Aperture vs Lightroom

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Aperture 2 vs. Lightroom 2 – Adjustment Presets

I have time for a quick article in the ever popular Aperture 2 versus Lightroom 2 series of comparisons, so I will tackle the simple but thorny subject of image adjustment presets. Both of the applications give you the ability to take a combination of adjustments and apply them to one or more images quickly and efficiently but they do it in different ways. I will give you my best objective view of how both applications work and you decide weather this is an important distinction for you or...

28 October 2008 | Adobe Lightroom, Aperture vs Lightroom | , , , , , , | 13 Comments
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Aperture2 vs. Lightroom2 – Stacks

Stacks in Aperture2 and Lightroom2 are about the only feature that share some functionality and have the same name. Stacks are a way of grouping similar images together. The images can be various versions of the same image taken in the camera, virtual copies (as termed in LR), versions (same thing but Aperture term), or versions that were modified with an external editor/plug-in. Stacks have the same basic functionality in both applications and can more or less do similar jobs. The magic of stacks comes from their interaction with...

04 October 2008 | Adobe Lightroom, Aperture vs Lightroom | , , , , , , , , | 0 Comments
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Aperture2 vs. Lightroom2 – Aperture Forum Post

Thought some readers here would find my sarcastic but true response to a name redacted poster in the Aperture forum’s post regarding his switch to Lightroom. The really funny part was his response to this sadly Apple deleted it before I could grab it. Knew that would happen that is how you are able to enjoy this part. Original author in normal text – my caviler response in grey italic. RB

03 October 2008 | Adobe Lightroom, Aperture vs Lightroom | , , , , , | 4 Comments
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Aperture 2 vs. Lightroom 2 – File Management

Due to popular demand I will provide some additional detail to my previous Adobe Lightroom 2 versus Apple Aperture 2 article. Both of these applications are so rich in both functionality and the multitude of ways they can used to support a photographic work-flow it will take a serious of articles to even scratch the surface. So, no better place to start than the image file management capabilities. Most photographers adopting either one of these applications will not delve into this subject until way down the road and when...

01 October 2008 | Adobe Lightroom, Aperture vs Lightroom | , , , , , | 7 Comments
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Aperture 2 vs. Adobe Lightroom 2

The answer to the question “what is better, Aperture or Lightroom?”, as always, is…. It depends. I use both Aperture and Lightroom on a daily basis (as well as Nikon NX2, etc, etc) If I didn’t need to know both of these products extremely well I would probably use Aperture 2 for my own photography (Just letting you know what my bias is). The answer that I always give to my private clients as well as participants in any of my workshops is this – Once you know what...

09 September 2008 | Adobe Lightroom, Aperture vs Lightroom | , , , , , , , | 6 Comments