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Aperture, Simple or Complex
I thought the last post would help with the emails but no….
One question really stood out though. “Why are you an Aperture guy?”
Hmmm….
What comes to mind is that I understand complexity but love simplicity and I Aperture seems to be an expression of that in the way that my brain works. I would guess that it is the best expression of that that I happen to have seen when it comes to image processing software.
Hell, I understand exactly how it works, and how it expresses itself to the world. Amazing. From my perspective people having issues undersnading Aperture have to do with two things. First, people that think they know “what they are doing” that do not like to tell the software exactly what to do (in reality they have no idea what they are doing and are used to being 100& in conrol, nice fantacy). Second people that think both cameras and computers are magic.
I guess the big or not so big annoncement for the “pro-apps” is coming up in about 3 weeks, I guess there will have to be a quiz or so on what people want and what they expect.
RB
RB,
Apple has announced that the WWDC Keynote will be handled by Phil Shiller, with Steve Jobs still “scheduled” to return at the end of june, leading most financial analysts to speculate that there won’t be “blockbuster” announcements like a new iPhone or netbook. That might be good for geeky stuff like ProApps and 64bit architecture. I’m not sure when they’ll announce a ship date for Snow Leopard, but will certainly have a beta for developers.
I’ve also read that the iPhoto team IS the Aperture team and now that iLife 09 is done Aperture will get some attention.
I doubt we’ll see Aperture 3, but maybe a solid 2.5 and either might need Snow Leopard to reach potential.
I would love to see Laptop/Desktop library synching without a lockout. As well as an ability to have global presets across adjustment blocks.
I don’t understand enough about software architecture to know if non destructive plug-ins are really possible, but that and speed of operation would would be the Holy Grail for me.
“Why am I an Aperture guy?”
I tried the “PC way” using an importing software, management software, and editing software. Frustrated by all three and at my wits end with PC’s in general, I switched to Mac and bought Aperture at the same time. Aperture (and I assume LR) are very powerful pieces of software that make the above 3 processes simple and under one program.
Some people don’t embrace the all-in-one design of LR and Aperture because they don’t edit as well as PS or they don’t have a specific function of Expression Media that they may be familiar with so they soldier on using a “proven system that works”. I guess there was opposition to indoor plumbing for the same reasons.
Snow Leopard will have to be in place for any significant update to Aperture’s speed. Snow Leopard will add more robust support for multi-core processors and address more memory. This new OS architecture will allow new versions of Aperture to better utilize multi-core processors and more memory.
I too would love to see a “sync” feature between my laptop and desktop libraries as well as better internet support for on-line libraries, vaults, and settings. It would be great if I could save my Aperture settings to my Mobile Me account and ensure that I have the same settings and preferences on my laptop that I do on my workstation. There may be more robust adjustments or presets as mentioned in Michael’s post.
I’m an aperture guy (this is not a challenge to anyone who uses anything other than aperture so relax) for several reasons:
I tried LR, ACR/Bridge/PS and Aperture for 6 months (when aperture and LR were at v1.5). I found Aperture to not only operate the easiest for me (all in one area) compared to trying to conform to LR’s 5 “phases” but it also gave me much more: slideshows, direct to iDVD, book printing, file management transparent within Mac OS X and more.
LR did have curves which I found more intuitive but I have learned how to use Apple’s histogram. LR also had the ability to tweak sections of a photo. I use PS and Aperture’s dodge/burn free plug-in for those. Plus I now have Nik’s full suite for Aperture.
ACR/Bridge/PS was too complicated.
So there you have it. That was 2 years ago. So yes, all the above programs have come along way towards each other as they compete and many have the same capabilities.
Try them out for yourself, but those are the reasons why I did Aperture. Enjoy and get out there and shoot!