![]() In Hex Fiend this means selecting Edit/Find from the menu and then selecting the "Text" button to the top/left of the window. Once the file is open perform a Find and Replace ensuring you are finding and replacing Text and not Hex. In this example I will use Hex Fiend by Ridiculous Fish (see ). Select the "BigBlobs.apdb" file and open it with a Hex editor. Make sure you cover all the file types incorporated in your particular system. Search and Replace ".arw" with ".dng", ".ARW" with ".DNG", ".cr2" with ".dng" and ".CR2" with ".DNG" (note, do not use the " marks in your search). If there is a file called "ApertureData.xml" then open it with a text editor. ![]() Select the Finder Window containing the Aperture Library Package Contents.Ĩ. Move the "Masters" folder on your Desktop back to the root directory of the Aperture Library Package Content directory.ħ. This will delete all the original manufacturer's RAW files from your Aperture Library leaving behind all the new DNG files.Ħ. Select all the files found in the search and move them to the Trash. ![]() The number of files returned by the search must match the number of files recorded by the Adobe DNG Converter in step (4)(a) above. CR2 (this filename search list should match the types of files found by the Adobe DNG Converter in step (4)(b) above). Select the "Masters" folder and in the Finder Window Search Field search for all the files that end in. In this example I will assume that the converter only found ARW and CR2 files if your system is different then modify the steps below to make sure it covers all the RAW file types converted in your particular system.ĥ. Once complete, take a note of (a) the number of files converted and (b) the types of files converted, such as if the conversion includes ARW, CR2, NEF files etc. Adobe DNG Converter will now convert all the RAW files to Adobe DNG files and save them in the same location as your existing RAW files. Run the Adobe DNG Converter, select the above "Masters" folder with the "Select Folder" button, make sure you have selected the option "Save in the Same Location", it is also a good idea to select the option "Skip source image if the destination already exists", check your Preferences then select the "Convert" button.Ĥ. The purpose of this step is so that Applications, such as Adobe DNG Converter, can "see" the "Masters" folder, which they cannot do if it is located within the Aperture Library Package.ģ. ![]() Drag the "Masters" folder out of the Package and place it on your Desktop. From this select "Show Package Contents" this will open a Window showing all the files/directories contained within your Aperture Library.Ģ. Within Finder select the Aperture Library and Secondary Click to bring up the Shortcut Menu. These steps work with the latest version of Aperture, being Version 3.3, and have not been tested with earlier versions (in fact, it probably will not work because the database structure changed in 3.3 - however, this means that the steps below can also be applied to your iPhoto library). In the example below I am assuming that your Aperture Library has ARW and CR2 files. The following describes how to convert all the RAW images in your Aperture database from manufacturer formats, such as Sony's ARW and Canon's CR2, to Adobe's DNG while retaining all the Adjustments already applied to your RAW files.
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