Master file version

I'm new to bridge/camera raw/ps and when i load my photos into bridge and then edit them in camera raw it edits the image like its supposed to. once i've changed the look of the photo, how do i recall a master version of the photo to make different changes. An example would be if I took photo "a" and made it have vibrant colors which turned a into b, then i wanted to make the original a into a b&w photo as well, how would i call up another copy of that original a photo?

One way to do this:
1. Open the raw image in Camera Raw, reset everything.
2. Make the modifications for the new image with the new look.
3. Click on the Save button in the lower left-hand corner and save the changed image as a DNG file.
4. Click on the Cancel button to cancel out of ACR.
When you click on the Cancel button all of the changes that you made during that ACR editing session will be canceled, and the original image will remain in the state it was in before you made the changes. But you will still have the DNG file that you saved during the session that contain all the new changes.

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Missing master files / Version-0.apversion

Greetings,
i have an inexplicable error in Aperture 3. I have migrated my photo library into aperture and allowed it to "ingest" the photos. Prior to this, i was using the browser/finder as the interface of choice for managing my files.
Now aperture is creating this error for a small number of files. When in the browser, the thumbnail is replaced by a dotted white outline bearing the filename Version-0.apversion or Master.apmaster.
When i double click on the thump, the screen will flash between the image and the grey background. In the meantime the Processing indicator at the bottom of the screen will fire up and the Activity monitor will display a never ending "Updating library" processing task with the counter going into the thousands. All 4 cores will fire up at the same time, but only when the app is in the foreground, when aperture is minimized, then the processor activity will stop.
I have tried to export versions or the originals, nothing happens. A directory with a Version-0.apversion or Master.apmaster file (4k) will be created.
I dont know how to address this issue and i have not been able to find anything online. I am looking forward to any ideas.

Anyone? any ideas? any more information i can supply for someone to look into this?
I am seriously regretting allowing aperture to handle my images........

Delete master file & versions fromhard drive ... completely!!!

I just bought a new iMac yesterday and imported 12,000 pictures on the hard drive. Strarted my clean up using delete master image and all version ... files gets transfered into the aperture trash! ... i empty the trash ... files STILL REMAIN ON MY HARD DRIVE.
Why is that?
What am I doing wrong.
Files were imported in a folder I CREATED ... I called it PHOTOS
Thanks everyone for your help .. a little bit discouraged!
Eric

Don't be discouraged. This is a feature, not a bug. You may not like it, but you should know how it works. Complete instructions are found many places in the Help file. Search under "Trash".
Deleting items in Aperture can be a four-step process. Each step but the last is reverseable.
1. Mark photo as "rejected".
2. Move photo or other items to the Aperture Trash. This is just a special container called "Trash".
3. Empty the Aperture Trash. This moves the items out of Aperture's control, and put them in your system trash.
4. Empty the system trash. This is done via Finder.

Good evening. When I try to rename a master file or export a master file, it only allows 9 spaces for my new name, even though Aperature 3 allows many more spaces than that for version names. This creates a lot of problems and headaches for me.

Good evening. When I try to rename a master file or export a master file, Aperature 3 only recognizes the first 9 spaces for raw .NEF files, even though it easily uses twice that many spaces for version names. I have a system in place that works really well for me, wherein by changing the file name I can recognize what's important to me just by glancing at the file name, no matter what system it is in, I do not have to open or mouse over anything to know what the file is. My files also arrange themselves in order no matter what file system they are in. Can someone please tell me if there is a setting, or something I am doing wrong, that prevents me from using a longer Master file name. I can't be the only person who would like to have his Master File names correspond to the name that appears in the Aperature library, and would like to use at least 16 spaces (numbers, letters, etc.)
Thanks,
Photo Al

Hi Frank,
As you suggested, I am attaching several screen shots. In the first one you can see how I set up my preset. I used "Custom Name" and "Counter" with a dot between the two drag ins, followed by "D90". I also have a dot to seperate the 8 digits in the Custom Name and make it easier to read.
I then click "OK" which takes us to the second screen shot. Here you can see that in the Example File Name everything looks perfect, and you can see I have clicked on "Apply to Master Files".
In the third screen shot you can see that the version in my library did in fact change correctly. With the "mouse over" pop up screen you can see, however, that the Master File name was changed to "1933.1017.NEF". It failed to carry the "12D90" and if I go to where my masters are stored that is exactly what the name was changed to.
In the fourth screen shot I attempt to export the master. You can see how my "Version Name" is set up.
And finally on the 5th screen shot you see in the File Name Example the name "1933.1017.NEF" once again, which when I export the master is exactly how the name will appear. Since I will export more than one file at a time , a (1) and a (2) etc., will appear at the end of the names because all the files are being given the same "1933.1017.NEF" name.
I hope this reply does a better job of clarifying my problem. I am anxious to see if this is something I simply misunderstood, or if I am simply doing something wrong.
Thanks,
Photo Al

Is a corrupted file the version or the master file?

