Effects Aperture Offers

I have been wondering whether Aperture offers effects, other than things such as black and white. To be exact I was wondering if Aperture was capable of taking one object in a picture, keeping it in color, and making the rest black and white. Is there any feature of this sort? Are there any good special effects on Aperture, that are a lot better than the ones offered on iPhoto? Anything can help! Thanks.

Have a look at the videos on this page
http://www.apple.com/aperture/how-to/
they step you through the main features and how to do some of the things you are describing.
Tony
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Aperture Effects

I have been wondering whether Aperture offers effects, other than things such as black and white. To be exact I was wondering if Aperture was capable of taking one object in a picture, keeping it in color, and making the rest black and white. Is there any feature of this sort? Are there any good special effects on Aperture, that are a lot better than the ones offered on iPhoto? Anything can help! Thanks.

For the specific thing you are asking for yes, you can do that. Select the image you want to work on, choose Black and White from the Adjustments drop down menu in the Adjustments tab of the Inspector. Your image will turn Black and White. Then click on the little gear in the Black and White brick that was created when you applied the Black and White adjustment, and choose Brush Black and White away.

My aperture library is a mess. How do I get rid of all the duplicates? I'm feeling rather disgusted by the whole thing at the moment.

I've been using Aperture 3 for a few months, and I'm thouroughly dismayed by the mess the library has become. I have so many duplicates, and there doesn't seem to be a good, efficient way to sort them out. With other files, if I move a new file to a folder that already contains a file by that name, I receive a message to that effect. Aperture offers no help. Like a glutton it just gobbles up every picture file, file from Photo Stream, and I don't know where else. I'm feeling rather disgusted by the whole mess. I've tried Aperture Duplicate Annihilator - what a waste of time. Can I get to a photo directory that would allow me to eliminate the duplicates and errant thumbnails by hand? That seems like an awful lot of work, but short of just deleting the entire lot, I don't know what to do.
Thanks,
Stephen

I have the same problem. I just switched from iPhoto to Aperture 3.
My library has about 40,000 photos - and thousands of them are duplicates.
But here is my question for the community. When I view "info" on my photos, I notice that the "project path" tags vary - or the badges vary. I have a vague feeling that this has to do with having an original file, then one version being created for the "faces" function, and another version indicating the photo is in a project, and another version indicating the photo is in a slideshow, etc. etc. But why can I find that sequentially, there are two copies of at least a hundred consecutive photos?
Is there any harm in deleting the duplicate "versions" - am I jeopardizing the original?
Help. This doesn't make sense to me.

How do I get this look using Aperture 3

Any idea how I can get this look (contrast, colors …) using Apple Aperture? http://www.moniekaansorgh.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/20120615_Jorieke_Christi aan_039.jpg

Hi Kris,
Don't worry. Your English is better than my Dutch!
You might want to look at taking some of the tutorials on Aperture offered at Lynda.com. You can sign up for a month and take as much training as you want to brush up on your skills.
However, for now, you can reduce the colour in you rimages by reducing the saturation level. If, however, you are happy with the flesh tones, but find the other colours too bright, us ethe Vibrancy slider to reduce all colours but the flesh tones. Try playing with the mid-contrast slider to see if that works for you. You can also try adjusting the black point to see if that makes a difference.
The good news is that Aperture is non-destructive in its editing, so you can go crazy trying all the adjustment settings to see what effect they have on your image without worrying about destroying your original photo.
So I would encourage you to try experimenting with the various adjustment options to learn what they do and by all means take somne training in the use of Aperture or buy a good book on the subject.
Have fun!
Cheers,
Bob

