CRW supported? JUST sort of. Depends on the camera

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CRW supported? JUST sort of. Depends on the camera

Apple's page about Aperture's specs in http://www.apple.com/aperture/specs.html broadly states support for the following RAW formats: "CRW, NEF, TIF, CR2, OLY, DNG"

Just so it is stated somewhere (which Apple should BTW), I will say it here. CRW is not a universal format. Canon tweaked CRW for each camera it released shooting RAW in that format and as of Mac OS X 10.4.3 and Aperture 1.0 not all them are supported

If someone wanted to use Aperture with a Canon PowerShot G2's CRW, you cannot. Canon PowerShot G2's CRW is not supported. Time for you to leave a note at http://www.apple.com/feedback/aperture.html

Surprisingly Apple's iPhoto but not Aperture's page (or so I think) points to a list of camera's the RAW files of which are supported (seemingly) by all Apple's apps, not just iPhoto:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/upgrade/cameras.html

PowerMac G5 Quad 2.5GHz Mac OS X (10.4.3) 2.5 GB RAM

Posted on Dec 5, 2005 10:35 AM

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Answer 1

Jan 27, 2006 2:56 PM in response to pedrito .

Does Aperture support the Canon PowerShot Pro1 Raw files?

JO

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Answer 2

Jan 27, 2006 6:17 PM in response to Joachim Frey

http://www.apple.com/aperture/raw/

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Answer 3

Feb 7, 2006 4:12 AM in response to pedrito .

I can verify that the Canon PowerShot G1 CRW (raw) file format is not supported in Aperture. I think it should be. It was a popular camera and among the best of the bunch at its peak.

However the Canon PowerShot G3 CRW (raw) file format is supported in Aperture (and the rest of the OS X such as Preview, etc.).

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Answer 4

Feb 14, 2006 4:28 PM in response to Chris Murphy

There may be some hope for older camera support, like the G1. I have a G2, which is also not supported. But the G3 is. Turns out there is a system file that you can edit to "add support". It's described here :

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=262930

I tried this for the G2, and sure enough, it worked. I do not know how significantly different the RAW file format between the G1 and G2 is, but if they are not too different, you may find that changing the G2 to a G1 in this file may work for you. You may be able to get other Canon RAW file types to work by changing the G2 to the model number of the camera.

Note that while this 'hack' seems to work, I'm not convinced that it is the optimal RAW converter for the G2 (or G1). I find the conversions a bit on the dark side, but these can be compensated for through later adjustements.

Until Apple adds more formal support for these older cameras, you may want to give this a try.

Sure wish someone knew what all the numbers meant so we could tweak the parameters and improve the Raw conversions. But, they are not too bad for my G2.

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Answer 5

Feb 14, 2006 5:25 PM in response to Chris Murphy

I think it should be.

Let Apple know by sending a polite note to

http://www.apple.com/feedback/aperture.html
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http://www.apple.com/macosx/feedback/

DAVE

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Answer 6

Mar 26, 2006 5:50 PM in response to pedrito .

I have hacked support for the Canon PowerShot G1.

Please see this message:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=419626

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