Switching from Lightroom to Aperture

I have been trying to do this for years, but have not been able to because Aperture does not seem to handle large scan neg files. What I mean by large files are 800mb and up. After editing they can be almost 2Gbs. Lightroom does not seem to have a problem, but Aperture just seems to choke. I have tried import single projects, and files at a time, but no go. Lightroom 4 Beta has just come out, so I wonder if I should even worry.

and this is one of the reasons, outside of the choking issue, I stay with Lightroom, I can use two external editors. In Aperture only one.
You can only define one default external editor, but you can use more than one editor: there are editing plug-ins, and you can call other image editors using Services.
For example:
I have the Aperture preferences set to use GraphicConverter as external editor, but when I want to edit in Photoshop, I use an Automator Service like this, and activate it from the Aperture -> Services menu:
The AppleScript passes the images to Photoshop and waits for the edit to finish, the reimports the edited images to Aperture.
I put the workflow and the script on this webpage for download: http://dreschler-fischer.de/FAQ/Scripts_Services/Entries/2012/1/12_Additional_Ex ternal_Editor_in_Aperture.html
Regards
Léonie

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Would like to give Aperture a second chance, but I have already built up my lightroom library. Is there a clean way to do this?

Has any additional progress been made on migrating from Lightroom to Aperture without losing develop settings and metadata?
I tried the Aperture 2.0 demo and really wanted to switch. Lightroom gets absolutely bog-slow once you start accumulating "professional" quantities of photos in your library (I'm managing about 25,000 DNG images) and not only is it slow on its own, it takes a death-grip on anything else running on your Mac as well. Aperture 2.0 was unchained lightning by comparison. And the new plug-in architecture and brush-on dodge/burn effects in 2.1 are deal-sealers for me.
Problem is, I've invested hundreds of hours in cropping and exposure adjustments of my images in Lightroom, and I can't face walking away from all that work and then having to re-do it, even with a superior tool.
Since both of these applications are nondestructive editing tools, all that crop and exposure setting data is just data in databases... I can't believe there's NO way to export that data out of LIghtroom's database format and convert it into Aperture's database format! Surely there's a third-party opportunity here -- I'd certainly be glad to pay for a Lightroom-to-Aperture converter that really worked, and I'll bet a lot of other people would as well.

Migrated from Lightroom to Aperture: TIFF's in LAB mode don't work

I migrated from Lightroom to Aperture and I noticed many TIFF's were black, or strangely colored (reddish, greenish). I couldn't figure it out, but I think I know what is the problem. I used to work in LAB-mode in Photoshop for quite some time, and I see that those files cause the problems.
Not only can't I see the previews correctly, Ican't do anything with these files (not even open them in Photoshop). What can I do? Because these files are my portfolio (the material I sell, exhibit, etc.). They're extremely important for me. What can I do? I'm willing to convert them to RGB if necessary.

There have been some issues with greenish previews lately. Browse this forum for threads with the tags "green" and "Previews". If that is the problem, then only your previews look strange and your original images might still be o.k.
So I recommend to check if the images or only the previews are faulty.
If you have a referenced Library reveal the masters in the Finder and look at the master with Preview or another Photo Browser.
If your library is managed, you can reveal the masters inside your Aperture Library by opening the package (in Aperture 3.2.1), select the Library in the Finder and click "Show package contents". You will see folders "Masters" and "Previews". Compare the Masters and the Previews.
If only the Previews are faulty, then select the the images in question in the Aperture Browser, ctrl-click them and select "Update Preview". If that does not help ...
What can I do? Because these files are my portfolio (the material I sell, exhibit, etc.). They're extremely important for me. What can I do? I'm willing to convert them to RGB if necessary.
I assume you have a backup or can access the originals you imported into Aperture.
Convert a copy of one of pictures to TIFF in RGB mode and see if Aperture can handle that properly.
If you are satisfied with the quality do that with all your important pictures.

