Aperture 3 V's Lightroom 3

[AndyWest]

Seeing as Aperture 3 is out and LR3 is close to going on sale (trial already been and gone) Can anyone comment on how they compare. I love LR but wonder if it's worth switching to Aperture 3??? Probably not but i am interested in how they compare.

 

[andrewc]

Aperture 2 users will prefer Aperture 3.
Lightroom 2 users will prefer Lightroom 3

Unless you're prepared to sit down, unlearn things and relearn another system.

 

[ShawWellPete]

I saw some of the features of Aperture 3 and I was quite impressed. It would be nice to have everything compatible with other Mac applications.

 

[cowasaki]

I saw some of the features of Aperture 3 and I was quite impressed. It would be nice to have everything compatible with other Mac applications.

I like the compatibility with Photoshop. I did use Aperture v1.5 but dropped it for Lightroom. Still using v2.3 actually! Not even looked at the extra features of Lightroom 3 yet.

 

[Craikeybaby]

Aperture 2 users will prefer Aperture 3.
Lightroom 2 users will prefer Lightroom 3

Unless you're prepared to sit down, unlearn things and relearn another system.

What Andrew said!

The only reason I'd switch is if Aperture is a lot quicker, but that will be difficult to tell until Lightroom 3 comes out of Beta testing.

 

[JasonRS]

I think the support for video, and the ability to create full multimedia presentations combining stills, video and audio is a big plus to Aperture 3. I've not seen this in the LR3 feature list, but do wonder if it's a feature they'll deliver before GA, especially since Bridge already supports video import.