Are brushed adjustments in Aperture worth it?

It would be interesting to know if people have a different approach.
I often use Silver FX Pro and Color FX Pro, but I'm not sure if they are the best.
Also, I use Photshop mostly for brushing, cropping, and masking, but Aperture is for
making uniform changes in brightness, contrast, black & white vs. color, and some of those add-ons and funky filters.
Is there anyone here that thinks Aperture brushes are better than Photoshop brushes?

Thank you for illustrating, Kirby.
I agree that Photoshop is ideal for combining graphics with photography. It's a no-brainer, really.
I did just that, yesterday... an attempt at humoring certain people (it worked):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mycophagia
Even Illustrator can be used for such purposes if you know too much about it. (That was a joke on how elaborate it is)
Me, I see Photoshop as the halfway point between Illustrator and Aperture, with Illustrator being the grand-daddy of all "graphics from scratch" apps, and Aperture the ideal tool for a photographer. But everything that can be done in Aperture can also be done in Photoshop, sometimes better. The biggest downside is that I get .psd files accumulating, inside folders littered all over my hard drive.
My use of Photoshop is done as quickly as possible (I prefer it simple) by working in only two layers. My brain cannot handle the concept of complex things like 'layer masks' and 'smart objects'. I just clone one layer, put the better, adjusted layer underneath it, and then erase what doesnt look good on the top layer... change the opacity or the softness of your tools and you have yourself whatever kind of "brush" you need. Of course, this does not always work without the assistance of the "marching ants", but it's easy to put them in.
The biggest problem in photography I have (and the chief reason I export to Photoshop) is washed out skies and skies with no blue in them. Without using a polarized filter (i dont like them), skies are captured more often than not, as white and washed out, especially on an overcast day. This is the bane of my existence. I'm surpised I havent figure this one out yet. Underexpose the picture? Sure, maybe, but I think it sounds like a horrible plan.

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Aperture 3.03 loosing brushed adjustments

After upgrading I have noticed that Aperture have a tenancy too loose adjustments that are brushed in. When looking at pictures I have brushed in adjustments earlier, I noticed that the adjustment now is applied to the whole picture, and the icon for "Begin brushing" is gone.
Anybody else noticing this?

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Works for me when running Aperture 3.0.3 in 32bit mode. Are you running in 64bit mode? Care to try in 32bit mode to see if all is well there?
To change the mode to 32bit, in the Finder, selections Applications, control-click on Aperture, select Get Info, check the box for 32bit mode.

How to find brush adjustments?

Been using Lightroom for years. I've owned Aperture for a good while but I'm pretty new to using it.
My question is: How do I locate adjustments made with brushes? In Lightroom, there's just one local adjustment tool, and I can click it and see all the little "dots" on the photo indicating where I've brushed on an adjustment. Is there a way to do something similar in Aperture?
Specifically, I made some adjustments to a photo, and I think I'd like to delete one of them, but I can't figure out how to delete just that one. In some other photos, I'd like to see if I made any brush adjustments or not.
Thanks in advance,
Will

William Lloyd wrote:
There is no keyboard shortcut to switch between brush overlays, like the 'o' key in Lightroom. I sorely miss that. I would suggest you use Aperture's "send feedback" mechanism to suggest that. The more the merrier :-)
I checked Automator and AppleScript reference -- there is nothing there that (afaict) allows one any access to either the Brush HUD or any of the commands available from the Brush HUD. I also tried to get the commands by recording my actions with Keyboard Maestro -- nothing but the location of the click relative to the program window. Agree with William: "Aperture➞Provide Aperture Feedback".
That said, one of the _brilliant_ aspects of Aperture (imho ) is the constant and judicious subordination of possibility under what seems to me to be this rigorous test: does this lead directly to _useful_ feedback? Aperture is almost always and almost everywhere consistently image-centric. It is not about using a computer, or about what you can do -- it does not give you digital wings that allow for intellectual flights of fancy. (A "soft" example: a preponderance amount of the controls in Photoshop are dedicated to making and refining selections, which must be done prior to acting on the selection. Aperture's selection tools are, in comparison, either radically reduced or irresponsibly under-developed. I go with radically -- intelligently, deftly, logically -- reduced to those that work for a photographer developing digital photographs to be seen by human viewers. I _love_ that human/humanist core. It is not a scientific tool -- it is an artistic one. {When I do science, I use Photoshop.}) I do not want to see this pointed purposefulness undercut by features which crowd the user with secondary information.
The hierarchy in this case is that using/disabling an already-made adjustment (via the checkbox on the Brick) is more important, and closer to the user than examining the shape and depths of the adjustment mask. The question the user is supposed to ask is -- again, strictly imho, from years spent working with this software -- "How does the Image look?" (and not, "What's the adjustment mask cover, not cover, look like, etc.). It is conceivable -- and important to realize -- that one could make the most of the adjustment brushes without _ever_ seeing any of the brush masks.
OK. Turning off my own mic now.

