What does Aperture do that PSE 6 doesn't?

[KitchenGoddess]

I've just been having a chat with one of my work colleagues about post processing and I was saying that I'd just bought PSE 6, her response was "Why did you buy that? You're on a Mac, you should have got Aperture" I asked her why and she said Aperture was much easier to fathom, quicker and more organised.

So any of you got any views?

 

[cowasaki]

They're not really the same type of program. Download the demos and have a look.

 

[DDP]

Up until recently I'd used the Canon software and photoshop to manage and process my pics, and I've just switched to Aperture.

What a revelation! Quite a lot to learn (still) but even on my first set of wedding pics using Aperture, my processing is faster. So many nifty (read: timesaving) features it's untrue. Very clever bit of software and I can't rate it highly enough.

I was going to get the trials of Aperture and Lightroom, got Aperture and then just started using it as it seemed to do exactly what I wanted, so I can't compare it to LR.

Get the trial and watch a load of the tutorials on the apple website.

 

[LJR]

Aperture is a good program but after 18 months of using it I finally had enough of the Digital Asset Management annoyances in it. In particular case-sensitive keywords and the fact smart albums appear to lose smartness over time for some bizarre and unfathomable reason. Also I was getting this issue where in the filters I couldn't locate all the keywords in my keyword list - some were just plain missing and no idea why (they show in the Keywords panel). In the end, and as I pretty much use keywording and smart albums to find exactly what I want (my folder names are completely non-descriptive) I just had enough.

I've moved over to Lightroom 2.4 just this week. I trialled 1.3 way way back and thought it horrid but Lightroom 2 is hugely improved. I'm liking it very much!

 

[SteveA]

LJR - Very strange, I've had none of those problems with Aperture. :shrug: