anroj

Hi Tracey,
I have not had that issue. Have you tried Apple Support?

Phyllis Loc: NE PA

Hi Tracey,

I have Aperture 3. It seems to be working okay for me most of the time. I do some editing with it and I love the way it makes different versions of your photo without affecting your original. But, I wish that it had text so that I could put a watermark on my photos without having to move them into Photoshop for that. I also wish that it could highlight just the part of the photo that I want to work on, like Photoshop can, and not make adjustments to the whole photo. For these reasons I use both Aperture 3 and Photoshop CS3 for my editing. It's time consuming, but the results are worth it.

Last summer I had trouble accessing photos after I loaded them into Aperture. It would tell me that they were there in a project, but when I tried to bring them up there would not be any. So, I would load them again into a different project and this seemed to work. I don't know why that did that.

I don't post photos directly from Aperture or CS3. I created a file on my desktop and named it "Photos to Post". Then I went through all my photos in Aperture and iPhoto and moved my best, favorite, and most interesting photos into the new folder. Before I post a photo I load it into Photoshop CS3 and put a watermark on it. I may also do a little cropping or brightening if the photo needs it. When I'm done, I rename it and save it two ways, both as a Photoshop file and as a JPEG file back in my "Photos to Post" folder. This also gives me the original file, the PS CS3 file with all the edits if I want to go back to it and edit it some more, and a smaller file to post. Finally I take the JPEG file from the "Photos to Post" folder on my desktop and post it on this forum or the other forum I belong to, Nikonites.

Once you get your photos into your "Photos to Post" file on your desktop, it's easy. I try to keep everything I am working on right on the desktop so I don't have to go looking for it. Life is difficult enough. I try to simplify my play stuff.

I hope this was helpful to you. If you have any other questions for me I will be happy to help you and other mac users. At least I'll try. :-P

anroj

You can actually add watermarking right from Aperture 3. Here's a video showing the process: http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=how+to+add+watermarking+with+aperture+3&view=detail&mid=81BAFFC6D4F38626EFC581BAFFC6D4F38626EFC5&first=0&FORM=LKVR2

Elvia

Hi I actually have aperture3 and lately while I
Working on my photos it freezes and slows what exactly its wrong w yours

TraceyG Loc: SW, Fl.

Thanks so much Phyllis, that did help me a lot! I will be using your suggestions about creating a desktop folder.

Also, thanks to anroj for posting the link on how to add a watermark. I did know how to do that, but wasn't sure I would be able to explain it!

@Elvia, that is exactly what happens to mine, all the time...grrrr!

DFHdez Loc: Brooklyn

So you choose file export and version and you don't see the picture you want to export? If you did not change the location where Aperture stores your imported files they are buried deep within the Aperture package. If you know how to navigate into the package and can find the file you can up load from there.

Most likely you haven't created the file yet. Once you choose to export a version this should bring you to a window where you can choose the type of file to create (jpeg, tiff, etc), the size of the file, the name of the file and the folder (or your desktop) where the jpeg you are about to create will be located. Make note of where it is. To upload to a site choose this newly created file from the location where you saved it.

Hope this helps

JimH Loc: Western South Jersey, USA

Trace, it sounds like you might be headed in the right direction now. I don't want to further muddy the waters, or confuse the issue, but I thought it might help some people to point out a few things and try to clarify them.

It sounds like Aperture, in a manner similar to Lightroom, Elements, Picasa, and some other programs, create "libraries" or "projects" or similarly named objects, of your photos while you edit, catalog, and otherwise work with them. It also sounds like these "libraries" do not contain the actual files themselves, but instead contain links, or shortcuts, to the actual image files, and god only knows where you may have stored them. This is why you may have trouble finding a particular file when you want to upload it or copy it or whatever, outside of Aperture or L/R or Elements or whatever.

It's like the difference between an entry on a 3x5 card in the card catalog of a library, and the book itself. Your Aperture "library" contains the index card, but not the actual image file (or book, or what have you...) itself.

Many software programs do this kind of thing, in what I believe to be a mistaken effort to keep "the dumb user" from screwing himself (or herself) up. The trouble is, they don't explain it well in the manuals.

I've been teaching people to use, and using computers myself, since about 1978. And I must tell you that 95% of all "errors" are caused by poor programming, poor design, and unclear, if not totally incoherent user manuals and guides. It's rarely the "user's" fault.

Anyway, make sure you understand the difference between a 'library' with shortcuts to real files, and real files themselves. As Phyliss suggested, creating a folder to hold your (real) files on it, and knowing where it is and how to get to it, is the key. Understanding file and folder management, whether on Windows, or a Mac or whatever, is key to being able to get around on your computer.

Phyllis Loc: NE PA

Thanks, anroj. I'll check it out.

anroj

You're welcome. I have done it and it works like a charm.

TraceyG Loc: SW, Fl.

TraceyG Loc: SW, Fl.

Well there ya go Jim, muddying the waters!

Actually, all this advice is a big help! I'm pretty sure as you said, that the problem is with Aperture, of course it couldn't be me! LOL..
:wink:

I think Phyllis' idea of a folder just for posting will work, I'm gonna give it a try.

Voila!! Yipee!!!!!

TraceyG Loc: SW, Fl.

<-----VERY HAPPY CAMPER! THANKS EVERYONE, LOVE THIS PLACE!

Patw28 Loc: PORT JERVIS, NY

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Patrick

Patw28 Loc: PORT JERVIS, NY

There is a wonderful series of podcsts on iTunes.

Search for podcasts aperture.

mauvretic Loc: Liverpool, N.Y.

What I do to upload is export files to a folder on my desktop.
Then when asked to choose file go there. It may not be the best way but it works for me.