Aperture and Photoshop Element 6

Rooky007 · 19 Apr 2008 at 18:07

Ok folks,, I take photos in Raw and when i download them to aperture do they stay as raw? As when i come to edit a photo what i do is browse them in aperture and edit them in external editor which is Photoshop Element 6 it gets changed to Tiff file i like them to be CR2 or Raw

What needs altering?

ichabod crane · 19 Apr 2008 at 18:24

are you exporting from aperture to elements? if its like light room there will be a setting in preferences that will allow you to alter how the images are exported. In lightroom it is standard set to tiff

Rooky007 · 19 Apr 2008 at 18:26

Is tiff same as raw? As i like to export to element in raw not tiff

ichabod crane · 19 Apr 2008 at 18:27

a tiff is like an advanced jpg in a way but is not a raw file no

Rooky007 · 19 Apr 2008 at 18:28

shame cant export in raw never mind.

Still trying to work out how to use aperture properly yet

ichabod crane · 19 Apr 2008 at 19:54

Sure you cant change it? sorry i dont use aperture but i thought it was based similarly to lightroom

Rooky007 · 19 Apr 2008 at 20:11

dont see a option to export in raw so you saying lightroom you can export raw then?

Come on any aperture users want to help me

ichabod crane · 19 Apr 2008 at 20:53

Just done some checks and in Lr export options to photoshop are PSD and TIFF,

Would seem apeture is the same also unfortunately!

Rooky007 · 20 Apr 2008 at 20:31

Also I like to mention.. Is it really worth having Aperture as well as PSE6 As with PSE6 you get Bridge which does viewing and stacking like Aperture does. I do a lot of alteration in PSE6 to be honest. What can aperture do rather than PSE6? What I dont want is files everywhere..

Darryn · 20 Apr 2008 at 21:32

You can Export RAW shots from Aperture... Export MASTER exports the RAW file.

Personally, i dont understand why you would want to do this though. I import all my RAW shots into Aperture 2.1 sort and process them, then export TIFFs into PSCS3 for final touch-ups, but, i dont do enough in PSCS3 to warranty needing a RAW image, Aperture take care of 99% of the processing, CS3 is basically just used for cloning dust bunnies. I feel RAW is only beneficial when making fundamental changes to the photo, like altering Exposure and White Balance, which should really be done within Aperture anyway.

As for Files Everywhere, Apertures single Library file solution for this is very good... as long as you keep it backed regularly obviously, as its all your eggs in 1 basket otherwise.

Rooky007 · 20 Apr 2008 at 21:59

Since your a aperture user... I am quite loving the aperture and how do you batch process all the raw files?

Also what i like to be able to do too is when i browse my pictures in aperture i love to open it in Photoshop to print but only way to do this is to select edit in external editor this then creates another picture into the aperture know what i mean? Someone says printing in photoshop is better than aperture as you cant print border less in aperture is that right?