Apple Aperture is one of several professional level photo editing and management tools. It is commonly compared to Adobe Lightroom.
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Why does Aperture tag my photos with the wrong address?
I have a number of photos that I have manually tagged with a location. (They did not have any GPS data associated with them automatically, as I took them with a camera without such facilities.) I have ...
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How do I speed up Apple Aperture?
For my photo post processing software, currently Aperture is my program of choice. However it is extremely slow with my computer. I consider myself having a decent piece of hardware. I'm using the ...
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Can I convert raw files to TIFFs via the command line using Apple's converting engine?
I want to convert from the command line a bunch of RAW files into tiffs using the same converting engine as Apple's Aperture or Preview (in order to get the same results as from these applications).
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How to correct exposure locally with Apple Aperture?
I have a question about using Aperture on OS X.
I have taken a RAW picture (made with a K-5) of an arcade machine. While most of its surrounding is fairly well exposed, the lit areas are overexposed ...
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Is it possible to shoot tethered with Aperture using a Canon 5D mark i?
Google is swamped with walkthroughs for the canon 5D mark ii & iii. I am wondering if anyone has managed to get a tethered shoot setup working with the original 5D on a macbook. If so, how was it ...
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Is there a feasible workaround for Leica M Monochrom DNG files with Apple aperture?
So far Aperture does not support Leica M Monochrom DNG's and the best way I have found to get the files into Aperture is to open the DNG's up in Adobe DNG, export them as TIFFs and import the TIFFs ...
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Why does the entire image turn white after setting the white point in Aperture 3?
When I try to set the white point for an image in Aperture 3 (using the curves tool), the image turns entirely white. When I try to set the white point on the same image in Photoshop CS6 using the ...
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Aperture 3 - Open first aid options for external library
I have a huge Aperture 3 library that will not open, giving the following message:
Verify that you have iPhoto 9.4 or later. Then open the library in iPhoto to upgrade it..
It is not set as my ...
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Why can't Apple Aperture 3 upload raw files from my Canon 7D?
Whenever I try to import raw files from my Canon 7D using Apple Aperture 3 (which is fully updated with all the latest Software Updates) I get an upload of 350 unwanted images ( including corporate ...
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Does the use of Canon's DPP Software have any advantages over using Aperture 3 straight away for Raw Processing?
During a recent photography course in South Africa I was strongly advised to download and use free Raw Processing Software before editing in Aperture 3. As a relative newcomer to working in Raw, I had ...
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How to write (manually added) GPS coordinates to originals in Aperture?
I'm using Aperture to add GPS coordinates to photos I've taken. The original stills are in craw2 and movies are in mov file format.
I've noticed when I export originals that the photos didn't retain ...
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How to properly deal with lens distortion in Sony NEX RAW files?
I have a Sony NEX6 camera and when using the 16-50 kit lens the photos shot in RAW has a lot of distortions. You either have to let the camera correct it using jpeg or you are expected to use Sony's ...
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Removing unwanted color from B&W image (aperture)
I've been shooting ilford color-process b&w film.
The local photo processor's equipment has a glitch; sometimes the resulting negatives are slightly colorful.
In the current roll, there's a ...
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RAWs looking massively different in Aperture/Mac OS Preview compared to camera preview and (Canon) PictureStyleEditor
Yesterday, I have been shooting photos at a christmas market -- especially a band that played there. Since everything happened in the evening and it was quite dark, I thought using RAW instead of JPEG ...
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Can I delete an Aperture Library after importing it into another one?
I have a big library on my desktop and one on my laptop.
Now I exported a project from the laptop to a library and imported that on my desktop.
After deleting the library file (of the project) the ...
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Apple Aperture, raw files, and white balance?
The question I have is very similar to this one, but the answer there doesn't work for me, so I'll try asking it differently here...
I switched to using raw format a while back, and am mostly happy ...
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How to tell Apple Aperture to store ALL files by reference?
Is there any way to set Apple Aperture to always keep all files stored in an external location, without having to go through the extra step of manually moving files to the location beforehand myself ...
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Raw processing on MacBook with Retina display. Aperture or other? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Apple Aperture or Adobe Lightroom: which is better for post processing RAW photos?
I want to begin photography as an hobby and I thought to start with the right foot and ...
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How to prevent Aperture from zooming in every time I open an image
In aperture, when I close an image (go back to the project or album) and select another image (by double clicking on it) the view will be 100% zoomed in to the lower left hand corner.
The only way I ...
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Adding context to your images, specifically within Apple Aperture
I am an amateur photographer, and am looking to streamline my aperture workflow. Up till now, I have added specific "version name" metadata to all my photos, for example:
"Exhausted after a long ...
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Is it possible to manage photos without importing them into libraries in iPhoto or Aperture?
I absolutely love the simple and clean interface and features that iPhoto and Aperture bring and I absolutely hate the "library/import" approach. I like to see my photos as files on a disk and that's ...
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Does Apple Aperture have a way to change the exposure of many files at once?
I'm just editing a time lapse video I shot and have to change the exposure on about 1000 files. Is there a way in Apple Aperture to batch edit files?
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Family Mac workflow to enable family editing/viewing of images/movies
What is the best software/hardware solution for editing/storage/viewing of a family's digital images/movies on multiple Macs? The family wants to collaborate on editing using Aperture and iMovie. We ...
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How to check what White Balance setting was used (on a Mac)?
I've been experimenting with different white balance settings, and I can see what was used while browsing photos on my Nikon preview screen.
But when I copy the photos to my laptop where I can ...
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in Aperture 3, how do I adjust one picture while viewing multiple?
