I am considering purchasing Aperture.

Thanks Léonie

If that is fact, then should I wait for the successor? (what might that be?) I already have lots of old superseded applications. I'm presently still using Microsoft Picture-It under Parallels on my MAC, and I would prefer a faster, less cumbersome application that can do as much or more and as easily as that one.

Don

Don, as you have seen, Apple's new Photos app for Mac is out - as a Beta version. It is more targeted at iPhoto users than Aperture users. And no realistic hope at all, that Apple will ever release worthy successor to Aperture. So we are the proud owners of the only professional photo application that Apple ever released.

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/photos-for-the-mac-is-clean-fast-connected-and-110170 322774.html

Kirby pointed me to this Apple document, that finally describes Photos Beta:

http://www.apple.com/osx/photos-preview/

Good Luck, Don! 🙂

I read today that the new Photos app will be in 10.10.3 and will be available this spring. That is in the next 3-5 months. When 10.10.3 is released iPhoto and Aperture will be removed from the App Store. Aperture and iPhoto will continue to run on Yosemite.

Aperture is the ONLY photo application I've ever used. I bought my IMAC on 5 Jul 2011; the only 2 applications Apple installed were Pages & Aperture. In fact, I bought my IMAC because of Aperture. I have no need for photoshop because I don't have a desire/need/want to get into my photos down to individual pixels

At this time, I plan to keep Aperture 3.4.5 & stay with Mountain Lion 10.8.5 OS I don't have any "smart" phone" or any other devices, except my GPS & an external hard drive I use to back up. I've read enough things on the internet that has convinced me to stay with what I have, AT THIS TIME.

Hi Léonie

A clarification please: Do we know if we will be able to have iPhoto and Photos on the same machine?

Paul

Right now I have Aperture 3.6, iPhoto 9.6, and Photos 1.0 running at the same time. But it is still Beta, so no guarantees given.

Thanks L

Thanks

Dont...! get lightroom....way better.. RAW conversion leaves Aperture gasping... LR is way better re adjustments even if you don't bother with PS CC...Lightroom wins hands down... Seriously... download the free trial of LR and you won't regret it...!

windhoveruk wrote:

Dont...! get lightroom....way better.. RAW conversion leaves Aperture gasping... LR is way better re adjustments even if you don't bother with PS CC...Lightroom wins hands down... Seriously... download the free trial of LR and you won't regret it...!

For which cameras have you made direct comparison of the RAW conversion between LR and Aperture? Have you made any adjustments in the RAW Fine Tuning brick for those cameras?

Which adjustments in LR are superior? In which way?

Fwiw, I not only find Aperture's adjustments deep and deft, but even after years of using them I find new things in them regularly. I _assume_ the same is mostly true for LR. What I challenge is your unsupported contention that LR "wins hands down". On what racetrack? By which measurement?

Hi Kirby.. much respect for all your experience...and knowledge... I have always respected your opinions re Aperture.and have sought your advice frequently in the past....Thank you... But Apple have royally dumped on us this time... After years of using Aperture in a pro basis... I have had it with rubbish updates, slowing machines down, turning images into odd colours... I know you remember those days... 🙂

Now Aperture is to be dumped for the 'new ' better version... Aperture has been a good photo management tool and basic editing app also... But having made the switch to LR after 8 years of Aperture, my machines run more smoothly, effectively, images do not take forever to "load" work flow has increased... RAW conversion (without getting too techy) is much better.. I am re editing images edited in Aperture and re selling images I took 7 years ago as a result...My employees are working faster and producing better results than ever we did with Aperture....When I load 1000 plus 22mp images into LR... Its good to go 50% sooner than Aperture. In Aperture I could do my shopping before the images were ready to work on... And my machines are running max spec for max results... LR has improved my income... Thats it..! Speaks sentences for me Kirby... Kind regards.. G

Give LR a go and compare Kirby..I'd be really interested to hear your opinion...

PS I have submitted feedback 🙂

Hi Léonie

Along the lines of Kirby's Well Trod Path is there anything you can put me to re how people using both iPhoto and Aperture have different filing structures? I can see the sense of Folders in Aperture for bringing together sets of events if one has been lazy and not used keywords etc in order to use smart albums, but would appreciate looking over a few shoulders too see how Aperture file structures differ.

Ta as always

Paul