Scripting in Aperture?
As a newbie AppleScript novice I wonder if anyone can point me in the right direction for helpful sites on scripting Aperture please? I looked at a previous post from 2008 and the sites mentioned there do not seem to be available now.
Many thanks.
answered here http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=698533&tstart=0
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Scripting with Aperture to select images
I am trying to create an Applescript and need a little help. It needs to read filenames from a text file and then select those images in Aperture and change their rating to 3 stars. I have the first part worked out, I think, but am having trouble getting the images selected from the list and their rating changed. Any ideas would be much appreciated.
It's my script in the first place...
The line you need to replace is:
"duplicate tImgID to this_project"
with:
"set main rating of tImgID to 3"
If the first part of the script is working, this should now set the rating to 3 instead of adding the Version to an Album.
One of the best places to get some beginner's scripts for Aperture is http://homepage.mac.com/jlarson7/index.html
Ian -
Aperture appears to have the facility to run scripts during the import stage (it's called 'Action' in the import pop up menu), but I'm having problems with it.
I have successfully run the script below, and have exported the subsequent metadata to the master, which is my aim.
But I cannot get the script run via this 'Actions' facility during import, even importing into a second library after the 'Object Name' field (called 'Title' by Aperture) has been created in the file and contains a 'space'.
Can anyone show me what I am doing wrong?
I found the script at: How can I set the Object Name to the file name on import?
The post reads:
AppleScript to the rescue!
1. Copy the following text into Script Editor:
tell application "Aperture"
set selectedImages to the selection
set tName to name of item 1 of selectedImages
repeat with i from 1 to number of items in selectedImages
set this_item to item i of selectedImages
set tName to name of this_item
set value of IPTC tag "ObjectName" of this_item to tName
end repeat
end tell
2. Save the script in a sensible place, such as ~/Library/Scripts/Aperture Scripts so that it will turn up in the Script Menu (if it's enabled).
3. Select a bunch of images in Aperture.
4. IMPORTANT! You must use Batch Change to put a value into the Object Name tag (such as " "), until you do so the tag doesn't exist for those images and therefore cannot be altered.
5. Run the AppleScript, it should loop through all the selected versions and put the version name into the Object Name tag.
Note - the Master File Name isn't accessible via AppleScript, only the Version Name.
Ian
P.S. As with all such scripts, test it on a small number of 'spare' versions before doing anything drastic...
Help!I haven't. Have you tried making a droplet to run at the end of the LR export?
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Aperture Script - Can't replicate problem
I wrote this script to rename and File Aperture projects by date : http://www.johneday.com/9/rename-and-file-aperture-projects-by-date .
A Mountain Lion user has given me this feedback:
OK, so I get the error that the EXIF tag does not have capture year. I'm on Mountain Lion, and recall that it worked on one project the very first time I ran the script after downloading and installing it... it's almost as if some flag gets set to true or false and it needs to be reset.
Can anyone running Mountain Lion replicate this problem for me? Any insights about what is going wrong for him would be appreciated.
set yourFolder to "Imported by Date" -- Name your folder here
set appendParent to false -- If true, the selected parent's name will be appended to the new project name
set makeSubfolders to false -- If true, new projects will be created in year/month/ folders.
property delimiter : "-"
try
tell application "Aperture"
activate
-- Wait until Aperture is finished processing other tasks
repeat
set taskCount to count of tasks
if taskCount is 1 then
display alert "Aperture is processing another task" message "Please wait for the task to complete and try again" buttons {"Try again", "Cancel"} default button {"Try again"} cancel button {"Cancel"}
else if taskCount > 1 then
display alert "Aperture is processing " & taskCount & " tasks" message "Please wait for the tasks to complete and try again" buttons {"Try again", "Cancel"} default button {"Try again"} cancel button {"Cancel"}
else
exit repeat
end if
end repeat
-- Verify that at least one item is selected
if selection is {} then display alert "The selection {} is empty" message "Please select ONE Project, Folder or Album from the Library tab in the sidebar and try again." buttons {"OK"} cancel button {"OK"}
-- Get the selected Parent ID
tell item 1 of (selection as list) to set theParent to parent
set {parentClass, parentName} to {class, name} of theParent
if parentClass is album then display dialog "Albums may contain images from multiple projects. Are you sure you want to move these images from their projects?"
