Apple Aperture is one of several professional level photo editing and management tools. It is commonly compared to Adobe Lightroom.
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Is there a way to delete RAW files from Aperture?
I currently shoot everything in RAW+JPEG and import into Aperture as pairs. I have a large number of photos that I have not (and will not) make adjustments to and it would be nice to remove the RAW ...
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How do I geotag photos in Apple Aperture?
I have a series of photos I took and a GPS log of my whereabouts for the corresponding time. I would like to geotag the photos with the GPS tracks, matched by timestamp.
Using Aperture 3, I can go to ...
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How do I get rid of duplicate projects in Apple Aperture 3?
I've done a lot of searching but haven't been able to find the answer to a problem I'm having. I have several projects in Aperture 3. I just noticed that three of those projects now have duplicates. ...
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Reservations on making the move to Adobe Lightroom or Apple's Aperture
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I'm a web developer (diploma) and computer scientist (degree), so I know a thing or two about computers and software. I just got into photography in Nov '10, but have been using Photoshop ...
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What are best-practices for personal photo organization in Aperture?
I'm curious about best practices for photo and project organization. I'm starting to have too many projects to just have them listed by date, like iPhoto does. I've recently switched to Aperture, and ...
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iPhoto and Aperture — Good workflow?
I just recently bought Aperture 3 and I already have iPhoto 11.
My iPhoto has thousands of pictures. Many are dupes. Many are low quality from a 1MP (yeah, remember those?) camera.
However, I have ...
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Am I using Aperture “export versions” wrong?
I'm new to Apple Aperture. I have noticed that when you right click and image and say EXPORT VERSION, sometimes it's nearly instant, other times it takes "minutes" to render.
Am I using this feature ...
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Why is Aperture changing the color of my RAW photos?
For some strange reason, Aperture 3 seems to shift the colors of the raw images, after importing them.
For example, the reds become washed out and something not red. In the following example, the red ...
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What is the best way to improve Aperture 3 peformance on an iMac?
I've got a 27" 2.8 i7 iMac. I recently moved from iPhoto to Aperture for managing my photos, and am not all that happy with the performance.
With a bit of diagnosis, I've seen that 4GB RAM doesn't ...
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How can I tell precisely what is being adjusted with a preset in Apple Aperture?
Take "Auto Enhance" found under "Quick Fixes" for example, I can only see that there's Enhance, Levels, and Edge Sharpen done, and no way to see the specifics, i.e. by Enhance are there any contrast ...
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Aperture metadata preset with location
I like to include location data in my photos, but none of my cameras have GPS built-in. Since I shoot in a lot of the same locations (home, the park, my parent’s house), I was hoping I could create a ...
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Emulating film color profiles (for use in Aperture 3)
Is there a way or place to get the color profile curves from film types and recreate them in Aperture 3 so that I can get a characteristic look from something that was shot with kodachrome.
I know ...
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What is the difference between Project, Album and Folder in Aperture 3?
I'm sort of confused between the 3.
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Why pick DPP over Aperture?
My standard workflow is: take pictures in RAW -> import into Aperture -> append metadata info -> go through shots and filter out the bad ones -> do basic adjustments in Aperture -> use Nik plugins or ...
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How do you mark a photo as complete and done with edits in Aperture?
I love Apple Aperture, but it seems to be missing a very important function I strive for. I want to be able to lock a photo, meaning once locked I can no longer make changes to that photo.
In ...
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How does Aperture 3 set the default White Balance when developing a RAW file?
I already learned that on raw images no white balance transformation has been applied yet.
1) If Aperture develops the preview images (without manually setting the WB by the user) it has to decide ...
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How should one deal with 'hot' pixels on Canon T1i, either in-camera on in Aperture?
I recently took quite a few pictures at my brothers wedding, and when going through them in Aperture 3, I noticed a pretty apparent red pixel towards the bottom left of my images. I didn't notice this ...
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Can I get my 30D to record to the card when shooting tethered (with Aperture 3)?
I'm trying out tethering for... not quite the first time, but the first time I'm taking it relatively seriously, and I'm noticing something that was not quite to my expectations:
When I shoot in the ...
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Batch RAW processing in Aperture 3?
