Use of Aperture captions

Although there are several posts about how to make iWeb use the caption field for a photo coming from Aperture, the help documentation clearly states that iWeb will use the caption field if it is populated. I made sure the caption field was populated but iWeb continues to use the filename. Is this truly a bug in iWeb or is the iWeb help documentation simply incorrect?

The following is listed as a "tip" item when "photo captions" is entered as a search in the iWeb help (see the last paragraph; there is more but I didn't include it as it was not relevant):
Tips on sharing photos from Aperture with iLife
Aperture 1.5 offers full-size previews of images that can be used with iLife and iWork '06 or later. Here are some tips on getting the most from it:
How to access images from Aperture in iLife and iWork
Make sure you have iLife and iWork '08, or the latest versions of the iLife and iWork '06 applications:
iPhoto 6.0.5
iMovie HD 6.0.3
iDVD 6.0.3
iWeb 1.1.2
GarageBand 3.0.4
Keynote 3.0.2
Pages 2.0.2
iTunes 7.0.1
To update from previous versions of the iLife and iWork '06 applications, from the Apple menu, choose Software Update.
You will also need to update to Aperture 1.5. If you have a previous version of Aperture installed, Software Update can also be used to update to version 1.5.
To browse Aperture images in iLife and iWork '06, you must first enable sharing in Aperture. Details can be found on pages 161-162 of the Aperture User Manual. To view the shared images in iLife or iWork:
Select the Media pane in one of the iLife/iWork applications.
Click the disclosure triangle next to the Aperture icon in the browser window.
Click the disclosure triangle next to Aperture Library to access images in Aperture's built-in Smart Albums or Smart Albums you have created at the Library level. To access images from specific projects, click the project's disclosure triangle. Click on the icon for individual albums or Smart albums within projects.
Handling of Stacked Images
When you browse Aperture images in the iLife/iWork Media pane, you may notice that there seem to be fewer images than expected available there. This is because only the pick or album pick image from each stack in Aperture is shared with iLife and iWork. When you browse images from an Aperture project or built-in Smart album, the pick image from each stack will be available. When you browse images from an Aperture album, then the album pick will be available. If there is no album pick specified, then the pick image will be used when browsing albums. Smart albums you create offer the option Ignore stack groupings. If this option is selected, then all images that meet the criteria for the Smart album will be available in the Media pane, regardless of stack pick status. If you find that you need access to more than one image from a stack in an iLife or iWork application, then drag the non-pick image from the stack in Aperture, or access it from a self-created Smart album. Note that it may take some time before changes made to stacks in Aperture will be reflected in the Media pane.
Labeling of Aperture images in the iLife/iWork Media pane
If the Caption field for an image in Aperture is filled in, then this is what the iLife/iWork Media pane will display. If the Caption field is empty, then the Version Name field will be used as the image label in the Media panel. . . .

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Aperture Captions to iWeb

I want to use iWeb to create a photo page. When I import photos from an Aperture Album (via Media Browser), the iWeb captions are the file name (version name) and not the captions created in Aperture.
Is there a way to get the Aperture Caption to show as the Caption in iWeb?
I've seen some discussion of this, but it's unclear if anyone has solved this. Seems like a no brainer; well it should happen by default--a caption is a caption. This isn't 1984. But I'm probably missing something simple.
Message was edited by: MtnBiker

Getting the captions from iPhoto is the same problem. But there has been an Applescript created for iPhoto that copies the Comments to the Title field for importing to iWeb and then the title can be changed back to the file name using iPhoto.
You might be able to edit the script to have it work with Aperture. You can get it from this Mac OS X Hints post: Descriptions to Title in iPhoto

Is it possible to control the naming convention used by Aperture when importing photos? If so, how

When I import photos from my camera, I have them placed into projects based on the date the photos were taken. However, I do not like the naming convention used by Aperture as it causes the projects to sort into a non-chronologial order. The convention is MMM-DD-YYYY and I want to change it to YYYY-MM-DD. Is it possible in Aperture 3.2.4 to do this?

In the Import panel you can edit the preset for the file name format to "Image year - image month - image day - index" for example; the preset for folder names seems to be gone in Aperture 3,3 - at least I cannot find it any longer. You only seem to be able to enter the folder name manually in the Import panel.

Using variables in Caption section of Legend Answers view

Is it possible to use variables as Captions in the Legend Answers view? If so, what's the format? Thank you

Thank you for the link - i believe this is covered in docs, however, I wasn't able to get the result I wanted by using any of the variable strings. I'm just getting the string variable output along with my variable name. I should have mentioned that I've tried this before. You know which part I'm talking about right? When you go to Legend , then select caption. I still marked answer as helpful.

