Using Fotomagico with Aperture

Hello,
Does anyone have any experience using the slide show program Fotomagico with Aperture? It has a feature where you can access your iPhoto libraries easily to create slideshows but doesn't seem to have the same access to the Aperture libraries. A
Has anyone discovered any workaround for this or do I just have to export images into a folder and use them that way.
Cheers,
Lisa
www.lisahaskins.com

The reason you cannot drag-n-drop right out of Aperture is really quite simple.
It would involve the same steps as you exporting a version.
The photo you see in iPhoto is either the original imported JPG, or a JPG from the imported RAW file, or a modified JPG(if you have made any enhancements/cropping to the image), so dragging and dropping works well there because you are merely copying a file from the filesystem to the application.
IF you could drag-and-drop from Aperture, users would complain that it is too slow, and much slower than silly iPhoto! The reason it would be slow is it would involve a full rendering of a new JPG based on the changes you applied.. this would take just as long as exporting the image the old way.
Ever made a change to an image in iPhoto? When you move to the next it tells you to wait while it regenerates the new stored image. Imagine Aperture doing that! No thanks!
I have used Fotomagico(which IMHO is THE choice for slideshows) with images from Aperture. I make an album either at the project level or the folder(of projects) level and drag in the images I want to use for the slide show. Once I have made those choices I export them all to a folder and point Fotomagico at it. Works great!
I am sure V2 of Aperture will have some sort of slideshow tool built in, but probably not as robust as an external dedicated app like Fotomagico.

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leonieDF wrote:
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bybeeler wrote:
[1] I found this response to the question about Aperture and external hard drives from last May. I bought a WD My Book 4TB and need to back up photos I have in Aperture (many!) to free up space.
[2] I am a photographer and need to be able to plug the external drive in as needed, pull a photo out from the WD and back into Aperture to work on it if needed.
[1] A back-up is a copy of digital files stores on a separate device. A back-up is recommended because drives fail, and humans make mistakes. A back-up is not used to free up storage space.
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— Cons: Must have drive with you in order to use your Library.
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— Cons: Yet another level more difficult to administer.
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