LR Star Ratings into iPhoto?

I routinely export a (relatively small) portion of my LR catalog as jpgs and import those into iPhoto ('08) for online sharing, syncing with iPod touch and a few other reasons. LR keywords move over just fine but I'm not able to get the star ratings out of LR and into iPhoto. Is there a way to do that?

As a work around, you could also add "onestar" "twostars" type keywords to the photos in LR so that you'd be able to call them up in iPhoto and apply the iPhoto stars en masse if you wanted.
And, with iPhoto's smart folders, it should work pretty well.

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Importing photos from ZoomBrowser into iPhoto without losing keywords and star ratings

I have been using Canon's ZoomBrowser EX on my Windows Vista laptop. I have just bought a MacBook Air running Lion. I would like to import all of my photos to iPhoto, but when I do this I lose all of the keywords and star ratings I have associated with my many photos. Is there any way to import the photos into iPhoto while retaining the keywords and star ratings so that I can use them in iPhoto? Doing this manually would be impractical due to the large number of photos involved.
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- Charlie

Keywords:
Iphoto can certainly import them if they are written to the correct fields of the standard metadata. They key question is can your Windows app write them to the files?
Ratings
There's no real way to share ratings via standard metadata, but if you can write the keywods, then you can quickly tag the pics with simple keywords (1star, 2star) and when imported to iPhoto recreate your rating system.
So, the question is really about your existing software and what it can do.
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TD

Importing star ratings from Canon's ImageBrowser

Does anyone know how to import star ratings assigned to photos
using Canon's ImageBrowser (5.8.0.10) software into Aperture?
I've tried importing a few photos with various ratings into Aperture 2.1 trial
but they appear unrated in Aperture. (Neither iPhoto nor Adobe Bridge
recognized the ratings either.)
I've done some investigation, comparing copies of the same image
with different star settings, and it appears ImageBrowser is recording
its rating in a 'WheR' resource in the resource fork of the image file.
Thanks

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How can I transfer my star ratings to my new computer?

Just bought a new Dell. I have ITunes on my old computer, and have spent lots of time creating playlists and star ratings. How can I import that into my new computer? I have a video Ipod with my complete music library on it, and when I connect it to my new computer I can listen and change the ratings, but I can't transfer the music, or any of the playlist info. Ideas?

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Nano star RATINGS not reflected in iTunes 7.4.1 (2) - manual sync

Aloha,
I rated several tunes while walking. I don't have enough room on my 4gb iPod to carry everything at once. I would like to temporarily remove those tunes that I have already rated and put some others on. I use the star ratings as my own personal way to sort by speed, favs, and junk.
When I get back to my Mac, I know that the ones with 1 star are to be deleted - pau (pronounced pow! Pau is Hawaiian for done, did it, finished, no more).
2 stars is slow, maybe no words
3 is walking pace, can talk over, easy listening
4 is dance, hike, pep up
5 are personal fav's of a variety of speeds
I want to have that ranking info sync up with the same songs that came from my library in the first place. Then I want to dump those and grab more music, or audiobook parts, or podcasts, whatevahs. This is the way I used to do it on my old FireWire iPod many versions of iTunes ago.
I plan to continue to rate music as I have time and when I get back to my Mac that rating system allows me to put the music into playlists that I have essentially created on the fly.
I can change my rating system at any time and wa-la I've got a new playlist.
I'm open to other ways of accomplishing same onthego sorting principle. I've tried creating a playlist using iTunes, but the playlist is on my Nano and I cannot copy it or the files to a playlist on my Mac. . . . maybe I can export a playlist
Oh, that was ugly - don't follow me! I imported the playlist into my library and I now appear to duplicates of every playlist related to music (and the two called 4star are both empty). Great (eSarcasm).

First thing to get out of the way is ratings do not transfer from iPod to iTunes in manual syncing. Try using sync selected playlists mode. Then set up iPod to sync the playlists you want on iPod.

How can I get rid of phantom star ratings in iTunes (10.6.3)? They serve no purpose that I can see.

