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Apple Aperture 2.1.1 | 
 enlarge | From: Apple
Category: Software
List Price: $199.00
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Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 58
Format: Dvd-rom
Platform: Mac Os X
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Standard
Operating System: Macintosh
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 5.1 x 0.7
MPN: MB673Z/A
Model: MB673Z/A
UPC: 885909193608
EAN: 0885909249695
ASIN: B000BX5IKI
Release Date: February 15, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Image adjustment controls such as Recovery, Definition, Vibrancy, and Vignette | | • | Soft-edged Retouch brush for removing unwanted elements from photos | | • | Next-generation RAW image processing for producing images of the highest quality | | • | Quick Preview mode for rapid-fire photo browsing | | • | MobileMe Gallery support to instantly publish photos online, allowing visitors to both view and download images |
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Product Description
You can access your entire iPhoto library directly within Aperture 2, to import selected events, albums, or individual photos using the iPhoto Browser. Aperture 2 includes an all-in-one inspector that consolidates the Project, Metadata, and Adjustments panes and lets you switch between them simply by typing W. Quickly locate images in the innovative All Projects view with project skimming. The new Quick Preview mode provides rapid-fire photo browsing, letting you quickly compare, rate, and make image selections. Aperture also offers enhanced performance when making processor-intensive adjustments, such as Noise Reduction and Highlight and Shadows. Leveraging the next-generation RAW image processing in Mac OS X Leopard, Aperture 2 delivers images of astounding quality, offering superb color fidelity, increased shadow detail, reduced noise, and advanced highlight recovery. Aperture provides RAW support for the leading digital cameras and camera backs. It also supports DNGs made from the RAW files of most digital cameras. With a .Mac account, you can take advantage of new support for .Mac Web Gallery to create beautiful online portfolios even allowing clients, colleagues, or friends to download JPEG or RAW originals complete with embedded metadata. Aperture also lets you sync your Aperture library to an iPhone or iPod. Or enjoy your photos on a widescreen TV in glorious high definition using Apple TV.
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Aperture 2, Apple's groundbreaking photo editing and management software, gives photographers powerful tools to manage massive libraries, speed through photo edits, make essential image adjustments, and deliver photos online or in print with ease. Whether you're a professional photographer or a photo enthusiast, Aperture delivers a simple, integrated workfl ow that takes photos from import to output with uncompromising quality every step of the way. pWith more than 100 new features, Aperture 2 delivers advanced, next-generation RAW image processing, signifi cantly faster image handling, powerful new image adjustment tools, a streamlined interface, and an integrated Mac workflow, making it the ideal workflow tool for people who are passionate about photography./p table width="400" cellpadding="20" align="left" tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/aperture-2-1-th.jpg" border="0" psmallbiAperture 2, Apple's groundbreaking photo editing and management software, gives photographers powerful tools to manage massive libraries, speed through photo edits, make essential image adjustments, and deliver photos online or in print with ease./i/b/small /td /tr /table pfont size="+2"bThe Essential Tool from Import to Output/b/fontbr Aperture 2 has been designed to help photographers import, manage, enhance, and deliver photos in a single, integrated workflow that dramatically streamlines every aspect of digital photography. pbImport images fast--manage them professionally/bbr Aperture starts its flexible, fast image import the moment you attach a camera or memory card to your Mac. It instantly displays thumbnails of every image and offers streamlined ways to add copyright, keywords, and other metadata during import. You can also import photos from cameras, card readers, memory cards, DVDs, and hard drives, or pull shots directly from iPhoto. pOnce the images are in your library, you can organize them logically by using Aperture projects, folders, albums, and Smart Albums. Find images quickly with powerful search tools that let you search by any metadata field or image adjustment. And the flexible and open library system lets you store your images wherever and however you like--directly in Aperture, on external drives, even on a network storage device. The robust file management tools allow you to easily move your original photos to a new storage location at any time, so you'll never run out of space for your library as it continues to grow. table width="300" cellpadding="20" align="right" tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B000BX5IKI-3.jpg" border="0" psmallbiFind images quickly with powerful search tools that let you search by any metadata field or image adjustment./i/b/small /td /tr tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/aperture-2-3.jpg" border="0" psmallbiAperture adjustment tools help you make your best photos look even better./i/b/small /td /tr /table pbMake selects quickly and easily/bbr After adding hundreds of new photos to your library, Aperture provides the fastest and most efficient way to review them all and pick the very best. Aperture lets you edit photo shoots using tools such as Quick Preview mode for rapid-fire image review and Compare mode for easily evaluating images side by side. With Aperture, you can even zoom and pan multiple images at once for tight comparisons before making a pick. pYou can use the stacks feature to automatically group images shot in a sequence, and speed through big projects using keyboard