One of the reasons I moved from iPhoto to Aperture was the ease with which I could view multiple images side-by-side at any zoom level for comparing shots. In the "Viewer" mode, as opposed to ...
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What software can I use for post-processing? [closed]
I have access to the below software and I use all of them at various times. I do not have a specific workflow and would like to start following one.
Aperture
LightRoom
Photoshop CS5
The general ...
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Why are some of my pictures missing from the normally all-inclusive Photos folder in my Apple Aperture library?
In Apple Aperture, there are a few unchangeable locations in your library:
Projects
Photos
Faces
Places
Etc.
And their purpose is pre-defined by the app, so "Photos" should always show all the ...
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How can I export my entire Aperture library into nested folders in the format YYYY/MM/DD?
I'd like to migrate my photo library out of Aperture, but still use it to edit photos (maybe). I'd like to export the masters and the modified versions of all my photos into standard Finder folders ...
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Raw photos in Aperture 3
When Aperture 3 sees the raw photos on the camera for import the photos look good. Then when they are imported and Aperture processes them they then change into black or digital noise and not one is ...
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How do I make Aperture 3 export the master
I've tried many things to get Aperture to export some sort of usable file when I do a "export-> Master"
The command seems to work, it creates a file of the proper name. The output is about 4K in ...
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Managing Aperture libraries locally and on external
I feel like I must be making this harder than it is.
I have an aperture library on my laptop. I use it to import images from my camera. But I don't have much space left on my hard drive so I want to ...
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Which color settings to chose in Photoshop and Aperture with an Epson SPR2880 printer
My workflow consists of importing photos into Apple Aperture, where I do most of my editing. Sometimes, I edit the photo in Photoshop. Aperture can automatically create a .psd file based on my edited ...
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Can I get noise reduction in Aperture that even gets close to the quality of Lightroom's?
I've been looking for a new Library / Photo Editing software, iPhoto isn't really cutting it any more. I've been using both Aperture and Lightroom a bit now (trial licenses) and I noticed a big ...
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How do I decide between “RAW as Master” and “JPEG as Master” when importing RAW+JPEG into Aperture?
I guess this comes down to an Aperture question and a more general post-processing question.
I've been shooting RAW+JPEG and importing both to Aperture with the RAW image set as the master. But I've ...
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What is the best lens correction software which integrates with Aperture 3?
I want to know if there are any good lens correction software (i.e. plugin) for Aperture 3? I am primarily looking for general purpose lens correction software.
I have looked at the plugin page for ...
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How to remove duplicate masters in Aperture?
There are many photos in my Aperture library that have two masters, each one jpeg and one raw. I'd like to delete one of both, but I didn't even found a way of splitting them.
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Export options for printing with Aperture 3
I am about to get my pictures published in a magazine. I am going send the pictures to the publisher, thus not printing them myself. Therefore I am curious about how to export the pictures ...
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Why does this Aperture smart album with flags & labels contain more than it should?
I have tried to create a smart album in Aperture 3 that is based on this:
1) It is flagged
2) It has a label
I have followed the instructions in provided help documentation in Aperture 3. Searching ...
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Aperture Master files
How do I create master files in Aperture so that I can email from within that application?
Most of a photos started in iPhoto originally.
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Why doesn't Aperture show black as black?
Aperture seems to be displaying my images brighter than they actually are -- this makes colors seem washed out and makes it very difficult to accurately adjust the black point and other exposure ...
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Photo sorting software / method / workflow [closed]
Finally went with a DSLR, Nikon D5100 after deliberating for a few years. (Not that I was in a hurry – I don't particularly need a DLSR but really like to take photographs, so time wasn't an issue.)
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How do I move Apple Aperture-specific metadata to Adobe Lightroom?
When I drag a folder into Apple Aperture the name of the folder becomes the name of a project that those photos are put in. Specifically, the metadata item is "Project path".
This information is ...
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How can I export photo ratings, tags, etc. from Aperture for import into other software?
I am about to transfer all my photos from Aperture to Bibble Pro. I would like to retain all my ratings, tags, colors that I have attached to photos and then import it into Bibble. How would I go ...
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Should I recalculate white balance for all my pictures after moving from iPhoto to Aperture?
I been shooting in RAW since I got my DSLR about a year ago (why not? storage space? that gets bigger and bigger all the time) and I kept storing my pictures in iPhoto, but this week I moved to ...
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Can places be assigned to a whole folder (and subfolders) in aperture 3?
I recently took several thousand pictures in India. As a shot I was placing them in folders by location. When I retured home a started using Aperture 3 (first time with Aperture). I imported the ...
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How can I automatically back up only selected photos from Aperture?
Since some time I started using Aperture as my photo managament software. It offered me a nice workflow - but there's one thing I would like to know how to get working.
I want to backup my files. ...
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How do I work with multiple timezones and GPS logging?
I'm embarking on a trip across Europe in a few weeks. I have a QStarz GPS logger that I intend to use to log the trip and I will use the tools built into Aperture to geotag my photos when I return.
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How to reupload images to a facebook album from aperture
If I upload some pictures in a new facebook album and after that I need to adjust them, I select the picture from facebook's album in aperture but when the pic is reuploaded on facebook? It does in ...
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How do I display all images missing a given piece of metadata in Apple Aperture?
I'm slowly working on cleaning up the metadata in all my old images that I imported into Aperture from iPhoto. I'd like to get a list of the images that I haven't added a certain metadata field to ...
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Why are my filters lost on import in Aperture?
I've just been experimenting with some of the built-in filters on my Panasonic Lumix DMC-G10, and after importing them into Aperture 3, the filter is no longer there and I'm seeing the photo exactly ...
