Apple Aperture, the photo management software, regarded as a competitor to Adobe Photoshop LightRoom
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Aperture to automatically import videos
Is it possible to have Aperture import videos alongside pictures when importing from a phone. It can handle videos, but when it shows me the list of things to import, only pictures are displayed.
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Aperture .aplibrary file is 3X (!) larger than the photos it points to
I'm experimenting with aperture, and it seems the preview and thumbs file is 3x (Three Times!!) larger than the actual photos in the album.
Basically, I have a folder with ~ 2.61 GB (~12,000 images) ...
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how to keep low-res photos handy, while archiving high-res versions?
I have a laptop with a 256Gb SSD that always seems to be full. A lot of my disk space is used by photos (in Aperture and iPhoto).
What I really want is to have low-res versions of all my photos on ...
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How do I handle HDR photos in Aperture 3?
What plugin do you guys use to handle HDR photos in Aperture 3 ?
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Can I use my iPad to organize photos that are stored externally?
I would like to organize my photos with iPad (remove, edit, create albums etc).
I have the synology NAS and I can run the Photo app on the NAS (server) and I can use the DS Photo+ app on iPad ...
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Installing Aperture from the App Store when a previous version is installed
I have installed Apple Aperture some time ago using a serial (likely pirated) that I searched for on the internet.
Now, I want to purchase a legal version through the App Store, but it is seeing the ...
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In Aperture, is there a way to confirm faces in bulk?
In the Aperture 3 "Faces" view, when clicking on a person, there is a section "John may also be in the photos below". By clicking on the "Confirm Faces" button, you have the ability to click on each ...
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How frequently is Photo Stream synced to Aperture?
I've been experiencing considerable delays between the time I take a photo and the time it shows up in Aperture's synced Photo Stream. Specifically, the photos show up on other devices that consume ...
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How does one reorganize one's entire Aperture library from scratch?
I imported pictures into Aperture from iPhoto and since then, added a lot of new ones. I'd like to start over because the dates on the tags/folders in which the pictures are organized are not ...
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Tagging Faces in Aperture 3 and syncing with Facebook tags
When I tag someones face in Aperture, it lets me either choose a name from Facebook (with the FB icon), or from my Address Book. Sometimes, these names may differ.
One of my issues with uploading to ...
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How do you stop iPhoto/Aperture launching when you sync an iPad?
How do you stop iPhoto/Aperture launching when you sync an iPad?
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Aperture and iTunes freezing, bringing down Snow Leopard entirely
I've got a 27" dual-core iMac of the generation before the current one. HDD is 2 TB, RAM is 8 GB. I've got Aperture 3 installed and updated, with a photo library totaling 180 GB.
With increasing ...
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Aperture vs Photoshop
I already have a lot of experience in Photoshop because I normally use it to edit my photos, but I've heard that Aperture is far better (or easier to use) than Photoshop. I started using the trial ...
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Using Brushes (mainly dodge and burn) in Aperture 3 while in Full Screen Mode
One of the reasons I went to Aperture from iPhoto was that I could easily dodge and burn my photos, which iPhoto doesn't let you do.
I have also been enjoying the full screen mode in aperture, where ...
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What is a method for sharing an Aperture library?
As a group (work, family,...), you produce an Aperture library on your computer.
Others (spouse, coworker...) in the group now want to access and edit this library from other computers.
Any ...
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What do the Photo Stream settings in Aperture do?
I understand that the iOS 5 Photo Stream is a collection of all of the recent photos taken on all iOS 5 devices in a given account, synced with those devices through the cloud. It is not clear to me, ...
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Batch editing metadata in Aperture
In Aperture 3.2.2, is it possible to batch edit photos' metadata? For three days, my camera's clock was one year ahead but with the correct date, and I want to set them right all at the same time.
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Syncing Aperture between Macs
I recently started dividing my Aperture work between my home iMac, and my MacBook Pro. The problem here is that, whenever I want to do a makeshift sync, I export the edited photos from one Mac as an ...
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Using a Mac Mini as a central photo repository
Is it possible to setup a mac mini as a central photo repository and have all the tagging and extra info follow to the other computers on the network? Or would each computer have to access iPhoto on ...
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Aperture: during Import, keys to check/uncheck an image?
In Aperture 3, at the beginning of the Import process, one can select/check or unselect/uncheck images one by one.
But it requires the mouse.
In the Viewer view, during that selection process, I can ...
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How do I migrate my Aperture library from my primary HDD to an external drive?
I have about 53GB of photos in my Aperture library which is stored on my internal HDD. I would like to move this library onto an external hard disk and continue to use Aperture without any loss of ...
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Aperture: use iptc tags for face recognition
I have about 10'000 pictures with iptc tags. Aperture shows this tags after the pictures have been imported.
Most of the tags are person names. Is there a way to use this tags to assist face ...
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Why does Aperture keep forgetting my preference to enable Photo Stream?
I enabled Photo Stream as soon as the feature was available in Aperture 3.2.2, yet sometimes I have to remind the app that I want Photo Stream enabled. I confirm that I want to enable Photo Stream ...
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Aperture previews not showing up using shared aperture library
My wife and I both have our own user profiles on a shared MBP, I have also set up Aperture to look at a library within the shared user folder and we both have full read/write permissions. The problem ...
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Can Aperture auto-delete photos after import from an iPhone
I'm trying out Aperture to see whether I should upgrade from iPhoto. I take a lot of photos on my iPhone and have always imported, then deleted these using iPhoto. After importing photos from my photo ...
