Raw file support in Aperture 3.2.2

Have recently purchased a Fujifilm EXR 600 compact camera. It can capture jpeg and RAW, but Aperture does not seem to recognise the RAW format - "Unsupported Image format"; neither does iPhoto recognise RAW. Is there any way to access and process these files?

Apple have historically been rather unresponsive with regard to supporting new camera RAW formats. Until they support your camera (if they ever do) probably you have to use the software that came with the camera (or some other 3rd party software) to convert the RAW file to a TIF and import that into Aperture.
Good luck.

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Panasonic tz60 raw not supported in Aperture 3. How to fix?

can anyone help me?

panasonic tz60 raw not supported in Aperture 3. How to fix?
Aperture's raw support is camera specific. The list of currently supported cameras is here:
Apple - Aperture - Technical Specifications - RAW Support
Apple focusses on cameras, that are most likely used by professionals. Your camera is an excellent camera, and I wish I had it, but so far none of the cameras in the Panasonic Lumix tz-family have been supported in Aperture. So send feedback to Apple, that you want this camera to be supported. You can use this form for a feature request: Apple - Aperture - Feedback
To be able to use your raw files in Aperture, you could try a few work-arounds:
Use the software, that came with your camera, to convert the files to another lossless format, eg. TIFF.
Or do, what I am doing with the raws from my Lumix FZ28 - download the free Adobe DNG converter and convert your RAWS to DNG format: Adobe - Adobe Camera Raw and DNG Converter : For Macintosh, I don't know, if that will work for your tz60 files, but give it a try.
If you have hopes, that Apple will support the camera soon, shoot RAW&JPEG for the time being, and work with the JPEGs, until hopefully the raw support will be released.
-- Léonie

Convert RAW Files in Your Aperture Database to Adobe DNG Files

The following describes how to convert all the RAW images in your Aperture database from manufacturer formats, such as Sony's ARW and Canon's CR2, to Adobe's DNG while retaining all the Adjustments already applied to your RAW files. In the example below I am assuming that your Aperture Library has ARW and CR2 files. These steps work with the latest version of Aperture, being Version 3.3, and have not been tested with earlier versions (in fact, it probably will not work because the database structure changed in 3.3 - however, this means that the steps below can also be applied to your iPhoto library). The steps are:
1. Within Finder select the Aperture Library and Secondary Click to bring up the Shortcut Menu. From this select "Show Package Contents"; this will open a Window showing all the files/directories contained within your Aperture Library.
2. Drag the "Masters" folder out of the Package and place it on your Desktop. The purpose of this step is so that Applications, such as Adobe DNG Converter, can "see" the "Masters" folder, which they cannot do if it is located within the Aperture Library Package.
3. Run the Adobe DNG Converter, select the above "Masters" folder with the "Select Folder" button, make sure you have selected the option "Save in the Same Location", it is also a good idea to select the option "Skip source image if the destination already exists", check your Preferences then select the "Convert" button.
4. Adobe DNG Converter will now convert all the RAW files to Adobe DNG files and save them in the same location as your existing RAW files. Once complete, take a note of (a) the number of files converted and (b) the types of files converted, such as if the conversion includes ARW, CR2, NEF files etc. In this example I will assume that the converter only found ARW and CR2 files; if your system is different then modify the steps below to make sure it covers all the RAW file types converted in your particular system.
5. Select the "Masters" folder and in the Finder Window Search Field search for all the files that end in .ARW and .CR2 (this filename search list should match the types of files found by the Adobe DNG Converter in step (4)(b) above). The number of files returned by the search must match the number of files recorded by the Adobe DNG Converter in step (4)(a) above. Do NOT put the .DNG files in your search criteria. Select all the files found in the search and move them to the Trash. This will delete all the original manufacturer's RAW files from your Aperture Library leaving behind all the new DNG files.
6. Move the "Masters" folder on your Desktop back to the root directory of the Aperture Library Package Content directory.
7. Select the Finder Window containing the Aperture Library Package Contents.
8. If there is a file called "ApertureData.xml" then open it with a text editor. Search and Replace ".arw" with ".dng", ".ARW" with ".DNG", ".cr2" with ".dng" and ".CR2" with ".DNG" (note, do not use the " marks in your search). Make sure you cover all the file types incorporated in your particular system. Save the "ApertureData.xml" file.
9. Traverse to the Database/apdb directory. Select the "BigBlobs.apdb" file and open it with a Hex editor. In this example I will use Hex Fiend by Ridiculous Fish (see http://ridiculousfish.com/hexfiend/). Once the file is open perform a Find and Replace ensuring you are finding and replacing Text and not Hex. In Hex Fiend this means selecting Edit/Find from the menu and then selecting the "Text" button to the top/left of the window. In your Find/Replace field you will need to find ".arw" and replace it with ".dng", make sure you select "Replace All" (note, do not use the " marks in your search). Do exactly the same for ".ARW" with ".DNG", ".cr2" with ".dng" and ".CR2" with ".DNG" (and whatever particular RAW files were in your system).
10. Perform exactly the same steps in (9) for the files "History.apdb", "ImageProxies.apdb", "Library.apdb" and "Properties.apdb".
That is it, your Aperture Library now contains DNG files instead of your original manufacturer files while still retaining all the Adjustments originally made in Aperture to those manufacturer files. Of course, you can repeat the same step and replace your DNG files with the original RAW manufacturer files if you wish. This process works because:
1. Aperture does not store the Adjustments in the RAW files, it keeps these in its internal SQLite database.
2. By using a Hex Editor you (a) don't have to play with SQLite to gain access to Aperture's data and (b) because you are replacing text that has exactly the same number of characters you are not invalidating the format of the underlying data file - this is why you use a Hex Editor instead of a simple text editor.
Think of Aperture as being a repository that holds Adjustments which then link to the original RAW source. Therefore, the above process simply replaces your RAW source and therefore all the Aperture Adjustments are still valid; same Adjustments, new source. In case you ask, no, you cannot transfer Adjustments in and out of Aperture because there is no standard to transform adjustments between different photographic applications.