shortcuts to apply ratings and keywords. pThe Light Table gives you a freeform space for grouping images visually, letting you resize, overlay, compare, and organize images into comp layouts. pbAdjust and enhance images precisely/bbr Aperture adjustment tools help you make your best photos look even better. Aperture takes you far beyond the basics of straightening, cropping, and improving exposure. Powerful toning controls let you correct exposure, fix white balance, set black point, enhance colors, and recover blown highlights and shadow detail. The soft-edged Retouch Brush removes spots, dust, and blemishes precisely. The new Vibrancy and Definition tools let you selectively enhance detail and saturation in specific areas of an image. pCopying adjustments from one image to another is simple using the Lift and Stamp tool, which allows you to batch-process adjustments on multiple images with one click. And because all adjustments are nondestructive, you don't have to worry about damaging your original master images. Aperture never touches them. Aperture's plug-in architecture lets you extend adjustments even further, allowing you to take advantage of third-party plug-ins for additional image editing. pbTake the final steps and showcase your best work/bbr Aperture makes it easy to deliver professional photos online or in print. With flexible export options and integrated online and print publishing capabilities built into Aperture, showcasing your work has never been easier. pbFlexible export option/bbr Save finished photos as JPEG, TIFF, or PSD. Output at exactly the size and resolution you want, embed ICC color profi les and metadata, and protect your photos with a watermark when you publish. Send photos to colleagues via Mail. Include the photos in iLife or iWork documents, taking advantage of the direct integration of Aperture with iMovie, Keynote, Pages, and other applications. Sync them directly to your iPhone, iPod, or Apple TV. Or use an Aperture export plug-in to send photos to Flickr, SmugMug, Gallery, Zenfolio, or Picasa. pbPublish online/bbr Aperture offers fully integrated MobileMe Gallery support, so you can publish a portfolio using your MobileMe account in minutes. Use your password-protected Gallery to deliver photos, letting others download JPEG or original RAW masters directly from your site. With the effortless HTML-based Web Page and Web Journal options of Aperture, photographers have the tools they need for instant, effective web publishing. pbProfessional-quality books to order/bbr Aperture provides all the tools you need to create custom-designed books in small, medium, and large formats. You can place, resize, rotate, and mask photos, so your book looks exactly the way you want. Hardcover books include a full-bleed, wraparound dust jacket. Choose from eight elegant designed themes, adjust to your own specifications, then place your order--all from within Aperture. pbHigh-quality printing/bbr With new built-in support for 16-bit printing, Aperture lets you produce high-quality prints with smoother gradients and better color fi delity. The new Print dialog also features print sharpening controls for fine-tuning sharpness for print. You can also order traditional lab prints directly from Aperture in a variety of sizes (wallet size to 20 by 30 inches). table width="400" cellpadding="20" align="left" tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/aperture-2-4-th.jpg" border="0" psmallbiThe new Quick Preview mode in Aperture is a lightning-fast way to speed through high-quality image previews, browse and compare photos, and make selects with virtually no lag time./i/b/small /td /tr /table pfont size="+2"bOptimized for Speed/b/fontbr With Aperture 2, virtually every photo management task across the workflow is faster, thanks to powerful new preview and search options, a more streamlined user interface, and a more responsive database. pThe new Quick Preview mode in Aperture--combined with its unmatched compare and select tools, Loupe, multi-image zooming, and Smart Albums--provides the fastest and most efficient way to edit a photo shoot. Switching between projects, scrolling through thumbnails, and searching for images are all dramatically faster. Exporting images is now a background operation, allowing you to keep working as Aperture renders your finished images. In addition, Aperture significantly improves the performance of certain processor-intensive adjustment tasks such as noise reduction, and Highlights Shadows. pbQuick Preview/bbr The new Quick Preview mode in Aperture is a lightning-fast way to speed through high-quality image previews, browse and compare photos, and make selects with virtually no lag time. Quick Preview simply tells Aperture to load only the preview of each photo when it's selected, rather than decoding and loading the full-size master image. This means photographers can scan through a shoot rapidly, make preliminary selects, and sort photos, edit metadata, and build albums faster than ever. The feature takes advantage of the embedded JPEG previews that are created in-camera by most cameras when shooting RAW images, or uses the preview that Aperture generates after import. Quick Preview is easy to toggle off whenever the full-resolution image is needed (to make image adjustments, for example). table width="250" cellpadding="20" align="right" tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/aperture-2-5-th.jpg" border="0" psmallbiThe revamped database in Aperture 2 is the key to dramatically faster searching and sorting, even when working with very large libraries./i/b/small /td /tr tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/aperture-2-6-th.jpg" border="0" psmallbiSophisticated Aperture metadata tools make metadata tagging and editing rapid and effortless, at any stage of the workflow, even in full-screen mode./i/b/small /td /tr tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/aperture-2-7-th.jpg" border="0" psmallbiThe visual keyboard interface for the Command Editor makes it easy to modify shortcut keys or create