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Q: Does Aperture Support Video, or DSLR Video?

From a video perspective, I'd say Aperture will probably support the video created by your DLSR.

 

But it probably won't support video from a video camera.

 

Correct?

Posted on Feb 28, 2012 5:38 AM

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Q: Does Aperture Support Video, or DSLR Video?

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Feb 28, 2012 5:52 AM in response to 1 Open Loop
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    Feb 28, 2012 5:52 AM in response to 1 Open Loop

    Kevin, Is your DSLR camera included in this list?

     

    Aperture 3: About Video and Audio formats in Aperture: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4025

     

     

    Cheers

    Léonie

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    1 Open Loop 1 Open Loop Feb 28, 2012 6:21 AM in response to léonie
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    Feb 28, 2012 6:21 AM in response to léonie

    That's the link that prompted my question.

     

    Aperture seems to be focused (pardon the pun) on support for video that comes from image cameras, not video cameras.

     

    It would be interesting if Apple come out with a tool for such as Aperture for video. I'm surprised they  haven't.

  • by Frank Caggiano,

    Frank Caggiano Frank Caggiano Feb 28, 2012 6:53 AM in response to 1 Open Loop
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    Feb 28, 2012 6:53 AM in response to 1 Open Loop

    You're not limited to video from a DSLR or are you even limited to the formats on that list. The write up at the top says

     

    See the tables below for some examples of supported formats.

     

    Here's  a video I pulled off the web and put into Aperture. Notice it's an .m4v

     

    Screen Shot 2012-02-28 at 02-28 09.48.59.png

     

     

    It would be interesting if Apple come out with a tool for such as Aperture for video. I'm surprised they  haven't.

    They have it's called iMovie (or Final Cut if you really need the extra power) Bothdo for video what Aperture does for stills.

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    1 Open Loop 1 Open Loop Feb 28, 2012 10:33 AM in response to Frank Caggiano
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    Feb 28, 2012 10:33 AM in response to Frank Caggiano

    Frank Caggiano wrote:

     

    They have it's called iMovie (or Final Cut if you really need the extra power) Bothdo for video what Aperture does for stills.

     

    Not really. FCP X is an editing tool. I was think more along the lines of CatDV. Which is an asset management tool. FCP X introduced some great metadata based features. It would be great if that could take those features and create a video management tool. A tool where I could browse, catalog and organize footage. Then have the ability to send portions of various media to whatever editor, or compositor I wanted. FCP X is not really geared for this. But it does have the features needed to create the tool.

     

    Back to my question. It seems to me that Apple's focus on DLSR video support. At least that's the camera's they list. They don't support AVCHD or XDCAM formats. Or do they?

     

    I was asking because I looking at Aperture to manage still images, not video. Am I right in that thinking?

  • by Frank Caggiano,

    Frank Caggiano Frank Caggiano Feb 28, 2012 10:42 AM in response to 1 Open Loop
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    Feb 28, 2012 10:42 AM in response to 1 Open Loop

    1 Open Loop wrote:

     

    It would be great if that could take those features and create a video management tool. A tool where I could browse, catalog and organize footage.

    Well unless you're shooting feature films iMovie will most likely fit your needs.

     

    And again as I wrote you're not limited to importing into Aperture video from DSLR's or the formats on that list.

  • by Keith Barkley,

    Keith Barkley Keith Barkley Feb 28, 2012 12:24 PM in response to 1 Open Loop
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    Feb 28, 2012 12:24 PM in response to 1 Open Loop

    Yes you are right in that thinking. Aperture is for professional *photographers*. They are likely to plug their DSLR into Aperture, but not their camcorder.

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Feb 28, 2012 1:10 PM in response to 1 Open Loop
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    Feb 28, 2012 1:10 PM in response to 1 Open Loop

    What are shooting? To capture some moments? The kids playing with the dog? Then you shoot the compressed formats the camera uses, import to Aperture. There's no editing, just a bit of light trimming with Quicktime.

     

    To edit? Shoot production formats like AVCHD or XDCAM and import them to an editor, edit, output to a compressed format... and manage that in Aperture, iPhoto, iTunes as you prefer. There are other non-Apple apps available as well.

     

    What makes little sense is to shoot AVCHD etc if you're not going to edit.

     

     

    Regards

     

     

    TD