I often shoot video files (.mov) along with stills. Can Aperture catalog these files? I am currently using iView Media Pro for my DAM and it's all but dead for the Mac. I would like a new management tool for my images and video so as to relocate from my external media (usually DVD).
How about a plug-in of sorts, haven't looked myself nor have I downloaded Aperture. Considering how many cameras shoot .mov files it certainly would be nice to catalog them and add metadata...etc.
Nope, no plug in like that available.
Perhaps with the onset of video DSLRs the next version of Aperture might accommodate that, but we don't know that.
Lets hope. It would be a very nice addition. I'll see about adding my suggestion through the Apple feedback/suggestion process and keep my eye on this in the future. For now I don't know if I'd make the leap between what I'm using and Aperture w/out this feature that I really need for cataloging purposes.
I use Portfolio Server with NetPublish at work. I was hoping to combine asset management with image processing in one package. Aperture does everything I was looking for other than logging .mov files. I could have two separate workflows for stills vs video but was hoping to integrate the two. With so many DSLR cameras capturing clips I'm surprised not to see this included. Oh well, can't have everything you want. I pulled up a sales person w/chat and they suggested I use QT to convert my .mov into a file that Aperture supported... what a .tiff? I don't think the support person got what I was asking for.
Is there a method by with to recommend new features?