Will Aperture search through "off-line" media

I've been looking through Apple's tutorials on project management and posting on another forum but still having difficulty getting an answer on this.
Currently, I'm using ACR and iView. Typically I'll store my digital photos into batches (either by project, vacation, or a range of numbers) and burn onto a CD or DVD when they reach a certain size (ie. enough to comfortably fit on a disk). I then use iView to build my catalogs and add keywords.
When I use iView to keyword search, it will search through all the catalogs (I have them stored in one folder). The catalogs don't have to be open. When the search is complete, it will open a new window with thumbnails of the images and the location (ie. "Digital Photos Disk 9").
The impression I get with Aperture is that the images have to be accessible "live". That is, on your HD or an external HD. The website says "Aperture tracks backup status and location of all images" yet says nothing - at least that I can find - about storing your images on CD/DVD.
My question is: Does Aperture work the same way as iView when it comes to cataloging (Project-ing) and keyword search?
TIA

Yikes. Having gigs of images available "live" just
isn't an option for me. I would never let them sit on
a magnetic HD that's prone to failure anyway. Too
many eggs in one basket.
Maybe v2 ...
In the meantime I'll stick with iView (as much as I'm
not pleased they're part of the MS family now).
Thanks for the info.
I understand your sentiment. But I'd throw a bit of caution your way. Optical media not reliable.
True, hard drives fail--all of them will eventually fail. Several of mine have. Indeed, so have a good number of optical discs, from DVD RAM to DVD-R/RW.
The key is to have your data backed up. I used to keep my images online on a hard drive, then back up to DVD...twice, just in case. But I never really had the time to verify the integrity of the disk. I've tried to read some a week or month later and it failed. This has happened on reputable brands, and off-brands with about equal frequency...and these were disks that verified after writing.
For me it's MUCH faster to have a set of hard drives I back up to and rotate the backups. I don't keep the backups online, so they won't wear out as fast. I keep them in separate locations to avoid natural disasters or theft. I rotate them regularly. Backup to a hard drive is convenient, fast, and relatively worry-free. Aperture Vaults make the process even more effective.
Even if Aperture offered to write to DVD's, I wouldn't...but that's just me. It's slow to write to, difficult/time-consuming to verify, slow to read to from, and I never know if it'll be around when I need it to. Archiving my DVD's was a big pain. Having transferred my older files from a portion of my previous DVD's to the "live" hard drive verified for me how tedious and time consuming it is.
I suppose it would be nice to write an occasional project to DVD from Aperture. But it is pretty easy using the Finder.

Adobe Bridge / Aperture organization feature only comparison

I am curious what others' thoughts are about comparing Adobe Bridge / Version Cue to Aperture's pre-editing organizational features (meaning the ability to organize prior to doing any RAW conversion and editing). What do people see as the most important features that Aperture adds above and beyond Bridge?
Remember, these are pre-editing features only, which is basically organization. Do not include editing and/or finishing options in comments. If anyone is interested why I am asking this, Its for two reasons:
1) I'm considering a new workflow option of using Bridge and ACR, and only importing into Aperture after all conversions are complete. This basically eliminates Aperture functionality for the initial image evaluation phase, and importing only converted PSDs. Yes, that eliminates a huge part of the value Aperture offers, but perhaps it saves the ability to use it.
2) I want to know other than aesthetics what I am really losing by not just using Bridge/Version Cue exclusively over Aperture (up to now, I use Bridge, but not Version Cue). I already have my own thoughts on this, but I'd like to tap others' knowledge and advice.
Brad

Frankly I think you'd be throwing out all of the good parts of aperture.
I really, really like the way it imports from cards. I really like the auto-stacking, the side-by-side compare, the easy ratings (Bridge is just as good for rating) and it's fast for this - I love how it displays a preview on the second monitor.
Really, if Aperture didn't have the library, and were just an organizational/evaluation tool, I think I would be in love with it - it falls apart at the editing and archiving phases.

