Exporting in original format

Does anyone know how to export multiple images from Aperture in their original size and format (for simple backing up, say)? Dragging to the DT worked in iPhoto, but Aperture seems to insist on converting images to JPEG previews if you do this. If you choose Export, you have to select a format for all the exported images, which I don't want to do - I want to leave them as they are. The option "Leave unchanged" isn't there.
Apologies if this has been covered before, but I'm new to Aperture.

Using Export, I can't find any way to preserve the original file format - you have to select a single format for all the images you're exporting. I have a mixture of jpgs, tiffs, psds and RAW, and I don't want to have to change them all to the same format.
What method do you use for backing up? I do back up the Aperture Library too, but mine is enormous, and its structure would be a nightmare to untangle if you should need to retrieve particular images in an emergency. A simply drag-and-burn backup would be much easier.

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Please have LR create the sidecar file with when exporting in original format or at least have an option for it!

The proposed workflow may not be valid based on the discussion here: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/947245?tstart=0 but the sidecar file point still is. Exporting as H.264 does not preserve metadata either. LR shows no camera / exposure / date time information for the H.264 version.

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And yet exporting a catalog is the perfect solution for communicating with another LR catalog...
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Thanks for getting back to me so quickly and I confirmed that you are correct because the file size is the same but I was confused because it changes the .dv to a .mov QT file so I was under the impression that it was no longer in the original format and had been compressed.
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Any way to export project to original format (dv) without loosin quality?

I know that many has been said in the forum of exporting and file formats, and I have read lots of posts relating the topic, but I need to put another question concerning the issue.
I have a MiniDV video camera and use iMovie08.
I just want to select wich clips I use, join some of them to make a short video and save them as mp4 or mov format to save on disk and delete the .dv original files.
I don't want in the process to loose much quality.
I know how to do it with iMovie but the results are not good, because I notice a big loose in brightness and color that affect every clip.
I have try to convert one clip using ffmpegx with the h.264 (x264) setting and the result was very good and fast.
I them decide to export in imovie to .dv thinking that I will get the original quality and them compress with ffmpegx but even this setting get the same loose in brigthness and color.
I know that there are some filters to adjust the output but they are very time consuming and I do not need them with ffmpegx.
1.- Why the loose of brightness and color in every imovie setting? The settings with ffmpegx are nearly the same and that doesn't happen.
2.- Is there a way to export out of imovie to convert in ffmepx without loosing any quality?
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download for free
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Post Author: Ceraq
CA Forum: Exporting
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Can I export in different formats at the same time?

Most of my pictures are in different formats. When I choose ones of different formats and then try and export them at the same time, I have to choose what format to put them in(TIFF, JPEG, etc.) Is there an option to export each one in it's original format or do they all have to be exported in one format of my choosing?
Maybe I just don't understand formats and how Aperture makes adjustments from Masters to Versions.
Please help if you can.
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Why is the version file smaller than the original file, although I didn't make changes in the file? And why is the keywords don't exporting with original files?

Hi! Why is the version file smaller than the original file, although I didn't make changes in the file? And why is the keywords don't exporting with original files?

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Export service provider format error

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Simon

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I would like to be able export multiple resolutions of a project at the same time into separate folders. I can kind of do this now by having multiple export presets and running each of them right after the other and then letting them export simultaneously. Even though the export preset has a folder name specified, I have to manually type in the unique project name into each export preset. Unfortunately this becomes a little bit cumbersome as I often use 3 or 4 export presets for each project, and I may be exporting multiple projects at the same time. Obviously it makes sense to just type the unique text once (or have it automatically read from metadata) to avoid typos and make it easier on me.
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Here is my scenario:
I have three export presets:
600px saves to subfolder "project 600px for web"
2400px saves to subfolder "project 2400px for print"
600px watermark saves to subfolder "project 600px watermark"
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Thanks Rob
Your export plugin does allow running multiple export presets in a single group, however it still doesn't address the folder naming issue. Using your tool, I can easily initiate my multiple presets in a single export, however I am stuck using the generic foldername that I specified in my original export preset. This means that after the export completes, I still have to rename the folders to the particular project name. I would save the time of typing the project name into lightroom, but then just have to repeat that same task later outside of lightroom. It also prevents me from exporting two projects at the same time (or one after the other) because both projects would end up in the same generically named folders.
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