In iphoto there is a one click button in edit for enhance which I find very useful, in Aperture 3 is there the same quick edit ?

In iphoto there is a one click button in edit for enhance which I find very useful, in Aperture 3 is there the same quick edit ?

Hello Michael,
Yes, there is. Look in the Inspector - Adjustment Tab:
In the "Presets-Selector -> Quick Fixes" you will find "Auto Enhance"
Regards
Léonie

Using both aperture and iphoto

is there a way to use both aperture and iphoto without duplicating all the pictures? can I just point aperture to the iphoto folder with my pictures? i would like to use both, but don't want to have to duplicate all of my pictures, my hard drive can't handle my heavy shutter finger twice over.

Fundamentally our need/pain drives our determination of the best solution.
iPhoto is great as you say for integration cross iLife, basic photo management and basic edits.
Once you start to use Aperture with any volume of photos, it rapidly dawns on you how basic iPhoto is. I have tried both, and used iPhoto from iLife 04 onwards. iPhoto becomes unwieldly when you start throwing 100, 200, 500 or a 1,000 images at it. Compares and selects, sorting on different metadata, all slicker than iPhoto. But when it comes to image adjustments, there really is no comparison. Highlights/Shadows, Levels with quarter points, spot/patch controls ... smoothing, etc. To say nothing of seeing your original and modified(s) side by side. Or how about non-destructive crops so you can create the best possible presentation of the object with the overall image? Organization and navigational structure? Built in backup (Vaults) so that it is easy to back up. Yes, I'm sold on Aperture and that's why I now export just my finished (keepers) results back to iPhoto and not the other way around.
As your volumes grow, and your experience with Aperture grows, I'm sure you will start to reconsider.
Have fun.
G.

Use of Aperture?

I was just about to click purchase Aperture, when i remembered there was a 30 day trial of it. So i thought to myself, theres no harm in simply trying it first. So i downloaded the file, installed it. Once i started using it however, i think i may have misunderstood the use of the application. See i thought it was like photoshop! Imaging software which allowed my to cut certain bits from certain images and use them on another image, tools like lasso and other useful ones are not there. Did i misinterpret the use of aperture? If so what is the main use of it? Because at the moment it seems like its features are extremely similar to those of iPhoto

IMO use Aperture for management and minor editing, GIMP/PSE or PS for any editing that Aperture cannot provide. In an earlier post I analyzed thusly:
Group A
Aperture is Apple's pro app for RAW images capture management. Lightroom is Adobe's pro app for RAW images capture management. iPhoto is Apple's free entry-level app for images capture management.
Group B
Open-source GIMP or inexpensive Adobe Photoshop Elements are for basic to intermediate image editing, adequate for most photogs. Very expensive full Adobe Photoshop is for pro graphics work and very advanced image editing. Other free and/or low cost editors are also available. Many folks consider the open-source GIMP a superior app to PSE.
Two apps are needed. Digital photographers ideally should own and learn reasonable competence with one app from each of groups A & B above. Note that Aperture and GIMP/PSE are in different groups.
IMO the evolution of a digital photog is to start with iPhoto and quickly outgrow it. After that I recommend that the next step is to own both Aperture and GIMP or PSE.
If one advances to the point of doing really advanced graphics work the upgrade from GIMP/PSE to full Photoshop is easy enough, just expensive and with very substantial additional learning curve. I use the full Design Premium Creative Suite, and the upgrade to CS4 from CS3 is so expensive I am staying with CS3.
Bridge is Adobe's pro app that comes with full Photoshop and manages files handling within the Creative Suite. I do not include it in Group A above because it is far inferior to Aperture and Lightroom for digital photographers managing DSLR image capture.
Bridge is a file-management app, not a database. The folks who like Bridge are usually very experienced Photoshop graphics folks (often coming from a long history with film scans, which involves totally different workflow than modern DSLR capture) rather than primarily digital photogs.
Note that PSE should not be used for RAW image conversion because the RAW conversion engine in PSE is a compromised version of ACR, not the complete version of ACR found in full (very expensive) Photoshop. Use Aperture or camera vendor (e.g. Nikon) software for RAW conversion prior to PSE edits if PSE edits are necessary. In my case for 98% of pix Aperture does it all, no external editor required.
HTH
-Allen Wicks

Just downloaded the Mavericks OS X but now I can't use my Aperture 3.2.4. What do I need to do?

Can you help me figure out how to use my Aperture after downloading Mavericks OS X?

