angelafromtelluride

Q: what is the .AAE extension?

.AAE is now the way my photos show up instead of JPEG files.i can't preview them or open.

iPhone 4S, iOS 8

Posted on Sep 29, 2014 2:07 PM

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Q: what is the .AAE extension?

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  • by Lawrence Finch,

    Lawrence Finch Lawrence Finch Jan 1, 2016 8:22 AM in response to techluvver
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    Jan 1, 2016 8:22 AM in response to techluvver

    techluvver wrote:

     

    Brilliant, thanks very much. I shall give that a go. Is there any way to enable only photo backup on icloud ? The reason I ask is that is because video would take up the 5GB limit in no time.

    Yes, it includes videos. You can up the 5 GB to 50 GB for 99¢ A month, however.

  • by Captlad,

    Captlad Captlad Jan 17, 2016 4:27 PM in response to Catherine Lucas
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    Jan 17, 2016 4:27 PM in response to Catherine Lucas

    Try Quicktime

  • by GMacFromZtown,

    GMacFromZtown GMacFromZtown Feb 15, 2016 2:03 PM in response to angelafromtelluride
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    Feb 15, 2016 2:03 PM in response to angelafromtelluride

    This is ridiculously complicated. Apple creates a newer, cooler, format... great... fine and dandy... But what are the developers thinking, by not putting (1) - a warning com informing users when a jpg is being converted to an aae, and (2) a simple add on to convert the aae back to the more portable jpg?
    Pages of thread here... representing hours of wasted user time... why? Because developers couldn't be bothered to create a way to deal with the most likely, and most obvious problem with their newer, cooler thing...
    I've got news for Apple - this kind of oversight turns a cool - expensive device (like an i-pad air 2) into an annoying piece of crap. If I encounter one more stupidly complicated problem like this - my first Apple product in 20 years - will be my last - ever.

  • by Lawrence Finch,

    Lawrence Finch Lawrence Finch Feb 15, 2016 2:21 PM in response to GMacFromZtown
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    Feb 15, 2016 2:21 PM in response to GMacFromZtown

    GMacFromZtown wrote:

     

    This is ridiculously complicated. Apple creates a newer, cooler, format...

    Apple did not create a new format. Adobe created it, got it accepted as an international standard. All newer photo management apps are adopting it. Apple was one of the earlier ones, but not the first.

  • by svscorp,

    svscorp svscorp Feb 27, 2016 2:52 AM in response to angelafromtelluride
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    Feb 27, 2016 2:52 AM in response to angelafromtelluride

    Hi all,

     

    I can see it is a hot topic on AAE files. Could you help me with my case? When I was on vacation I was connecting my iPhone to a Windows PC via USB to back up the phone photos and clean for new photos (no internet to sync to anywhere).

     

    As a result I have multiple folders with both JPG and AAE files (the naming is correct). I got to this thread only now, when I connected my drive to my PC to check and share the photos with my friends. Bingo - no effects. Last batch of fotos that are on iPhone right now I exported accordingly - so no issues

     

    The question is, how do I get photos back to camera roll? I tried iTunes option "Sync" specifying a folder both with JPG and AAE. Fotos appear in my phone ("From my computer" album), but no effects.

     

    Having no Mac, only Win&Nix PCs.

     

    Thanks in advance.

  • by Lawrence Finch,

    Lawrence Finch Lawrence Finch Feb 27, 2016 3:34 AM in response to svscorp
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    Feb 27, 2016 3:34 AM in response to svscorp

    You cannot put photos back into the camera roll. You should be able to view the photos with effects using a tool such as Photoshop Elements (Adobe invented the .aae format), and I think Google Photos now understands it. The image file and the .aae file must be in the same folder and with the same file name.

  • by danfrommequon,

    danfrommequon danfrommequon Feb 29, 2016 9:49 AM in response to Lawrence Finch
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    Feb 29, 2016 9:49 AM in response to Lawrence Finch

    I just got a new iMac, running ElCapitan. Surprise, surprise, all those added files on my first download!

     

    So to understand this for my purposes. I am a graphic artist, I use Photoshop for everything that goes out of my computer. This is my workflow, and would appreciate clarification on the use of these .AAE files. I am a bit confused. I only edit a few original photos on my iPhone, so thank goodness most have no .AAE files attached.

     

    When I get 50 or so images on my iPhone, I download them with Image Capture, and delete them automatically from the iPhone (to clear out my Camera Roll).

     

    I download them to a temporary folder on my desktop, where I then open them in "Adobe Bridge" and assign keywords to them (for ease of later searching).

     

    1.  I then copy each image to it's appropriate folder on my hard drive, according to how I have them sorted (yard, work, family etc). They are there for future use as I need them. I almost always open them in PS first, crop, color correct etc, before they end up for their intended final use.

