Tiny previews in Import window

I sometimes get full size previews in the import window (when I double click on a picture in the grid), but usually they are tiny and get extremely pixelated when I try to make them bigger. This makes it very difficult to decide if a picture is good enough to import. Help please.

From a workflow standpoint - I import all my images then make my decisions about keeping or culling from the Library. Better images, faster workflow

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I am trying to import photos from my Nikon D90 using File/Import photos from device. When I check the preview option, I see jpegs, but not the NEFs/RAWs.
Any ideas why this would be?
Thanks in advance for any help.
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Importing directly from a camera has some extra quirks. What happens when you use a card reader?
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I have this problem with my Canon XTI. When I connect the camera to the computer and open the import dialog window, I can not see the previews of my CR2 raw files. But if I copy the CR2 files to he hard disk and try tho import from it, then previews are shown on the import window.
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Probably because the program is trying to write back a marker to the card as it "opens" the images for the preview and the camera won't let it.
It's not a good idea to import images directly from the camera anyway. Card readers are really cheap - and they WILL let you see the previews.

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Q: Can Lightroom render 1:1 Previews when importing my Photos?
FAQ revised 25 April 2009
Ans: Prior to version 1.3 Lightroom did not support 1:1 preview rendering during import, the actual options for Initial Previews being: Embedded or Standard. However, more recent versions allow four types of previews to be rendered during import (i.e. Minimal, Embedded & Sidecar, Standard,and 1:1). It's also worth noting the following on Lightroom import behaviour:
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2. Importing your photos with the Standard preview selected within the Import dialog will take longer than 1 above, but on completion Lightroom will already have previews that match the minimum requirement for working in the Library. Assuming that you won't be looking at every image at 100% (i.e 1:1) then this preview size will allow you to quickly review, rate, label, even make quick colour/tone adjustments, etc the photos within the Library module. If you need to see a photo at 100% then Lightroom will render that preview on demand (while it's being rendered you'll see the "Rendering Preview" overlay appear at bottom of preview). Note that when using a 23" or larger monitor it to is best to set the Standard sized previews so that they are rendered at 2048 pixels
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When I search these forums for "CFCopyFormattingDescription", I find a bunch of crash reports posted that look almost exactly the same as mine. It appears there's a bug in iPhoto, perhaps when reading metadata from the JPG file (readRawTiffPropsFromPath).
Interestingly, the Preview app can open and display the file just fine. I even opened the inspector and it showed all of the TIFF and exif metadata just fine, no crash. The file also opens just fine on Windows.
Now how do we get the attention of the iPhoto development team so I can send them the photos, have them reproduce the crash, and fix it?

No previews on import.

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Some time age previews on import partly dissapeared.
Trying to delete plist, completely remove aperture, creating new library. Nothing helped.
Only some first images showing, other no. Check attached image.
Photo system - nikon.
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So the problem is restricted to your user account and not system wide. Then try to find out, what is different in your user account and try to fix the differences.
Did you install any helper application, that are not launched, when you work from a different user account? Any helper, that lets you select which application to open, when a camera is connected, for example?
Compare the user login items in the System Preferences > Users&Groups for the Guest user and your current user. Are there differences?
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Quit Aperture and remove the following files from the User Library:
~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.ImageCapture2.some_weird_combination_of_l etters.plist
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Aperture.plist
~/Library/Application Support/Aperture/Import Presets.plist
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Aperture/
Your user library may still be hidden.
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Click somewhere on the empty Desktop to bring the Finder forward.
Use the Finder's "Go" menu.
Click "Go", then hold down the options key, until you are seeing "Library" in the drop down menu appear and click it.
In the Finder window that will open navigate to the folders Preferences and Containers and remove the files.
Is is essential to restart the Mac after removing preferences files.

Thumbnails on Import Window

You know how, when you import images from your camera (Rebel XTi), thumbnail previews of those images show up on the import window?
Well... I'm not sure what happened, but they don't show up anymore. I don't know if it's a software problem or if it's my camera. Or is it because I'm using Aperture on a MacBook...?
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Firstly, I don't think the issue is a corrupt plist, but it's any easy thing to check.
plists hold the application's user preferences and can be trashed with impunity, provided you know the settings (you'll have to reapply your preferences).
Why plists get corrupt is beyond me, that they do is factual and seemingly more common that we would expect.
If the plist is missing, Aperture will create a brand new default one. So...
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Quit Aperture.
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This issue has been mentioned before so you are not alone. Maybe do a search on "thumbnails"
I would still try using Canon's Imagebrowser to migrate the RAW's from the camera to a folder on your disk. Then see if Aperture import sees the thumbnails successfully when you import them from disk.
Best practice is to use a card reader .... no chance of batteries going flat part way through an import and no chance of dropping your SLR on the floor because it was perched precariously on the desk by the side of your display. Also card readers are faster, much faster if it is a firewire one ... and cheap.
Best practice would also IMO be to copy from card reader to a folder on disk and then burn to DVD. This cuts down the data movements to a minimum before you get a stable archival backup. Then after burning to DVD, import from the folder into Aperture. It adds a few minutes up front, but you already have your backup finished.
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Lightroom shows a progress indicator on top. After finishing importing the previews should have been generated.
Besides this, the import has been done several days/weeks ago, and lightroom would have had plenty of time to render since then. :-)
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