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So, in the past I had tried using Aperture for personal use as an editor and DAM in general. Never worked out for me for a few reasons, mainly because of it being so resource hungry and not being efficient enough. I was told that the latest updates have taken care of a lot of the bugs, beach balls etc.. so I'm trying it again.
I'm not switching from Lightroom, but I have an interest in learning the ins and out's of Aperture for 'other reasons'. That said, after a very slow import process (over a couple of days) it is finally ready to go. However, I can not move forward unless I have a very good understanding of why exactly the Aperture Library file is so large by default ,and whether or not a person can delete certain files without affecting the overall speed or performance of Aperture in general.
The two main folders within Apertur's Library file which are causing the bloat are these:
Compared with Lightroom's Catalog and Preview files:
I understand what Aperture is doing, in essence, and hate it for the same reasons I hated iPhoto. It is creating redundant files for different sizes, as well as creating preview thumbnails, according to the size I set in preferences. I think it also created duplicates every time I create certain types of edits such as burning and dodging, correct? I know it used to do this, not sure about the present however.
My question now is, is there a way to delete most of the redundant files, and only have Aperture create duplicates if I want it to? I personally see no reason to have duplicates all over the place when I'm not using them.
If I do delete certain files, will Aperture want to re-create them for the purpose of caching etc ?
In Lightroom, I set aside 10 gigs for caching purposes, but this is something that I chose to do and not something that LR forced upon me. I also am able to clear that cache either manually or automatically, at a time determined by me.
So, Aperture gurus, what are the possibilities here? How can I shrink that library file down and not sacrifice speed or efficiency. I don't want Aperture to constantly try and re-process everything just for the sake of previews and such. Seems very counter productive.
I guess if I had a larger scratch disk (I'll likely get a new internal HD soon) I wouldn't be as bothered as I am. But I still think that this is an awful lot of space to be hogged up in general, unless I have a say in the matter.
Help is appreciated !
Doug
I'm not switching from Lightroom, but I have an interest in learning the ins and out's of Aperture for 'other reasons'. That said, after a very slow import process (over a couple of days) it is finally ready to go. However, I can not move forward unless I have a very good understanding of why exactly the Aperture Library file is so large by default ,and whether or not a person can delete certain files without affecting the overall speed or performance of Aperture in general.
The two main folders within Apertur's Library file which are causing the bloat are these:
Compared with Lightroom's Catalog and Preview files:
I understand what Aperture is doing, in essence, and hate it for the same reasons I hated iPhoto. It is creating redundant files for different sizes, as well as creating preview thumbnails, according to the size I set in preferences. I think it also created duplicates every time I create certain types of edits such as burning and dodging, correct? I know it used to do this, not sure about the present however.
My question now is, is there a way to delete most of the redundant files, and only have Aperture create duplicates if I want it to? I personally see no reason to have duplicates all over the place when I'm not using them.
If I do delete certain files, will Aperture want to re-create them for the purpose of caching etc ?
In Lightroom, I set aside 10 gigs for caching purposes, but this is something that I chose to do and not something that LR forced upon me. I also am able to clear that cache either manually or automatically, at a time determined by me.
So, Aperture gurus, what are the possibilities here? How can I shrink that library file down and not sacrifice speed or efficiency. I don't want Aperture to constantly try and re-process everything just for the sake of previews and such. Seems very counter productive.
I guess if I had a larger scratch disk (I'll likely get a new internal HD soon) I wouldn't be as bothered as I am. But I still think that this is an awful lot of space to be hogged up in general, unless I have a say in the matter.
Help is appreciated !
Doug