Moving from Adobe Bridge CS5 to Aperture 3

So I have been using Bridge since CS right through to CS5 for all my organising needs but I want something that is a little more organised in terms of photography requirements as my collection is getting larger and in need of higher organisation. I like the look of the workflow in Aperture 3. My only problem is that I would like to import the CRW raw files produced by my Canon SLR with the XMP sidecar files that contain all the adjustmenst to the image. There is no obvious way to do this in Aperture 3, is it possible? I have imported several collections and none of them have the adjustments applied to them in Aperture
Any help would really be appreciated.
Thanks

Unfortunately, it is not possible to utilize your ACR edits listed in the XMP file if you move to Aperture.
Basically, the issue is with the different companies design of RAW rendering which do not read each other's edits.
There is some support for DNG, but I would not recommend this path as there are a number of threads where users have had poor results. Apple's support for the format seems more like a stop-gap for users who purchase new cameras and may need to wait for the Camera RAW compatibility updates to be released for OS X before Aperture can recognize and render the RAW files.
I also moved to Aperture from a Bridge/ACR/Photoshop workflow and decided to simply backup my former work to an archive drive and then render all the images to JPEG for importing into Aperture. Since I am happy with the work I completed in the Adobe workflow, the JPEG renders fulfill my needs and Aperture allows enough tweaking of the images without degradation for future use.
All new images are of course either RAW or JPEG images imported directly into Aperture and I run a Managed library with all images inside the Aperture library package.
One other option you have (and that I thought about as well) is to keep the images in Finder folders and run a Referenced library where both Aperture and Bridge can access the files, but I personally saw no real benefit as Aperture offers the organization of Bridge and the non-destructive editing of ACR with a much nicer interface - IMHO.
Sorry I don't have a better answer for you.

SuperDuper and Aperture 3?

A tale of two upgrades. One on my big iron quad core Mac Pro, 3 ghz Intel Zeon processors; one on my 2008 2.53ghz MacBook Pro; both with 4 gig RAM. Migrated database, NOT the images (to save time and heartache). Ran consistency check both times. Same library, essentially -- about 225 gigs on each machine. And what happens?
Big Iron: a world of hurt. Beachballs, freezes, crashes, slow as a pig, grinding harddrive sounds for hours on end. Library is fine, but touch the images and lookout!
Also a missing "tick" for the 32bit option, so no way to try that. Application on boot drive, 225gig library on second terrabyte drive.
Laptop: Smooth as silk. No beachballs, freezes, crashes. Greased lightning, even doing adjustments, even using brushes and curves. No missing "tick" for 32bit option. 225gig library on external 500 gig drive.
Both upgrades were done using the Retail boxed DVD.
And, the laptop is essentially a clone of the big machine. The only difference between them?
Super Duper.
Is it possible SuperDuper is the problem? Anyone else in a world of hurt who also has SuperDuper installed? I know it's a long shot but hey stranger things have happened!

I have SuperDuper and Aperture 3 on a Mac Pro 2.8 Quad-Core 6GB ram and Nividia 8800 GT graphics. I have not had a problem. My Library is smaller than yours (about 7,000 images) and most of my images are referenced so my Aperture Library is only about 15GB. I've even had SuperDuper and Aperture 3 running at the same time with out a problem. It's very unlikely that SuperDuper could effect Aperture.
I did the following prior to conversion. First I made sure I had a Time Machine backup and a SuperDuper backup of my Photo volume. Using Aperture 2 I deleted all previews and then rebuilt them. I rebuilt the Aperture 2 data base and then did a consistency check. Next using the Finder I copied the Aperture 2 library to another volume but left all the referenced files in place. Finally I started Aperture 3 and pointed it at the copied library. The conversion took a few hours and everything has been good. After a day I renamed the original Aperture 2 library and using the finder copied the Aperture 3 library back to where I wanted it.
It's all running great.

Auto Fix Red-Eye in Aperture?

Hello,
I'm a newbie to Aperture and I was just trying to figure out where in Aperture can I fix red-eye automatically [similar to how it is done in iPhoto 11]? I realize that I can fix the red eyes manually, but is there a simple button that I can push that will automatically fix the red eyes in a photograph? This feature is really nice in iPhoto 11 as it will fix 99% of the red-eyes, etc. Just hoping there is a similar feature in Aperture.
Thanks for your help!!!

