matthewbmedia wrote:
You must not have spent much time looking Louis...
It's funny that aperture 2 still gives me better results out of a canon 5dmkII than lightroom 2 or 3...
yep, still the same tricks, nice but not killer app for me. the raw processing is still the same as aperture 2. i don't see anything to indicate it's been improved. aperture 2 raw processing for nikon was improved but it still didn't match nikons capture nx, i shoot nikon. i'm more interested in getting to the end result of a processed image than where and who is in the shot.
How do you know the raw processing is the same as aperture 2? Did you download the trial?
When I import my old projects I get this alert:
"Photos in the library will use Aperture's earlier imaging technology. These photos can be reprocessed to take advantage of Aperture's new adjustments and imaging technology by selecting the Reprocess Masters command in the Photos menu."
louis fusco wrote:
i'm more interested in getting to the end result of a processed image than where and who is in the shot.
Me too - which is why I posted the direct link to the full list of new features, not just the homepage that shows off the consumer-centric maps and faces feature.
The curves adjustment brush with edges detection on is pretty amazing. This is officially the end of photoshop for me... Especially since the quick process of doing a layer mask is SO MUCH BETTER in aperture 3.
Wow. Anybody know what Apple's upgrade policy is? I literally just ordered and installed Aperture 2 last week - it would have been nice of them to mention that there would be an upgrade in a few days.
I see no one has got the real full picture of this. 64 bits processing against 32 bits. That alone makes a whole difference.
Then having Polarizing effect, Halo reduction brush, Chromatic Aberration Filter, Quick Brushes, Skin Smoothing, Output Megapixel Size when Cropping, Support for Pressure-Sensitive Tablets... From what I can see the lift adjustments tool has been well improved to work with batches in a better way too.
For me it is a substantial upgrade really worth going for it.
Aaron - I agree wholehartedly. You can also add brush based masks for most of the bricks... i.e. sharpen edges, highlights shadows, curves, color - all can have masks applied.
Colin - I got mine within 20 seconds of submitting the request.
I would like to see if this is actually useful and flexible enough for designing albums:
Photo Book Plug-ins
Aperture 3 now lets you create and order books from a number of the leading, high-end album companies, such as Couture, Graphistudio, Leather Craftsmen, and Queensberry. Book themes developed and provided by these companies plug directly into Aperture, allowing you to create your book layouts and then connect, order, and upload your finished book with a few clicks.
It'll be the day one of the two (either Apple or Adobe) releases their product with the ability to import the others albums that things will really get interesting. Because as good as this looks, the Adobe Lightroom 3 Beta has astounding image quality and great performance handling, especially of large catalogs. Albeit no video editing, no album making (still). Maybe I'll give the trial a spin though.
This is a pretty good feature overview in depth - ignore the flame bait Lightroom vs aperture headlines and just read it for a feature overview.
For canon raw files, I still get better default raw conversions from even aperture 2 than I do from lightroom 2 or 3. Older Nikon files had some quality issues with aperture 2.
What sort of features in the old book tool (other than only one printing option) did you find not flexible enough for designing albums?
I may be wrong, but I did not think you could export the design from Aperture 2 and send it off to another album company. The Apple books are just not professional quality albums, unfortunately. Furthermore, it is just not as fully featured as InDesign for designing custom albums (to be expected to an extent though )
Ya, you could always make your own album at a custom size and export a PDF in aperture 2.
I think one could argue the opposite actually, InDesign really doesn't provide much in terms of image adjustment.
To do an album layout you really only need art boxes for photos and text blocks, why spend time exporting images to a program designed for page layout when you can make adjustments to the image right on the page in aperture? Saves a lot of disk space...
If anyone is in the same boat as me regarding the upgrade, apple customer support just let me upgrade for $50 - it took a little arguing since there is "no price protection" with software. In the end they gave me the upgrade at half price.
Feb 09, 2010 at 01:35 PM
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