Photo's not opening in Aperture

I have iPhoto, Aperture, Photoshop, and Photoshop Elements on my computer. When I click on any file on my desktop (I shoot my photos' in RAW format) it opens them all in Photoshop Elements. I'd rather they open in Aperture, how do I set that up. Oh and just as an FYI none of them were edited in Photoshop Elements, most were done in Aperture alone, a few in the full Photoshop. So why are they all opening in Elements?
Susan

susan-kelly wrote:
Well being new to both Aperture and Photoshop I have a lot to learn especially about Aperture. I set up Photoshop to be the external editor with Aperture so now when I go to "photo" then "edit in Photoshop CS5" in Aperture it opens photoshop and makes a copy of the master photo correct? When I save it where will it be?
When you save in PS the file will come back into Aperture as a new master with the file extension you selected in preferences (see next response)
And lastly when I set up Photoshop to be the external editor it gave me a choice of how to work on it .tiff or .psd.. Can't I edit it in RAW in photoshop? If not which format is "better"?
'Better' is fairly subjective. Both have pluses and minuses. What will you do with the files after working on them in PS? As for editing in RAW, that isn't possible if you're going from Aperture to PS. Aperture doesn't make the RAW file available in this way. Part of the non-destructive editing philosophy.
Susan
PSS - lastly since I have a lot to learn about Aperture and for the most part I'm a visual learner.. should I just watch all the Aperture videos or is there some book that is good?
The Apple videos are a good place to start. There are a number of web sites that have Aperture related material, a google search of the web or a search of this discussion list will turn up many.
As for books I highly recommend the +Apple Pro Training Series: Aperture 3+ book by Scoppettuolo. Comes with a CD with an Aperture library and image files and goes step by step through the data management , image adjusting and image sharing aspects of Aperture.

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