Thanks for the response Frank. I was afraid that this may be the answer. No issue, I'm just surprised that it's not available especially with all the bells and whistles that Aperture offers.
Thanks again for your help!

ICC profile for Aperture books?

All-
I've looked around Apple's web site and have not been able to find an ICC profile for soft-proofing a book. Does anyone know of a source for such a thing?
Thanks,
Andreas

Having watched an Apple video detailing the benefits that Aperture offers in terms of on-screen colour proofing I found it strange that there is no profile for Apple's book printing partner in Europe (or the US).
Wouldn't it be useful for Apple to include a profile for the own printing partner 'in the box' so that users can on-screen colour proof their book before sending. After all, this is supposed to be one of Aperture's main features. I can't understand why they don't. At least they could expand on the reasoning behind this.

Output Photobooks to PDF using Lightroom vs Aperture

Hello,
I have been using Lightroom since it was first launched and I love it. However, now I need to find a good way to create and layout my own photobook and output it to PDF so I can publish it on Lulu.com and it looks like Lightroom lacks a feature like this, while Aperture offers a pretty good way for users to create their own books and export to PDF.
Is that really so ? Are there any plans for Lightroom to offer this feature as well ? I do not want to pay $200 on Aperture just for that when I am so happy with Lightroom.
Please advise !
Thanks !
celso.

Is layout flexibility the key issue for you? For example, you could generate PDFs of sections from Lightroom's Print workspace, then upload them. I've tried this - though I would add that it's not as easy as it should be (luckily I also have InDesign). What are your key issues?
John

Aperture library suddenly won't open

OK, I've been putting off updating to the latest version of Aperture (3.4.3) because I had a sort of premonition about something bad happening to my library. But I finally got around to doing the upgrade, having felt this version had been around long enough to be stable. Big mistake. It worked OK initially, but suddenly today won't open my library, no matter what I do.
When I launch Aperture, it opens a little window with a spinning marker in it and the message "Opening Aperture Library". This is normal prior to the main window opening, but usually I see it for no more than a second or so. Now, it's all I see; the main window never appears.
Oddly, Apertur's menu structure seems to work OK while this 'loading' window is open. I can, for example, open the Activity window. However, it contains no useful information to say what's going on; the entries are just blank in this window. Also, I can quit Aperture normally (whereupon it says 'updating previews' as usual).
I've tried all three of the database-reparing options that Aperture offers if you hold down Option-Command when starting: repair permissions, repair database, rebuild database. In all three cases, it goes through the repair process and then just reverts to showing the little 'opening library' window and nothing has improved.
The upgrade to version 3.4.3 apparently went OK the other day, and I've opened and quit the software a few times since I upgraded it, and I thought everything was fine. The one thing that wasn't quite right (and I wonder if this has somethnig to do with my problem now) was Photo Stream. It didn't seem to be working properly. If I clicked the Photo Stream entry in the list at the left of the window, what I saw was just the 'welcome' message with buttons below it to sign in or turn off the service ("No, thanks" button). I didn't see any actual Photo Stream content. In this window, however, it *did* say that I was signed in with my usual Apple ID, so it wasn't very clear to me whether it was OK or not.
There's a photo I took on my iPhone which I was expecting Aperture 3.4.3 to download from Photo Stream, but it never did. I.e. just one shot that failed to download; all the previous ones had been downloaded by my previous version of Aperture. I couldn't see why the missing picture was failing to download, so I tried turning Photo Stream off and on again from within Aperture. I'm really not sure whether this worked or not; there didn't seem to be any meaningful feedback from the software.
Anyway, after having tried to launch Aperture today (and failed), I checked System Preferences and found that Photo Stream was turned off. So I turned it on again. Unfortunately it makes no difference: Aperture still won't load its library at all now.
I have tried all of following:
1. Rebooting my Mac
2. Verifying the disk contaning my Aperture library (it was fine)
3. All three of Aperture's database-repair options
4. Turning Photo Stream on in System Preferences
...and nothing makes any difference. Aperture simply will not open my library but just sits there, twiddling its spinner.
NB My library still appears to be OK, in that I can access its contents from other software successfully using the media browser.
What I haven't yet attempted is to create a blank new library and import my existing library into it. Failing any better ideas I'll try that next, but it's going to be a big operation that will take a lot of time and disk space, so I'd like to see if there are any better things to try first.
I must say I'm very disappointed that Aperture can apparently break so easily. I haven't lost any actual pictures because I'm paranoid and keep a separate copy of all my shots just in the Finder, external to any management software. But I've lost access to lots of photo books I've created over the years and various other resources, not to mention all the editing work I've done on thousands of shots within Aperture (which I haven't retained separately).
This is supposed to be professional level software. How can it seriously (a) break this easily and (b) not be able to retrieve itself via its database repair options?I'm very disappointed.