Switching from Lightroom 5 to Aperture 3.5? Seeking input from those who've done the same

Long and short, I love Mac as it streamlines every process I want to do and "just works". While iPhoto is a simple program, I found it largely effective in managing my photo library for years.
Then I had a baby and bought a DSLR... I went from a taking few hundred photos a year to a few hundred a week. Right now, I'm just importing the photos directly into Lightroom 5 (upgraded for free from Lightroom 4) and occasionally doing the "round trip" from Lightroom to Photoshop Elements and back. That said, I don't have a lot of versions.
I can't put my finger on it, but I just don't like Lightroom. I feel like I'm dumping pictures into a repository that's hard to view them in. It's rather anti-intuitive to use the various modules and I find that my photos aren't any better organized than simply being dumped into folders by date. I've found them difficult to browse. Maybe there's a better method, but I haven't found it yet. I miss the simplicity of iPhoto but could probably benefit from some pro offerings. Perhaps Aperture is that happy medium that I'm locking for?
My biggest want: Importing, sorting, tagging and most importantly, organizaing and viewing photos is a simple, streamlined process.
If I were to switch to Aperture, would I simply import my Lightroom folder(s) (it organizes by date in a very Windowsesque file structure - no library like iPhoto/Aperture)? I would love for Aperture to intelligently orgnize photos into Projects by their date/location (not all are GPS tagged). I'm not worried about losing updated file versions as any changes I've made have been very minor and few in total.
Also, I read that Aperature doesn't keep versions of files that have been edited in Aperture or Photoshop. Is that true?
Any help is much appreciated.

Yeah, I've nothing good to say about Lighroom's user interface. It was clumsy and unintuitive back in the pre-1.0 betas, and subsequent releases haven't improved the situation. Besides a vastly superior workflow, you'll also notice that Aperture makes far more efficient use of screen real estate.
Aperture's Smart Folders will let you view by date/location to your heart's content. See also Five Simple Rules. You really want to understand the different kinds of folders and how they relate to projects before you get going. Aperture will read metadata from XMP sidecars during import. See metadata mapping.
Likely the thing you'll miss most are noise reduction and lens/perspective correction. Aperture's noise control is laughable by today's standards. Do note that there's a noise slider in the raw adjustment brick of the adjustment HUD. But for anything serious you'll want to run through DxO. Same with lens/perspective correction outside of micro 4/3 lenses. Aperture now relies on Apple Maps for geotagging, the resolution of which is just awful in backcountry areas.

Potentially switching from Lightroom, BUT.....

Here's my situation:
I've been using Lightroom for quite some time and really like it. However, I recently downloaded the Aperture trial and there are some features I find compelling enough to make the switch. In particular, I really like the full-screen browser better as well as the Places & Faces features.
However, I have a 10+ year library of photos that number over 50,000 and Aperture doesn't seem to be able to deal with a library of this size very well. I have a very recent iMac (Late 2009 iMac i5 with 8GB of Ram) and there are many times where Aperture just crawls. In particular, the status always shows that it is "processing" and it doesn't ever appear to stop (even after a couple of days of leaving it running non-stop). i also noticed that Aperture is often using 4-5 GB of Ram whereas the same library in Lightroom 2 is only using about 1.2 GB of Ram.
As it stands, it's really a deal breaker for me even though Aperture's features are compelling enough to tempt me to switch. Is anyone else using a large library with Aperture that can comment on its performance? Is there anything I can do to remedy this?
PS - I think neither Lightroom nor Aperture should be bragging about Video support until both can import AVCHD files from modern digital cameras and camcorders. This was quite the disappointment in both programs (including the upcoming version of Lightroom 3).

CalxOddity wrote:
Turning Faces off before importing saves a lot of angst (but I guess that piece of advice is a bit after the fact, isn't it...)
Regards,
Calx
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How do I transfer my albums and starred images to Aperture?
I have put hundreds of hours of work into my Picasa collection and don't want to loose it when moving to Aperture.