How can I get rid of phantom star ratings in iTunes (10.6.3)? They serve no purpose that I can see. thx

After you sign in with the old ID and are presented with the option to keep the information on the iPad, you should say yes to that. Then you should be able to delete the account on the device. After you delete the account, you can - or you should be able to - sign in with the new Apple ID.
I tried these very same steps on my Pod Touch and it worked exactly the way that I'm describing. When you sign in again with the new ID, you will be given the option to merge Reminders, Bookmarks, Etc, with those in iCloud.com. I selected the option to merge all of the information. Nothing was duplicated and everything was exactly as it was before I deleted the iCloud account.
So ... sign into your new ID in Settings>iTunes & App Store. Tap the old ID and sign out. Then sign in with the new ID. Then delete the old iCloud account like I explained above and then sign in with the new Apple ID, all of your purchased content and iCloud content should be good to go.

How to keep star ratings between catalogs?

I'm sure this has been addressed, but can't seem to find it. My issue is simple: I have rated keeper images in one catalog, and I want to bring them into another catalog with those star ratings intact. I have saved metadata to the file, and I have "write xmp to file" checked. I'm dealing with RAW and jpegs, LR 4.2 OSX 10.7.5 What's the solution?

The easiest solution is to use one catalog for all of your photos. Then there is no issue now, or in the future, of making sure both catalogs have the same star ratings (and many other benefits as well).
But if you must have multiple catalogs, you can transfer the start ratings like this: select the desired photos in one catalog, then File->Export as Catalog, then go to the 2nd catalog and File->Import from Catalog. This makes sure that the star ratings match at the instant you do it. Future changes to star ratings would require you to repeat the process, as often as necessary, as you cannot keep these two catalogs in sync any other way. Hence the suggestion in the first paragraph

Imported Star Ratings

In Aperture, when I import images that have been previously meta-annoted in iView, the star ratings do not show up (that column is empty in list and thumb views), although all my other iptc stuff is there.
The stars DO show up in LightRoom, but not in Aperture. Is this a known thing and is there a tip for it?

Well, you forced me to go through the old iView manuals. Turns out it IS an XMP thing that allows Lightroom and Bridge to see stars:
*iView 3x manual*
Ratings as annotations (pg 64)
+Ratings in MediaPro are mapped to Adobe’s XMP standard for ratings. When annotations for images in a catalog are synchronized (written) to the original files, all ratings will be written into the files. If you open the image in Adobe Bridge, the star ratings will be displayed. Likewise, if you have assigned a rating to a file in Bridge, the rating will be displayed when you import that file into a MediaPro catalog.+
*iView 3x manual*
+iView / IPTC / QT / XMP / Aperture chart (pg 147)+
Color labels no longer mentioned. No mention of ratings, but they do specifically list Aperture's equivalents.
As for my Urgency memory:
*iView 2x manual*
+iView / IPTC / QT / Photoshop CS (pg 90)+
"color labels" are listed with "urgency" here (and Urgency in the big IPTC list is indeed empty). Ratings are not listed
So I guess for coprporate reasons Apple does not support the was XMP sees some stuff. If it's just the stars, that's workable, as Steve said. I just wonder what other annotations I haven't noticed yet...

Star Ratings not shown.

I have Photoshop 11 and wish to put the star ratings to my photos. They are presently not being shown. I followed the video which states to go into View and click on Details. I did this and all the showed up was the date! Help please.

If you are zoomed out to far (the thumbnails are too small), you will not longer see additional details like the star rating or file name. Move the zoom slider at the bottom to the right to 25% or more.

Star Ratings disappear after ACR and saved as jpegs

I apologize in advance if this topic has come up before and I've somehow missed it. I've recently experienced an anomaly regarding the star ratings that I apply to our RAW files in Bridge CS3. Generally we'll star the RAW files while the client is still on the set to get their favorite picks. We then will batch process all of the files and save as HiRez jpegs. The client's picks then go into a "Favorites" folder and the rest into one we call "More" just in case the client finds that their picks don't jive as well as they thought they would in their layout. So, that being said, recently we've had two occasions where "some" of the ratings didn't make it through to the processed files. We're running both a G4 with Tiger and a G5 with Leopard. Both systems have the latest updates. The most recent occurrence happened on the G4, and I believe the other time it was on the G5, though I can't be totally certain. We use both machines to batch process the images.
Any help or insight would be extremely appreciated!

It could be possible that the cache had no time to rebuild, have you tried to purge the cache for folder using the tools menu. Also whenever something is behaving other then before in Bridge you should also try to refresh the preferences with holding down option key when restarting Bridge. After this don't forget to reset the prefs to your wishes.

Lost star ratings on my chosen photos in Filmstrip mode....

