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With RAW files the processed image prepared by Aperture will simply be overwritten. One disadvantage of using the external editor interface is that it is slightly slower than using the drag and drop method above due to Aperture having to first process and save the intermediate image before sending it on for external editing by Iridient Developer. Beginning with Iridient Developer 2.4 youcan now automatically search for and open RAW images based on the file name of the external edit file created by Aperture. If you are working with RAW images Aperture does not directly support external editing of RAW images. Using Iridient Developer as an external editor To apply the change to all images of this type (TIFF, JPEG, RAW, etc) click the "Change All." button. In the Open With section of the Info dialog click the popup menu item and select Iridient Developer. To set the Open With progam select an image in the Finder and choose Get Info (command+I) from the File menu.
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You can also open selected image(s) from the Finder by double clicking or using key combo command+O if Iridient Developer is setup as the default "Open With" program for the file type. You can use Aperture's "Show In Finder" functionality either in the File menu or in the contextual menu by control+click or right clicking on an image to quickly select an image in the Finder and then open the image by drag and drop from the Finder onto Iridient Developer's icon in the dock. Again, do not use drag and drop with Aperture. This applies to both RAW and non-RAW image formats such as TIFF. When using Aperture with drag and drop it will always apply its processing to the image and convert to JPEG format which is almost never what you want when using another image editor for high quality work.
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Unfortunately Aperture is one of the few image mangagement tools that does not properly support drag and drop of images onto other editors like Iridient Developer. Opening original (unedited) images from Aperture into Iridient DeveloperÄo not use drag and drop from Aperture. Just because an image has been imported into your Aperture library there is no requirement that you only use Aperture to access or process your image. The information below details getting photos already stored in a Aperture library into Iridient Developer using Aperture itself, in addition to working through Aperture to open images you can always open your original image files directly into Iridient Developer independently from Aperture using drag and drop from the Finder or using the Open dialog. Using Iridient Developer with Apple Aperture