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A Script To Open Olympus E-P1 & E-P2 RAW .ORF Files in Aperture

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By PhotoJoseph
February 2, 2010 - 4:30am

There are a lot of Olympus PEN E-P1 and E-P2 photographers who user Aperture, and many have been frustrated by the lack of RAW support from Apple. I actually bailed on RAW shooting on mine and decided that as a point-and-shoot, JPEG was just fine for me, but hey that’s me. There’s obviously a lot of folks who want RAW support.

A buddy of mine in Paris emailed me this morning asking if I’d test out an Applescript he wrote that changes a header in the ORF file to trick Aperture into thinking the E-P1 ORF file is actually from an E-30. This mens that Aperture treats the file as an E-30 file, so the RAW conversion hasn’t been tweaked specifically for the E-P1, but the end result is it DOES allow you to read the native RAW file.

His script went up for sale for just €5 today. Here’s a quick look at it, and a link to his store is at the end.

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Cropping & Exporting Multiple Versions Workflow Tip

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By PhotoJoseph
January 29, 2010 - 6:57am

So, no new version of Aperture to jump into today. Guess we’re back to Aperture 2 tips for now!

I’m working on a project for a client now that requires something very specific, but probably not terribly unique. I came up with a workflow to make this move really quickly, and thought I’d share it here.

I shot 128 photos of 128 products for an online catalog, and the client needs each photo delivered in three versions; a tightly-cropped square thumbnail at 220 pixels, a more loosely-cropped square image at 300 pixels, and then a cropped-to-product (showing the entire product at its best) at 800 pixels. Three versions of 128 files each, and a lot of repetition in doing it. So how best to approach?

Here’s what I came up with.

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What Do YOU Want in Aperture 3?

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By PhotoJoseph
January 26, 2010 - 2:34pm

The rumor mill is in full force, and other than the infamous rumored tablet (iTablet, iSlate, iWantOne), the other hot rumor for Apple’s Wednesday event is Aperture 3. Don’t ask me if it’s true, I honestly haven’t got a clue (and believe you me, I’ve tried to get one!!). So let’s assume that it does come… what do we want to see?

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ApertureExpert.com—Off To A Roaring Start!

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By PhotoJoseph
January 26, 2010 - 3:58am

Hello fellow ApertureExperts!

I’m very, very happy to say that in just two short weeks since it’s launch, ApertureExpert.com has become a fantastic success. It went from zero to 225 members in 14 days, has been tweeted and retweeted like mad, and even made an appearance on BoingBoing. eBook sales have been on the rise, and suggestions for future eBooks keep coming in (post yours over in the forums!).

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Emailing Pictures From Aperture—Two Easy Ways

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By PhotoJoseph
January 23, 2010 - 6:10am

One of the reasons we shoot pictures is to share our memories. And in Aperture, it’s incredibly easy to share your photos in a variety of ways; one of the simplest is through email.

The most obvious way to email a picture is by selecting one or many photos, and clicking on the Email icon. That’s fine if you know exactly what you want to send before you click the button. But sometimes you want to add a few photos, then add a few more, then add a few more, then realize that you’ve added so many that the email has gotten huge and you really should send these smaller. Dang.

There is a way to handle this that’s very, very flexible.

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Solution to Canon 7D RAW Conversion Problem in Aperture 2

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By PhotoJoseph
January 22, 2010 - 4:44am

I recently picked up on a thread on twitter from user @benjjamieson where he was seeing a serious magenta cast applied to his 7D RAW files in Aperture. The same problem was happening in Preview, which definitely pointed to an OS-level problem. The issue has also been discussed at some length in the Apple forums.

I contacted him and asked him to send me a sample file (I don’t have a 7D myself) and he did. I saw the same problem on my system, both in Preview and in Aperture, but not in Photoshop. Fortunately that led me to discover an easy solution.

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Reducing Library Size—Dramatically

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By PhotoJoseph
January 21, 2010 - 5:33am

Once your Aperture library crosses the 10,000 image mark, you will likely pause to wonder if you’re going to run out of space any time soon. You may have already looked at the size of the Aperture Library file in the Pictures folder, and thought “whoah… 150GB… so that’s why I’m outta space”. But wait, you’re working referenced; all those massive RAW files are on an external drive, how is this even possible?!

Previews. Aperture 1.5 introduced a series of amazing features that allowed you to carry around an enormous number of photos on a single computer, while at the same time leaving your RAW files on other drives, and still letting you share those photos throughout the OS. They way it handles this magic is through JPEG Previews and XML.

Understanding how this works will allow you to control the size of your library and relcaim 10’s – or even 100’s! – of GB’s back.

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New eBook is here! “In-Depth Getting Started with Aperture 2”

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By PhotoJoseph
January 19, 2010 - 1:03pm

The newest eBook from ApertureExpert.com, titled “In-Depth Getting Started with Aperture 2” is complete! If you’re new to Aperture and serious about getting started, or even an experienced user who’s not sure if you got off on the best foot, this eBook is for you. 54 pages of detailed step-by-step guides on importing, rating, adding keywords, editing and sharing your photos is waiting for you here. The price is $19.97.

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