What I learned doing an Aperture Import to C1
Tonight, after doing a backup, I imported my 2015 Aperture Library to my Capture One Pro catalog.
I start a new Aperture Library every year, so this Aperture Library only had a few projects with about 600 photos (or so I thought).
Some things I learned:
BTW, before you do anything, ensure you have a recent backup of your Aperture Library (and maybe your C1 Catalog if you have stuff in there already).
Prepare your Aperture Library:
Since I've opted to have Aperture sync my Photostream (as per Preferences > iCloud) I oddly have a few Photo Stream projects I wouldn't expect... July 2014, July 2013, and Aug. 2014. I'm not sure why these are there, but they are. And they contain photos shot with my iDevices in those months. And if you import your Aperture Library into C1 all those photos will come along for the ride. So, if you just want to import your true Aperture Projects, then first of all, disable My Photo Stream and delete all those Photo Stream Projects.
Similar to above, if you have iCloud Photo Sharing enabled, a copy of all those photos will be migrated over as well. This might be a lot more photos you weren't expecting. I would suggest turning off all the options under Preferences > iCloud and deleting anything you don't want to migrate.
What you get:
- Aperture images in ProjectXYZ get migrated and put into a new C1 album called "ProjectXYZ Images" (in a C1 project called ProjectXYZ). If you have albums in ProjectXYZ in Aperture those get migrated in-tact.
- Smart Albums don't get migrated.
- Flags are not retained in the migration but star ratings are.
- Cropping is retained but not other adjustments. This is contrary to what this dialog box says...
http://captureoneblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/CaptureOne8Review17.jpg
I start a new Aperture Library every year, so this Aperture Library only had a few projects with about 600 photos (or so I thought).
Some things I learned:
BTW, before you do anything, ensure you have a recent backup of your Aperture Library (and maybe your C1 Catalog if you have stuff in there already).
Prepare your Aperture Library:
Since I've opted to have Aperture sync my Photostream (as per Preferences > iCloud) I oddly have a few Photo Stream projects I wouldn't expect... July 2014, July 2013, and Aug. 2014. I'm not sure why these are there, but they are. And they contain photos shot with my iDevices in those months. And if you import your Aperture Library into C1 all those photos will come along for the ride. So, if you just want to import your true Aperture Projects, then first of all, disable My Photo Stream and delete all those Photo Stream Projects.
Similar to above, if you have iCloud Photo Sharing enabled, a copy of all those photos will be migrated over as well. This might be a lot more photos you weren't expecting. I would suggest turning off all the options under Preferences > iCloud and deleting anything you don't want to migrate.
What you get:
- Aperture images in ProjectXYZ get migrated and put into a new C1 album called "ProjectXYZ Images" (in a C1 project called ProjectXYZ). If you have albums in ProjectXYZ in Aperture those get migrated in-tact.
- Smart Albums don't get migrated.
- Flags are not retained in the migration but star ratings are.
- Cropping is retained but not other adjustments. This is contrary to what this dialog box says...
http://captureoneblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/CaptureOne8Review17.jpg
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I'm having a bit of trouble getting C1 to import my Aperture library. Its just freezing after a while and becomes unresponsive. Being as you're saying you don't get what's expected, should I give up trying and just create a new C1 catalog from scratch? 0 -
[quote="David Gordon" wrote:
I'm having a bit of trouble getting C1 to import my Aperture library. Its just freezing after a while and becomes unresponsive. Being as you're saying you don't get what's expected, should I give up trying and just create a new C1 catalog from scratch?
You could try separating your Aperture Library into smaller Libraries to improve their chance of injesting error free. I would also suggest cleaning it up and deleting anything you don't really need (of course assuming you have a backup stored somewhere safe).
Only you can probably determine the value of having your RAW images from Aperture in C1. Given none of the adjustments come across, it's of very little value to bring them over. But it really depends if you want/need to rework a lot of past images or not. If not, just start a new catalog in C1 and roll with it going forward, using Aperture for historical editing.0 -
[quote="VirtualRain" wrote:
Only you can probably determine the value of having your RAW images from Aperture in C1. Given none of the adjustments come across, it's of very little value to bring them over. But it really depends if you want/need to rework a lot of past images or not. If not, just start a new catalog in C1 and roll with it going forward, using Aperture for historical editing.
How long Aperture will continue working is anyone's guess. It can keep working for another three years or it can bonk out in the next three months after an update to OS X. If we consider C1 as our platform for the next 5 to 10 years then I think we'll eventually be importing all of our Aperture libraries into it. Users like me with managed libraries will want to import the libraries just to access the images in an organized manner vs. manually digging into the library hierarchy through a Finder window.0
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