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Does it make sense to use Aperture 3 in combination with iPhoto or can you drop iPhoto?
I've just ordered my first mac and as an impatient hobby photographer I've already been reading up a lot on Aperture and iPhoto.
I've seen the iPhoto '11 presentation and was very impressed with the ...
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External hard drive frequently ejects itself when using Aperture
I have a brand new external hard drive which frequently ejects itself on a regular basis (every ~20 minutes or so), seemingly only when I have Aperture open (my Aperture library is located on the ...
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How to force include files in Time Machine
I'd like to force-include some files in Time Machine. Specifically I want to force-include "iPod Photo Cache" and "Thumbnails" in my Aperture Library.
I have checked this file:
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Aperture (iPhoto) quick view
I’ve put all my photographs into Aperture’s photo library which means that in the Finder they are hidden in a special folder, making it virtually impossible to quickly browse the photos there. On the ...
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Can Aperture be migrated or reinstalled from iMac to MacBook Pro (which has no DVD drive)?
Can Aperture be migrated or reinstalled a new MacBook Pro which has no DVD drive? Would target disk mode work to simply copy the file? I think Aperture usually runs an "installation" rather than just ...
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How to replace images in iPhoto with higher quality versions?
I use Aperture for photo editing and processing, but prefer iPhoto for keeping a gallery of my pictures. For a long time, I used the built-in tools in iPhoto to "Import from Aperture Library". What I ...
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How to export a growing Aperture Smart Album repeatedly without creating duplicate files
I have a smart album in Aperture which contains a steadily growing set of pictures, which I want to share with others. To do that, I use Dropbox and export the smart album every now and then to my ...
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How to convert Aperture license to app store license? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can I update apps that I've already purchased through the Mac App Store?
Long ago I bought the retail box version of Aperture and have been steadily upgrading until ...
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Why is iTunes only syncing some of the pictures (seemingly randomly) in each Aperture Event to my iPad?
When I sync my iPad, a random selection from each event is there after I sync. Some events seem to have all of them, some have only one (of hundreds), some have a minority percentage.
And there's no ...
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After importing pictures into Aperture how can I find them in Finder?
When I import pictures from my camera using Aperture I can find them by using Aperture to browse through its library, but I generally want to access them from Finder.
Where might they be?
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Can I remap UP and DOWN arrow keys in Aperture?
I want to remap the up and down arrow keys, from Move Selection Up and Move Selection Down to Increase Rating and Decrease Rating.
That way, it would be really instant to move between photos with the ...
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Is it possible to preserve Light Table (or Album) ordering when exporting from Aperture?
I'd like to export my Light Table to disk using a custom counter that preserves the ordering of the Light Table. Alternatively, I'd like to do the same for an Album.
Thoughts?
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Duplicating images and resizing one of the copies in Automator
I am trying to create an Automator action for a workflow I often need for web publishing:
Select some images inside Aperture
Export two copies of the original image with different resizing settings ...
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How can I export Aperture projects to folders that are named according to library project names?
I want to upload an Aperture library to a FTP/SFTP server for use with Zenphoto. Since Aperture doesn't have it built in, and since uberupload doesn't appear to exist any longer, I figured it would be ...
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Apple Certified Trainer [closed]
I want to become an Apple Certified Trainer in Aperture and teach at an AATC over the summer as a job. This AATC told me that if I can get certified, then there's a job waiting for me because as of ...
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What does 'automatically check for newly published albums' in Aperture mean?
I like using Aperture to upload to Facebook and Flickr, but I don't like how it syncs. For example:
What does this option actually do?
I can't stand all the lists of my sets on the left hand side ...
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Hosting a remote Aperture image library on a Mac mini server
We take a lot of pictures, and it would be very convenient for us if we were able to organize all of our pictures into one massive, remote "Aperture image repository." So, I got this idea to get a Mac ...
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View original full-resolution image in Aperture 2.0
I want to do the comparison of image quality of 2 lenses, with different settings. For this purpose I need to do the pixel level comparison.
But Aperture stores originals of the files internally ...
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Why are my images exported to flickr at a lower resolution when I asked for “Actual size”?
When I export a bunch of images to Flickr by using the built-in share to flickr, I see the images getting exported but they all appear as max 1024 pixels on either side. I did select "Actual size" ...
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Selectively control when Aperture/iPhoto opens
Both Aperture and iPhoto have a setting of whether to open "when a camera is connected." I want this option to be checked, but I don't want it to consider my iPad a camera. How can I enable it for ...
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In Aperture 3, Why need option 'detect missing faces'? why not recognise them all in the first scan?
each time i import images, some faces are detected instantly and automatically, but I have to run detect missing faces one time more to find other recognizable faces. Note: they are all ...
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Why my photos are missing in iPhoto events but not in Aperture projects?
All my iPhoto events are empty. If I open a event there are no photos in it. But when I use the Photos perspective I can see all my photos!
In Aperture I see all my photos in the Photos perspective ...
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Apple Aperture Tutorial
I am looking for a good Aperture tutorial and would appreciate some recommendations.
Which tutorials can you recommend?
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Aperture : unreadable JPEG on Mountain Lion
After upgrading to Mountain Lion, some pictures in my Aperture library are unreadable. Aperture says the format isn't supported.
I made some test and noticed that even the Finder, QuickLook or ...