A rather involved method, David.
I am sure it works, and compliments for figuring it out, but I think one critical step is missing in your workflow: Before you begin - backup, backup, backup!
And I think, all the edits in your database that you are doing so diligently, is what you bought Aperture for to do for you, why do it yourself?
I convert selected raw files this way - without manually patching the Aperture Library:
Export the originals of the raw images that I want to convert.
Run dng-converter.
Import the converted originals back, flag them, and move them to the project they came from.
Sort the project by capture date, so that identical images are show side by side.
Then I use the Lift&Stamp tool to transfer all adjustments and tags from the original raw to the dng copy. I check, if some edits are left to do, then delete the original.
It may take a little longer than your method, but this way all edits in the library are done by Aperture, and I am protected from accidental slips when editing the property list files. That requires a very careful work.
Patching the database files inside the library may be justified as a last ressort, when you need to fix and recue a broken Aperture library, and none of the provided tools is working, but not as a routine operation to do batch conversion of image files. It is very error prone. One wrong entry in the library files and your Aperture Library may be unreadable.
Regards
Léonie

Sony cameras A7 raw files support?

looking for Sony A7 raw files support for i-photo.

1. Well that's not actually true. There is frequently a lag between the release of the camera and Adobe offering Raw support. They are often faster to add it, true, but they do not "always" get converters out before the camera hits the market.
2. I'm not really sure just what this proves, of course. How often do you change cameras?

Olympus e-m5 mark ii raw file support missing in camera raw (pse 13)

Olympus e-m5 mark ii raw file support in camera raw (pse 13).
I cannot open an .orf file from the em-5 mark ii even after installing latest updates for pse13 / camera raw.
Do I have to wait for support to be added by adobe / olympus, or can I do anything against myself.
Thank you,
Peter

