Making Adjustments

In while working on an several images in the 4 to 6 MB range, the same event occurred several times.
If i were to adjust 'saturation' and then 'shadows', the larger image 'disappeared', went to white.
Your thoughts please.

Try the following: launch iPhoto with the Option key depressed and create a new library. Import a few photos into it and try the edits there.
If you don't get the same white window your first library is damaged. If that's the case make a temporary, duplicate copy of the library and try the three fixes below in order as needed:
Fix #1
1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your Home/Library/Preferences folder.
2 - delete iPhoto's cache files that are located in your Home/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder.
3 - reboot, launch iPhoto and try again.
NOTE: If you're moved your library from its default location in your Home/Pictures folder you will have to point iPhoto to its new location when you next open iPhoto by holding the the Option key. You'll also have to reset the iPhoto's various preferences.
Fix #2
Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys depressed and follow the instructions to rebuild the library. Select options #1, #2 and #6.
Click to view full size
Fix #3
Rebuild the library using iPhoto Library Manager as follows:
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
1 -Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
2 -Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
3 - Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File->Rebuild Library menu option
4 - In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
5 - Click on the Create button.
Note: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments but not books, calendars or slideshows. The original library will be left untouched for further attempts at fixing the problem or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory.
If you get the same error in the new library try deleting the iPhoto preference file. If that doesn't help a reinstall of iPhoto seems warranted. To do so you'll have to delete the current application and all files with "iPhoto" in the file name with either a .PKG or .BOM extension that reside in the HD/Library/Receipts folder, reinstall iPhoto from the disk it came on and apply the latest updater.
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TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier versions) 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.
NOTE: this is not the same as routinely backing up your entire iPhoto library folder to protect your photos. It only protects the loss of your organizational efforts that the database file contains.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger or later), 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. There are versions that are compatible with iPhoto 5, 6, 7 and 8 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. Just put the application in the Dock and click on it whenever you want to backup the dB file. 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.
NOTE: The new rebuild option in iPhoto 09 (v. 8.0.2), Rebuild the iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup" makes this tip obsolete.

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I checked the manual but didn't see anything. Is it do-able or is it future?
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I haven't found a way to do this - maybe it's an
enhancement - but just in case ....
Is there a way to fix the loupe in position while
making adjustments (ex. noise and sharpness)? I'd
like the loupe to display real-time the results of
the adjustments being made.
I checked the manual but didn't see anything. Is it
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my master files are located on an external HD . when it is offline, i can't make any adjustments. when it is connected, i can make adjustments and aperture creates a version out of the master file. i also use Nik Software (such as Silver Efex Pro) to make adjustments. when i save changes, the version is saved to aperture library ?? or should i click on the version and relocate it on the external HD? If I don't relocate it after making adjustments, then is it gone after i quit using aperture ??? please advise..

OkanUmit wrote:
my master files are located on an external HD . when it is offline, i can't make any adjustments. when it is connected, i can make adjustments and aperture creates a version out of the master file.
Yes, that's exactly how it works. You can't make adjustments unless the original file is online and available.
i also use Nik Software (such as Silver Efex Pro) to make adjustments. when i save changes, the version is saved to aperture library ?? or should i click on the version and relocate it on the external HD? If I don't relocate it after making adjustments, then is it gone after i quit using aperture ??? please advise..
I'm not sure what you expect to happen but Aperture will never edit the Original file. The point of Aperture is that the original is always preserved.
Remember what you have on that external is simply file storage. If you want to acess a photo then you do so via Aperture.
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Preference to "Create New Versions when making adjustments"

Isnt the option in Preferences "create new version when making adjustments" seem irrelevant when Ap doesnt touch the original (master) anyway? How is this option intended to be used? Most of the imags for me would be slight tweeks so I wouldnt necessarily want every one of those showing as a 'full new version'.

yeh, that would seem logical wouldn't it - to create a new version for each session... but that's not what happens.
i mostly use the HUD and don't close between adjustments but i do sometimes use the side panel which i also don't hide/close between adjustments. i can't remember whether making adjustments via the side panel creates new versions for every adjustment, certainly this behaviour happens when i use the HUD and i'm fairly sure i would have tried the side panel to avoid this annoying behaviour but i can't say for sure and will have to test the side panel behaviour next week if i get time.
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I think this sounds like a problem I had with a corrupted image. Corrupted images happened to me when my iMac was turned off inadvertly when importing pics.
You can read on my blog how I resolved my issue. Hope it helps.
http://maximegousse.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/my-aperture-library-crash/
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Create new versions when making adjustments?

Hi,
What does anyone suggest this setting should be set to? It's on the Advanced Tab in Preferences.
I think it was un checked when I installed the Trial Version.
The help file stated the following:-
+Create new versions when making adjustments” checkbox: Select this checkbox to have Aperture automatically create a new version when you adjust a selected image. The adjustment is applied to the original version and the new one is left untouched.+
So when I edit an image the the software makes a copy and the original is altered? What happens if it's left un checked?
Any help on the whole editing thing would be gratefully received.

This is just a way to automatically create a new version when you make an adjustment. The new version is stacked with an unaltered version, allowing you to quickly see them side by side. What you have to remember is that the *original file is never altered*. This is all virtual. What is called original in this case is in fact an original version, not the actual file. The actual file is called the Master. Very important to understand the distinction.
I personally leave this off. I never use RAW files without adjustments so there's no point in keeping an unaltered version around, plus it tends to quickly multiply versions and just creates clutter. If I want to see the original file I just hit M (this is the default command key for Show Master). Hit M again and I'm back to my version. If I've created a version and want to do a new different looking one starting from scratch, I can select New Version From Master: presto a new "original"!
If I've worked on a picture and want to create a BW version, chances are I want to keep the work I've already done as a starting point. In that case I select Duplicate Version and do my BW on the new version. Again, I'm never actually duplicating files and I'm never actually altering pixels, original or otherwise. This is all a set of xml instructions that Aperture applies when it displays the files.
Helping?
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The latest update for Photoshop CS5 is Camera Raw 6.7. You should update. Try first by choosing Help - Updates in Photoshop. If that doesn't work, seek out the Camera Raw 6.7 update on one of these pages:
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http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=39&platform=Macintosh
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Adobe Bug Report /Feature Request form ...
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform
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"Create new versions when making adjustments" - Lion, Aperture 3.1.3

I recently upgraded to Lion, and then shortly thereafter to Aperture 3.1.3.
While I don't seem to share everybody else's issues with Lion nor with Aperture, I do have one of my own.
In Preferences -> Advanced, I have a box titled "Create new versiont when making adjustment." It is checked.
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2. Does anybody know how to restore the correct behavior?

Alright,   I have solved the problem.
Some time ago, I thought it might be neat to import pictures with the Auto Exposure adjustment in place. What I didn't realize was that if the master image is in the library with adjustments on it, it downs't create a new version when you add additional adjustments.
As soon as I disabled that, and imported some new imges the probelm went away.
Also... I went back to the six or seven project that I had imported while use Auto Exposure and removed that adjustment from those images...
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1. It's a Preference. It should be set the way you prefer.
2. Aperture never adjusts the master.
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The Master is never affected, just the versions.

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What am I doing wrong? I want to modify or replace the color in a selection, so I make the selection, create a new layer, and try to replace the color from the Enhance menu. I get the message " can't do it because no pixels are selected." The selection is OK; I can see the marching ants. The same happens when I try other color adjustments and probably other adjustments as well. Would appreciate some help. Many thanks.

Sounds like you have an empty layer selected.
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