Disable auto processing

Hi all..
I've got a problem... I'm trying to import some DNGs from my camera.. When I see the photos from the camera, they have a good quality. When I import then in Aperture, it processes them after importing, and after the processing my photos get darken... Is there anyone who know how to disable this processing? In my case, I think it really useless, I'd like to have the image to edit equal to the ones I have in my SD. Any ideas?
I'm a new user of Aperture.

Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Feb 26, 2010 10:42 AM

18 replies

Feb 27, 2010 6:14 AM in response to WebLoader

as always, if you are not sure about any of this stuff then make sure you have backups in place..

1] Download the 3.0 Raw upgrade package and save it somewhere..
url is http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/application_updates/digitalcameraraw compatibilityupdate30.html

2] Delete the current 3.1 Raw upgrade (the 3.0 cannot be installed until this is done) as follows
start a terminal session, at the prompt enter

*sudo rm -rf /System/Library/CoreServices/RawCamera.bundle*

enter your password when prompted

3] Install the 3.0 Raw upgrade that you have already downloaded, just click on the disk image and inside it has an installer.

4] go in to Aperture, choose Photo->Reprocess master for any images that were imported since the 3.1 raw upgrade, these should reprocess fine and revert to the original correct settings - haze / darkness removed.

hope this helps someone, I was worried that my images that had already been imported and then deleted from the memory card and then damaged by the upgrade would have been lost permanently, but it is a testament to the design of Apple applications that these changes can be reversed like this (just a shame the QA process didn't catch it though!)

Feb 27, 2010 1:31 PM in response to WebLoader

Thank you a lot, now it works as before. I've been trying to reinstall Raw Camera support from the original mac osx Snow Leopard (with pacifist), but I didn't remove the RawCamera.bundle. Also, there is a pkg in the aperture install package, I think that removing the bundle and reinstalling aperture will fix this problem.
Still thanks, I've done all my work with my photos... By now, no PEF support, as before. Now I'm waiting for a fix from apple for the support of Pentax K-x RAW, because the Camera update 3.1 didn't work well.
Thanks a lot for your help,
fulminemizzega.

icaci

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Feb 28, 2010 9:08 AM in response to WebLoader

I used to get the wrong RAW decoding with the purple haze when trying to import K-x PEF files shot at high ISO into Picasa for Mac. Isn't it funny to see how Apple achieves the same result several months later? Come on Apple, you can do better!

Let's hope there will be another RAW update soon.

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Disable auto processing