Tips

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Unexpected “Unsupported Image Format” error… uh-oh

Have you seen the “Unsupported Image Format” error pop up on images you *know* Aperture used to read? It could come down to permissions. We’re actively tracking these issues down and trying to sort out the problem(s), so if you’re facing this at all, check out these possible solutions, and let us know if any of them helped you, and of course share any other ideas we may have missed![more]

I just discovered a pile of user-submitted tips (that’s the ones by you guys) that were never published. I promise, this will ALL get better with the new site, where User Tips and ApertureExpert tips will be integrated together. At least that’s the idea.

In the meantime, I’ll be releasing these User Tips over the next few days, starting with…

TextExpander is a amazingly useful tool throughout your system. One of our readers posted a comment on a previous tip about using TextExpander for keywords. It turns out this is a fantastic way to not only save time and keep your keywording consistent, but to also apply multiple keywords at once, to entire collections of images! Click through to see how this technique can be put to real-world use, then share with us how you might use it in your workflow.

Create the TextExpander snippet, and fill in all the important bits