Since this question has been sitting around for a full day without answer, I think I'll add my grain of salt, even if I do not use Picasa
Here is a link you may find useful: Snow Leopard, Aperture 3, & Picasa Question?? Help!!! - Picasa Help
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So to import your Picasa Albums you will
either have to export them to folders on your hard drive (perhaps separate folders for separate star tags) and import those to Aperture,
or to make a detour to iPhoto: In iPhoto you can subscribe to a Photo Feed and so you could try to build an iPhoto Library by downloading your Picasa albums from a Photo Feed (http://www.tuaw.com/2009/07/24/ilife-101-switch-from-picasa-to-iphoto/). Once you have your Picasa albums in iPhoto you can import the iPhoto Library into Aperture.
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I exported jpg, tif, psd, and dng files from Lightroom but Aperture does not see them except for dng during import

How do I import jpg, tif, psd files exported from Lightroom 3 into Aperture 3.2? I had no problems before...seems like since I installed Lion, they do not show up in the import folder.

How are you trying to import them (again) ? If you're importing through the Import Window and have RAW only set then that's all you'll get.
Also what's an Import Folder? Not sure how Lightroom fits into this. If you share your workflow with us we might be able to help.
regards

Moving from Lightroom to Aperture

I've had Lightroom running on my iMac, but am looking at moving to Aperture on the quick recommendation of a pro photogapher friend. I haven't upgraded LR along the way, and so I'd be looking at buying the full program, which is more expensive than Aperture. And per my friend, workflow is pretty simple with Aperture, which sounds appealing. He's promised to give me a short tutorial on how to make Aperture work well for my needs
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Michael Winner wrote:
...workflow is pretty simple with Aperture, which sounds appealing. He's promised to give me a short tutorial on how to make Aperture work well for my needs
Your friend is more optomistic than I am. IMO although one can evolve a simple workflow, there is a significant but worthwhile learning curve. I recommemnd fully completing one of the tutorials available.
Put 8 GB RAM in your iMac before starting so you can be sure any anomalies are not RAM-based. Also note that Aperture is a hardware hog.
I have the originals on an external hard drive, organized into folders: Family Events, Travel, Kids Sports, etc. There are subfolders for various events (Dad's 75th birtday, etc.). My guess (not knowing much about Aperture) is that I should be well set up to bring these images into Aperture, and off I'd go.
Yes on bringing them into Aperture. During import set to "Store Files: in their current location" so that you stay with what is called a referenced-Masters workflow. However moving forward you should lose the folder-think organization. Instead import Dads 76th as a (date based) Project, and use Keywords to identify things like Family Events.
My comments from an earlier thread:
First, Projects should be just that: individual-shoot based projects rather than some kind of organizing tool for all the architectural photos or whatever. For performance reasons personally I keep each Project under 500 20-MB images, making a second Project if the shoot is large (e.g. 110829_KJones_Wed_B). One or more albums will always organize the KJones wedding pix together anyway.
Folders are indeed flexible organizational tools but IMO often overused. Folders can effectively hide contents from view and therefore require users to remember how folders are nested and what is inside them. Folders were the only way to deal with single-original film, but are IMO limiting to image database thinking.
The way I look at it conceptually:
Aperture is a database, and each image file lives in one Project.
Albums are just collections of Pointers that point to individual image files living in one or more Projects. Since they just contain pointers, albums can be created or deleted at will without affecting image files. Very powerful.
Keywords can be applied to every image separately or in batches. Keywords are hugely powerful and largely obviate the need for folders. Not that we should never use folders, just that we should use folders only when useful organizationally - - after first determining that using keywords and albums is not a better approach.
As one example imagine the keyword "flowers." Every image of 100k images that has some flowers in it has the keyword flowers. Then say we want to put flowers in an ad, or as background for a show of some kind, or to print pix for a party, or even just to look for an image for some other reason. We can find every flower image in a 100k-image database in 2 seconds, and instantly create an Album called "Flowers" that points to all of those individual images.
Similarly all family pix can have a keyword "family" and all work pix can have a key word "work." Each individual pic may have any number of keywords.
So by using keywords and albums we can have instant access to every image everywhere, very cool. And keywords and albums essentially take up no space in the database.
Another approach is to use a folder "Family" for family pix, a folder "Flowers" for flowers pix and another folder "Work" for work pix. IMO such folders usage is a very poor approach to using an images database (probably stemming from old paper or film work practices). Note that one cannot put an image with family in a field of flowers at a work picnic in all three folders.
HTH
-Allen

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But that would still only bring across keywords and metadata, not any of the image adjustments.
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