Important update for Apple Aperture version at version 3.5. The new software, available for download from the App Store at a price of 69.99 euro, will make the following changes. Support for iCloud Photo Sharing, including the ability to send video streams photo files. Command uses maps to identify the positions of the photos. Apple Aperture review: version 3.5.1 January 3, 2014 by Rod Lawton Life after Photoshop features dozens of tutorials for Apple’s professional image cataloguing program, but for any Mac owners who want more information before taking the plunge, here’s a full Aperture review which explains what it does and puts the tools in context.
- Apple Aperture Update for Mac 3.5.1 Import, edit, catalog, organize, retouch, publish, and archive your images more effectively and efficiently than ever before.
- Aperture was effectively neutered back in 2014 when Apple announced it was ceasing development of the pro-oriented photo management and editing application. Despite this, many clung on to the last update, which worked until macOS Catalina.
In June 2014, Apple announced that development of Aperture has been discontinued. Since then, Apple has released six major macOS upgrades. For technical reasons, macOS Mojave is the last version of macOS to run Aperture. Starting with macOS Catalina, Aperture is no longer compatible with macOS.
To continue working with your Aperture photo libraries, you must migrate them to another photo app. You can migrate them to the Photos app, which is included with macOS Yosemite or later, or migrate them to Adobe Lightroom Classic or another app. You should do this before upgrading to macOS Catalina.
Migrate your library to Photos
If you're using macOS Mojave or earlier
Follow these steps if you're using macOS Mojave or earlier:
- Open Aperture.
- Choose Aperture > Preferences, click the Previews tab, then change the Photo Preview setting to Don't Limit. Close the preferences window.
- From the list of projects in the Library inspector, select all of your projects. For example, click the first project listed, then press and hold the Shift key while clicking the last project.
- Click the Browser layout button in the toolbar, so that all photos are shown as thumbnails.
- Choose Edit > Select All to select all of your photos.
- Press and hold the Option key, then choose Photos > Generate Previews.
- Aperture now generates full-size previews for every photo in your library. To follow its progress, choose Window > Show Activity from the menu bar. Quit Aperture when processing is complete.
- Open the Photos app, then choose your Aperture library when prompted, as pictured above. If you aren't prompted to choose a library, press and hold the Option key while opening Photos. If your Aperture library isn’t listed, click Other Library, then locate and choose your library.
When Photos shows the photos from your Aperture library, migration is complete.
If you're using macOS Catalina
Starting with macOS Catalina, Aperture is no longer compatible with macOS. If you upgraded to macOS Catalina before migrating your library to Photos, follow these steps:
- Install the latest macOS Catalina updates. Your Mac must be using macOS Catalina 10.15.1 or later.
- If you migrated your library to Photos after installing macOS Catalina 10.15 but before updating to macOS Catalina 10.15.1, complete these steps before continuing:
- Select your Aperture library in the Finder. By default, it's named Aperture Library and is in the Pictures folder of your home folder.
- Choose File > Get Info. An Info window for your Aperture library opens.
- In the Name & Extension section of the Info window, replace .migratedphotolibrary at the end of the file name with .aplibrary. Then close the window.
- Open the Photos app, then choose your Aperture library when prompted, as pictured above. If you aren't prompted to choose a library, press and hold the Option key while opening Photos. If your Aperture library isn’t listed, click Other Library, then locate and choose your library.
When Photos shows the photos from your Aperture library, migration is complete.
Migrate your library to Adobe Lightroom Classic
Adobe Lightroom Classic version 5.7 and later includes a built-in tool for migrating Aperture libraries to Lightroom catalogs.
If you’ve upgraded to macOS Catalina, learn about compatibility with Lightroom Classic.
When an Aperture library is migrated to Lightroom, your library's organization, metadata, and image adjustments are preserved, with some exceptions:
- RAW files are migrated, but Aperture's non-destructive adjustment layer does not. Lightroom’s migrator tool includes an option to export and migrate Aperture’s full-size JPEG previews for edited images. If you want to preserve your Aperture edits in another format, export the edited images from Aperture first, then reimport them into Lightroom after migrating your library.
- Projects, folders, and albums are migrated to Lightroom collections and collection sets.
