Pixel Perfect wrote:
I'll be keen to see how Aperture compares to C1 Pro 5, LR (2 and 3) and DPP for detail.
Wish they'd port Aperture to Windows, after all it's much bigger market and I'm sure they'd sell a lot more copies and Mr Jobs certainly loves the money.
Steve is going to make more money selling Macs to run their proprietary software.
wapangy wrote:
The reason the educational version is only slightly cheaper is because it IS upgradable. Version 1 was $100 and was not upgradable. Version 2 is $180 but it is, check the Aperture 3 upgrade requirements on the Apple store.
I don't know why everybody is complaining, it's one of the cheapest photography programs out there, heck there are plugins for it that cost $300.
And if you pay attention to all the small details it one heck of an upgrade. If you just see that it has faces and decide to call it not a pro app then you're not looking very hard....Show more →
Ah, my bad. I thought it was still the same situation. Lightroom can be had for $80 or so as an educational version, is faces a big deal? I already have it in a piece of free software included with the OS on my computer :P :P
I sure hope it has better high ISO noise reduction than Aperture 2! Lightroom 3 beta is so much better at it than Aperture 2 that it's not funny. I tested with 7D.
I have been using Aperture since 1.5. I am currently tinkering with Lightroom 3 but now Aperture 3 is out, they actually listened to users and fullfilled everyone's request plus more. Have not used it yet but some of the features it gives: It will allow importing of jpg and Raw as a pair and it will use the jpg for the preview so you can start to work on images before the import has completed. It will import and apply adjustments to images as you import. You can export a Project, get someone else to work on the files, re-import and it will upgrade the changes. It will support sRam as Apple provided the update last night. You can now import from Lightroom as it now reads xmp files, but not the adjustments just the meta data. Support for audio files, exporting books to different vendors. Work on Video files. On import, it will also copy files to a backup location. When working on files, the adjustment box can now float. If you are working on a slider, you can now remove the slider from the box, make the box go away, this means that you get to see more of the image while you are working. Full screen mode for everything. The list goes on and on.
I'm running Aperture 3 (trial) on my Mac Pro now. I've only monkeyed with a few 7D and 5DII RAW but it's a bit faster and the tools are slick. Finally able to see my S90 RAWs. I like the default look of the camera profiles but I've yet to convert a high ISO image. Hopefully the generic NR is better but I suspect you really need a dedicated plugin to beat DPP NR at high ISO.
Gochugogi wrote:
I'm running Aperture 3 (trial) on my Mac Pro now. I've only monkeyed with a few 7D and 5DII RAW but it's a bit faster and the tools are slick. Finally able to see my S90 RAWs. I like the default look of the camera profiles but I've yet to convert a high ISO image. Hopefully the generic NR is better but I suspect you really need a dedicated plugin to beat DPP NR at high ISO.
I'd be very interested in hearing about your experience with the NR.
Well it's a demo and will not open your normal Aperture library so you have to manually add images to a temporary A3 library. It's certainly worth the $99 upgrade fee. As for the NR, it is a single slider and is a lot more effective than the A2 NR adjustment. Actually it's very good. Still it is basic and isn't going to put a dedicated plugin like NeatImage out of business. My problem is 99% of my 5DII & 7D images are shot at ISO 100-800 and need little or no NR. Adjustments are very fast.
