Photos for macOS isn't rushing to meet the needs of more than the 90% so I need an alternative replacement for Aperture.
I have a library approaching 100,000 photos so import is a major concern. I'm looking for an app that will preserve adjustments made within Aperture. That is nearly non-negotiable :/
Thanks
Photos for Mac is the only application I know, that preserves the Aperture adjustments. A pity, it does not meet your other requirements. It does not allow to customize the workspace with presets like Aperture, it does not support presets for metadata and bath changing, nearly no support for referenced images.
FWIW, Capture One will preserve a very small set of Aperture edits.
See https://www.phaseone.com/en/Search/Article.aspx?articleid=2320&languageid=1 for more information.
It's something, but it's not much if you've done anything beyond the most basic of adjustments. Lightroom, as far as I know, doesn't preserve any adjustments.
I think the only option if you're not moving to Photos is to do something like Aperture Exporter does and build TIFFs/JPEGs of the image with edits applied (so you have a RAW master and a TIFF/JPEG with the image as it was adjusted at the time of export). There are a whole bunch of disadvantages to this approach, sadly.
Good luck.
Have a look at this and see if this does what you need.
An Aperture Alternative? Look and try Darktable
Do not know if Darktable preserves Aperture edits or not.
There aren't many apps that come close to how Aperture functions, let alone preserves its workflow.
This maybe non-negotiable for you (completely understand this concern), but you need to realise that your requirement maybe unreasonable and impossible to find in any image editing application.
Also, since Aperture is old, Apple developed image editing software that is, barely, being supported and holding on by a thread and could be finally "officially & completely" dropped at any moment, we are all still working with what is, essentially, orphaned software.
Good Luck to you!
Also, since Aperture is old, Apple developed image editing software that is, barely, being supported and holding on by a thread and could be finally "officially & completely" dropped at any moment, we are all still working with what is, essentially, orphaned software.
Aperture is not barely supported - it is totally unsupported and has been for over a year since all development was stopped
You can use it as long as it works but there is no support at all for it
As painful as it may be it is time to move to move to an alternative while it still works
LN
Looking for Aperture replacement that preserves adjustments (made in Aperture).
