Can Aperture do this edit?

I have a photo of what appears to be a homeless man busking with a flute on the streets of New York. Everything about the photo is fine except his skin has a reddish tint and his red hat is oversaturated. I want to make his skin look more natural and tone down the red hat. Can Aperture do this, or do I need a more specialized editing program?

Aperture can do almost any pixel-level adjusting to hue, luminance, or saturation. Aperture cannot do any compositing -- for that you'll need a graphics program.
"Tone down" is expressed (perhaps) in photo editing/retouching as lowering the saturation. You can use the Saturation Quick Brush, or the Enhance Brick, or the Color Brick to do this.

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Can Aperture do this (what iPhoto can't)?

When I connect my camera, iPhoto shows me all photos and all videos on the sd-card. Then I must select the pics, because I want to import videos with another program. How can I avoid this process? Can I make Aperture show me only photos, and no videos, before importing? So that I can hit "import all"!
Can Aperture do this? Then I would buy it!

Yes.
From the on-line User Manual (a good resource):
Filtering Files by Type During Import
Some digital cameras allow you to attach audio attachments to your images. For example, some cameras allow you to record audio annotations for an image after you shoot it. The camera attaches the audio file to the image file so that you can review the audio when you download the image. When you connect a digital camera or card reader or point to a folder with images on your computer, Aperture recognizes any image that has an audio attachment. You can also import standalone QuickTime-compatible audio and video files.
To filter files by type during import
In the Import browser, choose File Type from the Import Settings pop-up menu.The File Type controls appear in the Import browser.
Do any of the following:All images matching the selected criteria appear in the Import browser. To make all the images reappear, deselect the checkboxes above.
To exclude image files, leaving only audio and video files available for import: Select the “Exclude photos” checkbox.
To exclude video files during import: Select the “Exclude videos” checkbox.
To exclude audio files during import: Select the “Exclude audio files” checkbox.
To exclude all audio files attached to the images: Select the “Exclude audio attachments” checkbox.
To include only files that were flagged or locked using the camera: Select the “Only include files flagged/locked in camera” checkbox.
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Can Aperture do this?

First, this post is not to flame Aperture. It is intended to demonstrate features that need improvement, in an effort to bring the feature set up.
Aperture and Lightroom both have cloning/spotting tools.
IMO the clone/heal tool in LR is superior.
Can Aperture do this?
Original jpg straight from D2x:
Added a dark vignette, desaturated all colors and brought back just orange and some red for a quick non destructive hand tint, but the orange powercord, being orange stuck out..
11 healing spots and one clone spot in LR:
Results:
Close up:
GRANTED, PS/CS3 would do a better job, but IMO this is good enough and only took a minute. Plus it kept me out of PS/CS3

Using the color adjustments in Aperture to can selectively desaturate all colors and increase the saturation of red and yellow to get a similar effect.
I do agree that the patch tool is not even close to the one in Lightroom. I miss as well the vignette tool in Aperture.
When adjusting a wedding for example a proper patch tool and a vignette tool will save all the round trips to photoshop when creating proofs or web galleries to show to customers.
If we had some kind of quick mask and a buttom to allow new adjustments on an area of the image will save lots of round trips to photoshop in final images. For example, need to light up someone's face in a photo. Select this quick mask tool, paint on the face, press on the buttom that would say 'new adjusment area' and use levels to lighting it up. Would be perfect for me.

Can Aperture do this Lightroom Clarity thing?

I'm trial-ing both Aperture and the LR3 beta. This is hard, they're both so great.
One thing I really like in LR but cannot find an equivalent for in Aperture is the Presence area with Clarity/Vibrance/Saturation. What I like is being able to adjust the clarity downward sometimes for a very nice soft-focus effect.
Does this exist in AP?

The good old "clarity" slider - a.k.a. the quickest way to make an image look "digital"
Yes, The enhance brick "definition" slider is the adjustment for "adding clarity".
If you wanted to "remove clarity", you could try the highlights/shadows adjustment - bump the shadows a little bit, then use the advanced settings and lower the "mid contrast".
You can get some very good results using the highlights/shadows adjustment to add or remove micro contrast from an image. Here's an example using this technique:
http://matthewbergsma.com/images/web/tyler.jpg

Can Aperture embed a copyright icon, batch mode?

