Apple today released Aperture 1.5.3 Update which addresses issues related to overall reliability and performance in a number of areas, including:
– Generation of thumbnails for adjusted images
– Entering and exiting Full Screen mode
– Working with large sets of keywords in the Keywords HUD
– Restoring from a vault
Among the specific issues that have been addressed:
– Previews now update properly when images are sent to an external editor.
– Leaf Aptus 22 and Aptus 75 images are now imported with the correct orientation.
– When folders are imported as projects, the folder structure is now correctly preserved when identically named subfolders are included in the hierarchy.
– Reconnecting referenced images that have been externally edited now works more reliably.
– Setting the ColorSync profile in the Aperture Print dialog now correctly suppresses color management settings in the Mac OS X Print dialog.
More info and download link here.
I guess Thursday is indeed the new Tuesday, two updates today.
Good to see not all the Apple programers are working on the iPhone.
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The black screen problem seems to be gone with the last Core Image update, now it’s time to add support for the camera lock and sound files.
Lightroom crushes you.
Lighroom is a by are a cut ahead. Use both, Lightroom is just not where it needs to be.
David, please restate that, in English.
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ChrissyOne, is Lightroom really that much better?
Aperture is better. but i also think lightroom is a good product and better in some areas.
for professionals i think aperture is better because orgainsing files is managed much better in aperture.
then again some (albeit very limited) color scenarios are handled better by LR.
But key for pros is an environment where you can organise everything very quickly, and make quick edits from anywhere in the program. not like LR where certains tasks are aligned to certain modules.
Aperture is much more of an oprn workflow, whereas LR dictates to a certain degree your workflow.
ah that would be open workflow
And for something completely off-topic, but nonetheless interesting in its own merit .. here is an article about the Octo-Mac running on all 8 cylinders !
I should have added ..
“But, the picture doesnt do it justice”
ChrissyOne, as much as i luv ya, you know you have already revealed your bias in the past.
( and no I done mean bi-ass)
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oops that should read
Don’t mean bi-ass
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I’m not a blind Adobe lover. I just like the interface of Lightroom more, and it fits my RAW metadata workflow better. Just sayin’. =)
Unfortunately, I have paid for both Lightroom and Aperture. That’s because I can’t decide which is best. I like both. Actually, I like the interface in LR much better. And LR is the only one that runs on my 12″ PowerBook. That alone made me buy LR. I prefer keyword management in LR also.
Actually, now that I’ve said all that, I can’t remember why I like Aperture. Loyalty to the brand, perhaps?
Please excuse me while I cry in my soup.
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MDN: lost (oh, the irony)
(BTW, I use Aperture and LR on a core duo 20″ iMac at home, in case you were wondering.)
razor,
That sounded like an insightful and unbiased comparison.
I know Aperture inside and out but I’ve only played around with LR. The controls for LB seem to be more responsive but it didn’t seem to be as flexible. (just a first impression)
LR seems to be a good program although I haven’t used it long enough to know all the warts. I know what the warts of Aperture are and I still love it. (although I’m still counting on Apple to fix the warts)
Bottom line, thanks to Aperture, Lightroom, and Capture One, it’s a good time to be a Macintosh photographer.
as a professional wedding photographer, i wouldn’t use lightroom. and i’m not anti-adobe, i’m already running photoshop cs3 as my external editor. but if you have a catalog of 20,000+ images, i’d love to see how you organize those in lightroom.
My bad english. Sorry, I just got into Amsterdam when I wrote that. Clearly suffering form Jet_Lag and a great deal of retardation.
I said, “Lighroom is a by are a cut ahead. Use both, Lightroom is just not where it needs to be.”
Correction, “Lightroom is by far a cut ahead. I have used both products. Lightroom just is not where it needs to be yet.
More about Aperture. I have loaded more than 10k images into Aperture and it runs like a dog even on both an intel running laptop and desktop. In general, its performance is the discouragement. The interface is a bit cumbersome. Light room allows you to navigate through the application quickly. It processes the images almost instantly. Granted, it is missing some of the features of Aperture but over-all, it does satisfy my photography work flo. Yes, I am a professional photographer. Lightroom is not perfect and I am not suggesting that. However, I do not have time for Aperture to keep up when I have a deadline.
If Apple improves Apertures performance hit limitations I would welcome it back. For the time being, it is a fancy iPhoto application not really intended for the professional.
I am deeply into Aperture and moving all my libraries onto it now. It is a truly brilliant piece of software. You have to invest time to really get to know it and use it well. But boy oh boy, when you do the rewards are huge.
And as for the poster above who says it is not for the professional??!?!?! I don’t know how to answer that except to say the guy has to work for Adobe.
David,
In Amsterdam, huh? You sure it’s just jet lag? It is 4/20.
“I don’t know how to answer that except to say the guy has to work for Adobe.”
NUH-UH!!!
;P
Anyway, I like both too, but, like I said, the interface in Lightroom just flows better for me. It’s like silk. I plan to move my catalog from last year’s shooting (about 9k images) from iPhoto into LR as I get the time, so we’ll see how it handles the size of the database. I’m not sure why it would be a problem, since it uses a plain old folder structure which you can set up any way you like. But I haven’t given it a big workout yet, so I guess the court’s still out.
-c
Yes, I am in Amsterdam. No 4/20 here for me.
I don’t work for Adobe. Goodness gracious.
Please…tell me how to get Aperture to perform better when managing 5k, 10k or 15+ files. I certainly do not dispute that Aperture ideally is great. What kills me is the performance hit when you attach the amount of files I need to connect. Oh yes, managing the database is not intuitive. Example: I deleted and renamed some files. I knew that I would need to manually correct this within Aperture. Sound easy enough. It is not. It would be nice if Apple made such issues a bit more intuitive and easier to correct.
Tell me how to achieve the performance like that of Lightroom. For that, I would be sold and not believe my money spent on Aperture is wasted.
Wow, full screen mode is MUCH faster. I’ve found I’m using that all the time now. And that’s on a PowerBook G4 1.25 GHz!