Comments on: Aperture 3: DONT USE IT!

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:11:25 +0000

I haven’t had nearly this much trouble with A3 and I’m running on a plain ol’ Macbook. Perhaps the most recent update helped because I didn’t get Aperture 3 right away – I waited until Apple released a couple of updates.

RAW files slow me down quite a bit though.

By: Mark Dickson

Mark Dickson — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 05:51:16 +0000

It’s now April, I bought A3 after only glancing through a couple of reviews. Had all sorts of Drive space issues (not allowing update to complete, even after clearing twice the size of the aperture library). I eventually noticed the blogs, etc I was reading were around a month old so I ran Software Update & there was a stack of Aperture updates…installed, reopened A3 & all sweet. ( note I could also revert to the A2 version from Time machine back up)
Unfortunately was not advised to update by Apple store staff – they will get a serve from me next time I visit as I wasted several hours trying to fix the problem.
My Advice is if you are installing A3 ( from Disc) make sure you have back up ,and run software update before opening the program for first time.

By: Dudley Warner

Dudley Warner — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:12:48 +0000

Some people on other sites are having difficulty when it comes to running plug-ins with Aperture 3. For now, you must run Aperture in 32-bit mode in order to access plug-ins. The problem is that many are not able to see the 32-bit check box in Get Info. which will correct the issue. If you boot in Safe Mode and then restart normally, the check box becomes visible.

By: wayne Ker

wayne Ker — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 07:45:13 +0000

It’s weird, I have about 105GB of photo library and I upgraded my library. It took me less then one hour to finish the process!

I did have a problem with it though. I didn’t buy the software, I only bought the upgrade. After installation, Aperture 3 would crash on start up every time. Some people said starting Aperture 3 in 32bit mode would solve the problem. But I fixed it in a different way, I removed the system ID from library/application support/… and just enter my Aperture 2 serial number and then the upgrade serial number and the problem is solved. Runs at 64 bit

By: Nigel

Nigel — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 05:55:33 +0000

I just spent the last few days testing Ap3 and I canâ€™t convey how disappointed I am.
Sigh, stuck with Lr for another 2 years…

By: admin

admin — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:24:42 +0000

Read update2: everything is working fine since I did the import strategy. I will wait a bit before doing the Faces ID tho.

By: Martin Reisch

Martin Reisch — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:52:47 +0000

Actually, i’ve always been exactly the opposite so maybe this is finally my solution!

Being the kind of Videographer that i am (that is, someone who goes out on video excursions like one would go on a photo walk, i tend to have alot more “random video footage” more akin to stock clips than actual movie projects…

so for me, i actually WELCOME using Aperture as a management tool. before i was using iVideo as the closest thing to Aperture for video files since FCP only allows you to really manage per project, not as a gallery of footage (not very well atleast)

so now i can treat my video clips as LABELED, RATED, Smart Folder, keep them in the same Aperture folder as my photography and still have a smart view for just viewing video.

its actually the best thing in the world right now

and as for IMPORT don’t UPGRADE i think that’s really only in regards to

1> if you have a decent sized library (mobile libraries on laptops seem to be ok in terms of size and time to upgrade)

2> if you don’t want to wait what is now going on 48hrs of OVERALL “upgrade/convert/face detection” on a massive “main library” on a desktop iMac 2009 3.0ghz

those are my thoughts, from my personal workflow.

By: Fred

Fred — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:47:29 +0000

Yes Robert. import, don’t upgrade. So you will be sure to not keep on using a previously corrupted library.
For Aperture to FCP workflow, I think I will use Aperture for mainly finished products out of FCP & Color.
This is a great new Aperture feature but I don’t see the need to keep always online all the footage, scenes, takes, etc… I used into FCP to create a specific movie.
But some may see it differently depending of your needs.

By: Robert Schultz

Robert Schultz — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:19:45 +0000

So, the solution is to IMPORT and NOT UPGRADE the library?

Right now I’m using the trial version on a 4-year-old Intel iMac (soon to be augmented with a new MP or MBP) and will purchase the license after an update is released. I haven’t checked out its photo capabilities yet but am very impressed with its performance using video-much improved over file organizing in the Finder.

Anyone have suggestions with Aperture video library/Final Cut Pro workflow?

By: Fred

Fred — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:37:18 +0000

I’ve installed Aperture 3 and migrated all my libraries with no problem. 150K pictures.
My process :
1) verified that I’ve got no broken link on my A2 library.
2) disabled face recognition
3) Imported A2 libraries (not upgraded) into a new Aperture 3 library.
I didn’t migrate all my photos to the new engine. I will do it if necessary one by one depending on my needs.
Works flawlessly so far, and is much much faster than A2.
Fred – my 0.02