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Aperture 3 is here

PupatorPupator Registered Users Posts: 2,322 Major grins
edited March 5, 2010 in Finishing School
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB957?mco=MTY5NjUxNjY
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    ojnojn Registered Users Posts: 22 Big grins
    edited February 9, 2010
    Pupator wrote:
    http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB957?mco=MTY5NjUxNjY

    Chase Jarvis has a quick note about it too: http://blog.chasejarvis.com/blog/2010/02/apple-aperture-30-awesomeness.html

    Looks good on paper, haven't seen it in action yet. It seems to have the features that I have been considering moving over to lightroom for. I am definitely ordering the upgrade.
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    W.W. WebsterW.W. Webster Registered Users Posts: 3,204 Major grins
    edited February 9, 2010
    Pupator wrote:
    Aperture 3 is here
    Bring it on!

    Hopefully, this will shake up Adobe to get Lightroom 3 off the ropes and show us the finished product, not just a 'beta' feature subset.
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    Kevin KramerKevin Kramer Registered Users Posts: 74 Big grins
    edited February 9, 2010
    I'm mainly a Lightroom User..

    But I looked at all of the videos on the site... the features... and i started to drool.. I just don't know yet. I am trying out the 30 day free trial... I might "switch"

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    InternautInternaut Registered Users Posts: 347 Major grins
    edited February 9, 2010
    Think I'll have to upgrade
    With the new raw formats announced, the one body I have that wasn't supported will now be more useful for me. Finally, I have motivation to step up to Snow Leopard.
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    tjstridertjstrider Registered Users Posts: 172 Major grins
    edited February 9, 2010
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    I like the brushing on for quick fixes to files that I don't want to pull into CS4
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    dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited February 9, 2010
    Ordered my upgrade. Can't wait. wings.gifwings.gifwings.gif :ivar :ivar :ivar clap.gifclap.gifclap.gif
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    WachelWachel Registered Users Posts: 448 Major grins
    edited February 9, 2010
    Downloading the free trial right now and my order for the upgrade is already in!

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    Mac WriteMac Write Registered Users Posts: 208 Major grins
    edited February 10, 2010
    When will Smugmug have an "official" plug-in for the "Share" Menu? Yes I know about the Smugmug export for Aperture 2.
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    michswissmichswiss Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,235 Major grins
    edited February 10, 2010
    I'll definitely be upgrading as soon as I can pick a copy up in a store. It will be interesting to see how quickly I begin to use some of the more sophisticated image management and manipulation features. Faces will be handy for my family pics, but I can't wait until it tries to figure out all my street images. eek7.gif
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    WachelWachel Registered Users Posts: 448 Major grins
    edited February 10, 2010
    Faces is a great tool! I played with it for about 2 hours last night and I must say that I already think Aperture 3 blows away 2. Good stuff.
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    RhuarcRhuarc Registered Users Posts: 1,464 Major grins
    edited February 10, 2010
    Wachel wrote:
    Faces is a great tool! I played with it for about 2 hours last night and I must say that I already think Aperture 3 blows away 2. Good stuff.

    This is something I would really like for Lightroom to get. Right now I'm trying to figure out a way to have Picases go through and find faces in all my DNG files. Then I have to use a tool that writes those names from Picasa into the IPTC Keywords so that I can import them into Lightroom. Not the most elegant way to do this.
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    MarkRMarkR Registered Users Posts: 2,099 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2010
    I've been playing with the 30 day trial -- very impressive! They've closed the gap with LR and even surpassed it in many ways.

    Now the question is, how will the Lightroom 3 beta change in response?
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    dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2010
    Selective, non-destructive brushes with edge detection is the best part of the upgrade imo. I love it wings.gif
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    SnowgirlSnowgirl Registered Users Posts: 2,155 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2010
    dlplumer wrote:
    Selective, non-destructive brushes with edge detection is the best part of the upgrade imo. I love it wings.gif

    Stop! You're tormenting me! iloveyou.gif

    :cryMy copy hasn't arrived yet.

    BTW, is there an upload plugin for SmugMug?
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    ojnojn Registered Users Posts: 22 Big grins
    edited February 14, 2010
    I got my copy on Friday, and started upgrading on Saturday morning. I also updated the machine that had it to Snow Leopard while I was at it.

    I've had some issues. If you look at the Aperture support forums at Apple, you can see that I am not alone.

    Essentially what's happening is that some of the preview processing goes completely haywire, starting to consume all memory on the machine (and given that MacOS just lets the swap space grow, it will keep going and going and going).

    My workaround so far has been to start without background processes starting, then update previews in one library at a time until I hit the one that caused the problem. I then moved that aside in my Pictures folder, and continued with the rest. So far that has let me keep things going.

    What I've seen of it looks great though, I like the brushes. I do miss seeing the overlay that you could do in old dodge & burn, but it's possible that you can bring it up (I just didn't see where yet).
    BTW, is there an upload plugin for SmugMug?

    There's one for Aperture 2, I think it works with Aperture 3 as well as long as you run in 32-bit mode. I have not yet tested it due to the other issues.
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    dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2010
    Snowgirl wrote:
    Stop! You're tormenting me! iloveyou.gif

    :cryMy copy hasn't arrived yet.

    BTW, is there an upload plugin for SmugMug?

    If you have one now, it will automatically show up in App 3. If not, you can download it. Aperture 3 is 64 bits, but the plugins are 32bits, and so Aperture automatically changes to a 32 bit version when you use a 32 bit plugin. I imagine that the developers will soon be generating 64 bit plugins.
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    dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2010
    ojn wrote:
    I got my copy on Friday, and started upgrading on Saturday morning. I also updated the machine that had it to Snow Leopard while I was at it.

