I am shooting most of my as RAW file and in order to save some space I would to do the following after I made adjustments to the RAW file
- Export it to a Final JPEG version
- Make that JPEG the Master and get rid of the RAW file
Is a there a quick way to achieve this ?
Thanks a lot
Vadim
MacBook Pro 2.2GHz,
Mac OS X (10.5.6),
Airport Extreme & Airport Express
There is no facility to do this in Aperture directly - you would have to reimport it and get rid of the other RAW file.
Personally I would not advise this - It would be much better for you just to grab another HD (like and external) and then choose a criteria for images you would like to move out of your Aperture library, do a search or manually select them, use file relocate masters and put them on the new drive. I think I have seen 1TB drives for about $100. Maybe buy two so you can back them all up as well.
There is no facility to do this in Aperture directly - you would have to reimport it and get rid of the other RAW file.
Personally I would not advise this - It would be much better for you just to grab another HD (like and external) and then choose a criteria for images you would like to move out of your Aperture library, do a search or manually select them, use file relocate masters and put them on the new drive. I think I have seen 1TB drives for about $100. Maybe buy two so you can back them all up as well.
RAW files contain much more image info than JPEGs do, so find a way to keep the RAW files as the Masters. Personally I strongly recommend using a Referenced-Masters Library with Masters on an external hard drive. Aperture's default Managed-Masters Library is a bad idea in the long term for most laptop users.
The workflow as suggested below in an earlier post of mine uses my preference, a Referenced-Masters Library.
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I feel pretty strongly that card-to-Aperture or camera-to-Aperture handling of original images puts originals at unnecessary risk. I suggest this workflow, first using the Finder (not Aperture) to copy images from CF card to computer hard drive:
• Remove the memory card from the camera and insert it into a memory card reader. Faster readers and faster cards are preferable.
• Finder-copy images from memory card to a labeled folder on the intended permanent Masters location hard drive.
• Eject memory card.
• Burn backup hard drive or DVD copies of the original images (optional
strongly recommended recommended backup step).
• Eject backup hard drive(s) or DVDs.
• From within Aperture, import images from the hard drive folder into Aperture selecting "
Store files in their current location." This is called "referenced images." During import is the best time to also add
keywords, but that is another discussion.
• Review pix for completeness (e.g. a 500-pic shoot has 500 valid images showing in Aperture).
• Reformat memory card in camera, and archive originals off site on hard drives and/or on DVDs.
Note that the "eject" steps above are important in order to avoid mistakenly working on removable media/backups.
Also note with a Referenced-Masters Library that use of the "Vault" backup routine backs up the Library only, not the Masters. Masters should be separately backed up, IMO a good thing from a workflow and data security standpoint.
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