Just completed download and reviewed this latest Apple Photo app and am seriously disappointed in it. It might have some better applications for those who post a lot of photos on social media but adds no new editing tools and certainly does not serve my needs. Will stick with Aperture for as long as it will support my present camera body files. Do not believe I will ever have a reason to use the new system. Be interested to hear anyone else's take on this subject.
Apple's new Photos app
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I switched from Aperture to Lightroom a few weeks ago and I have no regrets at all. Lightroom is better in almost every regard, and I don't have all my files stored in a weird application file that I can't access, they are in regular folders.
I'll keep Aperture around for use on old files for a while, though. I don't want to face the task of transferring all my photo files and versions to Lightroom quite yet.
I'll keep Aperture around for use on old files for a while, though. I don't want to face the task of transferring all my photo files and versions to Lightroom quite yet.
I'm with you. Loved aperture, but the announcement came out and I moved to Lightroom. I won't be using photo's for anything other than syncing my photos with iCloud. Not impressed that's for sure. Seems way to basic for all the hype. But oh well, I have something that works and aperture will stay on my machine for now.
I feel like I am on an iPhone, but it's actually a desktop if that makes sense.
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I feel like I am on an iPhone, but it's actually a desktop if that makes sense.
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From what I have heard of the new Photos app, I won't bother downloading it.
I have been using Aperture for about 4 years now, I was happy to keep using it, thinking all along they would update it soon
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I will keep using it until I decide what I will change over to, no hurry while it still works with the camera that I am using.
So far it looks like Lightroom will be what I change to, unless I find something better for my needs.
I have been using Aperture for about 4 years now, I was happy to keep using it, thinking all along they would update it soon
.I will keep using it until I decide what I will change over to, no hurry while it still works with the camera that I am using.
So far it looks like Lightroom will be what I change to, unless I find something better for my needs.
Woody, did you buy the Lightroom software, or get the monthly rental ?
I don't like the sound of having to pay every month to keep the software going, but seems many are happy to do it.
Why don't you give RAWTherapee a try? It got a steep learning curve and is a bit strange when compared to other editors but at many levels, it does a better job too.
I paid for the LR standalone last year and ended up deleting it from my system and solely use RT.
Thanks, I will check it out.
Like you, I wasn't sure about paying monthly, but when i did the math it made sense. I don't use Photoshop enough to ever dream about paying for a stand alone version, but for the occasional times I'll want it, it's worth the $10 a month for the Lightroom/Photoshop plan. And, now that I'm using Lightroom, I'm sure I would not go back to Aperture even if Apple continued to support it.
I switched from Aperture some months ago. It was getting long in the tooth anyway - no lens correction and noise reduction was limited. The Photos app, from what I've read, is pretty limited. My Macbook Pro is getting pretty old and just can't easily handle the D7000's raw files.
I switched to Darktable. It works, but my biggest gripe is that it seems to crash a lot under Linux, less so (but still some) under OS X. That gets old. Otherwise, though, it seems completely capable. A bit of a learning curve, but they're all like that.
I switched to Darktable. It works, but my biggest gripe is that it seems to crash a lot under Linux, less so (but still some) under OS X. That gets old. Otherwise, though, it seems completely capable. A bit of a learning curve, but they're all like that.
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The new Photos app could have been names iPhoto Lite!
From what I can see, its aimed at iphone users .The new Photos app could have been names iPhoto Lite!