-- Get date of every image in the selected Parent
tell theParent to set dateList to every image version's (value of EXIF tag "ImageDate")
tell library 1
-- Create your folder if it does not exist
if not (exists folder yourFolder) then make new folder with properties {name:yourFolder}
-- Assign name of every project in your folder to a list for the Create project command below
-- (exists project isoImageDate) command is too slow to be included in the loop
if not makeSubfolders then tell folder yourFolder to set parentList to name of every project
set dateTest to {}
repeat with aDate in my dateList
-- Test each date to avoid processing duplicates
set shortDate to short date string of aDate
if dateTest does not contain shortDate then
set end of dateTest to shortDate
-- Convert the image date to YYYY-MM-DD format
set projectYear to year of aDate as string
set projectMonth to (month of aDate as integer) as string
if length of projectMonth is 1 then set projectMonth to "0" & projectMonth
set projectDay to (day of aDate as integer) as string
if length of projectDay is 1 then set projectDay to "0" & projectDay
set isoImageDate to projectYear & delimiter & projectMonth & delimiter & projectDay as string
if appendParent then set isoImageDate to isoImageDate & space & parentName
tell folder yourFolder
if makeSubfolders then
--Create year and month folders if year folder does not exist
if not (exists folder projectYear) then make new folder with properties {name:projectYear}
tell folder projectYear
if not (exists folder projectMonth) then make new folder with properties {name:projectMonth}
end tell
--Create project if it does not exist
if ((name of every project of folder projectMonth of folder projectYear) does not contain isoImageDate) then tell folder projectMonth of folder projectYear to make new project with properties {name:isoImageDate}
-- Move the images into the project
move (every image version of theParent whose value of EXIF tag "CaptureYear" is year of aDate and value of EXIF tag "CaptureMonthOfYear" is month of aDate as integer and value of EXIF tag "CaptureDayOfMonth" is day of aDate) to project isoImageDate of folder projectMonth of folder projectYear
else -- If not makeSubfolders
--Create project if it does not exist
if parentList does not contain isoImageDate then make new project with properties {name:isoImageDate}
-- Move the images into the project
move (every image version of theParent whose value of EXIF tag "CaptureYear" is year of aDate and value of EXIF tag "CaptureMonthOfYear" is month of aDate as integer and value of EXIF tag "CaptureDayOfMonth" is day of aDate) to project isoImageDate
end if
end tell
end if
end repeat
-- Move the initial container to the Trash if no images remain or if it is an album
if parentClass is album then
delete theParent
else if (count of image versions of theParent) is 0 then
delete theParent
end if
beep
end tell
end tell
on error errMsg number errNum
tell me
activate
display alert errMsg & return & return & "Error number" & errNum buttons "Cancel"
end tell
end try
EXIF Tag Name Mapping
The following table provides a mapping between EXIF tag names found in the Aperture 3 interface and EXIF tag names that appear in AppleScript.Well, the obvious answer to your question is that Aperture in not seeing a 'CaptureYear' EXIF tag on an image. The way you have your try block set up, that amounts to a fatal error in your script. why it's not seeing a capture year is a different question. you might try asking the user with the problem to log the EXIF names for the images s/he's working on:
get name of every EXIF tag of image versions of theParent
you might also try breaking the complex command down into two simpler commands, in case ML has introduced a race condition:
set movables to get (image versions of theParent whose (value of EXIF tag "CaptureYear" is year of aDate) and (value of EXIF tag "CaptureMonthOfYear" is (month of aDate as integer)) and (value of EXIF tag "CaptureDayOfMonth" is day of aDate))
move movables to project isoImageDate of folder projectMonth of folder projectYear
Of course, it could just be goofy user error as well - trying to run the script on an empty album or somesuch.
Sorry I can't test this myself; my copy of aperture is an expired demo I keep around so I have access to the scripting dictionary (aperture questions are common enough to make that worthwhile), so I can't actually use it for anything. -
How does one use scripting in Aperture? Any good examples anywhere for dealing with projects, albums, versions, etc.?
Specifically, I'm trying to display a list of albums but it's not working. I can list the projects without any problems. Here's the applescript:
tell application "Aperture"
activate
set myProjects to name of every project
set selectedProj to choose from list of myProjects
display dialog "# of Albums: " & (count of every album in selectedProj)
display dialog "# of Albums: " & (count of every album)
end tell
It always returns 0. Anyone get this kind of thing to work? Thanks.
Power Mac G5, Dual 2GHz, 3.5GB ram, X800 XT Mac OS X (10.4.5) iBook G3 800 MHz, 640 MB, ComboDrivedisplay dialog "Albums: " & (count of albums of project (selectedProj as string))
Power Mac G5, Dual 2GHz, 3.5GB ram, X800 XT Mac OS X (10.4.5) iBook G3 800 MHz, 640 MB, ComboDrive -
How Do I Run AppleScripts In Aperture?
I want to copy the Version Name to the Object Name field without having to manually type it for each image...
Here is the script I am attempting to run:
tell application "Aperture"
set selectedImages to the selection
repeat with i in selectedImages
set tName to name of i
set value of IPTC tag "ObjectName" of i to tName
end repeat
end tell
(I copied the script from this thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4458642.)
I enabled the Script Menu to appear in the Finder Menu Bar, but that is as far as I have been able to get. I tried selecting a couple of images in Aperture, then selected Batch Change/IPTC Basic. I then selected the script in the Script Menu and clicked "OK." Nothing appears to get transferred in the two selected image files metadata. I also tried running the script without going to Batch Change and Still No Go...
I think that my problem has to do with this step from the linked thread, but I am unclear as to what it means:
4. IMPORTANT! You must use Batch Change to put a value into the Object Name tag (such as " "), until you do so the tag doesn't exist for those images and therefore cannot be altered.
I have been through the Aperture Manual, Apple Aperture Digital Workflow book, etc. but I have been unable to figure out how to make this work.
Message was edited by: MisterMojo
Message was edited by: MisterMojoSince you have OS 10.5.8, do you also use an older Aperture version? Most people have latest OS and Aperture, so you might get more answers if we knew what your version of Aperture is...
Well, I am running OS 10.6.2 and Aperture 2.1.4
I found the script you posted to be non-functional. After digging around and some Googling, I came up with the following script that works for me. Keep in mind you are using a different OS version, but my point is, with some research and trial&err you should be able to do the same. I don't know anything about scripting, all I did was read into its meaning and substitute some terms. I basically stole the code and changed a couple of variables...
tell application "Aperture"
copy selection to theSel
repeat with theImg in theSel
tell theImg
set MyVersionName to (get value of other tag "VersionName" of theImg)
make new IPTC tag with properties {name:"ObjectName", value:MyVersionName}
end tell
end repeat
end tell
Notice how the script temporarily (?) creates a variable called MyVersionName, as a place to hold the value copied over from VersionName. Apparently scripts ignore the spaces in field names. It then uses the value from MyVersionName to fill in the ObjectName. The script is set to repeat for each image selected, one by one. I don't know why it's written like that, but it works.
