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Yes, I have both LR and Aperture. LR has more options (as Aperture did not get updated) and better printing. But I much more liked the file management and nondestructive adjustment of Aperture. It is very easy to revert one action in Aperture at any time but not in LR.

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Will anyone mourn the demise of Aperture?

 

I thought long and hard about whether to go the LightRoom or Aperture route. As an Apple user it was tempting to choose Aperture.

 

I'm so glad I didn't. Apple have dumbed down Pages (which I use) and Numbers and now they look like they will be dumbing down Aperture.

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Yes, I have both LR and Aperture. LR has more options (as Aperture did not get updated) and better printing. But I much more liked the file management and nondestructive adjustment of Aperture. It is very easy to revert one action in Aperture at any time but not in LR.

 

 

LR is nondestructive as well. There is a history tab on the left in the develop module. You can go back as many step as you please. That being said, you lose history if you go back and affect a change. In other words if you go back five steps and then adjust a setting you will loose what were previously steps one through four because you will have started a new history of steps.

 

Perhaps Aperture functioned differently?

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LR is nondestructive as well. There is a history tab on the left in the develop module. You can go back as many step as you please. That being said, you lose history if you go back and affect a change. In other words if you go back five steps and then adjust a setting you will loose what were previously steps one through four because you will have started a new history of steps.

 

Perhaps Aperture functioned differently?

 

Yes you exactly describe why I liked aperture better. You can reverse any action at any time without messing up the rest.

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They were not that far from been "perfect": a built-in non-destructive layer for plugins would have given a really long life since the possibility to extend functionality with no effort from apple. It could really have been a good software on which develop on.

 

Perhaps the new Photo will be the union of iPhoto and Aperture with basic and advances features!?

 

Either ways, I have a lot of pics on Aperture and I don't really like LR.. :(

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Sad news that.. I've tried to like Lightroom over Aperture several times but always end up going back to Aperture. The user interface just fits me better.

 

Hope the new app will turn out good for what I need. Also, I do hope they'll keep the Aperture plugin system as is.. otherwise the new app will have a hard time. So many great plugins are out there for Aperture and if they kill those, I wonder how many companies will choose to rewamp for Photos thinking "wonder how long this will last?".

 

//Juha

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Will anyone mourn the demise of Aperture?

 

Yeah, I will :mad: I did enough for me, the new "Photos" looks like it will be a step in the direction of iPhoto ... so might as well try something else!

 

Is there a equivalent which allows sharing of photo libraries between computers and users? And without the "Cloud" pricing model. I don't think so?

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liked the Aperture user interface and workflow, but didn't liked it too much with the Monochrom.

C1 in my mind is the best raw converter for Monochrom, so I used C1 for raw to tiff and used tiff in aperture for editing and printing with RIP software.

 

I used iPhoto as a repository for low res jpeg and to search for pictures.

 

I will give the new Photos a try, when it's out. I hope they leave the add on working the same way and got a good Monochrom convertion

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I am not at all surprised; this was bound to happen sooner or later.

 

Yes, this is the trend of Apple. I have learned not to trust Apple for mission critical apps. Like their online services, the playing field is likely to change with little notice. For an example, I had my entire website on .Mac, now I run it myself. Apple expects and often gets there customers to just go with Apples whim. It's not the first, it won't be the last. I worry about the future of Pages, Numbers, and the like...

 

P.S. On a separate note, I miss PageMaker...

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