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Aperture 2

Raw support for Leica d-lux 4

Written by WM from SAN FRANCISCO

8/12/2009

I'd give the software 4 stars in a heartbeat... I was hoping to replace iPhoto with Aperture, but still no Raw support for the D-Lux 4 camera after more than a year. This is supposed to be a pro application, and the DL4 is a compact camera a good many pros would choose because of it's outstanding quality. I'm wondering why such a long delay?

3 of 7 people found this useful

Aperture 2

Not for Everyone

Written by CT from Durango

4/12/2009

I've a prosumer type photographer and was excited to add Aperture 2 to my new Mac when I bought it in 2008. Since then, I've uploaded all my photos using Aperture's import feature. I've also used Aperture to organize my photos. While I've been pleased with the software's editing capabilities, I don't recommend it as the best way to organize and back-up photos. When I'm inside Aperture, life feels pretty organized as I've created folders, albums, and projects to put photos where I can easily find them. The problem is the way Aperture organizes them on the hard drive. The folders created inside Aperture don't always show up as folders on the hard drive. Sometimes they do and sometimes they don't. I've not been able to figure this one out yet. The problem it's created is that it makes it difficult to back up my photos on the hard drive in an organized fashion. To avoid boring everyone with the details of this, I'll simply say that I got so frustrated with the messy organization created by Aperture that I took all my photos off the Mac and put them on my 8 year old Windows PC so I could re-organize them. Believe it or not, this is easier in Windows that it is in Leopard. The other thing Aperture does not do is allow direct burning of DVDs. I've read this complaint from others as wells. Apple has a work around for this on their website, but it's really not designed for large scale backups. This just seems like a ridiculous oversight for a high-end photo processing software package. Bottom line is I would NOT recommend this product.

37 of 40 people found this useful

Aperture 2

No sharpening tool?

Written by ST from Brunswick

5/11/2009

Is this not important tool? Or it's extra, not neccecity?
But overall, i like the interface...

26 of 55 people found this useful

Aperture 2

disapointing

Written by LS from Moose Jaw

30/10/2009

lacks a lot of features that i used in elements 7. I should have done more research before purchasing this program.

44 of 78 people found this useful

Aperture 2

Your Snow Leopard Ate My Aperture!!

Written by BW from Chicago

5/10/2009

What a bummer! After successfully upgrading my MacBook to Mac OS X Snow Leopard, I was horrified to learn that my perfectly good version of Aperture will not work with the new ops system. It would have been nice to have been warned about this before the fact or have been provided the opportunity to purchase a compatibility enhancement. This really stinks Apple:-(

278 of 308 people found this useful

Aperture 2

Aperture 2: Weak on Performance & Stability

Written by CB from Columbia

4/10/2009

I've been using Aperture for years, updating from 1.x to 2.x and always been impressed with its rich feature set and polished interface. However, there are chronic performance and stability problems.

My library isn't that large (certainly not on par with a pro) and I'm glad to have Time Machine backups because the library has become corrupted on more than one occasion. Unexpected crashes, increasingly slow load times, and periods were it goes unresponsive while seemingly to do nothing (CPU, disk, memory, and network practically idling) are increasingly motivating me to try Lightroom.

58 of 67 people found this useful

Aperture 2

Snow Leopard messed up my Aperture

Written by GF from Needham

11/09/2009

My Aperture program was wonderful until I upgraded to Snow Leopard. Now it has problem's including sending out photo's in the mail program that don't change size and blink on the screen 3 times before it stops the moment.

129 of 151 people found this useful

Aperture 2

NO X3F support.

Written by CH from MACGREGOR

31/08/2009

Doesn't support X3F raw.

I use SIGMA cameras, DP2.

I'm a apple fan, own 5 macs,iphone, ipods etc

Aperture is a great product but giving it a 1 so apple realises what it needs to do.

12 of 16 people found this useful

Aperture 2

still no X3F support

Written by RV from HARDERWIJK

27/08/2009

While Apple still doesn't support X3F Raw-files, this product isn't usefull for me.
Just started with Adobe Lightroom which support X3F.
If you have a superior Sigma camera, don't buy Aperture!
I am a great fan of Apple, but I am fan of digital Sigma camera's too.
It's a pitty Apple doesn't support such a good camera for such a long time.
I hope Apple will fix this problem in the near future.
Aperture is a very nice packet, it's probably the best there is.
If I had another camera I would go for Aperture.
See the compatability-list before you buy this product.

62 of 85 people found this useful

Aperture 2

Mine has a bug

Written by GR from Diamond Creek

21/08/2009

I really like it . . . but, my version has a bug that is incredibly annoying. About every 5 photos when I perform adjustments light coloured streaks appear. I have to quit and re-open the app and they go away. This wastes time. I have paid for and used the incredibly expensive Apple Care to fix this problem. I was advised to do a consistency check and then rebuild the library. This worked for a few days but then the problem returned. I have searched for solutions on-line - again to no avail. Now when I run a consistency check and rebuild the libraries (each task taking and wasting more time) I find that it fixes the problem, but only for a couple of days before it returns.