The above script works for both single and multiple selections of images. Pase it into AppleScript Editor, run it, save it in the Aperture folder which is a straight shot from the Save As... menu in the AppleScript Editor. (Users> {you}> Library> Scripts> Applications> Aperture)
In the ASEditor's Preferences, make sure to check boxes so the scripts appear in the menu bar. Close the Editor. Back to Aperture, your (appropriately-named) script should show up from a drop-down at the menu bar under the AppleScript icon. Test it on a couple of inages. Mine works. -
Aperture & Publish for Approval fails with webserver . . .
I'm trying to get Publish for Approval working with Aperture. We are able to load the webpage on the client's browser, she can select an image, but when she hits "submit," Safari can't open the page "because the server is not responding."
10.5.4, Aperture 2.1.1, Publish for Approval 1.5. The Apache2 error log:
Mon Aug 04 13:58:20 2008 warn Init: Session Cache is not configured hint: SSLSessionCache
Mon Aug 04 13:58:21 2008 notice Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
Mon Aug 04 13:58:21 2008 notice Digest: done
Mon Aug 04 13:58:21 2008 notice Apache/2.2.8 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.8 OpenSSL/0.9.7l DAV/2 configured -- resuming normal operations
Mon Aug 04 13:58:46 2008 notice caught SIGTERM, shutting down
Mon Aug 04 13:58:46 2008 warn Init: Session Cache is not configured hint: SSLSessionCache
Mon Aug 04 13:58:46 2008 notice Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
Mon Aug 04 13:58:46 2008 notice Digest: done
Mon Aug 04 13:58:46 2008 notice Apache/2.2.8 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.8 OpenSSL/0.9.7l DAV/2 configured -- resuming normal operations
Mon Aug 04 14:13:20 2008 error http://client 192.168.93.10 File does not exist: /Library/WebServer/Documents/favicon.ico, referer: http://192.168.93.10/1941/index.html
Mon Aug 04 15:56:17 2008 error http://client 192.168.93.10 client denied by server configuration: /Users/david/Sites/
Mon Aug 04 16:26:59 2008 error http://client 65.96.217.170 File does not exist: /Library/WebServer/Documents/favicon.ico, referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/index.html
Mon Aug 04 16:28:17 2008 error http://client 65.96.217.170 _RegisterApplication(), FAILED TO establish the default connection to the WindowServer, _CGSDefaultConnection() is NULL., referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/40.html
Mon Aug 04 16:28:59 2008 error http://client 65.96.217.170 _RegisterApplication(), FAILED TO establish the default connection to the WindowServer, _CGSDefaultConnection() is NULL., referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/index.html
Mon Aug 04 16:33:17 2008 warn http://client 65.96.217.170 Timeout waiting for output from CGI script /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/Aperture-Submit.acgi, referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/40.html
Mon Aug 04 16:33:17 2008 error http://client 65.96.217.170 Premature end of script headers: Aperture-Submit.acgi, referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/40.html
Mon Aug 04 16:33:59 2008 warn http://client 65.96.217.170 Timeout waiting for output from CGI script /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/Aperture-Submit.acgi, referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/index.html
Mon Aug 04 16:33:59 2008 error http://client 65.96.217.170 Premature end of script headers: Aperture-Submit.acgi, referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/index.html
Mon Aug 04 16:38:17 2008 warn http://client 65.96.217.170 Timeout waiting for output from CGI script /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/Aperture-Submit.acgi, referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/40.html
Mon Aug 04 16:38:59 2008 warn http://client 65.96.217.170 Timeout waiting for output from CGI script /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/Aperture-Submit.acgi, referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/index.html
Mon Aug 04 17:16:56 2008 error http://client 65.96.217.170 _RegisterApplication(), FAILED TO establish the default connection to the WindowServer, _CGSDefaultConnection() is NULL., referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/index.html
Mon Aug 04 17:17:55 2008 error http://client 65.96.217.170 _RegisterApplication(), FAILED TO establish the default connection to the WindowServer, _CGSDefaultConnection() is NULL., referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/02.html
Mon Aug 04 17:21:56 2008 warn http://client 65.96.217.170 Timeout waiting for output from CGI script /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/Aperture-Submit.acgi, referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/index.html
Mon Aug 04 17:21:56 2008 error http://client 65.96.217.170 Premature end of script headers: Aperture-Submit.acgi, referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/index.html
Mon Aug 04 17:22:55 2008 warn http://client 65.96.217.170 Timeout waiting for output from CGI script /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/Aperture-Submit.acgi, referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/02.html
Mon Aug 04 17:22:55 2008 error http://client 65.96.217.170 Premature end of script headers: Aperture-Submit.acgi, referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/02.html
Mon Aug 04 17:26:56 2008 warn http://client 65.96.217.170 Timeout waiting for output from CGI script /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/Aperture-Submit.acgi, referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/index.html
Mon Aug 04 17:27:55 2008 warn http://client 65.96.217.170 Timeout waiting for output from CGI script /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/Aperture-Submit.acgi, referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/02.html
Mon Aug 04 18:03:28 2008 notice caught SIGTERM, shutting down
Mon Aug 04 18:04:30 2008 warn Init: Session Cache is not configured hint: SSLSessionCache
httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using Russia.local for ServerName
Mon Aug 04 18:04:31 2008 notice Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
Mon Aug 04 18:04:31 2008 notice Digest: done
Mon Aug 04 18:04:31 2008 notice Apache/2.2.8 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.8 OpenSSL/0.9.7l DAV/2 configured -- resuming normal operations
Mon Aug 04 18:47:55 2008 error http://client 192.168.93.10 _RegisterApplication(), FAILED TO establish the default connection to the WindowServer, _CGSDefaultConnection() is NULL., referer: http://192.168.93.10/1941/index.html
Mon Aug 04 18:52:55 2008 warn http://client 192.168.93.10 Timeout waiting for output from CGI script /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/Aperture-Submit.acgi, referer: http://192.168.93.10/1941/index.html
Mon Aug 04 18:52:55 2008 error http://client 192.168.93.10 Premature end of script headers: Aperture-Submit.acgi, referer: http://192.168.93.10/1941/index.html
Mon Aug 04 18:57:55 2008 warn http://client 192.168.93.10 Timeout waiting for output from CGI script /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/Aperture-Submit.acgi, referer: http://192.168.93.10/1941/index.html
We've opened ports 80 and 443 on the firewall, and tried to approve and submit locally, with the same results.