Hi,
When a version was created from a master/RAW file and it gets corrupted, what got corrupted? In other words, can we go back to the master?
I often create duplicate versions of important images in case one gets corrupted - and it's easier than going back to TM to retrieve an earlier file, but I am beginning to wonder whether I am kidding myself.
Thanks,
Raphael

Raphael, that depends.
When a version was created from a master/RAW file and it gets corrupted, what got corrupted? In other words, can we go back to the master?
If you see a corrupted version, the chances are high, the original image is corrupted, and thus a corrupted version is computed. You should be able to see this by toggling between original master file and version (press the "M" key). The version is not stored as an actual image file, it is a set of instructions on how to create the version image file by applying adjustments to the original image. These may get corrupted too, if Aperture crashes while writing these instructions. Then you can usually repair this by repairing you Aperture library with the first aid tools. Aperture 3 User Manual: Repairing and Rebuilding Your Aperture Library
Or just discard the version and revert to the original image by using the command "Photos > Revert to original".
To protect yourself against the original images getting corrupted, it is highly recommended to backup your origininal image files right from the card, even before importing to Aperture. Aperture provides a setting to create an backup of the originals while importing. Keep these in a safe place, n addition to your Time Machine backup. But it is not necessary, IMHO, to import the images in duplicates. Then both copies will be on the same disk, and if your disk fails, has bad blocks, etc. both copies might get corrupted at the same time.
Regards
Léonie

Versions with unavailable master files cannot be exported.

Anybody a good idea how to sorting this out?
All the files are in pictures folder, i see the preview in A3. but I have the red line across the symbol in R lower corner on all the pictures.
I have tried the 3 different steps to try fix A3.
The full error message i get if I try to export or do anything with my pictures.
"Versions with unavailable master files cannot be exported.
The selected master image is either offline or not found. Please reconnect it and try again."
I have recently exchanged HD and upgraded to Snow Leopard.
HELP...

Hi, I cannot export some of my photos either as i get a message saying they are offline & i must reconnect them.
So i have followed your instructions however the file status 'missing' option draws a blank.. if i change the rule to 'offline' i do seem to get all the files that I am currently unable to export.
then i do your last instruction:
Run "File→Locate Referenced File". Reconnect all.
I can now see the located files in the top window box but when i click 'done' it doesn't do anything & the options for reconnect all are blank.. see image..
Is there anything else i can do?

Help - Ext HDD Referenced Master Files Gets Connected to Wrong Drive

I just bought Aperture and upgraded to 1.5 and am a new user. Prior to the external/open library, I would not have bought Aperture because I need to access my images on both Macs and PCs.
I spent all day yesterday creating project structure, albums and importing images into Aperture. This morning when I launched Aperture, the referenced masters on external HD were somehow now connected to my Boot Camp WindowsXP partition. When this occurred, I did not have my external drive connected.
Naturally, I connected the external drive and relaunched Aperture but all the images were referenced to my XP partition with directory path that belongs to my external HD (i.e., path is XP/Photo Lib/2006/..., instead of what it should be LACIE/photo Lib/2006/...) I was able to reconnect by selecting one image and reconnecting all function. Easy enough but troublesome.
Has anyone else experienced something like this? Is this a bug on 1.5? Am I doing something wrong - I could not find any setting that would cause this behavior.
I am using MBP so this is bit of a big deal for me....
Thanks in advance.
Mac OS X (10.4.7) XP Pro

My comment was too generalized - sorry.
Actually, the version file I was referring to is a version that gets created when an external editor is used. As you know, Aperture can create either TIF or PDS file to be used by an external editor. Once it is saved in the external editor, the preview is updated and the version is stored in Aperture Library. Unless I save the file using "Save As" into a different location manually, the edited file is in Aperture Lib. I will have to export the file into the directory of choice.
If Aperture saved the external edited file into where the master file is located, then Photoshop'd or any other editor modified files can be accessed directly without having to go through the extra steps

I can't delete the master file, which is located on my external HD, through aperture

I import a folder to aperture which is stored on my external HD, and keep the originals on the HD. If I try to delete a master file with the option, file-delete master image and all versions, the photo deletes from Aperture, but not my hard drive. I have even tried to delete my trash, but no luck. Please help, otherwise I do not want to use aperture for file management, which was one of my major reasons for buying it.

After you've deleted a file it from the project it goes into Aperture Trash. When you empty Aperture Trash (Aperture>Empty Aperture Trash) you will get a dialogue box asking "Are you sure you want to permanently delete all items in the Trash?" Under this there is a checkbox giving you the option to "Move referenced files to System Trash". If you check this box it will move the master to the system trash, and from there you can permanently delete the file.
All this is to stop you from accidentally deleting work.