How can I create a slideshow that depicts only a version of a photo rather than the original? Since the original and new versions are saved together, the aperture slideshow often choices the original rather than the desired version to display/

How can I create a slideshow that depicts only a version of a photo rather than the original? Since the original and new versions are saved together, the aperture slideshow often choices the original rather than the desired version to display.

There are two things we use the name "Slideshow" for in Aperture: a Slideshow Album, used for making Slideshows, and the Slideshow that is made. (Imho, it is a design mistake to not call the containers used to create Slideshows, Books, etc., "Albums".)
The Slideshow will use the Album Pick from any Stack. A good way to use Aperture is to promote the Image you want to regularly use (such as, for example, a Version with adjustments) to the top of the Stack. This makes it the Stack Pick, and will be the default Album Pick. If you haven't done that, you can still change the Album Pick for any Stack in a Slideshow Album. Expand your Stack(s), select the Image in each Stack that you want to be the Album Pick (and thus shown in the Slideshow), and "Stacks➞Set Album Pick". (Note the keyboard shortcut; there is also a Toolbar icon for this.) The change is immediate. The Slideshow will always show the Album Pick (or, if there is not one, the Stack Pick) for every Stack in your Slideshow Album.

Skin tone adjustments in Aperture

I normally use Photoshop for editing, and Aperture as an "image management" and output system. However, I just did a shoot of my brother's baby and I have 200+ pictures to correct so PS is not an option this time. My nephew's skin is very red, so I'm wondering what the best way to correct that is in Aperture. I normally use selective color or curves in PS, but neither of those are available in Aperture.
Thanks,
Chris

Hi there,
Sounds like we use the same prcedure for similar reasons.
Yes and no to your question, and sadly, a bigger NO that there isn't a true workflow. We're into the best workaround FOR YOU. Mine is FOR ME, and (as my wife will tell you, I'm unique .... which I take as a compliment, errrrr).
Yes, the time to batch export and then import may be faster, technically, possibly, maybe, who knows?
No, the issue of getting the photos tagged back into the stacks (if this is of use to you) becomes manual activity and is unsupported by the system outside of sort conditions.
You can easily overwhelm memory with CS2 loading images and Aperture there as well, so I tend to do 10 or a dozen at a time ... more if image size and memory permits. Run an Action in CS2 unless masks are needed, Save and Close. On Save, the image is placed back into Aperture without any further work on your (i.e. MINE since I am LAAAZY).
BTW, somebody else mentioned this. I am a big fan, but have ghad to learn to work with quarter tone Levels. If the color shift is most needful on the skin tones, and less objectionable elsewhere, you may be able to use the quarter tone adjusts in combination with exposure and white balance adjustments within Aperture. Oh, how I would like selection and masks!!!!

Very slow export on images containing brush adjustments

I'm currently on the trial version with Aperture and I enjoy the software so far. One quite annoying issue is that it seems that images containing brush-adjustments take ages to export into any format. When exporting the images to PS4 it hangs totally.
Images with only global adjustments export just fine. Also drag/drop an image (even with adjustments) out of Aperture onto the desktop for example works perfectly fine with no issues. Exporting the same into a smaller jpg onto the desktop takes minutes.
I did all the usual fixes, like deleting .plist files, rebuilding/repairing libraries and so on, but nothing did the trick.
Does anyone have an idea how this could be fixed?
update: and yes... I do have the feeling that this is a newer problem. Can it be related to the "pro-application" update recently? Because I have the feeling that prior to that it worked just fine...
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Pls post your portal Version. Couple of indexes were missing in
3.0.8 version.

Photos are not adjustable in Aperture v.2.1.4.

Photos are not adjustable in Aperture v.2.1.4.
17200 photos can not adjust?
This applies to pictures before 02/28/1910?
All the pictures have a yellow mark with a ! in the bottom right of the picture.
Also appears in the box Badger.
Also get the message "Image not found"?
What have I done?
Help me.

Hi all.
Now everything is in order.
I had an upgrade of Aperture. It deleted a main folder called "All photos". Luckily I had saved the library to an extra hard drive. Imported the back and everything in order.
Was too much interested in looking at the World Championships in snooker. Sorry.
Thank you would help me.
I'm from Norway. Take a look at my kingdom, so you will understand why I take so many pictures.
Link: http://kveoy.no/Lofoten/

I just noticed that I can no longer select photos out of my finder that are located in my Aperture/Iphoto Library. I used to be able to attach photos to my gmail out of the aperture library in the finder and for some reason, no longer can.

I just noticed that I can no longer select photos out of my finder that are located in my Aperture/Iphoto Library. I used to be able to attach photos to my gmail out of the aperture library in the finder and for some reason, no longer can.
I can't access these images except to go into the applications.
Also, I'd like to import my iphoto library into aperture, and move aperture library to an external drive. I tried the import first, but there wasn't enough space. Then I tried copying over the aperture library onto the external drive but it failed bc it said file was in use.
As it is, I only have 50gb left on my imac, and the aperture library is 150gb. Also, I have over 10k images in both libraries combined and there are tons of duplicates that need to be sorted, and hopefully not messed up because I've organized most of them.
So in short, I need to know how to do the following:
-select photos in finder in aperture/iphoto libraries
-move aperture library to live on external drive
-import iphoto library into aperture library
-eliminate dups but maintain organization
-moving forward i need a better workflow so that I import images from camera, and can organize right away into albums rather than creating projects by default and then creating albums so essentially the photos are in 2 different places, even tho they are referenced
-live happily ever after
Thanks in advance for any support you can offer!!