If anyone has any ideas on how to get this to work, it would be great. We have a lot to submit, and the client really would like to do it on line.
Thanks,
DavidThanks for your input guys.
We discovered that we originally had used Publish for Approval 1.1, and subsequently have changed to version 1.5, which no longer uses the third party app.
Unfortunately, we still have the same problem, the client's browser stops loading when he or she hit's the "submit" button.
---> Could the installation of the 1.1 and third party app have left some preferences that need to be deleted or settings that need to be reset?
---> The error message on the client's web browser now states that the "server unexpectedly dropped the connection." Trying again later is not successful.
The error logs for Apache2 from the most recent attempt are different than with the 1.1 version of the software:
[Tue Aug 05 11:56:50 2008] [error] [client 76.24.22.217] File does not exist: /Library/WebServer/Documents/favicon.ico, referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/index.html
[Tue Aug 05 11:57:50 2008] [error] [client 76.24.22.217] File does not exist: /Library/WebServer/Documents/1941/images/blank.gif, referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/12.html
[Tue Aug 05 11:58:18 2008] [error] [client 76.24.22.217] _RegisterApplication(), FAILED TO establish the default connection to the WindowServer, _CGSDefaultConnection() is NULL., referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/12.html
[Tue Aug 05 12:03:18 2008] [warn] [client 76.24.22.217] Timeout waiting for output from CGI script /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/Aperture-Submit.acgi, referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/12.html
[Tue Aug 05 12:03:18 2008] [error] [client 76.24.22.217] Premature end of script headers: Aperture-Submit.acgi, referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/12.html
[Tue Aug 05 12:08:18 2008] [warn] [client 76.24.22.217] Timeout waiting for output from CGI script /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/Aperture-Submit.acgi, referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/12.html
I don't know much about this, I just want my client to be able to approve the images through the Aperture interface.
Thanks again, I really appreciate the help.
David -
Export versions based on folder content
Hello
I've a folder on my Mac with about 3500 pictures in it - I'd like to re-export all those pictures from Aperture - what I was wondering is whether there is a way to basically create a file list with all the pictures in that specific folder on the Mac and pass that list somehow to Aperture to make the selection of the images that need to be exported again.
Hope the community has some ideas - thanksYes it is possible but you will need to do this as an Applescript. It's not to bad as long as the file names of images on your HD correspond to the name of the image in Aperture.
You would first go through the folder making a list of the file names and then have the script tell Aperture to export the images. Or possibly doing it one at a time, get the first file name and have Aperture export it. Hard to say which way would be best without knowing more about the situation.
Also is this a one time thing or will it be ongoing? -
"Publish for Approval" fails on submit
I'm trying to get Publish for Approval working with Aperture. We are able to load the webpage on the client's browser, she can select an image, but when she hits "submit," Safari can't open the page "because the server is not responding."
10.5.4, Aperture 2.1.1, Publish for Approval 1.5. The Apache2 error log:
[Mon Aug 04 13:58:20 2008] [warn] Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: SSLSessionCache]
[Mon Aug 04 13:58:21 2008] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Mon Aug 04 13:58:21 2008] [notice] Digest: done
[Mon Aug 04 13:58:21 2008] [notice] Apache/2.2.8 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.8 OpenSSL/0.9.7l DAV/2 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Mon Aug 04 13:58:46 2008] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[Mon Aug 04 13:58:46 2008] [warn] Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: SSLSessionCache]
[Mon Aug 04 13:58:46 2008] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Mon Aug 04 13:58:46 2008] [notice] Digest: done
[Mon Aug 04 13:58:46 2008] [notice] Apache/2.2.8 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.8 OpenSSL/0.9.7l DAV/2 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Mon Aug 04 14:13:20 2008] [error] [client 192.168.93.10] File does not exist: /Library/WebServer/Documents/favicon.ico, referer: http://192.168.93.10/1941/index.html
[Mon Aug 04 15:56:17 2008] [error] [client 192.168.93.10] client denied by server configuration: /Users/david/Sites/
[Mon Aug 04 16:26:59 2008] [error] [client 65.96.217.170] File does not exist: /Library/WebServer/Documents/favicon.ico, referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/index.html
[Mon Aug 04 16:28:17 2008] [error] [client 65.96.217.170] _RegisterApplication(), FAILED TO establish the default connection to the WindowServer, _CGSDefaultConnection() is NULL., referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/40.html
[Mon Aug 04 16:28:59 2008] [error] [client 65.96.217.170] _RegisterApplication(), FAILED TO establish the default connection to the WindowServer, _CGSDefaultConnection() is NULL., referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/index.html
[Mon Aug 04 16:33:17 2008] [warn] [client 65.96.217.170] Timeout waiting for output from CGI script /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/Aperture-Submit.acgi, referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/40.html
[Mon Aug 04 16:33:17 2008] [error] [client 65.96.217.170] Premature end of script headers: Aperture-Submit.acgi, referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/40.html
[Mon Aug 04 16:33:59 2008] [warn] [client 65.96.217.170] Timeout waiting for output from CGI script /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/Aperture-Submit.acgi, referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/index.html
[Mon Aug 04 16:33:59 2008] [error] [client 65.96.217.170] Premature end of script headers: Aperture-Submit.acgi, referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/index.html
[Mon Aug 04 16:38:17 2008] [warn] [client 65.96.217.170] Timeout waiting for output from CGI script /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/Aperture-Submit.acgi, referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/40.html
