Apple Aperture 2.1.1
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Software Reviews of Apple Aperture 2.1.1
Customer Review: Only average. A disappointment
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought Apterture to help manage and provide advanced editing to my photos. I am also a user of Adobe Photoshop CS3.
Aperture's Pluses:
- larger database for photos than iphoto
- slightly enhanced editing tools
- better selection of online books to purchase
Aperture's Negatives:
- Overly high system requirements when not necessary
- Bloated and creates its own directory of photos (so it gets duplicates from iphotos) - what a waste of hard drive space
- editing tools are not very good
- Slow
- Overall a major disappointment
If you use iphoto, Aperture is a minor improvement. You get a larger index (where iphoto has a tendency to freak out at 5000 photos or so). Editing tools are only marginally better. Nothing great. If you do editing - save the $200 and use it to buy Photoshop CS3.
The only positive is that it has better 'photo books' that you can purchase and are custom to Aperture - typical of Apple's closed environment.
This product is only 2 stars at best. Major disappointment.
Customer Review: I tried others and chose Aperture
Summary: 5 Stars
I tried Lightroom 2, Capture NX and Aperture. They are all very good programs but I chose Aperture because of it's ease of use and intuitive user interface. I'm able to make some striking images and repair images that would seem to be a lost cause. The huge number of 3rd party plugins is just a bonus.Customer Review: It's not Photoshop but it is VERY good...
Summary: 4 Stars
Aperture 2.1.1 is Apple's considerable step up from iPhoto that lets hobbyists do much more in the way of digital editing. Having used (and dismissed) Aperture 1.0, this new version was a welcome and overdue improvement. Aperture operates very similarly to iPhoto -- it has a library, projects, folders, etc and has all the Mac ease of use. Creating slide shows and books are flawless and simple.
The greatest ease of use, however, is in mid-level photo editing. One can handle workflow in a completely manual format or can rely on Aperture's impressive auto editing options. The interface is intuitive and easy to use. However, for the experienced Photoshop user or anyone needing to do serious photo manipulation and detailed editing -- especially those functions involving masking and color filtering -- they will find Aperture to be a little light on abilities. To be fair, this is not the intended use of this program. It is intended for the competent hobbyist wanting to do more than remove red-eyes but is not wanting to open and learn (or re-learn) Photoshop for the two or three times a year he or she might need it.
This is a good, inexpensive program and for most tasks I have used it for, is more robust and easier to use than either Elements or Nikon Capture.
Customer Review: Excellent
Summary: 5 Stars
This is such an easy product to use. I am extremely happy with the purchase.Customer Review: Excellent!
Summary: 5 Stars
Wrote a prior review recommending this product. Still learning it's features but what a great piece of software...I highly recommend it.