I'm on a 30 day trial of Aperture 2.
I want to post images on the web, from the Aug. 1 solar eclipse:
http://www.caltechscience.com/08solareclipse/index.html
I typically manually put in "©2008 Bob Yen" in the lower-right corner, to dissuade copyright infringement. Can Aperture do this automatically (not just text, but an image copyright icon) via Batch mode?
Or, can Photoshop do this? I don't have the fancy CS2 version, only the Photoshop Elements that came with my Canon 300D.
Apparently, there are other photo management programs like Coppermine which will do what I want:
http://coppermine-gallery.net/
What IS the advantage of Aperture 2 over other photo management programs?

aperture does it via a watermark on export ...
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en-us&q=watermarkimages+inaperture&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
you will need to make a watermark image to use in the export and create/edit an export preset to use it ...
http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/05/high-quality-watermarks-with-aperture/
it might just be covered in the manual ...

Can Aperture lay one image on top of another?

Remember the days of sandwiching two negatives and printing them as one image?
OK, most of you who can answer me were not born then. But that's what I want to do with two files—can Aperture do this for me?
Thanks,
Ben

Unfortunately, no.
You will need a program that can composite (typically with layers and transparency capabilities) so one image can show through another to varying degrees.
The most expensive option is Photoshop full version ($700) and the least would be Gimp (which is free).
Note - there are many other programs between the above price range including Photoshop Elements which will easily do the trick and more.
Editing this one to add that Pixelmator looks like a promising app and is available as a trial at their site:
http://www.pixelmator.com/
They also have a sneak peak of Pixelmator 2 which a new purchaser can purchase the current version from the Mac App Store for $29 and will receive Pixelmator 2 as a free upgrade when released.
http://www.pixelmator.com/sneak-preview/
I would suggest giving this one a try before looking at Photoshop or Gimp.

Can Aperture make JPEG dupes of imported RAW automatically based on camera?

I have a specific DSLR which I shoot with. I guess most photographers might also have 2 or more DSLRs they shoot with as well. Usually one older than the other as a second body or back up.
When I import RAW images to Aperture 2.x, I would like Aperture (either automatically or triggered by me) to process the importing/imported images to a default JPEG duplicate copy of the RAW. In other words, rather than shooting JPEG+RAW, I would rather just shoot all RAW and when those RAWs enter Aperture, I would like it to make JPEG duplicates. I realize I may loose JPEG quality but this is not essential as if an image selected for use, I will custom process that image and convert to JPEG.
Obviously, I would like those dupes to not be strait dupes of the RAW but, on a basic level, when the conversion happens, also adjust them based on a basic set of color corrections, etc. like the camera might do when making a JPEG in camera. So the conversion is more specific to the RAW coming from the specific camera model.
Can Aperture do this? and how do I set this up? It seems like this ability should be built in or a plug in. It would be camera specific though. A setting for a Nikon D300 would do this "make JPEG dupes of RAW imports" different from a setting for a Sony A700 "make JPEG dupes of RAW imports".
I envision a plug in or free list of default import settings you can save for specific cameras. Something akin to color palettes for design programs based on specific printers. For Epson XYZ printer I can download the Pantone color palettes for that printer and install them in InDesign, etc. Plug in conversion settings for specific DSLR bodies.