You do have to wait, yes. The last updates to Adobe software came out in mid-December and the camera was not commercially available until some weeks or months after then. There is software from Olympus, and perhaps a few others companies that will work, but nothing that will do Adobe rendering, yet. You could use the Olympus software to create TIFs from your raw images and edit those in Photoshop Elements or just shoot RAW+JPG and edit the JPGs until there is an update from Adobe.
I would expect the next update to Adobe software to have support and it's been about 3 months since the last update so one would normally be out about now; however, I think Adobe is actually going to release an entire new version of Lightroom and the camera-raw plug-in with matching functionality, perhaps synchronized with a new version of PS, and if so there are many more things to get working properly before an update can be released. It's possible that updates were planned by this time, and there have been too many bugs to get ironed out and maybe Adobe would release at least a beta DNG Converter that understands the new cameras so people can do something while waiting for the main releases of the new software, but that is more my speculation than anything Adobe has said.
Here is what Eric Chan, and Adobe Camera Raw Engineer, said recently, about the prospects of supporting your camera or any newly released camera:

Raw file support for HS50EXR in LR4

When will raw file support for the new Fuji HS50EXR camera be added to Lightroom 4?
I noticed the the other fuji cameras from the HS/EXR range are supprted but the new HS50EXR has not been added as yet...can i hope that raw file support for the new Fuji HS50EXR camera will be added real soon?...please!

I suspect it might have been released a bit late for the next camera update version, it really depends on how soon Adobe get their hands on a camera.

When will Aperture have raw files support for Olympus OM-D E-M1?

When will Aperture support Olympus EM1 camera raw files?
The camera has been out for a couple of months.

We don't know, sorry. Apple does not publish the release dates of such updatesbin afvance.

DMC-LC1 Raw Files Work in Aperture!

I've just imported a set of photos I took in New York with my Panasonic DMC-LC1, and was fully expecting the RAW files to be ignored, but they imported fine, I haven't had a chance to compare the quality with Camera Raw, but I'm surprised they imported at all. Does this mean OS X/Aperture actually support more Raw formats than Apple indicate?
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Ah, thanks. Apple must have updated the list recently.
So far the quality of the images looks good, but not all metadata is imported for LC1 raw files, e.g. ISO is missing.
2.1GHz iMac G5, 867MHz 12" Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Panasonic Gh4 Raw file support

Any idea as to when the Panasonic Gh4 Raw Files will be supported in Aperture.

No, Apple does not release this kind of information in advance.
There are three to four raw support releases per year, so it may take a few month, until you will be seeing support for that camera. The 4K video may be an added complication.
G5, Mac OS X (10.4.8)
You'll have to upgrade to Mavericks and Aperture 3.5.1, to be able to profit from new raw support.

Rebel SL1 RAW files unsupported by Aperture?

I am having trouble importing CR2 files from my EOS100D/Rebel SL1. Aperture is reporting that the file type is unsupported. I'm guessing that it's due to it being a new file format? Does anyone have a solution for this as yet? many thanks in advance.

The list of all cameras currently supported is here: http://www.apple.com/aperture/specs/raw.html
I don't see your new camera on the list.
Until it will be supported by Aperture you have several options:
Shoot raw & jpeg, and work with the jpegs as masters, until the raw support will be available, then switch to the raw master as original file.
Develope the raw with the software that came with your camera and convert it to another supported lossless format - e.g. tiff. Use the tiff in Aperture.
Convert your raw to dng with Adobe's free dng converter and work with the dng files in Aperture.
Regards
Léonie

Fuji raw files support

I've got a macbook air Processore 1,7 GHz Intel Core i5, Grafica Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB, Software OS X 10.9 (13A603), Aperture version 3.5.1, raw 5.01 build 718.1, digital camera raw support 5010, build 91.8.
When browsing thumbnails of the raw files from Fujifilm X100s or Fujifilm xpro-1, the image disappears and a meesage comes out saying that file type is not supported. Sometimes they work for a while than suddenly get into the error and don't work any longer.
Is there a solution or shall I throw away Aperture and move to Adobe?
Thanks in advance for your attention.
Gianluigi

