Aperture 2 and DNG

[JohnJ80]

So I downloaded the Aperture 2 trial (I also own Aperture 1.5 and Lightroom).

I *think* I did this right, but importing a DNG file and if you make a change to it or the metadata, it gets stored in the Aperture library not back in the DNG file. Is this correct?

If so, that is a deal breaker for me although the Aperture 2 interface looks cool and it is blazing fast. I don't want data stored in some proprietary library or in sidecar xml files because it is a PITA to try and recreate a library if something bad happens.

Has anyone else looked at this? Did I get that right?

J

[Christian M]

Goooood question...

Curious too

- C

[sej]

But thats not how you would want it to be. You never would want your masters modified.

I imagine lightroom behaves the same way.

[JohnJ80]

But thats not how you would want it to be. You never would want your masters modified.

I imagine lightroom behaves the same way.

Light room is not. Light room writes the metadata into the DNG file, as it is supposed to. That "never want the masters modified" pertains to the data not to the metadata and is an Aperture marketing gimmick.

DNG is specifically set up to be a standalone file with no sidecar file needed - I believe it is in the DNG spec.

Believe me, you want that data in the file. If your file system get corrupted, getting masters linked up with their sidecar xml files is a huge mess and with a large library, completely impractical.

J.