Display and Aperture

I am using my 32 inch HD TV as the monitor for my Mac mini. I am not sure if I am adjusting the colours correctly. Are their gadgets available to calibrate my display.
Or
Is it a must that I should have a proper computer monitor before adjusting my pictures with Aperture.
Badrakumar

For working on at your computer? Cinema Display, by far.
You need to color calibrate it, BTW, with a hardware calibration device like the Eye One Display 2.

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Using multiple displays in Aperture 3 and FCP X

Hi,
I was looking around apples website and I noticed on the Thunderbolt Display page that they had aperature running with the picture fullscreen on one display and the photo library open on the other, I have 3 displays so I would like to do that.
Does anyone know how to do this in Lion because Fullscreen mode isn't great for Aperture imo.
http://www.apple.com/displays/
I also notice they have FCP X with three displays with the clips, timeline, and preview window all on seperate displays and if anyone knows if you can do that with iMovie '11 it would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Blake

I think the preview window you see in the FCP 3 displays setup is a QuickTime window, not a FCP window.
In Aperture you can currently use only 2 displays, not three.

Print quality difference between iphoto and aperture...?

when ordering books, is there a print quality difference between using iPhoto and Aperture? or are they sent to the same lab?
it's possible i may have some setting wrong, but when i order a book using iphoto, i never really feel the quality is that great. it's good, i just feel it could be a lot better. the print quality sort of reminds me of newsprint, albeit high quality newsprint. similar sized prints made at home on my basic 3-in-1 printer look better.
thanks...

Previews are what you view on your display. When you import a photo into Aperture (and I'm pretty sure iPhoto as well), your computer automatically generates a preview for quick viewing. The original images are stored in your library, but it is the preview that you see.
In Aperture, you are able to set the size and quality of these previews. When sharing photos between Aperture and iPhoto, the process is as follows:
Let's say that your images are stored in Aperture, but you also want to be able to view them in iPhoto without taking up too much room on your hard drive. Essentially, if you were to import the originals into iPhoto as well, you would be storing two exact, yet separate copies of the same image on your hard drive. As you are aware, with large images (whether JPEG's, and especially RAW) this would put quite a tax on your storage capacity after not too long.
So, you have your images in one or the other (in this case Aperture), but you want to play around with them in iPhoto. What you can do, is open iPhoto, go to the File menu and then select, Show Aperture Library. This will open a window with all of the contents of your Aperture Library. You can then drag any images you want into iPhoto . The only thing is, you are not dragging the original JPEG's, but rather, the previews of those images. If you have those previews set to a lower quality (again for capacity concerns), you will only have lower quality and lower detailed images in iPhoto. These images might not be ideal, or even suitable for printing high quality prints. The previews that you generate in Aperture though can be adjusted to be extremely high quality with no size limits.
My thinking was that since you mentioned Aperture, it sounded like you had experience with working with it and with ordering a photo book through Aperture. I guess you were saying that you ordered via iPhoto, weren't happy with the quality and were wondering if Aperture created books were better.
Anyway, if this is the case, I cannot answer that for you. I have never ordered a book through Aperture. If the quality of your images is good, you should be able to get a decent product no matter where you order it from. There is not doubt that the materials used and the print shop that does the work makes a difference, but if your images are good, you should still get a decent product through iPhoto. Perhaps iPhoto isn't the way to go though if you have had poor experiences with them.
If you haven't used Aperture yet, I would highly recommend it though aside from the photo book aspect of this thread. It is a stellar product.
I hope this helps.
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Using photoshop elements 9 as an external editor - after saving in Photoshop the results do not display in Aperture

I set up my external editor as Photoshop Elements 9, I follow the instructions to edit a selected image in the external editor. When finished editing in Photoshop, I hit Save (not Save As), and go back to Aperture, and the work I did in Photoshop does not display in Aperture. Is there anything else I need to do to make the work I did in Photoshop display in Aperture?

I had the same problem with PSE 10, and this soution worked for me. Thanks. But is this the real answer? Isn't there a way to save the file without having to add an "f" to the suffix? It doesn't seem to make sense to me. Is it an Aperture problem or PSE? I went to the Apple store amnd the so-called aperture/photoshop expert spent an hour trying to figure it out and finally got the answer by reading this post!!!

How do I add photos to photo stream from BOTH iPhoto and Aperture

I use Photostream for displaying photos I have taken on my DSLR on my iPad. I take the photos, download them into iPhoto and then add them to Photostream. They then appear on my iPad for display to friends and family. But some of my photos are now being manipulated in Aperture. I'd like to display these in the same Photostream, but so far, because I have to choose either the iPhoto libray or the Aperture library - but not both - for the photostream, the only way I can do this is to export the photos from Aperture into iPhoto (which doubles up my photo files). Is there a simpler way to do this?

OK. But let's say you are in iPhoto and you switch libraries so that you are now looking at your Aperture library. In order to add photos to your photostream you have to activate iCoud/photostream again in your iPhoto preferences for the new library. Then you get a message up which says: "iCloud Photos for [my iCloud email address] is being used with another library named "iPhoto Library". Switching iCoud Photos to this library will turn it off in iPhoto library."
In other words this does not solve my problem of how to have one photostream which contains photos from BOTH iPhoto and Aperture.
Is it perhaps possible to merge the iPhoto and Aperture libraries so that you only have one library for both applications?