Raw support is camera specific - it needs to take into account the sensor characteristic, and if possible, the lens.
The Fujifilm X-E1: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujifilm-x-e1
Fujifilm X-E1 key features
16MP X-Trans CMOS sensor
ISO 200-6400, 100 - 25600 expanded (JPEG only)
2.36M dot OLED electronic viewfinder
New kit zoom: 18-55mm F2.8-4R
Same control layout as X-Pro1, including top-plate shutter speed and exposure compensation dials
2.8" 460k-dot LCD
Built-in pop-up flash
Full HD movie recording with built-in stereo microphone
2.5mm stereo microphone socket
Compatibility with wired remote control units (via either the USB port or mic socket)
Available in silver or black
http://www.dpreview.com/previews/fujifilm-x-e2
Fujifilm X-E2 key features
16MP X-Trans CMOS II sensor
EXR Processor II
ISO 200-6400, plus 100 - 25600 expanded (JPEG only)
7 fps continuous shooting; 3 fps with continuous AF
Lens Modulation Optimizer (for sharper JPEGs when shooting at large or small apertures)
2.36M dot OLED electronic viewfinder
Top-plate analogue shutter speed and exposure compensation dials
3" 1.04M dot 3:2 fixed LCD (non-tilting, not touch-sensitive)
Built-in Wi-Fi for image transfer to smartphones or computers
Full HD movie recording (1920x1080, 60fps, 36Mbps bitrate), with built-in stereo microphone
2.5mm stereo microphone socket, also accepts electronic remote releases
Available in silver or black
The sensors do differ, the lenses are treated differently, the X-E2 can record 14bit raw. It definitely needs a different raw support.

5D Mark III Raw file support

I just got the Canon 5d Mark III and the raw files do not seem to be supported by Aperture. What can I do to fix this? Thanks.

Thomas Emmerich wrote:
Some options in no particular order:
1. Use the Canon SW until Aperture gets an update.
2. Convert RAW files to DNG using Adobe's converter before importing into Aperture.
3. Shoot RAW+JPEG pairs and set the JPEG as the master in your projects until the RAW is supported, then switch the RAW to master.
I used option 3 last time I had a new Canon that wasn't yet supported.
#4. Use Bridge & ACR until Apple updates its Raw 3.xx. This will allow you to shoot raw and will give you more finesse than processing raw files in DPP.
Adobe has a beta of ACR that supports the 5D Mark III.
I still like Aperture better, much better, but it is a viable work around until Apple supports the 5D Mark III.

Canon s95 and g12 RAW file support???

Adobe has now updated Lightroom to include support for cr2 RAW files for the Canon S95 and G12.
An guesses how much longer for Apple to get its act together?

It's only a "release candidate" not a proper final release. Consider it an advanced beta. Adobe explain "release candidate" here:
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/cameraraw6-3/
An guesses how much longer for Apple to get its act together?
Aye - no doubt the entire Aperture team is sitting back, playing games on their iPads, drinking coffee and generally skiving...
I know this is not the answer you want, but the simple answer is - patience. It will be here when it's here - that's the way it is.

Epson raw file support for Aperature

does aperature support epson raw file? .ERF?

I just purchased Aperture last night (at the new Apple Store on 5th Ave.).
I have been using the Epson R-D1 for a year and have a few thousand ERF (Epson Raw Files). Converting ERF to editable files in PS has been slow indeed. I was hoping Aperture would liberate me from this.
SORRY TO REPORT, "APERTURE" DOES NOT RECOGNIZE "ERF" FILES.
Regrettably, I did not do my homework. Fortunately, my son will be able to use Aperture with his Nikon D100.
I found this post in my search to see if anyone has had any better luck... if there are plug-ins, work arounds, Apple support, etc.
Anyone have suggestions?
Thanks
Doug
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Olympus ePL2 RAW file support

Does anyone know how to get Aperture 3.1.1 to support Olympus ePL2 RAW files?

I also do need support for E-PL2 RAW files in Snow Leopard.
My workflow is based on using Photosmith iApp on the iPad and Lightroom on the Mac.
E-PL2 .orf RAW files not being supported by the OS causes me troubles with filenames.
I'm also using a Canon G12 camera which RAW files are well understood by the OS (QuickView displays a nice preview) and I don't have any problem when syncing Photosmith with Lightroom.
Therefore the only faulty guy is the OS so pleeeeeaaaase Apple bring E-PL2 support to Snow Leopard.
Thank you.
Phil

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