Life after Aperture..? Where next..?
Discussion
Some advice needed.
I use Aperture (v1) on my mac book pro. The computer is a 2.16Ghz Intel Core Duo 1, which has 2GB RAM (the max that this model can take).
I'm starting to "go off" Aperture. It often hangs the machine and I get the coloured ball of thinking, sometimes for quite a while. Also you can only do one process at once with Aperture, which means it can be quite slow to deal with a number of photos. I am still nervous about the way Aperture holds the files in it's own system (can they be stored as original files outside of Aperture, like iTunes can have an external library vault..?) but I can live with it for the mean time.
I was wondering what next. I suppose I use Aperture for a file storage system (despite my misgivings about the way in which it stores the files) and I do only light tinkering with photos - i.e. just crop, lighten/ darken, etc, as necessary. It's not that I am not into the whole post-processing stuff, just I have never really had a go at it.
What is on the market that can do what Aperture does, but smarter..?
Thanks in advance
I use Aperture (v1) on my mac book pro. The computer is a 2.16Ghz Intel Core Duo 1, which has 2GB RAM (the max that this model can take).
I'm starting to "go off" Aperture. It often hangs the machine and I get the coloured ball of thinking, sometimes for quite a while. Also you can only do one process at once with Aperture, which means it can be quite slow to deal with a number of photos. I am still nervous about the way Aperture holds the files in it's own system (can they be stored as original files outside of Aperture, like iTunes can have an external library vault..?) but I can live with it for the mean time.
I was wondering what next. I suppose I use Aperture for a file storage system (despite my misgivings about the way in which it stores the files) and I do only light tinkering with photos - i.e. just crop, lighten/ darken, etc, as necessary. It's not that I am not into the whole post-processing stuff, just I have never really had a go at it.
What is on the market that can do what Aperture does, but smarter..?
Thanks in advance
Buffalo said:
Famous Graham said:
Adobe Lightroom
How far is Lightroom from Photoshop..? Would I eventually want to move from LR to PS..? (just thinking if i change, i may as well change once)
As for PS, I'm sure there are Aperture plugins but you'd have to imagine the two Adobe products integrating more fully. What is it you think you might need PS for that you can't do in Ap or LR?
As I shoot my photos in RAW, they are obviously rather large, so I hold my Aperture library on an external drive. I suppose this may contribute to the programmes' sluggishness. How do other users of Aperture find this..? It really annoys me and is contributing to my thoughts of changing.
At the present time I am only looking to administer slight tweaks to photographs, I haven't yet got excited by post-processing, hence going with a programme like Aperture/LR. I too went with Aperture because it was mac software (I had only just converted to Macs at the time so wasn't sure about the whole platform so stuck with the "easy" choice).
Does anyone know the differences of Aperture 2..?
At the present time I am only looking to administer slight tweaks to photographs, I haven't yet got excited by post-processing, hence going with a programme like Aperture/LR. I too went with Aperture because it was mac software (I had only just converted to Macs at the time so wasn't sure about the whole platform so stuck with the "easy" choice).
Does anyone know the differences of Aperture 2..?
Buffalo said:
What is on the market that can do what Aperture does, but smarter..?
Upgrade your hardware? Why not stick with what you know, and both the software and your hardware will be upgraded in time.....I love Lightroom, but 'til I upgraded to a good solid 4Gb Ram even that can be a dog when you feed too much into the top of the mincer!
LR is your most serious competitor, I reckon!
Buffalo said:
Famous Graham said:
Adobe Lightroom
How far is Lightroom from Photoshop..? Would I eventually want to move from LR to PS..? (just thinking if i change, i may as well change once)
Spot cloning/healing
Cropping
Levels
Tone curve (plus individual sliders for highlights, lights, darks and shadows)
Resizing (on output, mind)
Noise reduction (although not to the same degree as Noise Ninja or Neat Image)
Sharpening
Adjustment brush
Gradiated post filters
You name it, really.
The only thing I use PS for now, and I do mean the only thing, is for more extensive cloning/healing, such as a telegraph wire or something. LR only does it in spots.
The poster above is correct about memory though - it is a bit hungry.
It's not just the development side of things I like, it's combining that with a good library function too. Much like Aperture really, but miles above PS + Bridge.
Using v2.5 at the mo, by the way.
Edited by Famous Graham on Monday 30th November 05:31
Hmm... might see if i can get hold of a trial of Lightroom to try and wait to see what Aperture X rumours bring. Unfortunately, much as I have been eyeing up a new MacBook Pro with 8Gb of RAM and an SSD (even got as far as pricing it), I can't justify it until I know what the new year brings...
I don't mind Aperture, although I don't find it particularly logical to work through sometimes. I have just read an article comparing LR to Aperture (2 i think), and the author said there wasn't much in it, but that he was more used to LR and found that the layout helped him into a logical workflow. I liked the idea of that...
I don't mind Aperture, although I don't find it particularly logical to work through sometimes. I have just read an article comparing LR to Aperture (2 i think), and the author said there wasn't much in it, but that he was more used to LR and found that the layout helped him into a logical workflow. I liked the idea of that...
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