Aperture 2 is out

[Desertdude]

http://www.apple.com/aperture/whatisaperture/

 

[adventureduo]

Very cool! I still need to learn how to use version 1. :hehe:

 

[TeleScooby]

I may have to make the jump finally...played around with a trial of v1, and really liked it. Much faster and more intuitive then my non-universal PSElements...

Do you know if you need Leopard to use it's new RAW features?

 

[Desertdude]

It does run better, faster and smoother in Leopard.

Do your system and graphics card meet the minimum requirements for Aperture 2? Download and run our Compatibility Checker and find out.

Find it here lower right side of the page



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[TeleScooby]

Thanks for those! I'll check it out when I get home...on my work iMac right now...

 

[Scott Brady]

Pasquale,

That was slick. More apple ease...

 

[Scott Brady]

Is anyone using 2.0? Feedback or thoughts?

I really like Aperture (been using it for about a year now on the design station), as I am not a PS user and am not interested in the depth of capabilities PS has. I am much more interested in work flow, file management and RAW image file processing. The processing I do to my images is very limited. Aperture 1.5 works very well for me and 2.0 looks to add some nice features.

 

[TeleScooby]

Downloaded the trial this evening...will be trying it out later tonight and tomorrow morning at work(that's what fridays are for, right?)

will post impressions at that point...stay tuned...

 

[Lost Canadian]

I will be interested in seeing a comparison of Aperture 2 vs Lightroom. Has anyone used both yet?

 

[TeleScooby]

i'm not beginning to claim to be pro here...or even prosumer...but here's a real quick, down and dirty test I just did:

Original:

After 5 minutes of levels adjusting, etc...with no experience that I can remember using Aperture v1:

I still want to tone down the grass...that'll wait for tomorrow morning...

I found this to be an extremely intuitive program, the interface is easy to navigate, the workflow just makes sense, I'm almost sold after 10 minutes of fiddling!

I'll work with some larger folders and projects tomorrow...

 

[TeleScooby]

Big Fan!

OK...been playing with Aperture 2 for a couple of days now (sorry for the delay, ended up actually having to work yesterday). I'm sold. The work flow is intuitive, the processing tools are very easy to use and are just as powerful, if not more so, then what I was used to in Photoshop. I really like that you can make multiple images using the same original, so I can play with different crops, highlights, etc...and compare all of them at the same time to decide which came out better. Or use different crops for different purposes...The only thing I haven't figure out yet is masking, but I'll get it soon enough.

I haven't worked with the new RAW handling bits yet, don't have any RAW images on my laptop, they're on an external drive at home(I'm in a coffee shop) and I don't have Leopard yet so I can't take full advantage of those features.

Even without RAW editing, I'm probably going to buy a license for this when the 30 day trial expires, I've been waiting for a good, less expensive, photo editing tool came out. The fact that it is a work flow and archiving tool as well is just frosting...

 

[Photog]

Is this software only for Apple operating systems?

 

[Lost Canadian]

Yep.

 

[sinuhexavier]

I like Adobe Light Room a lot better because it has a direct interface with my Creative Suite.

 

[alvarorb]

Early last year I began using Aperture. Since then I take most of my pictures in RAW format. I'm really excited about 2.0, but it won't run in my home computer (Aging, Dual 2.0 MHZ PowerMac G5).
This is the first Intel only app that makes me want to change my computer. Speed wise, my PowerMac is still pretty good. But I can see the writing on the wall.
I'm waiting for two more and I'll switch.

Regards

Alvaro