You need to update Aperture to at least version 3.4.5 or vesion 3.5.1.
Back up your Aperture library, because updating Aperture will cause your Aperture library to be upgraded to a new format, and it will be safer to have a backup.
Then sign into the AppStore with your AppleID and check, if there is an update for Aperture on the Updates page or if you are seeing Aperture on the "Accept" part of the "Purchased" page. Download the updater, and after it installed, click your Aperture library to let it upgrade.

Hi, I've just downloaded Aperture 3.2 and transfered all my iPhoto Library but now when I use the Aperture program it runs at the slowest speed possible and is almost impossible to work with. It is constantly processing why is this?

Hi, I've just downloaded Aperture 3.2 and transfered all my iPhoto Library but now when I use the Aperture program it runs at the slowest speed possible and is almost impossible to work with. It is constantly processing why is this?

You can click on the text that says 'processing' in the main windows and it will open (toggle) the Activity Window, (can also be accessed via the Window menu -> Show Activity.
It will tell you what Aperture is doing with more precision and perhaps even how many photos it still needs to process. It is generally best to wait until all that processing is done before you start working with the photos (well it is best to first turn of options what you dont want to use, perhaps Faces or Previews and then let it process the new photos).

Best photo sharing site to use with aperture?

what is the best photo-sharing site to use with aperture?
flickr and flickr export?
or are there more capable alternatives?
is there any solution to sync tags and keywords between aperture and the photo sharing site?
thanks for any advice

i was wondering what the best service is in combination with aperture, the best service on its own for me is flickr, i like there online interface a lot.
so there is no way to have the same functionality with aperture as with iphoto from ilife08?
the demo on the .mac website shows they simply upload a gallery to .mac web gallery like here: http://gallery.mac.com/emily_parker
now when i export a web gallery from aperture its just a stupid web page with none of the interactive functions of a web gallery
but unless aperture can publish to .mac like iphoto can i will probably stick with flickr, flickr export for aperture seems also the most capable plug in for the moment compared to the export plugins for smugmug or other services.
i was really hoping to be able to use .mac like advertised with iphoto or have someone here suggest some other great service to use with aperture, i would especially like to be able to sync keywords both ways.

Aperture Caption & Web Gallery

hi everyone,
I'm just beginning using the web galleries with Aperture.
Personally, I beleive that the best text to be shown beside each pictures would be the Caption field but someone at Apple have decided otherwise that this should be the picture file name. For me, file name are simply automatic numbers from my camera while I enter pertinent information in the Caption field.
I know, there is no way of setting this. *But today, I found that when I go into the RSS view of any gallery, beside each picture, I can read my Caption!* That's so weird of not being able to set this in the gallery view. I will ask for this simple but quite usefull feature of being able to set which information we want to show on picture...

hi Bauhausler,
I see... but you are talking about Aperture's web page while I'm talking about Aperture's web gallery. While the first one is a static web page, the second is using a more dynamic interface that can be used with .MAC. That's a new feature in Aperture 2.0.
Besides, this option of the T icon is EXACTLY what I would exept to have for Web Gallerie. It is still surprising for me that Apple haven't implemented this feature in both ways of publishing.

How can i use an aperture library on a 2009 white macbook?

I made a set of 6 Aperture libraries on my MacPro Westmere using latest version. These open on my MP in iPhoto as well.
A colleague needs these libraries (organisation related photo categories).
They would not open on his white 2009 MacBook -- OS 10.8 with 4GB RAM and oodles of disk space -- with his version of iPhoto - 9.1.
Downloaded latest version 9.4.1 -- Installer says that OS 10.8.2 is required.
Downloaded and installed version 9.3.1 -- claims to be compatible with Aperture library.
File will not open -- Incompatible ProKit message.
Software update does not show any system updates available.
Downloaded 10.8.2
Tried to install -- failed -- Not compatible with this volume
Sigh (repeat x10)
Am I missing something -- I have read lots of slightly similar but different installation issues with 10.8.2 -- all very dispiriting.
ben
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Thanks again
but...
As I said in my post...
Downloaded 10.8.2
Tried to install -- failed -- Not compatible with this volume
I should have said the 10.8.2 Combo
As I said, it would not update -- it reported that the update was incompatible with this volume!
Yet the minimum specs for 10.8 (now running the machine only installed two weeks ago) and 10.8.2 have not changed.
I might add that I have been working with Macs from day 1 and on Apple ][s from almost day 1.
ben

What is the best way to consolidate Aperture and iPhoto libraries onto an external drive? I am just starting out and not used to Aperture filing system.

