Aperture supports DMR files

[manolo]

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I have decided to use Aperture to organize and process my files. I have the latest upgrade and it is reading the DMR files. Is anybody els using it for the DMR?

[andybarton]

No, because I can't get it to support DMR files

 

What's your secret? How do you get it to recognise DMR files, without blowing highlights to pink?

 

Which version of Aperture, which digital camera update, OS, etc?

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[manolo]

mac OS 10.5.3

 

Aperture version 2.1

 

Andy. As a I look at the imported files, they show as " R9 - Digital Back DMR " in Camera Model (in the exif of the Metadata window).

 

Just about 1% of them have the purple blown highlights; all the rest look grate. Since it is just this 1% that has the problem I am wandering if It is worth using it this way until an upgrade fixes the problem. I think that just to manage the files it is worth it.

[manolo]

this is a file from it that looks fine to me

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[manolo]

and this is one with the purple blown's

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[ceflynn]

Who knew that bees are attracted to flowers with purple blown highlights?

[andybarton]

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The problem will never be fixed, so you will just have to live with it, I'm afraid.

[manolo]

The problem will never be fixed, so you will just have to live with it, I'm afraid.

 

They are doing something about it since now in Aperture2 the DMR file is recognizes as it so I see some hope in the future.

 

in the meantime; I can export the ones that have the problem, work in them in cs1, make a tif file of them and reimport them in Aperture. At least this way I can catalog etc.. all my files and have them all in one place.

 

here is the same file that was exported from aperture, imported in cs1, made a tif export from cs1 and imported this tif version into aperture.

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[manolo]

and you can always get something by chance just by being able to look at your files

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[mgcd]

There are other excellent programmes like Capture One and Lightroom that actually DO support DMR files. Unfortunately this is not really the case with Aperture.

 

Cheers,

[andybarton]

I agree Conrad.

 

The massive hardware requirements and the lack of proper acceptance of DMR files makes Aperture a non starter really. Eoin and Sandy were very helpful in getting DMR files recognised, but it was a shame that Apple never supported the DMR.

 

Now, IF the R10 files are the same as DMR ones, we may have some hope of support. If not, then it's "forget it" time.

[mgcd]

I agree Conrad.

 

The massive hardware requirements and the lack of proper acceptance of DMR files makes Aperture a non starter really. Eoin and Sandy were very helpful in getting DMR files recognised, but it was a shame that Apple never supported the DMR.

 

Now, IF the R10 files are the same as DMR ones, we may have some hope of support. If not, then it's "forget it" time.

 

Andy - I never looked back...

[manolo]

problem solved with mac os 10.5.5

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[John Thawley]

problem solved with mac os 10.5.5

 

So much for "never."

 

This is the beauty of Apple's approach of putting their RAW conversion in the OS. It's brilliant as is Aperture. Sooner or later people will get it through their heads that Aperture is a PRO application and that Apple will not stop until it is the de facto standard.fro professional photographers. Count on it.

 

I've been 100% Aperture since October of 2006... and never looked back.

 

JT

[manolo]

now if they could do the same thing with the sigma DP1, I'd be set for the long run.

[EH21]

That's interesting news.... I just exported my whole library and imported it to Lightroom. But is this an aperture feature or an OS-X feature because if it were an OS-X feature I should see it working in preview which it doesn't at least for me. But maybe just my computer? Would appreciate if someone could check that.

[andybarton]

So much for "never."

 

This is the beauty of Apple's approach of putting their RAW conversion in the OS. It's brilliant as is Aperture. Sooner or later people will get it through their heads that Aperture is a PRO application and that Apple will not stop until it is the de facto standard.fro professional photographers. Count on it.

 

I've been 100% Aperture since October of 2006... and never looked back.

 

JT

 

OK, OK...

 

This is very welcome, and kudos to Apple.

 

It's a pity that they have taken so long, with DMR using Apple users having moved onto something else years ago. They'll never get them back now. I for one am not going to go out and buy another copy.

[Overgaard]

I for one am not going to go out and buy another copy.

 

Never say never, Andy ;-)

 

But it does require some hardware power, and so does Hasselblad's Phocus by the way. They might fix it, as they did with iPhoto which was a very slow program when you got above 1.000 files or so.

[mhoersch]

Why is it that the DNG format, which I understood was created by Adobe to become the industry standard for raw files, seems to make so much implementation trouble? Obviously, a DNG from one camera is different from aDNG from another camera?! Why is that so? This is something I would really like to understand.

 

And has anybody having trouble with Aperture tried running the Adobe DNG Converter first? This is what I do routinely with my M8 and DMR files because I get reduced file sizes with bigger internal previews. I also don't get why the M8, for example (or any other camera, for that matter), does not write DNG files of this kind in the first place.

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[stunsworth]

My understanding is that the DNG format is just a wrapper for the real RAW file. In other words it isn't really a camera independant format. I'm happy to be corrected.

 

As for why the M8 doesn't provide a larger preview, I'm guessing that's due to the resulting size of the uncompressed DNG files. As to why it doesn't compress the DNG files, I'd guess that's because the resulting extra processing would slow down the writing of the DNGs.

 

When I used Expression Media - I've now swapped to Lightroom - I had to run all the M8 files through the Adobe DNG convertor to get a resonable preview.