MJLogan Posted November 2, 2006 Share #1 Posted November 2, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Apple has released a 30-day Free Trial version of Aperture 1.5.1, so Mac users can check it out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rosuna Posted November 2, 2006 Share #2 Posted November 2, 2006 Leica M8 support? DNG support? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosuna Posted November 2, 2006 Share #3 Posted November 2, 2006 I cannot understand why a "pro" application doesn't support professional cameras but support many amateur cameras instead. Leica M8 is not supported, despite the DNG native format. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted November 2, 2006 Share #4 Posted November 2, 2006 This is due to DNG files not actually being as proprietary as Adobe would have you believe. Aperture relies on core OSX graphics libraries which, currently, do not support DNG. Apple are working on an update that is rumoured to be available before Christmas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankton9 Posted November 2, 2006 Share #5 Posted November 2, 2006 Crapature is by far the slowest program on the face of the earth. I got it, and was quite excited about it, but that excitement only turned to frustration as the only way you can use it is with at least 2 gigs of ram. i have 1 gigi of ram and it is so terribly slow, that i cant justify using it. stick with photoshop, and check out photomechanic instead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted November 2, 2006 Share #6 Posted November 2, 2006 Crapature is by far the slowest program on the face of the earth. I got it, and was quite excited about it, but that excitement only turned to frustration as the only way you can use it is with at least 2 gigs of ram. i have 1 gigi of ram and it is so terribly slow, that i cant justify using it. stick with photoshop, and check out photomechanic instead. Ah okay, so the $300 program needs an extra Gig of memory (cost: $100?), so you prefer the $1000 program? Aperture is slow (I used it for a couple of months), but it is workable. My issues were more with the conversion quality and the closedness of its database. Now I prefer Lightroom, which seems to handle M8 DNGs, btw. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Maio Posted November 2, 2006 Share #7 Posted November 2, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Apple and Adobe aren't exactly the best of friends these days. I have to believe that Adobe is dragging its feet licensing the DNG algorithms to Apple. The whole Aperture vs. Lightroom competition is, I assume, part of it. In any event, I use Aperture mainly as a image management search and storage tool, as well as some of the exportable web presentations for clients. I've taken Lightroom off my Mac completely, even though it is faster than Aperture (which is highly dependent on the speed of the graphics card one uses). I use PhotoMechanic for importing from the CF/SD card as I'm able to rename and re-sequence files on import, and easily add IPTC notations. Its also good for quick editing (deleting, copying. etc.) Capture One is the RAW converter I use. As I said, I only use Aperture to store finished images - and even then, I don't completely trust it as my only archival program. I'm also begining to appreciate OSX's Spotlight search engine more and more. If you give your images relevant file names, its very fast in finding where you stuffed the darn things on any connected HD - even networked storage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted November 2, 2006 Share #8 Posted November 2, 2006 I do believe that the filename is not the only way: you can also simply add keywords or titles to the EXIF of files, and forget about the filename. Spotlight is great, except when it doesn't work. I have had some trouble with Mail and Spotlight, but other than that it is awesome. I find Lightroom faster than Aperture at everything that it does, so I went the other route and deleted Aperture. Lightroom also has quite a capable raw converter now that Adobe bought Pixmantec. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
drralph Posted November 2, 2006 Share #9 Posted November 2, 2006 Is there any downside to using the Adobe DNG converter utility to convert Leica RAW files such as those from the D-Lux3? I assume the converted files would be compatible with Aperture. Is there any loss of information in that process? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrism Posted November 2, 2006 Share #10 Posted November 2, 2006 Not strictly relevant, but Apple today released an update for the OS's handling of RAW files. I was hopeful it would let me use iPhoto (hey, I'm an amateur!) to organise DNG's but it still won't import an M8 DNG. Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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