Posted by Steve Foss on September 8, 2006 at 10:48 PM
I'm a Mac user. I use Photoshop CS and have since it came out, using Photoshop 7 before that. I'm a loyal Photoshop user and am planning to upgrade to CS2 for $150 pretty soon. But I'm intrigued by Apple's new Aperature program. At $300, it's twice what a Photoshop ugrade would cost me but half what a new version of Photoshop costs.
Has anyone used Aperature, and how would you compare the two? I must say, the promo tour of Aperature sure makes RAW viewing and processing appear more seamless that Photoshop, but I'd like to hear from people who have used both.
Posted by Jacco Rens on September 9, 2006 at 1:52 PM
Steve,
Firstmost, Aperture is not Photoshop. Aperture is an workflow application, that does many things Photoshop does, but it lacks advanced features like curves. Aperture is mostly an advanced asset manager, and can complete your whole workflow, if you don't need complexer post processing.
- jacco
Posted by Jim Goldstein on September 12, 2006 at 5:29 PM
Jacco is dead on. Look into downloading the free beta of Adobe Lightroom (http://labs.adobe.com). That is Aperture's competition. It will give you an idea of how this software space is developing at no cost. Both are not a CS2 replacement and both are centereda round workflow.
Posted by Don Miller on September 12, 2006 at 5:52 PM
So how does Lightroom fit in? Ive used the beta 3 demo for awhile, but I am not sure what it does better than Bridge. Is it just a distraction from Aperature?
Posted by Jim Goldstein on September 12, 2006 at 6:59 PM
Lightroom and Aperture are competing for the same market. Bridge is the CS Suite application to bring files between applications and also a means to navigate/sort/categorize. Digital workflow applications like Aperture and Lightroom are aiming to simplify how photographers review, edit, catalog, process and produce images. There is an overlaping portion of what Photoshop does and what each of these applications can do. Both admit that for revisions above and beyond RAW conversion you would bounce the file out to PS. Ultimately though Apple and Adobe are aiming to streamline the production of more straightforward images. I would imagine that Adobe will further clarify what differentiation there is between Lightroom and Photoshop when it is released.
Discussion
4 repliesHas anyone used Aperature, and how would you compare the two? I must say, the promo tour of Aperature sure makes RAW viewing and processing appear more seamless that Photoshop, but I'd like to hear from people who have used both.
Firstmost, Aperture is not Photoshop. Aperture is an workflow application, that does many things Photoshop does, but it lacks advanced features like curves. Aperture is mostly an advanced asset manager, and can complete your whole workflow, if you don't need complexer post processing.
- jacco