I use Aperture and Lightroom for PP. I know Lightroom is generally the software of choice, but I'm probably one of those rare people who really likes Aperture. It's more familiar and comfortable for me to use, so I prefer to do the bulk of my editing with it... and touch-ups in Lightroom if necessary.
So my question: those of you that use Aperture, what plugins do you use? I use the one to burn to disk straight from Aper., the one that allows me to upload straight to my Smugmug account, and I'm hoping to get a couple more.
So far I've used the trial of Color Efex but it was so long ago that I hardly remember how well it worked. I've heard good things about Noise Ninja. Anything else that really stands out as a good upgrade?
Thanks!
-Rebecca-
(Yes, I'm a girl. Everyone always assumes I am a guy!)
Thanks, Ryan. I downloaded the trial... looks pretty useful in certain situations. So far I think Color Efex will be something I'd use more. Anyone else have a suggestion?
@ blufox9er: It's absolutely worth the trial and a couple hours of playing. I think many people prefer one over the other, and I happen to prefer Aperture. I just think it's more user-friendly for organization and don't necessarily need/want some of the features of lightroom. Of course, I use both. But just for different things.
Ric L. wrote:
Wow. Really? I find Aperture's UI pales in comparison to LR.
Aperture is due for a version update and it's coming soon.
Aperture is a lot more consistent. In LR you are always switching between modes which i find silly. in aperture you always have access to all the controls in the same way. It's multi monitor support is better as well.
Personally I find that Aperture is severely lacking in a couple things that LR has: adjustment brushes and cloning/healing.
Yes, you can do the cloning/healing thing with Aperture through this separated process, but it's not seamless and easily undoable / editable like in LR.
Portraiture and SilverFX Pro for edit plug-ins. FlickrExport for Aperture, Facebook Exporter, Aperture to SmugMug, Aperture2gmail and Aperture 2 Twitter for export plug-ins. All but Aperture2Gmail seem to still work fine with Snow Leopard, although I haven't checked if A2G has been updated.
