D700 RAW Issue leading to frozen Aperture

I'm new to both Aperture and a D700, just out of the box, so excuse any stupid questions. I couldn't get Aperture to import RAW files initially (as has been discussed elsewhere on the forum in relation to other Nikon bodies) so I downloaded and installed the RAW Update 2.4. It seemed to solve the problem briefly but then Aperture froze. Have tried restarting the computer but every time I launch Aperture the window opens but it's dead, nothing is clickable. Any thoughts? Should I try calling Apple?
Thanks,
Tom

Oh alright, seeing as how you asked. The reason it seemed like Aperture wouldn't re-launch was that for some reason the little window asking if I wanted to use Aperture when I connect my camera was appearing with only a sliver of it's top edge showing at the bottom of my screen. I wasn't noticing it in the clutter of my desktop and so it seemed like the app had frozen while opening. See why I was reluctant to explain this? If this board offered "emoticons" I'd be placing a "blush" one here now!

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There are three causes for this and No it should not happen. Go to one of your images and hit "reset". The image should return to being correctly exposed and fairly close (but not exactly the same) to the in-camera jpeg.
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2. You are applying a preset on import. Make sure there is nothing like that in the import pane. Also make sure to hit reset on any images that were impacted.
3. Camera RAW (the processor under the hood in Lightroom) is not the same RAW processor as your camera and Capture NX. They will render RAW differently. Read this
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Adobe Camera matching profiles. They really work as
I showed here a long time ago.
There is no good reason to go to Capture NX except when you need a lot of the U-points stuff. You can get Lightroom to render identical to jpegs out-of-the-camera and it is far faster and more convenient than the horrifyingly ugly(in my opinion) NX.

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Aperture won't let you drag and drop its library into the media center at all. So if I was to move all my files into the Aperture Library, I wouldn't be able to access them for iWeb at all.....Out for me.
2nd: Drag and Drop
I was able to drag and drop Raw files directly into iWeb from C1 Pro, Adobe Bridge and Adobe Lightroom.
As I said before, I am trying to move over to Aperture. However, Aperture won't let me drag and drop photos. What is the deal here??? These are both Apple programs and they won't play nice with each other. Very annoying.
Anyway, I put a link below to my iWeb test webpage I made. All the photos were Raw files that I did a drag and drop from C1 Pro, Adobe Bridge and Lightroom. There were no problems with the publishing.
http://web.mac.com/phil_navarro/iWeb/Site%202/Drag%20and%20Drop%20test.html
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G5 Desktop Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Jedi,
Perhaps you are right.
I am not a web developer and I will never be. I don't feel like spending countless hours learning how to use Dreamweaver or some other Pro web app. iWeb looked like a way to start making websites of my photos for my friends and family (much easier and better than Home Page on .Mac). All I was asking was for a way to drag and drop my photos (especially Raw files) with Aperture. Which I can do with Lightroom, Adobe Bridge and C1 Pro, and without using iPhoto.
I am not a Pro photographer either, but I purchased Aperture based on what was advertised on the Apple website. From that ad, Aperture fit my photo needs almost to a tee. I am looking to adjust Raw files, Crop, Archive and keep my use of Hard Disk space down to a minimum. I can use Photoshop for the other 5% of things I do. However, Aperture has some issues (if you own it, then you already know. If you don't, you can read the Aperture Forum) This is one of the reasons I never went to iPhoto for archiving. I didn't like the way it duplicated all my files, taking up more disk space and its file structure. So even though Aperture won't play nice with other programs, I was surprised that it wouldn't play nice with any Apple programs.
After reading your post and based on what you are saying, everyone either needs to have/learn/use Pro apps only or have/learn/use iApps only. Don't Cross the Streams!!
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2. Again....is there anyway to use Aperture with iWeb?
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Narvon

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Ibartram,
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Larry,
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Hellow,
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I think it would be a problem with Camera RAW from aperture...

This is just too good to miss so i must put my pennyworth in and stir with wooden spoon.
A raw file is not an international standard as are jpeg's. A Standard is needed.
Camera sensors do not record colour. May be a bit of a surprise to some folkes!
Colour is totally subjective. Just like spelling. Therefore the definition better is with the person or people who think it is, for whatever reasons they think it, especially when it comes to photography. Some people say jpegs are best and i am sure they are for them, i say raw is better, do you disagree?
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Red has always been a difficult colour to reproduce and ever since colour photography was invented, it even gave problems in Orthochromatic photography. Blue in Panchromatic so no surprise when we want full colour.
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