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I'd LR4 is just about better than Aperture 3, but there's not much in in it. Aperture 3 is loads cheaper too, which is a huge advantage.
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If you've got a mac then Aperture is a steal at the price.
I've used Aperture since V.2 and I've never been left wanting. I'm not saying that Aperture is better than Lightroom, or vice versa, as I've not really used Lightroom extensively, but I've never seen a feature in Lightroom that would make me want to switch.
I've used Aperture since V.2 and I've never been left wanting. I'm not saying that Aperture is better than Lightroom, or vice versa, as I've not really used Lightroom extensively, but I've never seen a feature in Lightroom that would make me want to switch.
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I use Aperture 3, having made the switch from iPhoto. It's not nearly as easy to move from iPhoto to LR3 (then); Aperture makes the move nearly painless, apart from learning some new vocabulary. Now they can even share a filebase.
I suspect that the capabilities of Aperture and LR are pretty similar for 95%+ of usage. Often Aperture has got features first (in fact I've heard suggestions LR was a response from Adobe to early versions of Aperture), for example (I think) the geotagging and faces capabilities. If you're a Mac user, A3 is also still a lot cheaper, even with the price reduction for LR4.
However... you will likely be left waiting much longer for your Raw support in Aperture (it comes from the OS rather than Aperture itself). Still no Raw support for my X10. Plus, I am still on Snow Leopard (10.6), and see no general advantage in "upgrading" to Lion (10.7) etc (which would cause some other stuff to break). But I can't install the latest version of Aperture on Snow Leopard. This made me very angry for a bit, till I realised that while my current version carries on working and doing what I want, I really don't need to worry!
I have briefly contemplated moving to LR4, but it would be a LOT of work, and would mean "baking in" edits. I'm not sure what it would do to tags etc. I understand I would have to totally rebuild my folder structure. So, this is a reserve position, available if I really need it. :shrug:
I suspect that the capabilities of Aperture and LR are pretty similar for 95%+ of usage. Often Aperture has got features first (in fact I've heard suggestions LR was a response from Adobe to early versions of Aperture), for example (I think) the geotagging and faces capabilities. If you're a Mac user, A3 is also still a lot cheaper, even with the price reduction for LR4.
However... you will likely be left waiting much longer for your Raw support in Aperture (it comes from the OS rather than Aperture itself). Still no Raw support for my X10. Plus, I am still on Snow Leopard (10.6), and see no general advantage in "upgrading" to Lion (10.7) etc (which would cause some other stuff to break). But I can't install the latest version of Aperture on Snow Leopard. This made me very angry for a bit, till I realised that while my current version carries on working and doing what I want, I really don't need to worry!
I have briefly contemplated moving to LR4, but it would be a LOT of work, and would mean "baking in" edits. I'm not sure what it would do to tags etc. I understand I would have to totally rebuild my folder structure. So, this is a reserve position, available if I really need it. :shrug:
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Hi I'm toying with the idea of getting aperture 3, and would like some feedback on the software thanks for any help.
If i download this straight from apple its about £54 to buy from amazon its £149 is it the full version from apple or just no difference only in the price?
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If you buy from amazon then you'll be getting an old boxed version on DVD. Just download from apple, there's no difference in terms of functionality, and in fact you'll be getting the latest version straight away without having to download updates.
The only reason to buy the boxed version, which isn't officially available anymore, is if you run a version of Mac OS where the latest version of Aperture isn't supported.
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Both are highly capable apps, and have their supporters - there's no wrong choice between the two.
I wound up going with Aperture when the App Store came about, and with it, that dramatic price reduction. At that point, and knowing I tend to get on with Apple's UIs, I went for it, and have enjoyed all the flexibility in post-processing that it's brought since.
The catch, as it were, is that (for now?) the App Store doesn't support any upgrade pricing - as and when v4 comes out, it'll be a completely separate purchase. But, at that sort of price point, it still works out advantageously, and without any need to confer with the vendor regarding license verification.
I do wish Aperture 3 offered lens correction, although I've yet to encounter any such that really works particularly well with chromatic aberration correction on the Tamron 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3, which I used for my initial work - not a terrible lens, but certainly prone to CA at the long end, not helped by my subjects often displaying white tails against dark backgrounds.
I wound up going with Aperture when the App Store came about, and with it, that dramatic price reduction. At that point, and knowing I tend to get on with Apple's UIs, I went for it, and have enjoyed all the flexibility in post-processing that it's brought since.
The catch, as it were, is that (for now?) the App Store doesn't support any upgrade pricing - as and when v4 comes out, it'll be a completely separate purchase. But, at that sort of price point, it still works out advantageously, and without any need to confer with the vendor regarding license verification.
I do wish Aperture 3 offered lens correction, although I've yet to encounter any such that really works particularly well with chromatic aberration correction on the Tamron 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3, which I used for my initial work - not a terrible lens, but certainly prone to CA at the long end, not helped by my subjects often displaying white tails against dark backgrounds.
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Hi all. I'm new and I would like to say my opinion about that. I think most of the time the fact is not which is better to do for ... But which is better to suite with me.
For example in 2004 I started with just bridge and Ps and I have to be honest ... If you think pro you should be ok just with it. But I try LR before and Aperture later to. now since 2006 I use aperture. I think they are really good both. And even Dxo or Capture ... But at the end I choose on which suite on me.
And my choice went to aperture.
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For example in 2004 I started with just bridge and Ps and I have to be honest ... If you think pro you should be ok just with it. But I try LR before and Aperture later to. now since 2006 I use aperture. I think they are really good both. And even Dxo or Capture ... But at the end I choose on which suite on me.
And my choice went to aperture.
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Another vote for aperture (3) ..good price ..pretty easy to use , on a mac I would think its a no brainer.
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We use mac and lightroom.
Lightroom hands down, and we have still to upgrade to V4.
95% of our editing is done in lightroom, only painting in backgrounds and cloning work is done in photoshop, which links seamlessly.
If you use photoshop then lightroom is awesome.
Lightroom hands down, and we have still to upgrade to V4.
95% of our editing is done in lightroom, only painting in backgrounds and cloning work is done in photoshop, which links seamlessly.
If you use photoshop then lightroom is awesome.
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that's really good
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Another Aperture user here. I find it excellent for nearly everything and only dip into photoshop for advanced editing, which is almost never.
The only gripe I have with it is that the FlickR integration sucks so I've now resorted to manually uploading to FlickR.
There are loads of these threads with LR3/4 vs Aperture 3. There'll always be a fairly even split which to me suggests they're both fine bits of software and you're unlikely to go wrong with either. The only thing that swayed me to Aperture in the first place was the sub £50 asking price.
The only gripe I have with it is that the FlickR integration sucks so I've now resorted to manually uploading to FlickR.
There are loads of these threads with LR3/4 vs Aperture 3. There'll always be a fairly even split which to me suggests they're both fine bits of software and you're unlikely to go wrong with either. The only thing that swayed me to Aperture in the first place was the sub £50 asking price.