Can I configure to always delete the master file?

Hi!
If I want to delete a file, I don't just remove it from the cataloge, but to delete the master file, too.
If I use the remove key, I get the (annoying) pop up, what I want to do: (sorry, I've a german version, so I just try to translate it)
Delete from hard disk
Remove (default selected)
Cancel
Is there any chance to avoid this dialog? Or at least to chance the preselected button, so I've just to use the enter key?
Actually I've to
press delete
press left arrow key
press enter
That is a little bit annoying and error-prone
Thanks a lot!
P.S.: I just found out, that ALT+DELETE is a shurtcut to remove the file from the catalog. So it would be greate to have a similar shurtcut to delete the file from the filesystem.

Thanks!
But it is almost the same as CTRL+ALT+DELETE, which has a special meaning in Windows :-(
So there is no way, to get a delete action, that easiliy deletes, without pressing four keys in parallel? :-|
Perhaps, the developers of Lightroom could provide an option, so you get the pop up, but the default action is different. That would be really great.

Looking for some help with an error message when exporting master file. I'm stuck and would even pay to get this sorted out!

Hey guys, I'm really in a bind here and need some urgent help tonite. I would even be willing to pay for some actual help and not some vague information that i may not be able to understand if we could do something via skype or some other way that would be much quicker than a message board. Of course I have to have the project done by tomorow . so I'm new to fcpx, but have succesfully exported 2 other projects. I've also ran into this predicament before (error message not allowing me complete export) and have been able to solve that by converting the files i imported off my camera (canon g20) to a different file type (prores).
so where I'm at now: i have a 13 min short, all shot on my canon g20, imported and converted to prores422 with the brorsoft video converter with all the shots in a single event in fcpx. i'm using fcpx version 10.0.08. I have one main video track in my timeline that is completely full of very fast edits. (all quick 2-5 second clips, sped up shots in 2x, 4x, or 8x, tons of transitions, titles, and a little fx. theres 2 audio tracks, one is narration/speech and the other is an ongoing music track that constantly ducks everytime the subject speaks (tons of ducks/edits). Have you seen mtv cribs? Well i filmed an EXACT replica. So If you've seen one of those episodes, its literally the same exact same thing. I have all of my work completed, everything has been fully rendered, and i have it exactly as I want it.
I'm including all this information in case it may help. my successful projects ive exported in the past were rather simple, and this one is very complex and full of edits. here is what it looks like in the timeline:
Ive tried exporting the master file using almost all the different ways with no luck. My primary objective is to get it on youtube by any means by tommorow for a showing to a potential buyer (long story) and so I've been told using the h.264 is the best format for that. This, along with the other methods give me the same error message:
It think it gives this error message when i reach 24% everytime during export.
So first of all, what is that error message? Do i need to be concerned about the specifics of it, or is there something major that I'm missing? Like i said, i dont care how, but I need to get this video up on youtube tonite for an important viewing tomorrow. Conceptually, I think if i can figure this one out I shouldnt have any more trouble in the future doing something so basic, yet critical, such as exporting my 40+ hours of work for someone to see.
anyway, I apologize in advance for my lack of knowledge with this software, and for my extremely long winded question which will probably have the opposite effect for me as most wont want to take the time to read all this, BUT i figured if i was as thorough as possible it might help actually getting a concrete answer, instead of a "read the manual, exporting is on page 37." or "use the share button on the right of the timeline then just click export master file and it will work everytime."
Cheers everybody, and thank you. Like i said if someone is up, and willing to talk via skype, phone, messanger or any other method that works for you I would be totally down and will compensate you generously for your time. thanks again.
Taphabit

boom! that advice was correct and worked. i was able to export the full project as a quicktime movie and it can be uploaded to youtube.
NOTE, theres is definately quite a few noticeable audio glitches/lags/pops that werent there before doing this. I believe, and will test to make sure, that having a project such as this one needs to render before exporting. I'm not sure if the advice requires the project to be unrendered before exporting for a specific reason, because if it will export fine after rendering the project that's the way to go. like i said the edited version i have in my timeline plays back perfectly but this exported version has quite a few noticeable audio glitches (a few video glitches too). I'm going to retry doing the first few steps of your advice, but then at the end render, then export and compare the results...
OK, so this leads to a big question, Is this something that is standard for everyone when trying to export? If its not, what causes this error?
is there any way of preemptively avoiding it in future projects?
thanks again, and hopefully this information will help others as exporting seem to be one of the biggest problems in fcpx. any word on a new patch or firmware update?

Failure to launch plug-in - Aperture says master file still being imported

I'm trying to edit an image in PS3. When I do, I get the error "Editing Error. One or more of the selected version has a master file which is still being imported. Please wait for the file copy to complete and try again."
But the file has been properly imported. What's going on and how can I get my image to be editable once more?

