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woodyjnr Author

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Aperture DNG support.

Hi,

As a new Aperture user I must say that I am really very impressed and prefer it to Lightroom. However, whilst my main camera (a Konica Minolta 5D) IS supported, my old Fuji isn't.

Now I appreciate that there are many threads about DNG support and or the lack of support for many popular cameras. But wouldn't it make more sense for people to ask Apple to concentrate on supporting DNG proper, rather than adding lots of support for old cameras.

If it did truly support DNG the problem would be solved. They could continue to add support for the majority of major new cameras, but those of us with large collections of files, from old and unsupported cameras wuld also be catered for.

Surely proper DNG support is more important than supporting XY or Z camera. With DNG everything would be supported.

Makes sense, does it not?

iMac Intel Core Duo 17" Mac OS X (10.4.8) 1 GB Ram

Posted on Nov 6, 2006 3:53 AM

24 replies

Nov 9, 2006 3:49 AM in response to woodyjnr

Okay, so it appears that my brilliant and clever idea of converting my Olympus raw files (.orf) to .dng is neither brilliant nor clever, and isn't going to work. I'm guessing the only thing to do is to convert all of these files to tiffs and then import them into Aperture. Is this right? And, if so, is there an easy way to do this? I have hundreds of them, since my Olympus C-5050 zoom is not supported. Would it make sense to write an Automator action that I can apply to all of these files and create a new folder to store them in? I'd love any advice I can get, since I don't want to start on this only to find there are far easier ways to accomplish my final goal of just getting these photos into Aperture in a readable format.

Thanks very much.

C

Nov 9, 2006 6:33 AM in response to Carol Mccarthy1

If you have Bridge, you can easily do this via the Image Processor. Another possibility is to use a raw converter that does support your camera's files and batch convert to tiff with that.

Nov 9, 2006 8:31 AM in response to Merged Content 1

What raw converter would you suggest? I'm kind of a newbie at this. I thought perhaps an automator action might do the job, althought I'd love to preserve the raw format in the original capture.

Nov 9, 2006 8:53 AM in response to Carol Mccarthy1

Did one come with your camera? If so, I'd recommend that, since it will likely give you the most faithful rendering (so you probably wouldn't have to do much adjusting). If not, there are plenty of fully functional trials you could download and install. Bibble comes to mind. There's also the free Lightroom beta. Obviously, you'd have to find one that's compatible with your camera, but hopefully some type of raw tuning software came with it. Check for a CD with Camedia Master on it.

Nov 9, 2006 8:56 AM in response to Carol Mccarthy1

Using Bridge/ImageProcessor is probably the fastest and easiest way to achieve this. Alternatively there are plenty of other converters that can be batched - Bibble, C1Pro, RawDeveloper...

Nov 9, 2006 9:02 AM in response to Carol Mccarthy1

Carol,

Have a look at this. Scroll down toward the bottom, under the subtitle "Playback Mode," four paragraphs down (below the Mickey Mouse picture). Hope that helps. Other converters will give you fast batching, but the one that comes with your camera will likely require less adjusting. Your choice.

Nov 9, 2006 9:56 AM in response to Carol Mccarthy1

Forgot to attach the link:

http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/olympus/c5050z-review/index.html

Nov 9, 2006 2:08 PM in response to Joe Schorr

Thanks for the interest in DNG.

http://www.adobe.com/products/dng/index.html

I find that this could be the best solution for people with lots of images that need to be opened in the future. Think about this ... say I have an image that is taken with brand x camera and I do not have that software anymore How Would I open the file in the future? Without the software from brand x camera maker I would not be able to without dng. DNG is open so anyone can use it so that is the beauty of it.

I think it would be very wise of all Apple to have a 'Save as DNG' as this would be a great way to archive images.

my .02 cents worth ...

West

Nov 9, 2006 2:25 PM in response to West Freeman

There are also some camera makers that thier raw file is DNG.

http://www.adobe.com/products/dng/supporters.html

I hope to see more here in the future !!

Aperture DNG support.