Hello,
Have recently lost my star ratings on my files while in Filmstrip mode and the marker that showed that the file had been edited has disappeared ( the little half moon things on the upper right side of the photo... Please help. Im assuming it is a setting but dont know which one

Were they raw images? Did you move them from one folder to another?
A raw image from a Canon or Nikon or other cameras has a raw image that cannot store any changes you make to your image. Rather, ACR creates a side-car file that must be in the same folder as the images. You will see your file and the sidecar so (for example) a cannon image might be _MG_3404.CR2 and the sidecar file would be _MG_3404.XMP. As long as those two are in the same folder, everything is great. Until you move one or the other from the folder. Then Bridge, ACR, or PS doesn't know what to do because there are no clues for the original image to KNOW that a sidecar file exists. If you still have the sidecar files, simply rejoining the two into the same folder will sove the problem.
One easy resolution to this is to convert the original image from the original fomat to a DNG. There are MANY MANY benefits to this (and no liabiliities) but for your circumstances, the sidecar file is stored in the DNG. Your original raw image is also stored within this DNG so they cannot be separated.
There are many ways to convert your images to DNG, one is during the original downloading: if you are using Bridge's Photo Downloader, there is an option to convert them to DNG during downloading. That's what I always do. After the fact conversion can be done using Adobe's DNG Converter.
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/extend.displayTab2.html

Can Aperture recognize star ratings or keywords on import?

I do all my initial sorting and culling of images outside Aperture (Photo Mechanic, which I highly recommend). I tag images with star ratings. I would like to import only those photos with a star rating above some threshold. Is there a way for Aperture to recognize those star ratings in the import dialog, such that I could filter the photos that I want to import? I would prefer to do that in place, rather than having to move or copy all those large RAW (NEF) files to another folder just for import into Aperture. A related question would be whether Aperture could filter by keywords or other metadata that is already associated with an image? Thanks, David.

Just wanted to say that your understanding of Referenced and Managed now seems correct. Managed Masters is a very good way to start with Aperture. There is so much to learn, and a few tall conceptual hurdles to clear, that this administration decision can be safely postponed. Aperture makes it easy to change any Image's Master from either status to the other.
In the longer term, however, Referenced Masters are often a better set-up -- and become necessary for large Libraries.
Note that there is no reason not to have a mix. "Managed" and "Referenced" refer the status of each Image's Master. I keep my personal Library on my laptop, and keep as Managed all recently imported Images and all portfolio Images. This allows me complete adjustment, printing, and exporting of those Images whenever I have my computer. All the other Masters are stored on an external drive at work.
But note, too, that Referenced Masters are not backed up in Vaults. If you use Vaults, you will have to back up your Referenced Masters using a method other than Aperture's Vault feature.

Export Masters to include star ratings, places, faces, and tags?

I have 25,000 photos at about 2.5 mb each that I have imported into Aperture. The original import file was about 60gb. The current Aperture file is about 205gb. If I export masters, I get a file that is 60gb (same aas the orignal import file. If I export versions, I get a file that is about 150gb. During import, I may have had the import adjustment preset at "quick fixes"; possibly creating a new version for all 25,000 photos.
I tried importing orignal masters with no auto adjustments ad by setting previews at lower quality and the dimensions that match my macbook pro with about a 40% change in file size.
All of my photos have now been adjusted, tagged, geo-tagged, and facial recognized. I do not want t lose that.
I am trying to export the masters to an external drive with all of my star ratings, places, faces, and tags in order to import them to a smaller file.
Once, I get all of my adjusted photos into Aperture, I do not really care about the masters.
How do I export my master files with all of the tags? Or how do I export my versions without having to keep the bloated file of 150gb instead of 60gb? What is attached to the versions that would more than double th efile size?
Thank you