New Macbooks and Aperture

I'm aware the subject of the suitability of Macbooks for running Aperture has been discussed before in this forum but I haven't come across any detailed descriptions of how well Aperture actually runs on them.
I currently have a 2 Ghz G5 with 3.5 Gb of ram and a 9600XT ATI video card and I find Aperture is usable but movement of the adjustment sliders for brightness, sharpness etc can be jerky and the spinning beach ball all too often makes an appearance.
So I'd be grateful if someone with experience of using Aperture on a reasonably recent Macbook can let me know if the adjustments work smoothly and quickly without the problems I've been experiencing with the G5. I'm not looking to replace the G5 with a Macbook but rather I'm after a portable Mac I can use out in the field and also at digital photography workshops that I participate in. In regard to the latter, I've been asked by the Photographic Society of Queensland (PSQ), Australia to give a couple of workshops and a presentation about photo imaging on the Mac and one of the programmes I'll be demonstrating is Aperture. This is something of a breakthrough for Mac users who belong to the PSQ as in the past we've been looked upon as something of an oddity by the PC users who are in the overwhelming majority. However, PSQ is aware of how the Mac is becoming more popular and so has given me the opportunity to demonstrate it and software, like Aperture, that is exclusive to it. Consequently, I want to make a good impression and hopfully the latest Macbooks are capable of doing that.
Cheers, John
Dual 2Ghz G5, Powerbook 1.25 Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.9)
Dual 2Ghz G5 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

I'm using Aperture with a black Macbook (core2duo), purchased about 3 months ago. After comparing Lightroom and Aperture, I actually purchased Lightroom because it performed SO much better on the Macbook. However, I'm a "hard core" apple user for more than 2 decades, and there are things about Aperture that simply brought me back, so I'm giving it another chance.
It is NOT a smooth experience on the Macbook. As has been well documented, performance lags. HOWEVER, it does work-- just requires a bit more patience. I think I am probably going to end up staying with Aperture, hoping that v2.0 helps performance some (yes, I know it may not since the graphics card (or lack thereof) is limiting factor. Maybe I'll upgrade to a MacbookPro in a year, but I really want the smaller (13") mac for portability (most of the time, I use my Macbook hooked up to a 20" cinema display at home).
It's really a personal choice. What I'd say is you really need to see how it works *for you* on a Macbook. I'd imagine that for most "professional" photographers (I'm not), or those who are doing lots of work with Aperture, the Macbook could get frustrating. But the interface is so.... apple. Hope that helps!
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I updated to Mavericks and Aperture 3.5. After the update, Aperture doesn't see referenced files. I get "No Referenced Files"

I updated to Mavericks and Aperture 3.5. All my images are referenced on a stand-alone drive. After the update, Aperture displays thumbnails, but I can't edit because Aperture doesn't see the referenced file ("image offline") and when choose all of my images and I run locate referenced files ... I get "No Referenced Files." I don't get the screen to "look" for the files.

Did you make a clean install and restore the library from a backup? No.
Or did you install the new system amd new version on top of the old system? Yes.
What version did you upgrade from? 3.4
Is your Aperture library onyour internal drive or also on an external drive? External
During the update, has your Aperture library been moved in any way? No, its still where it was on the external drive.
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HT4757 RAWs appear blue/pink-ish in Preview, Apercu and Aperture

Since the last update, my Nikon D7000's RAWs appear blue/pink-ish in Preview, Apercu and Aperture (stil normal in Photoshop/Lightroom/ViewNX). I need to use Aperture, how do I go back to the previous version? Where does the problem come from?
When I import the files, they first appear with regular color (from the thumbnail I presume), and when processed are all violet/pink/blue. I did not change the presets, and imported with with different/no filter.

Since the last CameraRaw update (4.08) released a few days ago there have been a lot of reports similar to your's
See My 2012 iMac is on acid NEF files stopped being displayed on iPhoto and Preview, and all pictures are turning red in my library for examples.
The fix, until Apple releases an update, is to roll back the RawCAmera bundle to 4.07. See the above posts for directions.
regards

New laptop config and Aperture

Hello all
I've just acquired one of the new MacBook Pros (a gigantic leap from my previous 15" PowerBook 1.67) and I am now fully up-to-date with Aperture once again. Photography is just a hobby and my Aperture library is only 9.8 GB (no previews, referenced files on external).
I have just removed the optical bay and replaced it with a 120GB SSD plus the original HDD. I have configured it so OS and apps are on the SSD while my home folder is on the HDD. But I'm wondering if this is the best configuration.
As my Aperture library is small and there is still plenty of room on my SSD, would it be better to have it there in a separate folder (outside home folder if that's possible) or should I put my home folder back on the SSD for current projects, but using separate folders on the HDD for longer term storage?
Thanks for any suggestions
Ross