I'm not aware of any way to have Aperture generate hi-quality jpegs automatically from the raw file. Maybe there is someway to script it, but I'm not that much of an expert to advise you on that. It will generate a jpeg as the other poster indicated, but it's not a hi-quality file. The jpegs rendered from the embedded raw file are only about 500k, so obviously they are not of the highest quality.
Regarding the metadata, everything is there; camera model, res, aperture, shutter, and a myriad of other things. What's not there is the Nikon specialized stuff like custom picture controls, custom white balance, d-lighting and some others. If you use these features and like the raw converter in NX, you will find it necessary to use either the hi-quality jpegs from the camera (assuming you create them when you shoot) or have NX or View render and save jpegs or Tiffs from the Nikon NEF's. I've decided to shoot Raw+JPEG, import to Aperture using referenced libraries, make a new master from the JPEG and this separates the JPEG from the NEF in Aperture allowing you to see and use either. If the JPEGS are satisfactory, use them. If not, you have options; tweak the NEF in Aperture, show the NEF in finder, and drop into NX and tweak the raw with Nikon's proprietary camera controls and raw features then save out as Tiff or JPEG and drop back into Aperture. If you like Aperture's raw renderer enough to forego Nikon's picture controls, custom white balance, d-lighting etc..., you can skip the whole Nikon thing and just import the raw files. Come up with some custom settings and stamp the lot. Batch export the project to jpeg and drop them back into Aperture when finished. I think it's best to just let the camera create the RAW-JPEG. If you get good files or just need minor tweak, fix-lift and stamp and you're done. If not you have lots of options. JMO

How can I attribute my edits before aperture to the raw files as versions?

Hi,
I am in the middle of importing all my files (approx 100,000) into aperture. I have previously made edits of my best images and in some cases have several edits for one 'master' file. How can I attribute or link the edits to the master files? I have followed a simple nomenclature, where the camera raw file was say bfes1001.tif, I would name the files bfes1001e1.psd or bfes10001e1-small.jpg, bfes1001e1-epson7600.psd. So my question is really two parts, first is there a way to link my old edits to the master raw files, and secondly is there a way to import photoshop files without flattening them? I can't image throwing away all that time making masks etc. If there is no way to import a layered photoshop file then is there a way to make an association to the files if I leave them outside of Aperture (althought that seems to defeat a big part of Aperture)?
Thanks,
Eric

This is not a method suited to automation, but what you can do is:
1) Import original RAW into Aperture.
2) Edit in external editor - it creates a new version based on PSD or TIFF (you choose in options).
3) Kill external editor, replace created TIFF file with your new "master" tiff (or PSD). To do this just open the Aperture Library package using "Show Package Contents" in finder, do the same for the Project package held within the library, and finding the new TIFF version of your file. You could either replace the TIFF file before you return to Aperture form the editor or replace all the TIFF files with Aperture closed. The name must be identical. If you have a TIFF or PSD not in RGB mode Aperture will not like you much and probably crash whenever you go to view the picture.
That seems the most space-efficient way to me and keeps Aperture understanding that your edited TIFFS are versions of a particular master.

RAW JPEG PROBLEM I'm new to Aperture and neglected to mark RAW JPEG pairs when I imported (from iPhoto). Now I have two images for each photo. Help!! How can I change this?

I’m new to Aperture and neglected to mark RAW+JPEG pairs when I imported (from iPhoto). Now I have two images for each photo. Help!! How can I change this?

How did you import from iPhoto? If you saw the Import panel with raw -jpeg pairs, then you probably did not import your iPhoto library as library, but as files, and then you will see plenty of duplicates - previews, thumbnails, originls, edited versions. If that should be the case, it would be better to delete the import from iPhoto and to import your iPhoto library again, but this time using "File > Import > Library".
Only that would require compatible versions of iPhoto and Aperture. What are your Aperture and iPhoto version numbers?

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I recently upgraded to Yosemite 10.10.2 and Aperture 2.1.4 will no longer open. I cannot access my photos and I don't want to pay for latest version of Aperture since this application is no longer going to be supported. How can I get my pictures?

If you want just the originals, then you can go into the Aperture library (right click on it and do "show package contents"). Inside is a directory called "Masters" and you can find the original files in a bunch of subfolders.
But... you'll lose all adjustments, keywords, and other information, and just have the files as they were imported originally from the cameras.
Easiest is probably to buy Aperture and update everything, and then migrate to the Photos application down the road if that's what you want. Aperture 3.0 came out in 2010 (five years ago!) so it's not like you've upgraded in a while

I have an ipod touch it is either a second or third edition and i have just had to restore it to factory setting as it was not working and now the wifi on the device is no longer working. Is there anything i can do about this?

i have an ipod touch it is either a second or third edition and i have just had to restore it to factory setting as it was not working and now the wifi on the device is no longer working. Is there anything i can do about this?