Thanks for that very helpful reply. I've followed your instructions and done some further digging too.
To answer your three points, first of all:
1. No, I haven't imported any images since upgrading my Aperture library for version 4.3.4; I did move photos between projects a couple of times, but mostly I just checked that everything appeared OK after the upgrade and tried to work out why PhotoStream didn't seem to be working properly.
2. I've attempted to create a new Aperture library. This didn't work! A library gets created on disk, but attempting to open it produces the same endless spinner as the main library.
3. I switched to a spare user account (a blank one called 'test', just as the system created it) and tried to launch Aperture and create a new library there. Same result: library is created but won't load in.
This is very strange, because I'm not aware of having changed anything substantial on my system recently. No new software that installed anything as a login item, system service or background process etc. that I'm aware of. (I'm actually quite wary of such software, and don't have much of it on my system.) The only substantial thing that I know has changed since I last successfully launched Aperture is the year, to 2013! And I hardly think that's the cause...!
I'm wondering if Aperture itself has become corrupted somehow, and whether I should trash it and reinstall it. But that's rather a pain because I've got the DVD version, not the one from the Mac App Store. Besides, I'm not sure what remnants it leaves on the system (sandbox files etc.).
I've verified my startup disk, on which Aperture resides, and repaired permissions, and no error was reported (nor did many permissions need to be fixed).
Now, the only other possible explanation I can come up with is that startup is being prevented by a misbehaving PhotoStream process, as I've just discovered that I'm having endless crashes from PhotoStreamAgent, as reported in Console. I'm getting the same series of messages popping up every few seconds:
01/01/2013 21:58:51.649 xpcd[4676]: PhotoStreamAgent[5540]: registration request failed: (0x11, 0x0) The file “com.apple.iLifeAssetManagement.agent.plist” couldn’t be saved in the folder “Preferences” because a file with the same name already exists.
01/01/2013 21:58:52.431 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[473]: (com.apple.photostream-agent[5540]) Job appears to have crashed: Illegal instruction: 4
01/01/2013 21:58:52.431 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[473]: (com.apple.photostream-agent) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
01/01/2013 21:58:52.615 ReportCrash[5531]: Saved crash report for PhotoStreamAgent[5540] version 2.7 (40.34) to /Users/rghallas/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/PhotoStreamAgent_2013-01-01-2158 52_Richard-Hallass-Mac-Pro.crash
01/01/2013 21:58:52.620 ReportCrash[5531]: Removing excessive log: file://localhost/Users/rghallas/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/PhotoStreamAgent _2013-01-01-215516_Richard-Hallass-Mac-Pro.crash
This is just repeating every 10 seconds, as suggested by the 'Will start in 10 seconds' message. Starts; crashes; loop.
Now, I've searched for a file called "com.apple.iLifeAssetManagement.agent.plist" and have found three instances: one each in the following places:
Aperture:
/Users/rghallas/Library/Containers/com.apple.Aperture/Data/Library/Preferences/c om.apple.iLifeAssetManagement.agent.plist
PhotoStream Agent:
/Users/rghallas/Library/Containers/com.apple.photostream-agent/Data/Library/Pref erences/com.apple.iLifeAssetManagement.agent.plist
iPhoto:
/Users/rghallas/Library/Containers/com.apple.iPhoto/Data/Library/Preferences/com .apple.iLifeAssetManagement.agent.plist
In all three cases, the file appears to be an alias that points to itself (i.e. original path is the same as the alias's path in each case). That seems weird but I hope it's right, given that it applies to all three (and the files alongside these plists in the folders in which they reside).
Anyway, the logs unfortunately don't make it clear exactly *which* Preferences folder is being referred to, and hence which com.apple.iLifeAssetManagement.agent.plist file is causing a problem. I imagine it's the one associated with PhotoStream Agent, since it's the Agent that's producing the ongoing crash reports. But either way I don't know what to do about it. I suppose I could try trashing this particular plist file, but I'm reluctant to do so as I don't want to break anything further.
NB Aperture itself doesn't appear to output any log messages to say what's happening while it's failing to load its library.

