Photo Software

[flamez]

Hi

I currently rely on i-photo for managing and processing my photos. I am thinking of upgrading to Aperture2 to enable better storage and manipulation of photo's.

I currently use a Canon 450D coupled to my macbook.

Does anyone have any experience of Aperture2 and will to share comments etc.

[Snapper7]

You might also want to look at Adobe Lightroom as well

[GetCarter]

Snapper7 said:

You might also want to look at Adobe Lightroom as well

which is free of charge until 30th April 2010 - check out the beta 3 version on www.Adobe.com

[Nick M]

Out of the box, Aperture has limited but sufficient (when compared to Photoshop) options in terms of image manipulation, but you can get various plug-ins to be able to edit images more creatively.

I find its storage set up is pretty straightforward - easy to find and organise images and things like the light table are handy for comparing images.

One thing I would say is that you'll need to also invest in a decent manual to get the most out of it. I have this one and it's proven to be very helpful:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Apple-Aperture-workflow-ph...

[beano500]

GetCarter said:

Snapper7 said:

You might also want to look at Adobe Lightroom as well

which is free of charge until 30th April 2010 - check out the beta 3 version on www.Adobe.com

which is very nice, but is not fully functional - just a tip. I would just give a little reservation that it doesn't always do what you want it to as I am finding. Not a criticism, since I am happy using v2.5 of LR and recognise that I am playing with the beta!

[ian in lancs]

I downloaded quite a few trial versions of different software and decided to use Lightroom. I find it fantastic if a little fiddly. For example, the scrolling bar is about half the width of the normal windows one and its easy to 'slip off' which is a bit irritating! Also took me a while to get it to run without freezing on my desktop although the laptops were fine. Narrowed it down to a processor hungry graphics driver that I'd picked up somewhere. Once deleted from windows startup its been fine.

I particularly like LR's file and folder management. The editor clearly isn't as good as PS but in over 12 mths I've resorted to PS twice. Both times to colour pop a B&W picture. Otherwise I use Portrait Professional Studio as a plug-in or external editor.

Edited by ian in lancs on Monday 16th November 19:11

[Andy M]

I bought Aperture, dumped it and bought Lightroom.

Your pays your money etc etc...