Aperture for mac

I'm using it and it's good but i don't think i have exploited the full potential.
Currently trying Cs6 on the 30 day free trial and its another level.
In aperture you don't have layer or filter bit you can get ad on like Nik softwate but that mount the cost a lot.
 
It's the only software i use on photos.
Yes you can batch process.
Yes you can have presets, your own or many freely downloadable one.
You can edit one image and the paste those edits on any number of other images at one ( say you need to change white balance on a whole set, just correct one then paste that adjustment to the rest in one go.

Layers are an Adobe thing, aperture does not have them as it does not need them, it works a different way with brushes.


Remember Apeture and Lightroom do not and are not meant to compete with photoshop, they are designed for different purposes.
 
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yes, you can do all those things, Aperture is excellent in many ways and you can get to work with it really quickly.

However, I revert to CS6 for 'shadow lift' as it's far better (Aperture tends to lighten the whole image instead of just the dark areas), and I prefer cloning in CS6 too.

Otherwise, for fast processing Aperture is fab.
 
thanks

its for fast processing that i want it as i shoot and sell motocross pics and can have a 1000 at at time to go through!, i have LR which is great but i like iphoto because its shows the image full size across my 24 inch mac and it scrolls from pic to pic quicker than LR so great for culling the oof shots but it lacks the presets and batch options that LR has.

sounds like aperture might work for me then..
 
HopefulM said:
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yes, you can do all those things, Aperture is excellent in many ways and you can get to work with it really quickly.

However, I revert to CS6 for 'shadow lift' as it's far better (Aperture tends to lighten the whole image instead of just the dark areas), and I prefer cloning in CS6 too.

Otherwise, for fast processing Aperture is fab.
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agreed there, just started cs6 and it's good but very complicated. Long road ahead :)
 
Strange but I just cannot get on at all with Aperture. So using Lightroom4.
 
HopefulM said:
However, I revert to CS6 for 'shadow lift' as it's far better (Aperture tends to lighten the whole image instead of just the dark areas), and I prefer cloning in CS6 too.
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Could not just brush the shadow adjustment into the area you need to lighten and not on the whole image, as you know you can have multiple different versions of any tool, to give various amounts of adjustment to different parts of the image.

I too wasn't over keen on the clone tool at first, but for the amount I use it I find it fine. I guess apertures real weak point in noise reduction .
 
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acetone said:
Could not just brush the shadow adjustment into the area you need to lighten and not on the whole image, as you know you can have multiple different versions of any tool, to give various amounts of adjustment to different parts of the image.

I too wasn't over keen on the clone tool at first, but for the amount I use it I find it fine. I guess apertures real weak point in noise reduction .
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yes, but I guess I just prefer the way CS6 works.

another good thing with Aperture is the chromatic aberration reduction - works very well.
 
HopefulM said:
another good thing with Aperture is the chromatic aberration reduction - works very well.
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Really? I tried a few of my target shots with Aperture, soon after picking it up, and found its CA tool rather cumbersome. It'd manage to correct one portion of the screen somewhat, but make another portion worse. Perhaps it depends heavily on the specific lens in question.. ?

By contrast, DxO Optics Pro 8 was able to work wonders in CA removal, purely automatically. As I wanted to pay attention to a number of shots taken with the lens in question (a Tamron 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 VC, since supplanted), I bought DxO as well.

Overall, though, I've been very pleased with Aperture - it makes for an easy RAW workflow, and being able to brush in many of the corrections (such as edge sharpening, where you may only want to tweak a specific point of interest) is very useful.

I wonder if Aperture 4 will (eventually!) bring its own CA removal, perspective correction, and improved noise reduction, à la Neat Image?
 
Started with Aperture but me and it were not suited to each other, using Lightroom 4 - which took a bit of getting used to, but don't use anything else now as installed On Ones perfect photo suite for LR; so even have layers available - brilliant.
 
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