This script instructs Aperture to create new additional metadata fields for each currently selected image.Īfter applying the script on the same image as the previous script, you'll If you click OK the script will move on to If you click Cancel the script will stop.
I know it's ugly but I can't help that it's AppleScript. This displays metadata in an Applescript dialog for each currently selected image. I've provided feedback on this matter to Apple. This direct querying of the Aperture database wouldn't be necessary if Aperture could provide The main advantage of this method is that the file associated withĮach selected image is located unambiguously regardless of your image naming conventionsĪnd Aperture's naming conventions of versions it also appears to be quite quick. Using sqlite3 to access information stored in the Aperture libraryĪnd exiftool to extract data from the original camera generated file. To either display or store additional Exif information about images I have combined the techniques used in the original script to roll my own scripts I modified the original Allan Hise script to use this method for finding the image file associated with a selected image. You can use the sqlite3 program to extract information from the Aperture library using SQL queries. On the structure of an Aperture library and provides an AppleScript to extract information on the filestatus (managed or referenced) and the filepath of an image. Then you won't have to fiddle with the version name and you don't have to modify the scripts The fileinformation for that image (the path to the image file). What I wanted to do is this: given a selected image, query the Aperture library to retrieve Wouldn't be able to display an image on the screen. The method of locating the file associated with an image by using Unix findĪperture must store the file information about an image somewhere in the library, otherwise it If there are two distinct images in your library with identical basenames such as DSC_034 I also ran into problems with duplicate filenames. Keep the camera generated jpeg's in the Aperture library.įiddling was required to get it working the way I wantedĮspecially in the case of versions created from the master JPEG images. I have several versions of images and I also I encountered some trouble in using this script. Or deduce the path to the image file from the path to the apfile. apfile to determine the path of an image if it is referenced apfileįile corresponding to the selected image.Īnd then investigates the found. The script uses the version name and executes a unix find to locate the. Made by Brett Gross, to locate the actual file associated with an image. That script uses the ideas of another script, To get hold of this information and store it However, it doesn't let you view some very interesting data as stored in Maker Notes.Įxamples are: Lens ID, Auto Focus points used, Metering mode and more.
ApertureScripts Aperture MetaData IntroductionĪperture stores quite a lot of Exif metadata of your image.
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