DNG Problem in Aperture 3.0.1

Just upgraded to Aperture 3.0.1 right after installing the 3.0 upgrade (I have been using 2.1.4 for some time). Am trying to convert RW2 RAW files to DNG. I use the latest Adobe RAW converter (5.6), but although Aperture can read the RW2 files, it can't read the resulting DNG files. It DID read DNGs when I first tried it last week. Today, it no longer works. Aperture DOES read DNGs created from PEF files though. Both file formats are supported and Aperture 3 DID read DNGs from RW2s last week.
Any idea what's going on?
Steve

I've seen the notes about not using linear conversion, and I don't think I am. I say I don't think because I only see one place in Adobe Converter to check linear conversion. That's in the 'compatibility' box and then only if I do a Custom setting. The default in the Custom setting comes up without linear checked. I am assuming that if I leave compatibility set to the default of "Adobe 5.4" that linear is not checked. However, I also went ahead and used "Custom" with linear unchecked and it still doesn't work.
The weird part is it worked about 4 days ago with the last set of RW2-DNGs I imported. Today, it doesn't work with new RW2-DNGs OR the ones that did work 4 days ago. Have tried reloading Adobe Converter and restarting Converter and Aperture, to no avail.

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Many of our clients shoot with medium format digital backs - Imacon backs in particular. The native raw file format for Hasselblad/Imacon is the 'fff'. The raw processing software used is called FlexColor 4.5.
Using Flexcolor, one can export the native fff files as DNG files which are supported by Adobe Camera Raw. The images open, may be edited/adjusted, and saved out. No problems.
Aperture somehow only recognizes the thumbnail image and processes out a 1.6 MB +/- file - settings were checked several times by several testers to ensure that 'TIFF - Original Size (16bit)' was selected as the export setting.
It is our opinion that Aperture 1.0 is still very much a 'beta' application. Apple seems to be using the professional market as a means of 'beta-testing' their software - all for only $499.00 US. I wish we could all run our businesses like that.
C Jones

What you are experiencing is a fundamental flaw in OSX.
In OSX, all images are handled by Core Image, or to clarify, all of OSX, and apps made by apple, and maybe ones that are new and decided to use Core Image.
Now the problem you experience has to do with OSX having broken support of DNG. In principle what you tried to do should work perfect, and infact if works with any app that has working DNG support (in other words more any app not made by apple). The problem is that for some reason in OSX, DNG files are only supported if the camera that the RAW file the the DNG file was made from is also supported. Since your Digital back is not supported in it's native raw format, you are out of luck. Of course this makes zero sense, makes DNG worthless on OSX, and means Apple is lying about it's DNG support, but thats the way it currently is. Cross fingers for this to be supported in the future.
Its even more frustrating for those who own a camera thats raw format is supported, but the camera that made it is not on the "special" list of accepted cameras, for those cameras not on it, it doesn't work either.
How the current DNG support came to be as is? who knows, but something went seriously wrong, thats for sure.
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I can export the same photo to my desktop and then load it into Aperture fine.
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Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 08 libraries. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

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Do as the above poster said (terence devlin) and submit a bug report to Apple. You can do it from within the program via the Aperture or File menu (forgot which at the moment).
The short answer to your assumption is that yes SL does break the use of Aperture for some. (I am one of them). It is not necessarily the Aperture program update (2.1.4) itself as I have reinstalled Aperture on Leopard with all updates (10.5.8 and 2.1.4) and have had no issues.
As far as I can tell, the problem lies in the card drivers, Snow Leopard Code and Aperture programming code regarding OpenGL and/or CoreGraphics.
To answer your anticipated question about my trouble shooting:
I have done (in no particular order) the font, plist, permissions, new user account, new library, rebuild library, vacuum library, visual inspection of the motherboard (internal) capacitors, voltage/current checks on power supply, new ram, new HD...it became a quest as you can see.... I changed system settings, tried hidden parameter settings, ran developer toolkit utilities to search for error messages and odd behavior. I ran console and watched each line by line message as I performed each Aperture adjustment/task (or at least tried to...)
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I have a MacBookPro and use Aperture on it. Have been using this for 6 months quite happily.
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My Aperture library is huge so I'm not syncinc all of it, just selected photos. When I open iTunes, plug iPad in and go to iPad photos page, the project and the album appear in the list but if I check either one of those, the number on the right showing the number of photos in the album/project, is zero and nothing gets synced.
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I agree, it appears to be screwed up. I've only been able to do limited tests, but it appears you CANNOT choose "Selected Albums, ...." WITHOUT specifying something other than 'no Events'. In other words, you can't simply select an album or smart collection, you MUST choose an event. And I've found even if I choose 'all events', I only get a small subset of the photos in the library included as part of the sync. What's an event, anyway? It's not part of Aperture's nomenclature.
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I have some problems with aperture 3...
//1
I updated my library with aperture 3, and export some projects for make another one, everything works fine, I can switch the library very quickly...but when I want change my background in snow leopard, the first library ( current default ) don´t show anything, seems like don´t load well, the "aperture" shows right but without arrow for open the hierarchy, and if I switch the library ( the second one ) the background can load this library without problems, works with all folders, projects...
I repaired the permissions, database and rebuild database but nothing happens.
//2
The second problem I think is the same. In Mail, iWork, iLife...the Media Browser don´t load my main library, only the second one, I have the last update installed, and the second library works fine, why not the first?
//3
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I see the same stuff inside the folders, and when I delete one of them, the aperture delete the 2 "versions", but in the trash I see only one of them xD and if I put back the folder/project, again I see 2 versions xD
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//4
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many thanks for the answer
not being very computer literate i will try and answer your question
1st i tried to download a "fix" from apple support for Aperture3 but after changing the file name to Aperture.app
as suggested by someone on forum I got the answer
The version of Aperture installed on this Mac must be updated through the Mac App Store. Check the Mac App Store to see if an update is available.
by aperture is 3.2.2
2nd in answer to your question,
memory 2gb 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM
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Leica X Vario DNG files support @aperture?

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I still am having problems with Aperture not loading, It just refuses to work, and I get the message saying it has encountered a problem, and I may need to re-install which I have done dozens of times. The fix mentioned on an earlier post wont work as it

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