IPhoto Hidden Pictures to Aperture

In transferring from iPhoto to Aperture hidden photos appear open in Library Photos with the label "X" and "iPhoto Hidden" but they are not included in the event. Is there an easy way to hide pictures, and unhide them, in Aperture? How can you get the photos into their proper events? How do you hide in Library Photos?

I came across this and it took a bit of fiddling to work it out.
Aperture uses rejects, instead of hidden photos. iPhoto hidden photos are automatically set as rejects during import - they are still in the events (projects in Aperture). To make them visible you need to click on the little magnifying button near the top right of the screen (under Faces) and move the rating slider down a notch.

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http://files.me.com/dan_801/s0zn6d (after importing into A3)

ok quick update - I opened up the aperture library in finder and located the image. The master appears to be the correct image but in Aperture itself it's showing a different image. The picture in Aperture appears to be pointing to the preview directory within the library structure. I tried re building the review and thumb and same issue again. When I export from aperture it also seems to export the preview version as oppose to the master. How do i fix this issue

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Thanks for posting. I have my library on an external drive and it spins processing before it crashes. I have tried everything. I think it believes some images are corrupted but who knows.
Do you keep your photos on your internal or external hard drive? Did you just open aperture and choose new library or did you delete your old one? I am not sure what to do, I have a big aperture library on a hard drive and time machine back up somewhere. I have a mirrored hard drive so I may only have 2 copies of the same screwed up library, don't know if they back up on time machine also?
Time machine has always confused me to be honest and fortunately I have never had to use it. So you can just replace your pictures? I think I have a bunch of photos in iphoto library on my internal hard drive, I hope I don't end up with duplicates and triplicates. Although I would settle for just about anything right now. I have 15k pictures that I see briefly before it crashes.

Hidden pictures show in Web Gallery

I've used the new Hide functionality to hide some pictures. That works fine. When I create a Web Gallery for that event it rightly shows the count of the unhidden pictures. When clicking on the Web Gallery in iPhoto it displays the expected pictures. However when viewing on the web, the Grid, Carousel and Slideshow also show the hidden pictures. What's really weird is that the Mosaic shows the expected.
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If you are talking about what you see in the Preview, then yes, that is restricted to the first ten images in your selection.
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Hi Léoni,
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Scrolling through photos, restarting iPhoto: "Hidden Photos" are unhidden!

Hi,
As you may know, iPhoto has this great feature where you can mouse over an Event to scroll through the photos in it. iPhoto also has another great feature - the possibility to hide photos!
However, here's when they both went wrong: I had a few Hidden Photos in an event, yet when I moused over it - they showed up! Just makes them not so hidden...
Also, when I last closed iPhoto, Hidden Photos were checked to show. As I opened iPhoto up again - they were still unhidden. It would be nice if they automatically hid themselves upon closing. Is there an Apple Script available for this?
In the same scenario, I hid the photos manually. And as I opened up a photo in an event up full screen, and browsed through the event using the arrow keys - a hidden photo appeared! This, as I understand - is a bug. Where would I report this?
I hope you can help!
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rudi_e:
First delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your User/Library/Preferences folder. Then rebuild the library as follows: launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys depressed and follow the instructions to rebuild the library. Select the first three options.
Happy Holidays
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.

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If I use Iphoto to import pictures from Aperture library, does is make copies and double the disk usage or does it merely use the same file to display in iPhoto?
I use iPhoto for iWeb etc. Also easier to use for the family.
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so if you drag the pictures into iPhoto, would they conserve the whole EXIF data?
If you’re dragging from the Media Browser (File -> Show Aperture Library) it brings over as much of the Exif as iPhoto supports. Try one and see. After you’ve dragged it over go Photos -> +Show Photo Info.
is there a way to make Aperture the one that deals with the masters and to be used for editing and then transfer to iPhoto but keep the transfer always updated?
Yes and no
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Merge original picture with modified picture in Aperture

