http://www.applecentremanchester.co.uk/contact/register.php

Moki,thank you for pointing out this,I liked the one on aperture..Michael

Migrate from apple aperture

Is it possible to easily migrate from Apple Aperture to Adobe Lightroom?
Last week we heard that Apple quits with Aperture, leaving a lot of professional photographers empty handed.
Could Adobe be so kind to help us out here?

Moving from Aperture to Lightroom – Lightroom Solutions – John Beardsworth

Apple Aperture fails to present .tiff generated by HDRSoft Photomatix

Hi,
Software versions:
Apple Aperture Trial 3.0.2
Photomatix Pro 3.2.7
Photomatix Plugin for Aperture - 1.1.4
Adobe Lightroom 2.6
OS X Snow Leopard
Hardware
Apple Macbook 2Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo with 4Gb Ram.
Last night, I purchased the Photomatix plugin to Apple Aperture to allow HDR generation from Aperture. I tried to generate a hdr from 3 Nikon D90 Nef raw files (http://paulswilliams.me.uk/images/DSC_0095.NEF , http://paulswilliams.me.uk/images/DSC_0096.NEF and http://paulswilliams.me.uk/images/DSC_0097.NEF. When, the preview opened in Photomatix, all seemed fine. I left the settings at default values, and pressed save. After the processing, Photomatix correctly added the hdr image into Aperture. The preview showed correctly in Aperture until I clicked to view it fully. It loaded or a couple of seconds fine, then displayed the presentation of my image (http://paulswilliams.me.uk/images/screeny.png) - obviously not HDR! However, from Aperture, I can right click and edit in Photoshop Elements which works fine, and viewing the . Thus it looks like Photomatix generates .tiff files that cannot be read by Aperture - not sure whether it is a problem with the .tiff or apertures rendering thereof. I have uploaded the resultant .tiff file at http://paulswilliams.me.uk/images/DSC_0095.tiff .
I have tried some other tests to further diagnose the problem:
1) I have tried 2 other hdr images from different sets of NEFs from Aperture. Same settings, same camera and same process and these have worked fine - thus it appears to be a problem with data in some way.
2) I have tried a hdr from the original nefs above dbut using Adobe Lightroom rather than Aperture; again same process, default settings etc. This time it worked fine.
Would appreciate some advice as to whether the issue is the generated image or Apertures incorrect presentation of such...
Cheers!

Actually, sorry for slow response, but I emailed HDRSoft at they suggest that a workaround exists - untick Crop Aligned Images. It works fine!!!

I want my kids to have the ir own iTunes accounts so they can manage their download on individually. I have a rather extensive music library (not purchased from Apple, but ripped from CD's). Can I use my iTunes libray to put music on their devices?

I want my kids to have their own iTunes accounts so they can manage their download on individually. I have a rather extensive music library (ripped from CD). Can I use my iTunes library to put music on their devices if the apple id's are different?

the iTunes app on the iPad is updated when the iOS is updated. What version of iOS is on your iPad?
The message you are getting is about updating iTunes is for your computer, not the iPad. The current version of iTunes is version 11.
Download here http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1614
 Cheers, Tom
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Aperture has stopped recognizing RAW from my Canon SL1. It now displays "Unsupported Format. According to Apple Aperture should support RAw from the SL1.

I have 3.4.4 installed. Yesterday Aperture recognized RAW from my SL1; today it does not. I have already deleated the plist and repaired permissions to no avail. Suggestions.

I'm stymied at this point. I would like to try to redownload Aperture, but the APPStore will not allow it. In any case before I would do that I'd need to know how to reclaim my libraries after reinstalling.
If Aperture is installed, you cannot redownload it from the AppStore. Move it to the Trash, but do not empty the Trash, open the AppStore and sign in. If Aperture is not showing on the "Purchased" tab, reload the page with ⌘R. Now you should be able to reinstall Aperture, if you bought it originally from the AppStore.
But in this case, I think reinstalling the system would be more promissing. Tonight a new version of Mt. Lion has been released. Perhaps running the Software update will activate the new raw support again.
Some voodoo - I am not sure at all, if this can help in this case: With MacOS X 10.7.4 it sometimes helped to register the raw support for your camera with the launch services database - maybe this old problem has reoccured.
See this post by Alan Roseman:
Re: Aperture 3 preview of raw file greenish,
but read the follow up posts (the lsregister command: https://discussions.apple.com/message/18441898#18441898) as well, on how it is supposed to work and how to correct the typos (there are blanks in the commands that need to be removed)
Regards
Léonie

Image dimensions not consistent (Nikon vs. Apple / Aperture)

I just realized something strange about RAW (NEF) images taken with my new Nikon D700 and copied to my Mac: according to Nikon's specifications (http://tinyurl.com/54cdn9) full FX size RAW images are supposed to be 4,256 x 2,832 pixels.
My Mac however thinks these images are 4,256 x 2,828 pixels - no matter whether I look at the Finder info (Get Info), open the RAW file in Preview or import it into Aperture.
But when I open the very same RAW file with Photoshop, do some basic RAW processing and look at the image dimensions once the file has been opened, it has the 4,256 x 2,832 pixels that it actually should have. Same thing when imported into Adobe Lightroom, by the way.
I remember also having realized this differnce in dimensions with my D300. My Mac thought it had different dimensions than the ones as specified by Nikon and recognized by non-Apple applications.
Now, I am quite a bit concerned about losing 4 pixels in height - not of course because the images get dramatically smaller, but because they are (incorrectly) resized and lose quality.
My questions would be:
Am I the only one with that inconsistency? What dimensions do your D700 or D300 images have? Are these consistent to Nikon's specifications?
Do you agree that those 4 pixels affect image quality?
Or is there a good reason why Apple is tampering with image dimensions and I just don't get it? What am I missing?
Comments welcome!

Garp wrote:
So what you're saying is that while the number of pixels is different in height, there is no sort of scaling etc. applied to the images when rendering them in different height as specified by the camera manufacturer?
Or at least very, very little. It is not even sure that Nikon's calculations give a more correct value than Apple's.
What if it were not 4 pixels that were different, but 200 or 400? Wouldn't some distortion be visible in the images or would these 400 px just get cropped away?
I'm sure it would be visible at 400 pixels difference.
I apologize if I may sound ignorant, but I just don't see any reason why an app would not adhere to a camera manufacturer's specs and apply differing image dimensions for no apparent reason, even if it's just 4 pixels?
I do not know the exact reason either, but I'm sure there is one. What I know is that interpreting a RAW file is not trivial. The same discrepancy is there with both my D300 and my D40X.
By the way, I tried as you suggested, fired up my Windows XP on VMWare and installed IrfanView and Picasa - while IrfanView follows Nikons specifications with RAW dimensions of 4256 x 2832, Picasa does not: 4284 x 2844.
Very strange thing... and I thought I was experienced in digital imaging and photography... hmmm.
I'm sure you are. But we cannot all know everything. You can search the forum for other discussions on the subject. I'm sure you can google for an indepth explanation as well, even though I do not know which key words to use.

Apple Aperture RIP

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