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Apple's Aperture - Advice please....

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RedRobin:
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At loooong last I should be getting a new iMac very soon. Worth waiting for the new version which has just been launched, although there's always a new version imminent! So I'm thinking of Aperture (would be version 3) and wondering if anyone here has it and would recommend it or not or what shortfalls it has. I'll have Adobe CS 5.5 which includes Photoshop installed anyway.

Thanks for any info/input  :happy2:

rich83:
Ive got aperture 3 and its great for cataloguing.

After that it really depends on what you want to do. Sometimes I can achieve what I want in aperture, if I need to make adjustments in photoshop that can be achieve very easily too by either exporting the photo or by clicking the "edit in Photoshop CS?" from the menu system.

Aperture 3 is much more advanced that 2, there is a great black and white plugin by niksoft (Silver Efex) which integrates perfectly into aperture which i can let you have  :wink:

If you have specific queries let me know robin and il try and advise.

Rich

RedRobin:
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Thanks, Rich  :happy2:

It sounds ideal for me. Adobe Bridge is okay for cataloguing but has limitations. Aperture seems to have some straightforward editing features and that typical excellent Mac intuitive interface.

rich83:
This is one of the great things with the photoshop integration.

In aperture elect the photo you want to edit in PS

Right click image "edit with adobe photoshop CS5"

(aperture duplicates the original image and automatically opens the image in PS)

Edit your photo and the just click save or press cmd+s, the image in saved directly into your aperture library.


So easy....

There are also lots of useful functions for editing photos in batches and watermarking etc etc.  :happy2:

alexperkins:
Aperture is truly excellent. Ive used it for years and Ver 3 is by far the best one yet  :happy2:

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