There may be an issue with your Ap database, have a read of this page and run each of the steps, Aperture 3: Troubleshooting Basics.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3805
Tony

1 master, many versions, 1 preview for each version?!!

One of the advantages of non destructive editing is to contain the increase of disk space required for having multiple versions of 1 master file (which is the one that takes most of the space on the hard drive). All this may vanish!
With aperture 1.5 you run the risk to have one preview for each version and, consequently, many enormous files piling up. Even if you do not actively create previews, they are created each time you run a slide show, and this takes up time and space!!
Did they find a new strategy to make you have bigger and bigger libraries and buy bigger and bigger disks?
Any way to avoid previews at any time?
maxbor

I think the previews make sense when either you want to share your photos with iLife or iWork, or when you have your raw files in an external HD.
This is how I'm minimazing the use of previews, just to share with iLife my favorite pics:
In preferences, I switch off "New Projects Automatically Generate Previews", "Share Previews With iLife and iWork" is on.
In the projects panel, I select the first project, I click on the wheel on the top right corner of the projects panel and untick "Maintain Previews". Continue doing this with every project.
Now I create two smarts albums, one with all the images rated 4 or 5* and other one with images rated 3* or lower. I go to the 4/5* one, select all the images there, right click on them and select "Update Previews". I go to the 3* or lower album, select all the images, right click on them and "Delete Previews".
From now on, all I have to do it's everytime I'm done with a project, in its browser I search for 4* or better rated images and "Update Previews".
No more waste of HD for pics I will never share with iLife or iWork.

Sharing My Master File in FCPX

I am working on Final Cut Pro 10.1.3, although my problem has been reoccurring through several versions. Although my original footage (1920x1080) appears clear and without any fragmenting within the timeline, when I share the footage as a master file, the .mov is very fragmented. I have rearranged my settings before sharing the master file numerous times, but cannot find any outcome that is sufficient. I have an example of this fragmentation posted as an unlisted video on YouTube, http://youtu.be/0-c2Pe3ABWs When this video, Clip #56 (FCPX), is viewed in 1080p, this fragmentation is very noticeable.
As a test, I placed the same footage in iMovie and exported the footage. The exported .mp4 file does not show any fragmenting. I have an example of what I would like it to look like in FCPX as an unlisted video on YouTube, http://youtu.be/YqqWkttAyHM When this video, Clip #56 (iMovie), is viewed in 1080p, there is no fragmentation.
I would like to know if the exported clip in Final Cut Pro can possess the same quality as that exported clip in iMovie. There has to be a way. If anyone has any insight, please help me with this matter.
Sincerely
FLCurrent

It's not a playback problem. You can see it clearly if you download the 1080p HD version, which is actually 1080i.
Maybe you'll see the image.

Sharing master files with Lightroom 4

Several years ago I used Aperture and ended up switching to LR4, but miss a few of the features of Aperture. I am trying to figure out a way of using Aperture to access some of my master files without having to duplicate my master files from LR4. It is my understanding that if I import files into Aperture that the images go into a specific Aperture Library. What I really liked about LR was that my master files could sit where ever I wanted them and the application only accessed the files rather than stowed the masters into a unique application library.

You can import images into Aperture as referenced originals, and reference them in their original location, without moving them into the aperture library. Only you must not move them, rename them, edit them in any way after importing them into Aperture, for that will break the connection between the version in Aperture and the referenced original master.
See: Aperture 3 User Manual: Working with Referenced Images
Regards
Léonie

Raw files in an event in iPhoto are not present in master file?

Hi all,
I keep my raw files in an external drive in iPhoto (9.5.1) library. I decided to move my library to Lightroom 5.7 via duplicating the master file of the corresponding event in iPhoto and taking this duplicate out of the iPhoto library conclusively to move to Lightroom. This worked perfectly but later I realised that two of my event files are not present in the master file. When I open iPhoto I can see and play around with these events of raw files with no problem at all.
- I searched through the each and every master file sub directory but couldn't find them.
- I used spotlight and could only find the .jpg versions of these raw files. I never converted them to jpgs before.
- The only difference from other events that I can think of is these two event files contain more than 1000 raw photos while the others contain less than 1000.
Running OS X 10.9.5. Any help would be appreciated.

When I open iPhoto I can see and play around with these events of raw files with no problem at all.
Select one of the photos from these events in iPhoto and use the command "File > Reveal in Finder > Original file".
Does this show the folder with the missing RAW files?
To migrate your original files to Lightroom you might consider to select the photos in iPhoto and to use the command "File > Export ". This way, iPhoto will find the originals for you, and it will be safer. You can be sure, that all selected photos will be exported, and you do not risk to corrupt your iPhoto library.

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