Team,
It takes me hours and hours and hours of manual work to do even simple post-processing changes on thousands of RAW photos taken on each vacation trip I take. I generally like to adjust the ...
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Why do I need to use presets?
I've upgraded to the new Aperture 3 and noticed that they've added the ability to save and apply your own presets. I understand roughly that presets are basically a saved set of adjustments meant to ...
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Is the version of Aperture on the Apple Mac App Store identical to boxed version?
I noticed that the Mac App Store offers Aperture at a significantly reduced price - £44.95 or $79.99 (depending on region).
Does anyone know if there are any differences between this online version ...
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“Show Focus Points” in Aperture
Apple Aperture has a function "Show Focus Points". When I am using it with raw files from Canon 500D, it displays the pattern of focus points (just like the camera viewfinder) and highlights some of ...
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Is there any method to transfer edits made in Lightroom to Aperture or vice versa?
I am always on the fence between Lightroom and Aperture, but I am also thinking about the future, when new software shows up. Is there any way to export edits made in one of the programs and import it ...
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Does Aperture have any known file management issues?
I recently purchased Aperture 3 and am trying different things in order to find the best way to use it with my existing images. One thing I have noticed as I mess about with different file operations ...
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Reducing chroma noise in Aperture
I have some photos shot in low light with a compact camera which exhibit significant chroma noise, which I’d like to correct as much as possible.
My searches turned up a technique called “chroma ...
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Aperture 3 library management: Where can I find a good explanation?
I'm still not quite sure I understand the way Aperture manages the library. I've been telling it to put all the pictures I import into a specific directory in a new project-named folder, but if I ...
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How should I post process images from a cloudy, dark day?
Here in the Netherlands, it's been snowing quite a log the last few days. This is something special here, especially this time of year, so I went out and shot a few pictures. It was a cloudy, ...
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Is there any advantage to using Photoshop and Lightroom as a team? (as opposed to PS with other library software)
I currently use Aperture 3.1 for tweaks and library management and I'm happy with it for that purpose, but I am considering buying Photoshop CS5 for more extreme editing. I was wondering if there was ...
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Is it possible to add a curves adjustment to multiple photos in Aperture?
So, I know how to add an adjustment to multiple photos using the photos => add adjustment menu, and it works great for things like auto-enhance, but when I try to do the same thing with curves (I like ...
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Can I combine RAW & JPEG after import in Aperture?
I'm trying out Aperture; I have a hefty collection of photos in iPhoto, and for a few reasons, it's not cutting it for me anymore.
I recently started shooting RAW+JPEG on my camera. I see that ...
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Is there an Aperture equivalent for Windows, or do I need to use both Picasa and Lightroom?
As much as I'd like to work with Aperture, my main machine runs Windows (I only have a Macbook, no desktop Mac). For now, I have been using jointly Picasa and Lightroom for my photo management and ...
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How can I export EXIF metadata from Apple Aperture?
I'm trying to export the EXIF metadata from my photo archives so that I can do some analysis of which focal lengths I use the most. Aperture has a "File --> Export --> Metadata..." option, but that ...
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Do Lightroom and Aperture force you into using a specific folder structure?
I'm getting busy, which is a good thing. I need to be able to batch process raws, or rather make global edits, to increase efficiency. I've heard that Aperature and Lightroom are both good at this but ...
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Macbook & Aperture Editing Program
I've recently started my photography course at uni and have now been exposed to the program "Aperture".
After finding this program extremely helpful and easy to use I get told its Mac-based only and ...
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Which metadata field do I use for the photographer in Aperture?
I have a fair few photos in my Aperture library that have been taken by other photographers. I'd like to mark them with the photographer's name in a way that allows me to search easily, but I can't ...
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Apple Aperture or Adobe Lightroom: which is better for post processing RAW photos?
This is probably an old chestnut, but I'm trying to decide between purchasing Adobe Lightroom or Aperture for Mac, and would appreciate any pointers that would help me decide.
I think I've outgrown ...
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How to adjust high contrast edges in Aperture 3
I am working on this photo in Aperture 3 (this is a partial area of the shot). It's a night shot with a 30s shutter speed, so there are areas, namely above the roof that are blown out. This compared ...