     

    2.  I ALSO, select the photos from my original download folder (from Image Capture), and put a copy of a selected few BACK in the appropriate folders on my computer (that will sync back to my iPhone in their respective folders on the iPhone).

     

    I do not use the "Photos" app. at all.

     

    Do I need the the .AAE files in either case? Once synced back to the iPhone in their respective folders I never intend to edit them again.

     

    I'm hoping when I open the images up the first time in "Adobe Bridge" and see the .AAE files I can just delete them.  ??

     

    Thank you.

  • by Lawrence Finch,

    Lawrence Finch Lawrence Finch Feb 29, 2016 10:19 AM in response to danfrommequon
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    Feb 29, 2016 10:19 AM in response to danfrommequon

    This explains what .aae files are: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Metadata_Platform

     

    They are an international standard originally designed by Adobe as a way of keeping a history of edits to an image. The image itself is not edited; instead any edits made to the image are saved in an aae file with the same name as the original image file, but the extension .aae instead of .jpg. The maintain a history, so you can use them to undo any edit if you have a tool that recognizes them. All current Adobe products should recognize them; the only restriction is that the .aae file and .jpg file must be in the same directory.

  • by danfrommequon,

    danfrommequon danfrommequon Feb 29, 2016 10:54 AM in response to Lawrence Finch
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    Feb 29, 2016 10:54 AM in response to Lawrence Finch

    When I drag the .jpg without the .AAE file to my desktop, separating it from the .AAE file, then open it up in PS, it is just fine, it appears, and is completely editable in PS. I guess it is, as it is, when dragged in (without the iPhone edibility). So that is fine.

     

    What will happen when I put the file back in the folders to sync with my iPhone without the .AAE files? Will it just appear as a finished photo, as is (without the editibility)? Which is fine. If so there would be no reason in my workflow to keep the .AAE files in either case, right?

     

    Thanks

  • by Lawrence Finch,

    Lawrence Finch Lawrence Finch Feb 29, 2016 10:56 AM in response to danfrommequon
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    Feb 29, 2016 10:56 AM in response to danfrommequon

    If it isn't important to keep the on-phone edits you do not need the .aae sidecar file. The whole point of the "sidecar" .aae file is to leave the original photo untouched by putting all of the edits in a separate file.

  • by danfrommequon,

    danfrommequon danfrommequon Feb 29, 2016 11:05 AM in response to Lawrence Finch
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    Feb 29, 2016 11:05 AM in response to Lawrence Finch

    Thanks, that answered my questions. I don't need the .AAE files at all. I will delete them upon download. I rarely edit on my iPhone (crop maybe), and if I do, I never have needed to go back and redo it.

     

    I see the use of this technology for the average user that Apple had intended. As a professional photographer/designer I now am able to use my iPhone as my "keep with me" camera with great results. With my workflow I would have never edited on my camera in the past, as I use professional programs instead.

     

    Thanks for the clarification.

     

    Dan

  • by erik fromtampa,

    erik fromtampa erik fromtampa Mar 4, 2016 9:04 AM in response to GMacFromZtown
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    Mar 4, 2016 9:04 AM in response to GMacFromZtown

    Apple is junk! I"m done with them. Bunch of controlling, nerds building products only they can use. Going back to the Droid system. Sick of the s*$t with them.

  • by erik fromtampa,

    erik fromtampa erik fromtampa Mar 4, 2016 9:06 AM in response to erik fromtampa
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    Mar 4, 2016 9:06 AM in response to erik fromtampa

    Like I have noting better to do than spend time researching all their brilliant BS just to get it to work. Certainly time I cannot say is well spent.

  • by erik fromtampa,

    erik fromtampa erik fromtampa Mar 4, 2016 9:28 AM in response to erik fromtampa
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    Mar 4, 2016 9:28 AM in response to erik fromtampa

    The amount of work required to maintain all aspects of this phone is absurd. I hook my phone to my PC and everything has changed. Pictures being scattered everywhere - iCloud, my pictures, saved picture folders - and then I can't even manage the photos (delete, move, etc) when the phone is tethered to my PC. Stupid! In a very technical way, of course. Sorry for the rants, but it should not be this user unfriendly. Are there solutions for all this? I'm sure there are, but I don't have time to attend a university in order to learn how to manage my mobile phone pictures.

  • by svscorp,

    svscorp svscorp Mar 22, 2016 1:30 AM in response to Lawrence Finch
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    Mar 22, 2016 1:30 AM in response to Lawrence Finch

    Hi Lawrence, Thanks for your reply.

     

    I returned home and tried what you suggested

    - downloaded google drive app to my pc, copied there 2 files (JPG + AAE) - no effect, they are displaying as a picture and an unknown file in Google Drive

    - tried to upload 2 files to google photos directly - it skip's the AAE file, importing only JPG - no effects.

    - downloaded Picasa. Picasa scanned all the photos - no effects.

     

    Have no option for a Photoshop (for now). Have you tried to use JPG+AAE with google photos?

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