Hi everybody!
I'm a new user of Aperture and like it so far. Actually I think that the application is brilliant and it has helped me a lot to improve and enhance my pictures. I have a couple of questions though that I hope that you could answer.
Since I've imported a couple of albums from iPhoto I have recognize that Aperture stores two pictures, the original version and a modified version. That's fantastic, but when I'm done with my enhancements I don't need the original photo and is there any possible way to merge the photos or to remove all original files from the albums? I also wonder how much extra space all my pictures will take if I import my whole iPhoto-library, will it literally doubles?
http://cl.ly/3y18122P3B1g2J1t1A3P
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iStriem wrote:
Thank you very much Kirby for your detailed reply! I really appreciate it, and thank you as well for your advice and your sympathetic for my beginner expriences. (1)
So to clarifie, you meen that all the edited photos that I create are stored as strings rather than actual images when I work in Aperture, and that they are usable/sharable pictures by the time that i Export them? So to get a "real" enhanced image in Aperture I need no export them and then import them again? (2)
I have also read your post, very good explanation. You have written that:
"Any image can be in any album, and can be in as many albums as you want."
I presume that it means that the library file, or my image database store this information so that I don't duplicate my pictures inside Aperture and store a lot of unnecessary memory on my hard drive? Cause you also say that Aperture never removes the original, which in that case are absolutely brilliant. (3)
As a last question, can I change the view inside Aperture so that it only shows the originals or the edited photos, or both? Obviously I show both right now but If I want to alternate it? (4)
Thank you for everything!
1. You're welcome. Pass it forward .
2. Yes and no. It's simple, but odd. Aperture is a program for storing, developing, publishing digital camera negatives. (In this sense, the "negative" is the data file created by your camera from the light it recorded when you exposed the sensor by opening and closing the shutter.) Your negative is never altered (this, alone, is fabulous: it means you can redevelop it at any time should the need arise). Your "edits" -- in Aperture, these are called, for good reason, "adjustments" -- are saved literally in a text file (afaik). The only reason to export an Image is when you need a shareable image-format file. "Export" means "make me an image-format file to these specifications". I'm not sure what you mean by "a real enhanced image". If you export an adjusted Image, and then import the file you just created, you are making a new Master in Aperture -- with all of the adjustments "baked in". If you then discard the digital negative (the Master of the Image your exported), you lose the original and cannot re-convert or re-develop an Image from the negative. There might be unusual circumstances where this would be beneficial, but I can't think of one.
3. Precisely. In practical terms, there is no performance or storage price to be paid for creating Albums or Versions. Create as many as you care to. You get to create a Library structure that meets your needs, not your computer's needs or limitations.
4. Behind (so to speak) every Image in Aperture is its Master. You can toggle the Viewer from Version to Master by pressing "m". (There is also an icon on the Toolstrip that does this.) It sounds as though you are creating new Versions when you make Adjustments. This is normal for beginners -- if you're like I was, you are vaguely scared that if you can't see it, the Master will get lost. It won't. I gradually stopped trying to keep track of my Masters -- they are always there -- and now I just make all my adjustments to the first Version created, and then create additional Versions, unless I plan on publishing the un-adjusted Master.
Aperture rewards experimentation. Create a practice Library -- a hundred files imported, three or four Projects -- and try stuff. Break it. Delete it. Create another one. Ask more.

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I've searched around a bit for this but can't seem to figure out how to to it.
I'm trying to manage my ~140GB photo library on my Macbook Air which has 128GB of HDD. On top of that, you can imagine that most of that 128GB is filled with system stuff.
My objective is to keep most of my library offline from the Macbook Air, but still keep it all together.
I kinda went "all-in" with iPhoto a few years back to organize my photos so gave up on Aperture. I'd always wanted to move to Aperture or Lighroom but the migration appeared to be a complete disaster. Now with "transparent" compatibility it seems like a no brainer to get the best of both worlds.
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Figured this out on my own.
Make a backup of everything - Aperture seems to require rebuilds and stuff and stories abound of "things going a bit wrong."
Did you make a backup? If you don't want to or can't, I wouldn't do this. After all, it's your photos!
Setup your Aperture library on a USB drive.
Update iphoto to the newest version. Open all your libraries in iPhoto to update them. This may take awhile depending on library size.
Import whatever iphoto libraries you have to Aperture. This make take awhile (hours!) - if your stuff is more than say 25 gigs I'd recommend setting it up for overnight.
Once everything is in Aperture - check its all working right. Then go ahead and maybe make another backup
Then migrate your photos out of the library. This takes all the originals and stores them elsewhere, called "offline". Once they're there, you can't move them around, so pick a good spot!! This also takes forever.
Once this is done your Aperture library should be smaller and just copy it to your MacbookAir
I'm still working on this as it looks like something went funky and I have to rebuild my thumbnails, another overnight processing thing. Like I said, keep a backup But I have a slimmed down Library on my Macbook Air now which is what I wanted.
This whole thing is kinda a mess and while it's feasible Apple hasn't made it easy. There's also some crazy stuff Aperture does with thumbnails and "previews" so that they take a bunch of space up (in my case almost as much as my photos), so you might have to work with that.
The guy at Apertureexpert.com is a genius.
Check out this post for more on slimming your Aperture Library:
http://www.apertureexpert.com/tips/2010/1/20/reducing-library-sizedramatically.h tml
Edit:As a side-note I put some HTML in my message and it looks like it isn't used in the forum - why does Apple bother having the formatting tools if they don't work? Kinda like the close-door button on an elevator?
Edit2: Haha it shows up in the answer but not in the normal thread. Strange, eh?

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Export the adjusted version from Aperture to the Desktop. Download the exported version to CVS.
You shouldn;t be looking in the Aperture library (if by looking you mean using the Finder on the library). Use Apertures tools to do this. Besides the only thing you could get out of the library would be the original file that you imported into Aperture not the version with your adjustments.

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