[Mon Aug 04 16:38:59 2008] [warn] [client 65.96.217.170] Timeout waiting for output from CGI script /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/Aperture-Submit.acgi, referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/index.html
[Mon Aug 04 17:16:56 2008] [error] [client 65.96.217.170] _RegisterApplication(), FAILED TO establish the default connection to the WindowServer, _CGSDefaultConnection() is NULL., referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/index.html
[Mon Aug 04 17:17:55 2008] [error] [client 65.96.217.170] _RegisterApplication(), FAILED TO establish the default connection to the WindowServer, _CGSDefaultConnection() is NULL., referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/02.html
[Mon Aug 04 17:21:56 2008] [warn] [client 65.96.217.170] Timeout waiting for output from CGI script /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/Aperture-Submit.acgi, referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/index.html
[Mon Aug 04 17:21:56 2008] [error] [client 65.96.217.170] Premature end of script headers: Aperture-Submit.acgi, referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/index.html
[Mon Aug 04 17:22:55 2008] [warn] [client 65.96.217.170] Timeout waiting for output from CGI script /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/Aperture-Submit.acgi, referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/02.html
[Mon Aug 04 17:22:55 2008] [error] [client 65.96.217.170] Premature end of script headers: Aperture-Submit.acgi, referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/02.html
[Mon Aug 04 17:26:56 2008] [warn] [client 65.96.217.170] Timeout waiting for output from CGI script /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/Aperture-Submit.acgi, referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/index.html
[Mon Aug 04 17:27:55 2008] [warn] [client 65.96.217.170] Timeout waiting for output from CGI script /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/Aperture-Submit.acgi, referer: http://71.232.115.230/1941/02.html
[Mon Aug 04 18:03:28 2008] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[Mon Aug 04 18:04:30 2008] [warn] Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: SSLSessionCache]
httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using Russia.local for ServerName
[Mon Aug 04 18:04:31 2008] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Mon Aug 04 18:04:31 2008] [notice] Digest: done
[Mon Aug 04 18:04:31 2008] [notice] Apache/2.2.8 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.8 OpenSSL/0.9.7l DAV/2 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Mon Aug 04 18:47:55 2008] [error] [client 192.168.93.10] _RegisterApplication(), FAILED TO establish the default connection to the WindowServer, _CGSDefaultConnection() is NULL., referer: http://192.168.93.10/1941/index.html
[Mon Aug 04 18:52:55 2008] [warn] [client 192.168.93.10] Timeout waiting for output from CGI script /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/Aperture-Submit.acgi, referer: http://192.168.93.10/1941/index.html
[Mon Aug 04 18:52:55 2008] [error] [client 192.168.93.10] Premature end of script headers: Aperture-Submit.acgi, referer: http://192.168.93.10/1941/index.html
[Mon Aug 04 18:57:55 2008] [warn] [client 192.168.93.10] Timeout waiting for output from CGI script /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/Aperture-Submit.acgi, referer: http://192.168.93.10/1941/index.html
We've opened ports 80 and 443 on the firewall, and tried to approve and submit locally, with the same results.
If anyone has any ideas on how to get this to work, it would be great. We have a lot to submit, and the client really would like to do it on line.
Thanks,
DavidIt looks like your webserver is not set up correctly. You might get better responses in the Networking and the Web forum - this is the Leopard Automator forum.
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Sharing by Outlook after 3.4 Update No Longer Working...?
Since the 3.4 update I can no longer email photos via Outlook as I used to be able to.
Clicking the email button starts Outlook and then nothing esle.
This happened before but using a method posted on here by a more experinced user had solved the problem.
After the update all scripts in Aperture reverted back to their original and applying the aforementioned fix does not work any longer.
Does anyone have an ideas on a fix?Does anyone know if Automator can be used as an alternative to gettign photos to outlook?
I tried using Mac Mail and heres my problem...
The photos appear as 'inline' images in the main body of the email, not as standard attachments. I send photos of my twins to my folks and they are not that savvy to try and download the image first and then open it up. And to be honest thats a pain in the butt!
I found a webpage that directed me to add a line via terminal that stopped Mail doing that, and placed tradtional attachment icons in the mail but the recipent jist gets thumb nails of the photo that I then have to explain how to right clik on it, download it, open it and so on....
This is so ridiculous of Apple. -
If I bring in a picture, either through Media Browser or by Importing it, it shows in the Preview window while it seems to be "rendered"... I get a see-through window for Ben Bruns effects...then, the image turns white and it's gone! Suggestions?
This is only happening with drop zones. Also, only
when using the media pane in iMovie. The disc the
images are on is an internal SATA drive. Formatted
MAC OS Extended. Not the system drive. If I drag
images from the folder directly from finder they drop
and render fine in iMovie. But if I use the media
browser in iMovie and drag the exact same images to a
drop zone they do not show. Just a white box.
That was extremely helpful. I agree the most likely suspect is something happening within iMovie, not the photos.
One more thing to try. Please be patient with me here for I don't own Aperture and am unfamiliar with how the Aperture/iMovie HD interface works.
I'm guessing the iMovie Media>Photos list has two separate areas, one for iPhoto photos and one for Aperture photos. If so, please try adding an iPhoto image to the drop zone. (Preferably the same image that gives you trouble importing from Aperture.) Does the image import correctly from the iPhoto section of the list but not from the Aperture section? If so, that would suggest a problem exists in the conversation between iMovie HD and Aperture.
