Apple Aperture 2.0 Upgrade [OLD VERSION]
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Software Reviews of Apple Aperture 2.0 Upgrade [OLD VERSION]
Customer Review: Aperture 2
Summary: 4 Stars
If you have Aperture 1, don't wait any longer. Buy the upgrade now. It is worth it. You can peruse apple site to get the lowdown, and i am not going to touch on it here. I am only suggesting to upgrade and make your life easier.Customer Review: Aperture 2.0
Summary: 1 Stars
I have a MacBook Pro and an IMAC, both running Snow Leopard. I am generally an Apple fan. This product is a major disappointment. It adds very little to IPhoto which comes with the operating system. For a serious digital photographer, you need Photoshop CS4 which has a steep learning curve, but you can do amazing things with your photos. It's an expensive and time consuming program. I use it and think that it is worth the investment of time and money. The comparison really is between Lightroom 2.0 and Aperture. These are both organizational programs with streamlined features. Lightroom has numerous advantages. Most importantly, images are kept as separate image files in Lightroom. In Aperture as well as Iphoto, you can only get at individual images by exporting them and creating new files. Lightroom maintains the original file so that it can be shared more easily and edited in other programs. Adobe has RAW support for virtually all digital cameras, including the Panasonic DMC GF1 which came out a few weeks ago. Aperture does not have RAW support for a number of digital cameras including the Leica D Lux 4 which has been out for a while. Lightroom works quite well with Photoshop and Photoshop Elements for those who do not want to get the full product. FInally, Apple does not provide very good tech support for Aperture, even though, their support for everything else is terrific.Customer Review: Very useful tool!
Summary: 5 Stars
I upgraded to be compatible with Snow Leopard. Aperture is a great tool for anyone interested in photography. I can do my basic image adjustments without having to use Photoshop or some other image editing program. Keeps everything organized and doesn't modify my originals! Great software!Customer Review: A worthwhile photo editing program, but could use some tweaks
Summary: 4 Stars
Like a lot of amateur photographers, I was wondering whether to make the leap and use RAW files or not. I decided to try RAW out, and in order to take advantage of RAW formats I got Aperture.
So far, I've found this to be a useful photo-processing program - certainly an improvement over iPhoto. Here are some of the highlights for me:
1) Easy to use adjustment tools. If you've used iPhoto or any basic program, you can probably open Aperture and figure out how to use everything in 10 minutes. I remember years ago struggling with Adobe Photoshop and being confused out of my mind.
2) Good range of color adjustments available. I love being able to change the saturation of individual colors. The range doesn't quite cover the entire rainbow (orange is missing), but it is great when you want to adjust one color and not the others.
3) Aperture allows you to organize similar photos in stacks for easy access. Often, I take a series of photos of the same subject, changing shutter speed or f-stop slightly, to see which composition or exposure I like best. Stacks keeps all of these photos in a group so I can easily compare them later.
Now, for the drawbacks:
1) The magnification tool ("loupe") is not as useful as the magnification in iPhoto or other programs. First of all, it slows down the program quite a bit and every time I use it I have to wait about 20 seconds before I can continue using the program. Second, its minimum magnification is 50x, which isn't always useful (particularly if I want to see how a picture would look if cropped). By contrast, iPhoto simply has a useful sliding bar that allows you to zoom in or out quickly.
2) Aperture, like many advanced photoshop programs, uses a lot of memory on your hard drive (~1 GB) and ram. Using it slows your computer down. It has already crashed twice on me over the course of 24 hours. This certainly isn't a reason not to get it - I would just warn you against getting it and storing it on your computer if you don't expect to seriously use it.
3) No full-screen editing mode.
Customer Review: Great upgrade
Summary: 5 Stars
The tethering feature alone was worth the upgrade for me, all the other new features were just an extra bonus.
Without a doubt worth every penny in my book.