Is it this:
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Power down and wait 5-10 minutes
Power up
Settings > AirPlane Mode OFF, Do Not Disturb OFF
If not successful, an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store is usually in order.
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Otherwise:
Does the iOS device connect to other networks?
Does the iOS device see the network?
Any error messages?
Do other devices now connect?
Did the iOS device connect before?
Try the following to rule out a software problem:
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Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
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- iOS: Recommended settings for Wi-Fi routers and access points
- Restore from backup. See:
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- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.
If still problem make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store since it appears you have a hardware problem.
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I bought Photoshop CS6 Extended(education edition) for Mac. Now ik want to install it on my (new) macbook. I have the product code and serial number. I receive an error code: may be a false copy. How can I install this program?

In 2012, I bought Photoshop CS6 Extended (education edition) for Mac. Now I want to install it on my new Macbook. I have the correct serial number and product code, but I receive an error message: the software may be a false copy etc....What to do?

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Hugo please turn off your e-mail signature.
If your serial number is listed as being valid at http://www.adobe.com/ then I would recommend obtaining a fresh copy of the installation files. You can find details on how to locate your serial number at Find your serial number quickly - http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/find-serial-number.html.
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Hi, Can anyone recommended software to import dvd to iMovies. I need to import about a dozen homemade DVD's and edit them into a single DVD comprising the 'best bits'. How best can I do this. I have an external hard drive available for the job

Hi, Can anyone recommended software to import dvd to iMovies. I need to import about a dozen homemade DVD's and edit them into a single DVD comprising the 'best bits'. How best can I do this. I have an external hard drive available for the job

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http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-mac.html
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(unless you are running Lion in which case see below))
which is a mere $20.
Another possibility is to use DVDxDV:
http://www.dvdxdv.com/NewFolderLookSite/Products/DVDxDV.overview.htm
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For the benefit of others who may read this thread:
Obviously the foregoing only applies to DVDs you have made yourself, or other home-made DVDs that have been given to you. It will NOT work on copy-protected commercial DVDs, which in any case would be illegal.
And from the TOU of these forums:
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Do not submit software or descriptions of processes that break or otherwise ‘work around’ digital rights management software or hardware. This includes conversations about ‘ripping’ DVDs or working around FairPlay software used on the iTunes Store.
If you are running Lion or later:
From the MPEG Streamclip homepage
The installer of the MPEG-2 Playback Component may refuse to install the component in Lion. Apple states the component is unnecessary in Lion onwards, however MPEG Streamclip still needs it. See this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3381
To install the component in Lion, please download MPEG Streamclip 1.9.3b7 beta above; inside the disk image you will find the Utility MPEG2 Component Lion: use it to install the MPEG-2 Playback Component in Lion. The original installer's disk image (QuickTimeMPEG2.dmg) is required.
The current versions of MPEG Streamclip cannot take advantage of the built-in MPEG-2 functionality of Lion. For MPEG-2 files you still need to install the QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component, which is not preinstalled in Lion. (The same applies to Mountain Lion even though that has it preinstalled.) You don't have to install QuickTime 7.

I'm new to Photoshop Elements and just getting started. While in the organizer I have one group of photos up to learn with and now it says Edit in Progress with a padlock icon. How can I remove this so that the photos will be restored to normal?

I'm new to Photoshop Elements and just getting started. While in the organizer I have one group of photos up to learn with and now it says Edit in Progress with a padlock icon. How can I remove this so that the photos will be restored to normal?

Go back to the editor and close the photo there.

I have updated to OS X 10.9 and now can't open Aperture, message reads You can't use this version of the application "Aperture" with this version of OS X. You have "Aperture" 3.2.3... all i need to know is how to get Aperture to work again..help !

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