jackstraw Posted July 2, 2013 Share #1 Posted July 2, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have been using Aperture for years and have many thousand photos catalogued in it in a way that works perfectly for me. I am going to purchase a MM but I understand that Aperture does not process the MM's DNG files. Thus, the long awaited conversion to LR looms in my future. Question...how difficult is it to migrate (is it possible?) my Aperture files in their current, catalogued state to LR? Suggestions please. Many thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jonoslack Posted July 2, 2013 Share #2 Posted July 2, 2013 I have been using Aperture for years and have many thousand photos catalogued in it in a way that works perfectly for me. I am going to purchase a MM but I understand that Aperture does not process the MM's DNG files. Thus, the long awaited conversion to LR looms in my future. Question...how difficult is it to migrate (is it possible?) my Aperture files in their current, catalogued state to LR? Suggestions please. Many thanks. HI There Jack No - the long awaited conversion isn't in your future:D. As a long time Aperture user I used LR for 6 months when testing the MM, assuming that I'd stay at the end of it - it was such a relief to go back to Aperture. Apple are getting better with their camera support, and, as I understand it, the MM is due to be supported shortly when Apple bring their DNG support up to date. In the meantime shoot best jpg and DNG and import both - there isn't so much difference anyway (not like a colour DNG). All the best Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongrelnomad Posted July 2, 2013 Share #3 Posted July 2, 2013 HI There JackNo - the long awaited conversion isn't in your future:D. As a long time Aperture user I used LR for 6 months when testing the MM, assuming that I'd stay at the end of it - it was such a relief to go back to Aperture. Apple are getting better with their camera support, and, as I understand it, the MM is due to be supported shortly when Apple bring their DNG support up to date. In the meantime shoot best jpg and DNG and import both - there isn't so much difference anyway (not like a colour DNG). All the best I was so happy when I realised the M240 is supported in Aperture. Using Lightroom for my MM has been an incredibly frustrating experience. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackstraw Posted July 2, 2013 Author Share #4 Posted July 2, 2013 I would love to be able to stay in Aperture. To be honest, I have had a complex about not using LR. I figured that as Leica bundles it, it must be better. I wonder how many Leica rangefinder photographers use Aperture. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest malland Posted July 2, 2013 Share #5 Posted July 2, 2013 For the M-Monochrom, there is absolutely no reason to switch to LR. Since M-Monochrom files do not need demosaicing, it's a trivial matter to make a raw developer handle these files. When I sent an M-Monochrom DNG to Andrey, the developer of Raw Photo Processor (RPP), he had a version of RPP ready in a matter of hours that handled M-Moncihrom files. So, if you don't want to use ACR (i.e., Photoshop or Lightroom), you can simply develop M-Monochrom files in RPP and then pick up the resulting TIFF in Aperture (and Silver Efex if you wish) or any other post-processing software for further adjustment, including selective dodging and burning. Now, for color DNG files from the GXR M-Module, I had found that RPP was better than either the raw developer in Lightroom (ACR) or that in Aperture in that it produced better resolution — also the Kodchrome preset is really good. For M-Monochrom files, however, just because no democaicing is involved, the results from RPP will be no better (and no worse) than from ACR or Aperture or C1. RPP is shareware, with a US$25 contribution recommended. —Mitch/Bangkok Lanka Footsteps [M-Monochrom /Sri Lanka] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
esquire53 Posted July 2, 2013 Share #6 Posted July 2, 2013 off course, one can use just Lightroom as raw converter and create TIFF for Aperture as well ... That's my workaround Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinchohs Posted July 3, 2013 Share #7 Posted July 3, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) I'm in a similar situation, except that I already have the MM. I'm importing both JPGs and RAW files into Aperture. Then I use the auto Stack to 1 second to stack the two files together. I then filter to see only the JPGs and there I do all my editing. Then only with the files I really want to work on, I open them in Lightroom and process them. Once completed they are brought back and stacked as TIFFs in Aperture. Not ideal, but I'm giving Apple some more time. That being said, I love the JPGs I'm getting from the camera. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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