Aperture vs. iView as a photo manager

So, I've been reading a lot of the pro's and con's of aperture as a raw conversion tool, but I haven't been able to really find anybody talking about the pros/cons of Aperture as simply a photo management tool against programs such as iView. Opinions? Basically I'm wondering if it's going to be beneficial to buy the program now, learn the interface and use it as I would use iView so that once they get all the bugs worked out I can start doing my raw conversions with it as well.

G5 Quad, Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Posted on Dec 20, 2005 12:56 PM

17 replies

bixo

Level 1

40 points

Feb 25, 2006 11:06 PM in response to Jomala27

Ok, I thought you wanted to rename your files to the above.

For you purpose, to enter the file name into a specific IPTC field, I use Photo Mechanic 4. Using the variable Filename or Filenamebase in any field you specify while importing (ingesting) or editing the files will automatically enter the current filename in the specified field.
I use this, as my agency renames the files I submit. This way I can find files by the old filename when needed.

http://www.camerabits.com/

G5 DP 1.8, 3GB RAM, ATI X800XT Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Stan Watt

Level 2

200 points

Feb 26, 2006 6:47 AM in response to bixo

I was a bit concerned about Photo Mechanic because it does not have all the EXIM fields available in the scratchpad dialog...

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Aperture vs. iView as a photo manager