Sunblock,
Once, I get all of my adjusted photos into Aperture, I do not really care about the masters.
Don't take this the wrong way, but what you are trying to accomplish goes agains the most basic design of Aperture. Aperture is intended to keep your masters safe and unadulterated, while giving you the opportunity to export your versions on demand.
If I export masters, I get a file that is 60gb (same aas the orignal import file. If I export versions, I get a file that is about 150gb.
Your versions do not take up 150 GB in the Aperture library. They take up several K for the "recipe", and then some small thumbnails and preview images. The only reason you see that the versions are 150 GB is because you exported them and looked at what Aperture generated at your request.
How do I export my master files with all of the tags? Or how do I export my versions without having to keep the bloated file of 150gb instead of 60gb? What is attached to the versions that would more than double th efile size?
Your masters are supposed to stay exactly the same as when you imported them. However, when exporting masters, you can choose, in the Metadata selection, to "Include IPTC"; this includes some of the metadata. I am unsure of the exact items it includes, though. Some of the things you can do in Aperture are not supported by general metadata formats.
As for exporting the versions, you don't get a "bloated file". Rather, you get many (25000?) files. Depending on your export preset, it is entirely possible that each exported version is larger than its corresponding imported master. Check the "Export Preset" selection when you export versions to see what format Aperture is making. There is nothing "attached" to versions. Each one is a completely independent picture file.
I am trying to export the masters to an external drive with all of my star ratings, places, faces, and tags in order to import them to a smaller file.
Not sure what you are getting at here. What do you mean by "import them into a smaller file?" Do you mean that you want to get rid of your Aperture library package (which is actually hundreds of thousands of files) and replace it with a different Aperture library which is smaller? Again, you might want to rethink this. It is not what Aperture is intended for -- you are giving up good, quality photos for something inferior. Why do you want to replace your photos with something inferior?
nathan

Star Ratings

Hello folks-
Not sure if anyone else is having this issue getting into aperture but thought I'd ask...
I'm conceptually okay with the file structure but the thing that is doing my head in is the ratings system. I wonder if this is a function of my photographic inexperience? I shoot a variety of things as a hobbyist and for my own research but not in a professional sense. I initially ignored the ratings, but have come to realize that the system is quite key to the organization of a large number of images within aperture. Now I'm reimporting all my images and rating and tagging them as they come back in.
I did some reading about ratings and was a bit daunted by the 5 pass system suggested by the manual, so decided to try the three tier system suggested by Bagelturf, i.e. *= not awful; **= good; *= proud of. I boldly waded into about a thousand photos from a recent trip to the middle east and found that this was not sufficient. The not awful photos were just that, not awful but kind of boring. The photos to be proud of, I was proud of. The majority were just two star, good images. So at the end I had a slightly smaller pile of 'okay' images. Clearly, that ratings system did not really work for me.
So now I'm considering a four tier system, adding in a 'best of project/trip/place' category in betwixt good and proud and leaving the five star category for when I get better at photography...
Would anyone else be willing to share their rating technique or ideas?
Thanks,
arthur

I agree it is important not to get too tense about how accurate any given rating is. Also, I find that ratings change over the course of reviewing a project more than once. It is not all that important!
My protocol is as follows, but I would love to hear what other folks do.
• Rejects: out of focus or otherwise technically not good.
• No stars: not reviewed yet.
• One star: too lame to show to the client but perhaps some future cut-and-paste partial usage.
• 2 stars: lame but some clients might find it useful.
• 3 stars: solid journeyman work but unexciting, maybe submit to client.
• 4 stars: good technically and compositionally, for sure submit to client.
• 5 stars: best of project.
What actually gets submitted to the client and/or used actually depends on the project, how many pix are needed and on the client. Star ratings are just a general ranking within a given project.
I find that I never know what I might want to use a pic for in the future. I know that I am capable of visually reviewing thousands of digital pix very quickly. In addition to keywords the star ratings help me refine the review process. If I am looking for trees for a background I might filter for 1 star and better, keyword trees; trees as a main ad image I might filter for 4 stars and better, keyword trees.
Another use for rankings is to determine which pix get edited. Typically 4 and above get tweaked, 3 and below do not get tweaked until a specific need for the image exists (e.g. the client likes it). However, every project is different.
-Allen Wicks

1.1: No more star ratings on thumbnails?

Hello all,
As most of you did, I upgraded Aperture to 1.1. I'm now having a very annoying problem that I was hoping someone may be able to give some insight into.
When I'm going through the images (either fullscreen or windowed), when I would assign star-ratings or keywords, a little star icon and a "keyword" icon would show up on the thumbnail. Now, however, those icons do not show up, and I have no idea if I've rated the picture (or, for that matter, what I rated it). Is this a bug? A feature of 1.1? A problem with my Aperture 1.1.
I checked preferences, but that did not have anything to indicate that this is a feature that needs (re-)enabling.
I welcome any thoughts. Thanks in advance!
Doug

Hi Doug - check your view options: Cmd-J, or View menu>View Options...
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