The AP Library should be on the SSD. IMO the SSD should preferentially be used for the OS, apps, the referenced Aperture Library and for Photoshop Scratch.
And do not be afraid to have Previews, they are very useful and your new MBP can handle them just fine. Set Preview size to be the pixel dimensions of your MBP display, and build Previews manually when you are not otherwise editing in Aperture. Initially let the box run overnight or as needed to build the Previews.
HTH
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Messed up color display and resolution because of mini-DVI to video adapter

Once I connected the mini-DVI to video adapter to the tv and got weird colors on my screen for a while but then it worked out, then after a while I disconnected the cable and turned my computer off. After that, everytime I turned my macbook on, the color is fine for two seconds and then it turns into a weird offset color, really bright colors, kinda sketchy and just a few colors, and a weird resolution and display obviously, but then I just connect my Mini-DVI to video adapter and disconnect it again (quickly) and the color returns to normal. How can I make the normal colors stay and not have to connect the mini-DVI to video adapater everytime I want to see the normal color display and resolution??
please help!

Open the Universal Access pane of System Preferences, click on Seeing, turn off the White on Black, VoiceOver, and Zoom options, and drag the Contrast slider all the way to the left. If the issue persists, create a new folder on the desktop, drag half of the items from the Library/Preferences/ folder of the item in the Finder's sidebar with the house icon into it, and narrow down the files until you've isolated the one responsible.
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Dual display and VRAM usage.

Hi, back in the days I wanted a 12" iBook but couldn't afford one, last autumn thought I decided to get a Macbook Pro, the update came and...
.. it had 128MB vram.
I want to use dual screen and maybe even occasional gaming, I couldn't decide if this where sufficient for my needs or not so I waited for the june update.
The mid-07 MBP arrived and, it had 128MB vram AGAIN!
Why oh why Apple? Oh, don't answer that, it's because you're in bed with Intel and want to force feed us useless highest end CPUs. But all I care for is the VRAM, why do I have to pay a ****-of-a-lot for a 1/11th faster CPU?
Anyway, I tried to decide if I should "bit the sour Apple" and get the mid modell or just get the low one because that one is much more price worthy. A few days ago I ordered the low end one.
But then I've seen on barefeats that he says that a 30" ACD display would use 128MB vram of the 256MB vram modell, are vram always splitted between displays in OS X?
You see, if the extra 20" 1680x1050 display only use 1680x1050x(3 or 4) bytes that is ok, maybe even if it's double buffered (is it?), because then I will probably have like 100MB vram left for all my windows and for desktop usage that is probably ok. But if the vram is shared between displays and my 20" which I will use most only get 64MB vram that's quite low.
I know I can turn of the sleeping capabilities of the MBP and shut the lid and only use one screen but that's a quite lame solution.
I hate how Apple does this, and it seems to worry a lot of people. Some get the more expensive modell and hate that they had to do it, some doesn't, and some don't buy a machine at all .. I would probably have stayed in the last crowd.
256MB vram can't have cost them many tens of dollars, why not have that in all modells? Why is the middle one even needed? Just make 2.4GHz CPU and option in that case.
Anyway, does anyone know how much vram my screen will have available? Will 128MB work for me with all the regular desktop apps I will have running? Or should I really go with the 256MB one? The tricky part is that my MBP might be shipped today or similair.
I've called Apple support three times but noone of them knows how this works so they aren't for much help.
(Dell vostro 1500 sells here in Sweden for less than half the price of the mid MBP and comes way more balanced, you can even get a 1680x1050 screen. Sure it has 2.0GHz CPUs or whatever but I don't care about that. Where is the old "omg MHz myth"-Apple? Please understand CPU speed isn't everything. Instead of leading the MHz myth fight it ;D, start calling the CPUs T7300 and so on aswell ;D)

Hi Johan, actually the VRAM used by OS X is likely to be quite a bit more than just your screen resolution multiplied by 3 or 4, since each open window is composited offscreen for the shadow effects and for things like zooming (Ctrl-Mousewheel) and the "Genie effect".
I'm pretty sure the total VRAM isn't divided in half for each of the two displays though, as it will be allocated from the video driver on an as-needed basis. In practice, with both displays active and a few windows open, you should still have maybe 80-90% of your VRAM available for applications.
Games and other VRAM-heavy applications are a special case as these will typically use as much VRAM as you can give them, and swap out to system RAM via the PCI-X bus when they need more (and unlike swapping to disk, swapping into VRAM from system RAM is still pretty fast).

Horizontal shifting bars on MBP 15 after disconnecting 24" LED cinema display and waking up from clamshell mode.

I use my MBP 15 (late 2011) with 24" Apple LED Cinema display in a clamshell mode. After disconnecting external display, and opening display, it shows horizontal shifted bars, so it becomes completely unusable. Have to hard reset laptop. Any hints on how to resolve this? Thanks.

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standbydelay         4200
standby              1
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gpuswitch            2
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sleep                10
autopoweroffdelay    14400
hibernatemode        0
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ttyskeepawake        1
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acwake               0
lidwake              1
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Can a Mac Pro (2.66 ghz duel core) be upgradable to support Thunderbolt displays and other devices.

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