If you're using apps like iPhoto or Aperture then they replace the Finder for managing your photos. The point is that you use the (many) options available via these apps for the things you want and need to do with the Photos.
So, simply, you don't select the photos in the Finder. I'll append the supported ways to do this - which are faster and will yield the current version of your Photos - to the end of this post.
-move aperture library to live on external drive
Managed or Referenced Library? Managed -
Make sure the drive is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
1. Quit Aperture
2. Copy the Library from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching Aperture. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
Referenced - relocate your Masters first.
These issues are covered in the Manual and on this forum hundreds of times.
-import iphoto library into aperture library
FIle -> Import -> iPhoto Library? Have you done this already? If so are you trying to move the Masters to Aperture from an iPhoto Library? Or Consolidate them?
-moving forward i need a better workflow so that I import images from camera, and can organize right away into albums rather than creating projects by default and then creating albums so essentially the photos are in 2 different places, even tho they are referenced
You can't. Every photo is in a Project. They’re the basic building blocks of the Library.
You might want to spend a little time with the manual or the video tutorials. I'm not sure you've grasped the app you've purchased.
The following is written for iPhoto, but about 97% works for Aperture too.
There are many, many ways to access your files in iPhoto/ APerture: You can use any Open / Attach / Browse dialogue. On the left there's a Media heading, your pics can be accessed there. Command-Click for selecting multiple pics. This is what you use to attach your shot to your GMail
(Note the above illustration is not a Finder Window. It's the dialogue you get when you go File -> Open)
You can access the Library from the New Message Window in Mail:
There's a similar option in Outlook and many, many other apps. If you use Apple's Mail, Entourage, AOL or Eudora you can email from within iPhoto/ Aperture.
If you use a Cocoa-based Browser such as Safari, you can drag the pics from the iPhoto Window to the Attach window in the browser.
If you want to access the files with iPhoto/ Aperture not running:
For users of 10.6 and later: You can download a free Services component from MacOSXAutomation which will give you access to the Library from your Services Menu.
Using the Services Preference Pane you can even create a keyboard shortcut for it.
or use this free utility Karelia iMedia Browser

What are the settings in Aperture to work with a Canon 9000?

What are the settings in Aperture to work with a Canon 9000? Canon website says Aperture is not supported. Is it True?

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RAW files from Nikon Coolpix 5400 - are they unsupported by Aperture?

I have recently updated the firmware on my Nikon Coolpix 5400 to version 1.4 in order to get RAW capability. Unfortunately the NEF/RAW files I create are not compatible with Aperture and I get an "Unsupported Image Format" message that may be similar to the one that other users have highlighted in relation to the OSX 10.4.9 update.
I am able to use all images previously imported and also Fine (JPG) images generated by the 5400 as well as RAW images generated by a D70 and a D200.
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there is info about hacking the raw.plist that may be of use to you, search around this forum to get it ...

Brush adjustments do not show up in Pshp

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Why are clipping adjustments in the basic panel not being saved, updated or shown in the histogram? I am using LR 5.7 on a MAC OSX 10.8 etc.

Why are clipping adjustments in the basic panel not being saved, updated or shown in the histogram? I am using LR 5.7 on a MAC OSX 10.8 etc.

Here is more information and hopefully a better explanation. My version of
LR-5.7 (OS X 10.8.5) apparently does not save the .NEF (Nikon RAW) edits
done in the basic module. That means that I can correct exposure,
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clipping triangles are white or some other color. This is normally suppose
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Are older versions of Aperture (OS10.6.8) still available?

Are older versions of Aperture (OS10.6.8) still available for purchase and if so where?

Apple only sells current versions of Aperture. What version are you looking for and have you looked on sources such as E-Bay for legacy licenses?

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Aperture (and entire iMac) hangs brushing adjustments while zoomed in

This problem is almost 100% repeatable on my iMac running Aperture 3.0.3. I've been working on brushing in various details on a photo (mainly blurs, sharpening and some level adjustments) and in some cases I've need to zoom in tightly (200% or more) to get to the detail that I need to adjust. Almost every time I do this eventually the system hangs after trying to brush in the adjustments. It never seems to hang while brushing in adjustments while not zoomed in.
Not only does Aperture hang, but the entire computer hangs. I can't force quit Aperture or anything else. The Dock becomes unresponsive. I do not get the spinning beach ball. All I get is an active mouse cursor. Some background tasks continue to run, but display tasks seem to stop. I suspect that what's hanging here is the video display system, but I haven't seen anything in the Console to confirm that. The only way out is to power down the system and restart it.
Is anyone else seeing this? I don't know if this is related to OS X 10.6.4 or Aperture since this is the first time that I've been zooming in at this level for any adjustments.

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Are brushed adjustments in Aperture worth it?

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