    I've had some issues. If you look at the Aperture support forums at Apple, you can see that I am not alone.

    Essentially what's happening is that some of the preview processing goes completely haywire, starting to consume all memory on the machine (and given that MacOS just lets the swap space grow, it will keep going and going and going).

    My workaround so far has been to start without background processes starting, then update previews in one library at a time until I hit the one that caused the problem. I then moved that aside in my Pictures folder, and continued with the rest. So far that has let me keep things going.

    What I've seen of it looks great though, I like the brushes. I do miss seeing the overlay that you could do in old dodge & burn, but it's possible that you can bring it up (I just didn't see where yet).



    There's one for Aperture 2, I think it works with Aperture 3 as well as long as you run in 32-bit mode. I have not yet tested it due to the other issues.

    Yes, I had this problem and fixed it.

    Basically you need to re-process old photos from Aperture 2, one at a time, as you need them (very easy to do). Also, disable previews, and again do them as needed.

    The overlay IS available for all selective brushing.
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    SnowgirlSnowgirl Registered Users Posts: 2,155 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2010
    It has arrived
    Happiness is Version 3. I'm just playing right now but Daniel, you are right, the brushes are brilliant. Faces and Places are fun tools, but the BRUSHES. Yehaw! I can see only using PS for really detailed editing, specialty jobs or things like collages. I think I'm in love.:ivarwings.gifclap
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    rsirotarsirota Registered Users Posts: 111 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2010
    dlplumer wrote:
    If you have one now, it will automatically show up in App 3. If not, you can download it. Aperture 3 is 64 bits, but the plugins are 32bits, and so Aperture automatically changes to a 32 bit version when you use a 32 bit plugin. I imagine that the developers will soon be generating 64 bit plugins.

    I had a thread on the plug in here http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=159043&highlight=aperture+export and there is a 64 bit version available...

    Check out 3rd entry for link....

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    dixondukedixonduke Registered Users Posts: 197 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2010
    Aperture 3 seems to only allow me to use my internal HD for is working library, and am wanting to set my working library to my external HD. Anyone else having trouble setting this up?

    Preferences -> Change -> Pick folder location on External drive, and get error message as an unsupported system.. ne_nau.gif


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    BinaryFxBinaryFx Registered Users Posts: 707 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2010
    dixonduke wrote:
    Preferences -> Change -> Pick folder location on External drive, and get error message as an unsupported system..

    What is the drive formatted as, Mac OS Extended, Fat32, NTFS etc? Could this be part of the issue?


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    dixondukedixonduke Registered Users Posts: 197 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2010
    BinaryFx wrote:
    What is the drive formatted as, Mac OS Extended, Fat32, NTFS etc? Could this be part of the issue?


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    Hmmmmm.......... grrrrrr........

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    CatOneCatOne Registered Users Posts: 957 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2010
    dixonduke wrote:
    Hmmmmm.......... grrrrrr........

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    No good, you can't use a FAT32 formatted drive to host an Aperture library.

    If you're not sharing that drive with Windows systems as well, you should absolute reformat it as HFS+. If you are… you'll have some choices to make.
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    pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,698 moderator
    edited February 18, 2010
    Some folks are not entirely pleased with Aperture 3 recently - http://www.cultofmac.com/aperture-3-users-reporting-serious-memory-leak-issues/30517

    This might be worth exploring before jumping into the new deep end of the pool...
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    michswissmichswiss Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,235 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2010
    pathfinder wrote:
    Some folks are not entirely pleased with Aperture 3 recently - http://www.cultofmac.com/aperture-3-users-reporting-serious-memory-leak-issues/30517

    This might be worth exploring before jumping into the new deep end of the pool...

    I have the memory leak problem. Very vexing converting my primary library and it still persists with large background processing jobs. I use Activity Monitor to keep an eye on memory usage and quit AP3 before the system starts thrashing. Definitely looking forward to a fix showing up soon.

    But I wouldn't conflate the leak with performance. Once I nursed the system through the conversion, the overall performance is definitely better. I also won't be turning on Faces any time soon, not only for the memory leak issue but also to prevent having to wade through massive numbers of people that I simply won't know. I need to split my primary library into themes first.
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    MarkRMarkR Registered Users Posts: 2,099 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2010
    pathfinder wrote:
    Some folks are not entirely pleased with Aperture 3 recently - http://www.cultofmac.com/aperture-3-users-reporting-serious-memory-leak-issues/30517

    This might be worth exploring before jumping into the new deep end of the pool...

    New bug update: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1006
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    dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2010
    3.01 update is great. Selective brushes fixed (no memory leak; very stable) wings.gif :ivar wings.gif :ivar

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    W.W. WebsterW.W. Webster Registered Users Posts: 3,204 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2010
    dlplumer wrote:
    3.01 update is great.
    That's good. Early consensus across the web is that at least some of the more serious issues have been addressed with no apparent collateral damage.

    Now the conversation may be able to focus on A3 features and functions. nod.gif
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    bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2010
    I can't update.
    does it have something to do with trial use?
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    MarkRMarkR Registered Users Posts: 2,099 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2010
    bfjr wrote:
    I can't update.
    does it have something to do with trial use?

    See if this thread from apple's website helps you out: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2348461&tstart=0

    Specifically, look for the comment about dumping a pref. file.
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