Using Aperture with photos in default Photo Folder in OS X (Newbie)

Hey guys...
I'm a new Aperture user (1 day) and fairly new to Mac's (5 months). I have a MB Pro with newest OS. Since getting the MBook I've been placing/storing all my photos in /Users/"lastname"/Pictures and then giving each photo "event" a new folder. I first started using iPhoto as an organizer and was not happy with using it. I had used Picasa on my windows machine and it took a few weeks to realize that there was a Mac version for Picasa. It was probably my own fault, but I couldn't figure out how to point iPhoto to my Photos Folder/Directory (maybe its old Windows habits)??? Because of this I installed Picasa and enjoy the easy croping/red eye/face recognition.
HOWEVER!, I wanted to move on to a real photo editor and got Aperture. Now to my question,,,lol
If I "import" all my photos that are currently in a folder/directory order, will Aperture create a duplicate library? And if so, do I bite-the-bullet and use Aperture as my one and only photo organizer, verse my old school ways of organizing photo folders on the hard drive and then going to the folders view via Finder to get a photo??
While writing this I referred to my photo Folder and noticed a iPhoto "library" ...when I click on it, it opens iPhoto and I see photos that I imported these few days I used iPhoto before Picasa. I guess maybe it means I need to get in habit of using the "library" when I want to search out photo for something (emailing, uploading to FB, etc)
What should I do? Tips?
Thanks guys!

Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
and don’t understand why Aperture don’t keep my folders in sync. So if I delete / add a photo to a folder, it does not update the folder in Aperture, as what you would get in Picasa.
Well the very obvious point is that it's not Picasa and doesn't work like that. Picasa is an attempt to use two databases (the Finder and Picasa) to manage the photos. Aperture simply uses one - the Aperture database. If that's not what you want then don't use it.
If I keep with Picasa, what’s the real benefit of using Aperture?
If you cannot see the opportunities that the Aperture offers for organising, and managing your Photos - including most obviously the tight integration with the OS, so that your photos are in every Open... dialogue on your Mac - and if you cannot see the far, far greater opportunities for post processing your Photos offered in Aperture compared to Picasa, then there is no benefit for you.
If, on the other hand, instead of trying to shoehorn Aperture into your Picasa workflow, you take a few moments to learn how to use it - say by looking at the Aperture tutorials on the Apple site - I think you'll find it's a much more powerful and capable application than your current choice.
Regards
TD