To the best of my knowledge, iMovie communicates with iPhoto and Aperture using Applescript. If there an error in that script, or some feature of the script expects Aperture or its files to be in a place it's not, or deliver certain information about the files that it fails to deliver, that may cause problems.
In your case, where your Aperture photos are on a different disk than iMovie/your iMovie project, that might be related. That shouldn't cause problems for a well-written script, but not all scripts are bullet proof. (Something is causing iMovie to "lose" the image, which is why it turns white.)
You might try creating an iMovie project on the same disk as your Aperture photos to see if the problem goes away there.
Use the Finder's Get Info command to check permissions on the folder/disk that contains the Aperture photos.
Perhaps set the disk to ignore permissions. (See the Finder Get info window for the disk.)
If the Aperture photos import correctly to the timeline, try importing the image to the timeline, then drag that clip to a Drop Zone. If iMovie does it smart, quality shouldn't suffer. If quality suffers, turn on the Ken Burns Effect in Photo Settings before importing it to the timeline.
We may be closing in...
Karl
PS: Interestingly, the problem images I mentioned earlier were from a photojournalist. Perhaps she was using Aperture too, I don't know. -
Difference between image version and selection
I am trying to write a script that aperture will execute when I import files. When I run the script after passing it a selection the script runs perfectly. When I run the script using ImportActionsForVersions which supposedly passes in a list of image versions the script has an issue when I export what I thought is an image version. It seems that there is an issue in the datat type being passed in from aperture vs what I get when I select them myself when I run the code on its own.
Anyone have any thoughts?Frank,
You actually helped me out a while ago just to get the ImportActionForVersion to work - started small.
First let me start with experience - I am just starting out with Applescript, I have written a fair amount of software for numerical analyses over the past 30 years. Startedin FORTRAN and then moved to C. I am somewhat familiar with OO coding but not nearly as familiar as FORTRAN and C. Applescript appears to me to be something different as well. Powerful but I have no idea what really goes on inside a program like Aperture.
I have read and continue to re-read the Aperture Applescript manual, as well as several other Applescript guides, web resources and books. I suspect that something hasn't yet sunk in that needs to sink in.
I have not tried the exact example because quite frankly it didn't seem to fit what I wanted to do and I assume it would work just fine, running it wouldn't tell me anyting helpful. Perhaps that is simple minded. I am guessing that the repeat loop is stepping through individual versions passed in by aperture and the tell block is for each version changing the preset based on the exif tag.
I am hoping that I can loop through image versions in a similar fashion and then for each image version that has a CRW, CR2 or NEF file suffix I can export the file, convert it into a DNG and then reimport the DNG as master.
The code may not yet be complete but that is the intent and it works reasonably well using "on run". I'd like this to work so it does this automatically in the future.
So my code is below. Following my code is a sample of the output I am getting in the log file I am writing.
To test this I import a couple of files from a compact flash card into aperture which then calls this script - as the log files indicate the script runs and the statement immediately before export curImg to exportFolder metadata embedded appears to be the last statement executed. Again when I use essentially the same code in a script that starts with on run and is called after I select a couple of pictures in aperture it runs just fine.
property p_dngPath : "/Applications/Adobe DNG Converter.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe DNG Converter"
property p_dngArgs : " -p1 -c "
property p_rawSuffices : {"crw", "cr2", "nef", "CRW", "CR2", "NEF"}
property doLog_importAction : true
property doLog_checkSetup : false
property firstLog : true
-- ------------------------------------------------------- log_event -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
on importActionForVersions(imageVersionList)
set tempDir to path to temporary items folder
set numProc to 0
set numErr to 0
set numIgnore to 0
set numOffline to 0
set numImage to 0
set completedFiles to 0
set theMessage to "Executing importActionForVersion"
log_event(theMessage, doLog_importAction) of me
tell application "System Events"
set exportFolder to tempDir
set theMessage to "exportFolder is " & exportFolder
log_event(theMessage, doLog_importAction) of me
end tell
tell application "Aperture"
set numVersions to count of imageVersionList
set shouldProceed to checkSetup() of me
set theMessage to "-----Starting Convert: " & numVersions & " version(s) passed in and shouldProceed is " & shouldProceed
log_event(theMessage, doLog_importAction) of me
if shouldProceed is true then
set theMessage to "----------If shouldProceed: Beginning evaluation of selected images versions"
log_event(theMessage, doLog_importAction) of me
repeat with versionReference in imageVersionList
set curImg to contents of versionReference
set numImage to numImage + 1
set theMessage to "---------------Repeat with: Operating on image version " & numImage & " of " & numVersions