- Faces, color labels, and stacks are migrated as keywords.
- Rejected images are migrated to a collection.
- Slideshows are migrated as collections.
- Smart Albums and custom metadata fields aren't migrated.
- Album organization is alphabetical, so manual sidebar organization might not be preserved.
- Custom metadata fields aren't migrated.
Export your Aperture library
You can also export the contents of your Aperture library to back it up or to import into another app.
Even if your camera doesn’t have GPS built-in, you can add location data to your photos using Aperture 3.5.
There are three major ways to do this. The first two involve looking up locations in Aperture’s Places, then applying that data to your images. The third technique pulls data from pictures captured with your iPhone. Since iPhone images are automatically geotagged, they can be used to mark photos captured with a regular digital camera.
Here’s how it all works.
Drag and drop using Places
This method is terrific when you’ve captured pictures at a location displayed on a map. For example, I shot a series of photos at Stearns Wharf in Santa Barbara. If I zoom in on a map of that area, the Wharf is displayed. So all I have to do is drag my pictures on to that location to tag them. Here are the steps.
1. Select the images you want to tag by command-clicking on them in the Browser (thumbnail mode).
2. Click on the Places icon in your toolbar to reveal the map in the Viewer with the selected thumbnails underneath.
3. Zoom in to get a precise location.
4. Drag and drop the images to the spot you want and reposition the pin, if necessary. The pictures will be geotagged with that location.
5. Check your work by selecting GPS from the popup menu in the Info tab of the Inspector. You should see coordinates for each image.
Using the Assign Location command
An easy alternative is to use the Assign Location command. This time, I apply geotags to a series of photos captured at the Santa Barbara Zoo. I start out by selecting the thumbnails in the Browser.
1. Go to Metadata > Assign Location.
2. Type the name of the place in the search field.
3. Choose the best option from the displayed results.
4. Refine the area shaded in purple that will be the geotagged location.
5. Click the Assign button.
6. Double check the location by selecting GPS from the popup menu in the Info tab of the Inspector.
Using an iPhone for location data
Some photographers will snap an iPhone photo while shooting on location. They can use the accompanying geographical data later to tag images in Aperture.
I used this method when visiting the Santa Monica Pier in Southern California. I captured a number of high resolution Raw and JPEG files with the Sigma DP2 camera. Since the DP2 doesn’t record location data, I also took a few photos with my iPhone.
I could share the iPhone shots immediately on Instagram and record the geotags for use later in Aperture. Back home, here’s how I applied the location information.
1. Connect the iPhone to my Mac.
2. Select the images I want to geotag in Aperture’s browser.
3. Click on Places.
4. Click on the GPS button and choose Import GPS from iPhone photos.
5. Navigate through the thumbnails and choose the photo that is closest to the desired location. Click OK.
6. Drag images on the the purple marker that appears on the map. Aperture will change the marker to a red pin and add the location data to those images.
7. Check my work by selecting GPS from the popup menu in the Info tab of the Inspector.
Aperture 3.5 Macro
Exporting with geotags in place
The location data applied to the photos can travel outside of Aperture too. To make sure this happens, check Aperture’s Preferences. Click on the Export tab and confirm that the box next to include location info in exported photos is checked. Conversely, if you don’t want geotags to travel with exported pictures, uncheck the box.
You can test that all systems are go by exporting a geotagged image from Aperture. Then open the picture in the Preview app on your Mac. Hold down Command-I to reveal the General Info Box. Click on the i tab then choose GPS. If there aren’t any geotags for the image, there also won’t be a GPS button.
But if there are geotags for the picture, you’ll see a map and coordinates when you click on the GPS button. And the fun doesn’t stop there. Click on the Locate button, and if you have Max OS X Mavericks, your Mac will launch Maps and display the area where you took the photo.
Aperture 3.5 Macular Degeneration
Since driving directions are available in Maps, you can send an image to a friend and they’ll know how to get there.
General area
Aperture 3.5 Macbook Pro
These methods of applying location data to your images aren’t as precise as an accurate GPS accessory connected to your camera. If you need a high level of accuracy, I probably wouldn’t go this route.
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But, for travel photos and general usage, adding tags to your favorite shots in Aperture is easy, and probably close enough for most applications.
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