Why are photos rotated in iPhoto distorted in Aperture 3.4?

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Why are photos rotated in iPhoto distorted in Aperture 3.4?

Recently acquired Aperture 3.4 and merged existing photo library created in iPhoto. Now, all the photos that I had roated to vertical in iPhoto are distorted, with the image compressed horizonatally into the left half and the right half being **** bands of the photo's colors. Clicking "Create new version from original" provides an undistorted version, but it's a pain to do that all the time. Apparently others have also had problems after rotating images. Is there an easy fix?.

Aperture 3, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)

Posted on Apr 11, 2013 11:23 AM

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Answer 1

Apr 11, 2013 11:26 AM in response to TrimSail30

Try this on one Image. If it works, do it to all:

- Select Image

- Hold the Option key and run "Photo➞Generate Preview".

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Apr 11, 2013 12:22 PM in response to Kirby Krieger

Thanks, Kirby. I had tried this and tried it again. A pop-up says the image was edited in iPhoto and cannot be updated. So maybe in merging the iPhoto library into Aperture it didn't include the original? Over time, I've tweaked a lot of images in iPhoto, and do have the current version of that app.

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léonie

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Apr 11, 2013 12:29 PM in response to TrimSail30

Thanks, Kirby. I had tried this and tried it again. A pop-up says the image was edited in iPhoto and cannot be updated.

That should not happen. If you imported an iPhoto 9.4 library, the edits in iPhoto should be editable in Aperture. How did you import your iPhoto library/libraries? And what version of iPhoto did create these libraries?

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TrimSail30 Author

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Apr 11, 2013 1:13 PM in response to léonie

Hi Leonie,

Don't recal exactly. A pop-up window asked if I wanted to merge my iPhoto library into Aperture, and I clicked Yes. The images were adjusted in iPhoto over the last 5 or 6 years, using the versions current at the time. I just tried opening the library in iPhoto and the preview version of the vertical images now has the same distortion, but the distortion disappears when I open those images while still in iPhoto. But it doesn't disappear when I open one of them in Aperture.

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ToBeJazz

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Oct 7, 2013 4:53 AM in response to TrimSail30

Hi TrimSail30,

I'm having to exact same problem - did you find a solution for this?

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TrimSail30 Author

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Oct 7, 2013 5:32 AM in response to ToBeJazz

Hi Jazz. Haven't tried working with my photos in a while, but they now seem to be fine. I also note that I'm now at Aperture version 3.4.5. So it looks like Apple could have fixed some glitches that did the trick. Be sure you have the most recent version.

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