log_event(theMessage, doLog_importAction) of me
set fileName to value of other tag "FileName" of curImg
set theMessage to "---------------Repeat with: The file filename is " & fileName
log_event(theMessage, doLog_importAction) of me
set curImgonline to online of curImg
set theMessage to "---------------Repeat with: curImg online " & curImgonline
log_event(theMessage, doLog_importAction) of me
if online of curImg is true then
set theMessage to "--------------------if online: curImg " & numImage & " of " & numVersions & " is online"
log_event(theMessage, doLog_importAction) of me
set theSuffix to (rich text -3 thru -1 of fileName) as string
set theMessage to "--------------------if online: The file suffix is " & theSuffix
log_event(theMessage, doLog_importAction) of me
-- if the suffix identifies files as needing to be converted
if p_rawSuffices contains theSuffix then
set theMessage to "--------------------if p_rawSuffices: p_rawSuffices contains theSuffix " & theSuffix
log_event(theMessage, doLog_importAction) of me
-- --------------------------------------------------------------------- determine the image's containing Project
set srcProjPath to value of other tag "MasterLocation" of curImg
if srcProjPath contains ">" then
tell AppleScript
set originalDelimiters to text item delimiters
set the text item delimiters to " > "
set p_list to text items of srcProjPath
set the text item delimiters to originalDelimiters
set srcProjName to (item -1 of p_list)
end tell
else
set srcProjName to srcProjPath
end if
set theProject to project srcProjName
set theMessage to "--------------------if p_rawSuffices: Source Project Path is " & srcProjPath & " and the project name is " & srcProjName
log_event(theMessage, doLog_importAction) of me
set numProc to numProc + 1
set theMessage to "--------------------if p_rawSuffices: Number Processed is " & numProc
log_event(theMessage, doLog_importAction) of me
set theMessage to "--------------------if p_rawSuffices: tempDir is " & tempDir
log_event(theMessage, doLog_importAction) of me
set theMessage to "--------------------if p_rawSuffices: curImg is not empty"
log_event(theMessage, doLog_importAction) of me
export curImg to exportFolder metadata embedded
--naming folders with folder naming policy "Project Name"
set theMessage to "--------------------if p_rawSuffices: curImg was exported"
log_event(theMessage, doLog_importAction) of me
--set theRAWs to export curImg to tempDir
set theMessage to "--------------------if p_rawSuffices: theRAWS have been set"
log_event(theMessage, doLog_importAction) of me
set theRAW to item 1 of theRAWs
set theMessage to "--------------------if p_rawSuffices: theRaw is " & theRAW & "numProc is " & numProc
log_event(theMessage, doLog_importAction) of me
-- tell application "Finder" to reveal theRAW
set RAWPOSIX to POSIX path of theRAW
set theMessage to "Convert: RawPOSIX Path is " & RAWPOSIX
log_event(theMessage, doLog_importAction) of me
set s_script to ((quoted form of p_dngPath) & space & p_dngArgs & space & (quoted form of RAWPOSIX)) as string
do shell script (s_script)
set DNGPOSIX to ((rich text 1 thru -4 of (RAWPOSIX as string)) & "dng") as string
set theMessage to "Convert: The DNG POSIX Path is " & DNGPOSIX
log_event(theMessage, doLog_importAction) of me
tell application "Finder"
set theDNG to (POSIX file DNGPOSIX) as alias
delete theRAW
end tell
set theNewMasters to import {theDNG} by moving into theProject
set theNewMaster to (item 1 of theNewMasters)
-- ---------------------------------------- Copy annotations from curImg to theNewMaster
repeat with curTag in IPTC tags of curImg
set tagName to name of curTag
set tagValue to value of curTag
tell theNewMaster
try
make new IPTC tag with properties {name:tagName, value:tagValue}
end try
end tell
end repeat
repeat with curTag in custom tags of curImg
set tagName to name of curTag
set tagValue to value of curTag
tell theNewMaster
try
make new custom tag with properties {name:tagName, value:tagValue}
end try
end tell
end repeat
set theMessage to "--------------------if p_rawSuffices: Finished processing item " & numProc
log_event(theMessage, doLog_importAction) of me
else -- No conversion needed
set numIgnore to numIgnore + 1
set theMessage to "--------------------if NOT p_rawSuffices: p_rawSuffices DOES NOT contains theSuffix " & theSuffix & "numIgnore= " & numIgnore
log_event(theMessage, doLog_importAction) of me
end if -- if Suffix
else
set numOffline to numOffline + 1
set theMessage to "---------------if online: curImg " & numImage & " of " & numVersions & "is OFFLINE numOffline files =" & numOffline
log_event(theMessage, doLog_importAction) of me
end if -- ---------------------- image is online
set completedFiles to completedFiles + 1
set theMessage to "---------------Repeat with: completedFiles " & completedFiles
log_event(theMessage, doLog_importAction) of me
end repeat -- imageVersionList
set theMessage to "-----ImportActionsForVersions: Just Finished imageVersionList repeat loop"
log_event(theMessage, doLog_importAction) of me
set theOut to ("Images selected: " & numVersions & return)
set theOut to (theOut & " Images ignored: " & numIgnore & return)
set theOut to (theOut & " Images processed: " & numProc & return)
set theOut to (theOut & " Offline images: " & numOffline & return)
set theOut to (theOut & " Errors: " & numErr)
set theMessage to theOut
log_event(theMessage, doLog_run) of me
-- display alert "Done!" message theOut
else
display alert "Error on setup" message "There was an error with your setup. Please verify that you are running Mac OS X 10.5.2 or later and have the Adobe DNG Converter installed in your Applications folder."
