Aperture in macOS High Sierra...

I do have MacPhun's Luminar and use it frequently and since I have Lightroom and PSElements [on computer, not online] it would work with those two as a plug in but works fine with Aperture.

Luminar 2018 will be available on November 16. It has finally a new digital asset management tool.

Hi Gary. Thanks for the info. I suggest that you look into a new application called Luminar 2018 for mac. I pre bought it and have been looking at lots of reviews and previews of it and it looks very very good. In pre buy it is only $59 if you get it before the 17th. It's even going to have after the new year the ability to organize your photos like aperture. It's the first serious contender to Aperture that i've seen that doesn't cost a fortune. If it doesn't solve it for me I'll have to get something expensive like capture one but by the looks of what I've seen this is my answer . Here is the link Luminar Photo Editor – Best Photo Editing Software for Mac & PC | Macphun

Ron

Thanks for this advice, Ron and Leonie. Luminar looks like a good choice for RAW too. But it seems to me that it is meant for manipulating photos photoshop style, what I am looking for is not special effects, but the normal developing possibilities to get the best out of my photos and stick to reality as close as possible. Does luminar have the usual shadow and highlight controls?

Yes, it has the usual controls for highlight and shadows, contrast, white balance, and similar. And the beauty is, you can apply each adjustment or filter in a separate layer and brush the adjustments in locally. And touch the photos up. It is the first editor, that I found, where I can dodge and burn with precise brush strokes. The layers are meant to blend your adjustments, not primarily to add graphics overlays. You only need to use the layers, if you want to be able to revert adjustments individually. You can combine your favorite adjustments and save them as a preset. It is very close to what I could do with the brushed adjustments in Aperture.

I use Luminar [Neptune, 2017?] now as a plugin with Aperture and like it a lot = but since I just bought Luminar not that long ago, and Aperture still works, I'm not sure I'll do the early upgrade....I would have to relearn almost everything = I like and use its presets but if I were to rely totally on Luminar, I'd have to learn to adjust them plus use the DAM process = more than I want to learn right now = but I look forward to seeing the reviews and your experience.

Hi Again

Yes I had some of the same questions that you do and I won't know for sure till it is installed on my desktop but I Looked at several training tutorials and it looks like you can do many of the same basic edits and more. By looking at these tutorials for Luminar I already feel like I could work with it fairly easily. Plus you can use it as an external editor for Aperture. I already use Affinity photo as an external editor for Aperture and it has been a big help there. Good luck to you. Ron

Hi!

I just tried to install Aperture 3 (trial) that I still had, but I could not install it. I loved A3 before they discontinued with it, and had to move to Lightroom. But now when Adobe killed all non subscriptions, I am abandoning Adobe totally. I like C1P, but it cannot handle a cataloge with alot of photos...

So I really want to use A3 again. Anyone who knows how to install from scratch on Sierra/High Sierra?

I just tried to install Aperture 3 (trial) that I still had, but I could not install it.

The trial will give you a very early version of Aperture 3, if you manage to install it at all, aperture 3. or similar. It is not possible to update this version to Aperture 3.6, because all newer aperture visions since Aperture 3.4.5 have only been available from the App Store and not from Apple's downloads page.

You can only download Aperture 3.6 from the AppStore if Aperture is your Purchases History at the App Store.

If you do not have Aperture in your Purchases history, and only a registration number to unlock the Trial, you need the help of Apple Support to provide a redeem code for the Mac App Store. In some case Apple Support helped to get update for the current version.

Other than that, there is no way - you cannot even purchase Aperture again to get a version compatible with High Sierra,

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Hi:

I have Aperture v 3.4.5 and I just updated to High Sierra (I had Lion), and my Aperture doesn't work. I read in these forums that Aperture v 3.6 is working on High Sierra. Please, does anybody know if there is same place to download Aperture v 3.6?

Thanks to everybody

Bob

Robrodrigo wrote:

Please, does anybody know if there is same place to download Aperture v 3.6?

Robrodrigo,

Look back at posts in this discussion thread. You'll find instructions about what to do to upgrade your Aperture version.

Some nice effects but no EXIF info...

For dealing with EXIF I got myself GraphicConverter 10.

Bought it today, fiddled for a few hours. Luminar 2018 seems pretty lightweight compared to Aperture.

The advanced tools are very powerful. I received my copy of Luminar 2018 yesterday. I like it very much for editing. It is great to have adjustment brushes back. What I am missing is a tool for frequency separation, but perhaps I just overlooked it. Many effects seem to be going by different names in Luminar.

Downloaded Luminar 2018 too today. Was a bit of a hassle to get it. And I had expected it to be able to organize my photos as well, but that is not possible (yet). You have to import photos from files or folders, then 'develop' them and organize them somewhere else.

Moreover, it doesn't seem to be recognized by Photos as an extension. But that may be because I only use Photos on my mac without cloud. Photos is not really meant for avid photographers.

Luminar has possibilities, but it cannot import RAW RW2 images without the need to apply lots and lots of adjustments (so you have to convert those files into dng first). So Luminar seems a good 'developer', but has its limitations.

I'll continue using Capture One 10.

Moreover, it doesn't seem to be recognized by Photos as an extension.

I launched Luminar 2018, then first used the command Luminar > Install Plug-ins. Then quit Luminar 2018 and restarted the Mac. After that, the Luminar 2018 Photo Editing extension has been showing in the System Preferences > Extensionsand I could add it.

But I had to run first App Cleaner to remove all traces of the Luminar Pluto Trial, that I have running previously.

I had loaded all my photos in Aperture & set up new Projects. However, at some point I opened Photos & now all my pics and Projects are in the Photos System library & I can't get them back into Aperture. I tried copying the System Library & renaming to Aperture, but that didn't work. Apparently, only Photos can access the System Library. Aperture was working fine up to that point. Any ideas?

point I opened Photos & now all my pics and Projects are in the Photos System library & I can't get them back into Aperture

That does not mean that they are removed from Aperture. They aren't. The migration procedure leaves your Aperture library untouched. There's nothing to get back to Aperture.