I would like to use the drive as storage/aperture backup rather than use it to back up my whole Macbook. Would like to keep the majority of the photo files on the ext. drive and be able to add files there directly. BUT, when workng in aperture would like to be able to select some from the ext. drive and work them on the laptop directly without having to have the ext drive attached.
So do i, have the aperture library path mapped to the ext drive, and then import the iphoto library? and then how do i add additional from the camera? Or, do i move everything together (imported iphotos and new from camera) in Aperture on the Macbook first, and then transfer that library to the ext drive?
For the life of me I can't figure out how to do this in a way that seems logical. Vaults? Masters on ext drive, versions on the macbook? Consolidating libraries? The endless possible answers are baffling me.
Thanks for any help!

Kirby Krieger wrote:
Hi Shane. Not much in the way of thoughts - - but fwiw:
How is the drive attached?
Can you open large files on the drive with other programs?
Are you running any drive compression or acceleration programs (some drives arrive with these installed)?
Can you reformat the drive and try again?
Hi Kirby,
I attached the UltraMax Plus with a USB cable. The UltraMax powers the cable so power is not an issue. I can open other files. Also, there is 500GB of files on the drive so I cannot re-format it. Although, I noted I could import the entire Aperture Library. However, I do not want to create a duplicate on my machine because that would be defeating the purpose of the external drive.
Thanks,
Shane

How to change the language used for Aperture?

I'm new to Aperture, I'm a Photoshop Elements 6.0 user, however I found that Aperture has some things that I like better than Photoshop.
Now I downloaded the test version in order to check if its worth it, therefore I downloaded from the Apple homepage in the US, becuase I want to have it in English, I even select English to read the terms of use, but at the end the program is installed in German, languaege in wich I have my iMac.
Do you know How could I do it in order to change the language and been able to use Aperture in English?

Thank you so much, like that will make my life so easy and I'll be able to understand Aperture, due to the translation of the words is not always the same sometimes another word is used and then you just need to search for it.

Smart Album : Inconsistency in the Date Type format used inside Aperture ?

Hello,
After using Aperture 2.0 for some days, I tried to create a Smart Album using as creation option for the Album the Date + "is in the Range" option which is leaving two blank fields for filling the two dates which are supposed to be the date limits of the pictures that the user wants to select.
My OS X is set to the italian language so our date format is the dd/mm/yy type.
When I tried to insert some dates in our format (dd/mm/yy) the SmartAlbum seemed to not work at all (not selecting any picture, or was coming out with weird results).
After checking carefully that there was no filter set which could prevent the correct visualization of the pictures I had no explanation for the problem.
At first I thought that this specific option was buggy as the other Smartalbum creation options (Keywords etc.) seemed to work properly.
Then I had the idea and I tried to use the english format (mm/dd/yy) for the two dates inside the date range fields and to my surprise everything worked properly.
So basically it seems that Aperture recognises the dates correctly only giving in input the american date format mm/dd/yy.
What is not so noice is that there is no check on the date limit correctness so basically it is possible to really mess up with the dates.
I'm also actually surprised the Aperture doesn't complies with the OS X date type which could seem the logical thing to do or at least is not consistent with the date type management inside the program because for example the pictures Dates are instead correctly listed in the List View of the browser according to the OS X date type (dd/mm/yy).
I was wondering what is happening in countries where the date separator is not the "/" but the "." like typically used in Germany which would add another variable to the software routine which is interpreting the date input fields.....
Maybe this could help other non english users who could have been confused like me on the same issue....
Did you notice the same behaviour ? Am I missing something ?
Uby

Smart Albums will search in the Folder/Project that is shown at the top of the search HUD as well as all Folders and Projects "below" in your structure. However, it will not search through any Albums in that structure. Here is an example:
You images are always stored in Projects (yellow icons) and lets say this is how it looks:
FolderA/ProjectA (this Project stores: ImageA1, ImageA2)
FolderA/ProjectB (this Project stores: ImageB1, ImageB2)
Let us say that you have two Albums like below but there is an image from ProjectB in AlbumA, which looks like this:
FolderA/ProjectA/AlbumA (this Album has pointers to: ImageA1, ImageA2, ImageB1)
FolderA/ProjectB/AlbumB (this Album has pointers to: ImageB1, ImageB2)
If you create a Smart Album below ProjectA it will only show ImageA1 and ImageA2 since it only search ProjectA and not AlbumA.
This may be the issue you have.
Are you 100% sure that the Project your Smart Album is pointing at does include the images you are trying to search through. As you see above then it won't find them if they are only in the albums below that project.
Here are a few rules that I follow in order to avoid getting confused over where my images are located: A) Only include images in albums below a project that are stored in that project. B) Create all my smart albums at top library level and if necessary add extra filters like project name.
Hope you understand.
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