end if -- ------------------------- shouldProceed
end tell
end importActionForVersions
-- ------------------------------------------------------- checkSetup -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
on checkSetup()
set isOK to true
set theMessage to "Entered checkSetup"
log_event(theMessage, doLog_checkSetup)
-- -------------------------------------- Check Mac OS X's version
tell application "Finder"
set theMessage to "checkSetup-1 tell finder"
log_event(theMessage, doLog_checkSetup) of me
set theVers to (get version)
considering numeric strings
if theVers ≥ "10.5.2" then
set isOK to true
else
set isOK to false
end if
end considering
end tell
set theMessage to "checkSetup-1 theVers is " & theVers
log_event(theMessage, doLog_checkSetup) of me
-- -------------------------------------- Check for the DNG converter
tell application "Finder"
set theMessage to "checkSetup: tell Finder"
log_event(theMessage, doLog_checkSetup) of me
try
set theMessage to "checkSetup: tell trying"
log_event(theMessage, doLog_checkSetup) of me
set theApp to item "Adobe DNG Converter" of folder "Applications" of startup disk
set theMessage to "checkSetup: set theApp"
log_event(theMessage, doLog_checkSetup) of me
on error
set theMessage to "checkSetup: on error"
log_event(theMessage, doLog_checkSetup) of me
set isOK to false
set theMessage to "checkSetup: set isOK" & isOK
log_event(theMessage, doLog_checkSetup) of me
end try
end tell
set theMessage to "checkSetup-on exit isOK is " & isOK
log_event(theMessage, doLog_checkSetup) of me
return isOK
end checkSetup
-- ------------------------------------------------------- log_event -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
on log_event(theMessage, yesDo)
if yesDo then
set theLine to (do shell script ¬
"date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'" as string) ¬
& " " & theMessage
if firstLog then
do shell script "echo " & quoted form of theLine & "> ~/Library/Logs/Aperture_Convert-events.log"
set firstLog to false
else
do shell script "echo " & quoted form of theLine & ">> ~/Library/Logs/Aperture_Convert-events.log"
end if
end if
end log_event
-------- LOG FILE
2012-08-13 20:38:41 Executing importActionForVersion
2012-08-13 20:38:41 exportFolder is Macintosh HD:private:var:folders:rk:24mylhfd1h7dflbsg90x51100000gn:T:TemporaryItems:
2012-08-13 20:38:48 -----Starting Convert: 2 version(s) passed in and shouldProceed is true
2012-08-13 20:38:48 ----------If shouldProceed: Beginning evaluation of selected images versions
2012-08-13 20:38:48 ---------------Repeat with: Operating on image version 1 of 2
2012-08-13 20:38:49 ---------------Repeat with: The file filename is IMG_2025.JPG
2012-08-13 20:38:49 ---------------Repeat with: curImg online true
2012-08-13 20:38:49 --------------------if online: curImg 1 of 2 is online
2012-08-13 20:38:49 --------------------if online: The file suffix is JPG
2012-08-13 20:38:49 --------------------if NOT p_rawSuffices: p_rawSuffices DOES NOT contains theSuffix JPGnumIgnore= 1
2012-08-13 20:38:49 ---------------Repeat with: completedFiles 1
2012-08-13 20:38:50 ---------------Repeat with: Operating on image version 2 of 2
2012-08-13 20:38:50 ---------------Repeat with: The file filename is CRW_2037.CRW
2012-08-13 20:38:50 ---------------Repeat with: curImg online true
2012-08-13 20:38:50 --------------------if online: curImg 2 of 2 is online
2012-08-13 20:38:50 --------------------if online: The file suffix is CRW
2012-08-13 20:38:50 --------------------if p_rawSuffices: p_rawSuffices contains theSuffix CRW
2012-08-13 20:38:50 --------------------if p_rawSuffices: Source Project Path is Untitled Project and the project name is Untitled Project
2012-08-13 20:38:51 --------------------if p_rawSuffices: Number Processed is 1
2012-08-13 20:38:51 --------------------if p_rawSuffices: tempDir is Macintosh HD:private:var:folders:rk:24mylhfd1h7dflbsg90x51100000gn:T:TemporaryItems:
2012-08-13 20:38:51 --------------------if p_rawSuffices: curImg is not empty -
Problem with AppleScript command "Duplicate"?
Hi all.
I'm relatively new to AppleScript so I hope I can get some help here.
I'm writing a script for Aperture 3.0.3 that
1. Makes 4 new versions of the currently selected image
2. Applies 4 different image adjustment presets to the new versions.
3. Presents the 4 adjusted versions on screen.
Making duplicate versions with AppleScript was easy enough, but how do I get an ID for the newly created versions? The "Duplicate" command doesn't return any information at all.
How do I talk to image versions created with the duplicate command?
Can anyone help?
Message was edited by: MonostratosHi,
I'm also interested in a script like that. Have you had any success?
I've found this site, where you can purchase a similar script:
http://www.apertureexpert.com/storedetails/applescript-4-up-auto-levels-curves-r gb-luminance.html
/Christian -
Aperture update and post script printers
I downloaded the latest Apple update for raw cameras, ie 50D, and now when I move any image to photoshop to print, I get a pop-up saying my epson 2400 is not a post-script printer and all prints cone out very dark regardless of adjustments....any ideas. The printer/photoshop combo has worked perfectly up to this point.
How are you moving your file from aperture to photoshop and in what format?
Check that the export preset you are using from aperture has not been changed by update.
Does the image look ok in photoshop before sending to printer? Does it look very different from same image in Aperture?
Try printing direct from Aperture (if you need photoshop processing do it using photoshop as the external editor), Aperture can do very good prints.
Try printing an image from photoshop that was exported from aperture before the update, if thats still bad then problem would appear to be with photoshop, if that print is good then problem probably lies between aperture/photoshop.
What version of Photoshop do you use?
Have you done any other updates to your system software in the same period? -
Add all files of one folder to aperture by running a script
HI,
i have a question:
I will make my Aperture Tethered more easy (with my Canon eos 30D) i have coded a script / folder action to do this but: this folder action does not import all pictures (wy ever, i think that the files coming in to fast were not recognized).
Now i will code a script which will include all files of a folder to aperture when it is run.
i will give it a try, and the import does function, but, i don't know how i can tell the script which files it should import (with a folder action its easy, with this line:
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving these_items
but how to do this without the "on adding folder items" cause that does not happen in the case i will use it.
i'm looking forward to anthers:D
Best Regards
Christophyes i tryed this application, and there was the same problem as with my one (i have programmed my based on this application)
but both had the same problem they open on imageadd, but if i take more images in seconds (i think the script is still running => it can't recognize new images) it does not recognize the newly taken images.
and i hope some script that imports all images in the folder will solve the problem.
the more ore less only problem is to tell the application which images to import (like: on run import ALL files)
Maybe you are looking for
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