Aperture vs Photoshop? - Your Opinion

[Kinobe]

Hi Mac users......

Well I just want your opinion on Aperture? It something I'm thinking of purchasing for my Macbook but just want your opinion on a photographers point of view? Does it do everything that photoshop does? Heard reports of a few features it lacks?

Been using photoshop on the pc for years, well infact ever since ps7 came out, so maybe that not years but I've heard good things about Aperture but is it worth the money?

I mean could I completely write off using ps and learn aperture instead?

Thanks again for your input and help....

Ed

 

[Darryn]

You arent comparing eggs with eggs im affraid... Aperture VS Adobe Lightroom is a more fair comparison, personally I have Aperture, Lightroom and Photoshop CS3, my workflow always ends up with final touchups and tweaking getting done in Photoshop.

Aperture and Lightroom are mainly for storage, sorting and processing of RAW photos, they are both hugely powerful tools, but, neither can match PSCS3 in terms of versitility...
For things like Adding borders, cloning out dust bunnies, redeye and dodge/burn effects you really cannot beat PSCS.

 

[Kinobe]

You arent comparing eggs with eggs im affraid... Aperture VS Adobe Lightroom is a more fair comparison, personally I have Aperture, Lightroom and Photoshop CS3, my workflow always ends up with final touchups and tweaking getting done in Photoshop.

Perhaps I'm just a bit naive? So apolgies there.... I do a lot of my processing in fact all of it via photoshop cs2. But Mac users rave about Aperture and thought perhaps I may give it a go? But from your opinion sounds like perhaps its not enough to ditch photoshop in its entirity? (spelliing)

I use lightroom but only for the gallery/image management side of things.

Ed

 

[Darryn]

Not at all naive, in fact I often think im not making full use of Aperture or Lightroom. Personally id recommend against Aperture if you already have Lightroom, the LR license(and serial) allows Windows and Mac installations and as you already have LR i dont think youll see much benefit from Aperture.

 

[mho]

I use Bridge CS3 for my keywording sorting, Photoshop CS3 for my touch ups on files etc. and IView for file management / cataloging.

I have tried Aperture and Lightroom and they don't fit with my workflow / style of file management. If any Lightroom has some nice features but nothing you cant recreate in other applications.

 

[petemc]

Dreeder is right. Its Aperture vs Lightroom. You can get away with just one of those because they both process RAW files and allow you to do a nice amount of editing. However, if you really wanna play you need Photoshop.