Ugh!!!! Back to Apple Care and the waiting in line and the painstakingly slow process of finding and "fixing" the problem.

63 of 81 people found this useful

Aperture 2

Impressed

Written by DM from Brandon

9/08/2009

I have been using LightRoom for almost 2 years, and tried Aperture about 6 months ago, I didn't give it enough time. LightRoom has been getting slower and slower the more I use it, I really like the additional tools like gradient shading, but I wanted to give Aperture another shot. I bought Aperture a week ago, and I am very impressed as I really gave the software a work out, I love it. I really do get better results faster in Aperture, and I can make edits at any point in my workflow, something that cannot be done in the LightRoom modules. Truly every aspect of Aperture is excellent, from RAW 2.0, all the way to printing (I love the full screen editing), I even like the Web and book creation, more editable than iPhoto for book layout. I uninstalled LightRoom, all I need is Aperture and Photoshop for all my photography editing and output. Great producr, really brilliant. (Now if Apple will just get camera RAW updates out a little quicker).

95 of 100 people found this useful

Aperture 2

Reduce the time in post production by days!

Written by SF

3/07/2009

As a new convert to Mac from PC I found the transition quite challenging, as well as looking into Aperture. As a pro photographer dealing in weddings the main obsticle that I wanted to avoid is the time spent on post production. It took me 2 days to edit a wedding on a PC importing everything into Photoshop. A workflow tool was needed, enter Aperture. What a powerful piece of software, after going to One to one training at the Apple store with a photographer, after 10 lessons I am now editing a wedding in under 2hrs! Its non-destuctive meaning that any adjustments that are made can be altered without having to make copies and increasing the files on your HD. You really don't need Photoshop as all the adjustments are already within software. The RAW element is something else, easy to convert and can be used with most DSLR. The price for the sofware has been paid for 20 times over already. If you are looking to reduce post production with hundreds of images this is the only tool you need!

124 of 126 people found this useful

Aperture 2

Excellent

Written by RV from Louisville

18/06/2009

I find Aperture to be a fantastic photo editing software program. Please don't think it's Photoshop because it not. I find it does great job with RAW conversion. I also use the B&W conversion with added plugins for great results.
Much easier to use than PS.

109 of 117 people found this useful

Aperture 2

Great App plus Plugins

Written by MT from Calgary

17/06/2009

Hi

After using Adobe (windows) for a few years I dumped my PC and bought an iMac. I got Aperature and bought the NIK complete collection plugins ($300 for those). These work extremely well together and do just about everything you could imagine. If you ever did any work in a darkroom in B&W then will think you went to heaven with NIK Silver Effex & Aperature. I can create awesome shots with this - what could Ansel Adams have done with this! Works very well with RAW. For indoor sports I use Aperature sand Dfine (from NIK) to remove noise in low light.

86 of 94 people found this useful

Aperture 2

Not Photoshop

Written by KD from Albuquerque

14/06/2009

I really like this software but I thought it would do more photoshop type editing. You cannot add text or put borders around pictures. I should have researched Aperture a further but I expected more. It does a lot of cool advance editing and features but I also thought it did photoshop type editing too. I am sure I will enjoy this product more the longer I use it.

146 of 195 people found this useful

Aperture 2

Beautiful software

Written by DD from Bwlchgwyn

12/06/2009

I have used iPhoto and early versions of Elements but I find that Aperture has a nice flow to the work and the interface just suits me and I find it more intuitive than the competition. Full screen mode using the HUD is fantastic and the on-demand Loupe is very useful. RAW manipulation is great and it handles my Canon 450 files with ease. I can do most of my alterations and minor repairs more quickly and easily in Aperture than in Elements. However, if you do need to do something really clever to your photo then either Elements or Photoshop is essential but both of these have a steeper learning curve to match their abilities.

The Apple Pro Training DVD and book is very helpful if not essential and there are loads of Youtube tutorials of varying quality that are worth a look.

Time Machine seems to work well with Aperture 2 but I also back up into a separate Vault.

Highly recommended.

75 of 76 people found this useful

Aperture 2

Easy to use and super powerfull

Written by RM from Sydney

18/05/2009

Aperture 2 is great. Well designed work flow and very manageable file/project structure.

Fairly fast preview system, and easy backup solution makes this software a 5 star product.

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Aperture 2

face/places

Written by TS from Aptos

10/05/2009

Aperture is one of my favorite programs and its great how it links right into iDVD. The editing tools are great and easy to use. It would be very nice to the iPhotos faces and places added to its features though

51 of 73 people found this useful