Batching Aperture

mercphoto

Anyone have any good ways to batch process images in Aperture? In particular, want to run the images through an edit plug-in (namely, Topaz's Fusion Express for batch black and white conversion). Thanks!

Gary752

It's been a while since I played with Aperture, but it should be simular to LR. Make whatever edits you want to do and then right click on that image and select copy, then highlight the ones you want the same process and right click on the first one and select the option to apply the process. There should be something in the help file that describes in detail how that is done.

Another option is to just create an action/preset from the first image you edit. Then highlight the others and then apply that action/preset, then tweak each one seperately as needed. Once again there should be something in the help file for this. Just a thought.

GaryB

mercphoto

There is something you can do similar in Aperture, its lifting and stamping. But that only applies to the built-in adjustments, not to adjustments made by an edit plug-in. Topaz Labs themselves told me what I want to do probably cannot be done.

Gary752

OnOne software has a video that explains how to do this in Photoshop. You can view that video at http://www.ononesoftware.com/university/#!/video/speed-up-your-stylization-in-photoshop

Hope this helps you out in what you're trying to do.

GaryB

T. Bombadil

I don't think you will find this as a feature in Aperture, but Mac OS Automator could probably handle it. It is included with Mac OS X.

"With Automator, you can accomplish time-consuming, repetitive manual tasks quickly, efficiently, and effortlessly. Automator lets you skip the complex programming and scripting that is normally required to create automations. Instead, you assemble individual steps into a complete task by dragging these actions into an Automator workflow. Automator comes with a library of hundreds of actions. And with the Watch Me Do action, you can record an action — such as pressing a button or controlling an application without built-in Automator support — and replay it as an action in a workflow."

mercphoto wrote: »

Anyone have any good ways to batch process images in Aperture? In particular, want to run the images through an edit plug-in (namely, Topaz's Fusion Express for batch black and white conversion). Thanks!

mercphoto

Thanks guys!