Aperture 3.0.3 Adjust Date and Time

Working on a batch (~3K) scanned images that all need to be adjusted for date and time, the adjustments and so forth. All notes below is with Master images.
My observations so far with the unpredictable "Adjust Date and Time" function, "D&T" hereafter and some suggestions on improving Aperture.
0. Always make sure that you start by "edit->deselect all" - even if nothing is selected.
APPLE: PLEASE MAKE IT SIMPLER TO SEE WHAT IS SELECTED (MASTERS, VERSIONS, etc).
1. Always use US language selection - Language selection seems to matter for D&T. I am from Denmark, living in US but often switch between US and DK language (to get some special characters). In Denmark we use dd-mmm-yyyy and in use we use mmm-dd-yyyy. When i use the danish locale with the "D&T" function Aperture D&T is totally unpredictable - so stick with US.
APPLE: PLEASE DONT BE TOO SMART BUT USE THE D&T FORMAT LISTED IN THE D&T DIALOG BOX
2. D&T time-shift does not work. Unfortunately this 'capability' cannot be disabled - Somehow Aperture check what the time was originally stamped on the image and use this for the new "D&T" - first i though that this was adjusting ~1 sec between images but it seems that Aperture do something like the following (sorry for my non-applescript'ish examples below)
newTime = "edit->adjust date and time"
foreach image do
set time to image.D&T.time
try() change image.D&T.time newTime+image.D&T.time
catch () newTime image.D&T.time
Not good as it time-shift from the original picture - if the time is good this is not a problem but if time (from the stamp) is off (like all of mine) most likely the time will get the date to wrap into the next day (or year if you got a bunch of images)..
APPLE: PLEASE ADD AN OPTION TO DISABLE TIME-SHIFT in D&T
3. Dont include DNG - Aperture cannot change the date for a dng and it seems to screw up the time-shift in "D&T" - i think the algorithm do something like
newD&T = "edit->adjust date and time"
for each image do
set D&T to image.D&T
try() change image.D&T to newD&T
catch() newD&T = image.D&T
The problem seems to be that when Aperture work on a image it cannot change it use this images (that it cannot change) D&T for the next images D&T, i got a bunch (a ton actually) of examples
1994
1994
2008.dng
2008
When using a different language locale it gets even worse.
APPLE: PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THE D&T COUNTERS WHEN WORKING ON A FORMAT NOT (WELL) SUPPORTED.
4. Always check your trash for images - after i deleted projects (empty, no images) i have found images for those projects in the trash. Cannot explain why this is but i am happy that i checked the trash before emptying - put back works just fine.
I am currently using the following methodology for my scans.
1. load in all pics, create albums for years and projects for months - e.g. 1993.0201 <text>, 1998.0327 <text> and sort scans to the correct albums and projects
2. export each album as separate libraries, open library, fix D&Ts, places and faces. Exit, reopen and check trash for images that should not have been deleted. Clean trash, close.
- For faces i add a few pics' of recognizable folks - open faces and select from the many suggestions aperture offers - very fast.
3. Open or import library to master (my master got ~20K pics currently)
I am interested in learning if i am the 'only one' with Aperture D&T 'problems' or if i am using the tool incorrectly.
Kenneth

nathan:
What type of edit were you making. Have been trying to duplicate that and cannot. I've changed the date and selected the original file to be changed also. Then I edited the file by cropping, changing the exposure and shadows and saving. Both versions are still tiff files.
Now these are tiff files that I converted over from jpgs with Photoshop as my camera doesn't take tiffs. Don't know if that will make any difference.
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 created 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 and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

Aperture stopped working - help

hi
my brother is an artist, and photgrapher who uses aperture
he tells me that aperture offered an update which he took,
then it asked him for his serial number which he gave, it was rejected
saying it could not be used. he is now locked out and can't get access
to all his work including thousands of photo's. would anyone be able to
offer help on line, we're not near a store and intend calling apple but he
does'nt have applecare.
any help or guidance would be appreciated
kind regards

Does he have another volume he can boot off and
install from his original Aperture disc onto it? If
he does and can then the next thing would be to
uninstall Aperture from his 'real' volume and
reinstall it from disc. Of course he should have his
Aperture library backed up just in case something bad
happens.
brian
thank you for the reply
he only has one mac with the spec to run aperture, he upgraded
a powerbook specifically to run aperture
he was'nt backed up, and cant get in to aperture at all?
regards

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