new ones./i/b/small /td /tr /table pbFaster and More Powerful Searches/bbr Rebuilt from the ground up, the revamped database in Aperture 2 is the key to dramatically faster searching and sorting, even when working with very large libraries. Powerful new search features, unavailable elsewhere, include the ability to search for images by adjustment (find all black-and-white images, for example) and to perform complex searches based on any combination of metadata fields. This gives photographers incredible flexibility in sorting their libraries, allowing them to quickly locate any images that have had a specific filter, adjustment, or metadata tag applied to them. pbAdvanced Metadata Support/bbr Sophisticated Aperture metadata tools make metadata tagging and editing rapid and effortless, at any stage of the workflow, even in full-screen mode. New features include the ability to embed IPTC metadata directly into master RAW files on export. And photographers can now precisely adjust the time and date stamps of images by a specific off set, to easily correct in-camera errors or to sync multicamera shoots. pbBackground Export/bbr Aperture now exports images in the background, so photographers can continue their work uninterrupted while their final images are rendered and exported--an enormous time-saver. Clicking the Activity indicator in the Viewer toolbar opens the Activity window, which provides the status of all background operations in progress. pbCustomizable Keyboard Shortcuts/bbr Aperture speeds tasks even more by letting photographers create their own keyboard shortcuts. The visual keyboard interface for the Command Editor makes it easy to modify shortcut keys or create new ones. And the ability to save an unlimited number of shortcut sets for diff erent users or tasks, and to easily switch between shortcut sets, means that multiple users can work in the way that's most efficient for them. The Command Editor can also be used to look up existing keyboard shortcuts. pbFaster Navigation and Scrolling/bbr Major database improvements and a revamped thumbnail browser optimized for speed provide dramatically improved performance across the workflow. Photographers will notice incredibly fast thumbnail browsing and scrolling, minimal load time when switching between projects, as well as performance improvements when applying certain processor-intensive adjustments such as Noise Reduction and Highlights Shadows. pbTethered Camera Support/bbr The new Tether command in Aperture lets users of popular Nikon and Canon digital SLRs tether their cameras to a Mac and capture images directly into Aperture without relying on third-party software or scripting. It's easy to set up and provides studio photographers with immediate, full-screen feedback while they shoot. table width="400" cellpadding="20" align="left" tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B000BX5IKI-1.jpg" border="0" psmallbiThe Show iPhoto Library command makes it easy to browse your entire iPhoto library from right within Aperture, and drag selected iPhoto images--or even entire albums or projects--into Aperture projects./i/b/small /td /tr /table pfont size="+2"bIntuitive and Accessible/b/fontbr No other professional workflow application offers the ease and depth of Aperture photo management and editing tools, including a streamlined interface that's easy to navigate and puts tools where you need them. The new, all-in-one Inspector makes it easier than ever to work effi ciently in Full Screen mode, while the simplifi ed browser lets you scan through photos and switch between viewing modes more efficiently. The innovative All Projects view gives photographers a quick visual overview of their entire library. And to help Aperture newcomers get up to speed fast, Aperture ships with a set of useful sample projects and 50 online video tutorials. pbStreamlined User Interface/bbr The simplified user interface of Aperture is more intuitive and makes it easier to switch between viewing modes, so that your workspace is always optimized for the task at hand. A new Hide Browser option gives you maximum screen real estate for images, books, web pages, and light tables. You can cycle through the three remaining viewing modes--Viewer Only, Browser Only, and split Viewer/Browser--with a single keystroke for maximum efficiency. And the new Filmstrip view in the browser makes shuttling through thumbnails of large photo projects easier than ever. pbAll-in-One Inspector/bbr The new consolidated Inspector brings together the Projects, Metadata, and Adjustments Inspectors into one tabbed panel, maximizing screen space and making it easy to work effi ciently in Full Screen mode. You can switch to the panel you need with a single keystroke and stay in Full Screen mode while you add and edit metadata, switch between projects, and apply corrections and adjustments. pbInnovative Project Skimming/bbr In the new All Projects view, each Aperture project appears as a single thumbnail image--similar to the Events view in iPhoto--for easy visual skimming of all the projects in your library. You can slide your mouse pointer across a project to quickly skim the photos inside, defi ne a Key Photo for each project to serve as the "poster" image, and double-click a thumbnail to instantly open a project and go directly to the selected image. pbiPhoto Browser/bbr Aperture also makes it easier for iPhoto users to dive in and get great results with their images. The Show iPhoto Library command makes it easy to browse your entire iPhoto Library from right within Aperture, and drag selected iPhoto images--or even entire albums or projects--into Aperture projects. table width="250" cellpadding="20" align="right" tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B000BX5IKI-2.jpg" border="0" psmallbiThe simplified user interface of Aperture is more intuitive and makes it easier to switch between viewing modes, so that your workspace is always optimized for the task at hand./i/b/small /td /tr tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B000BX5IKI-4.jpg" border="0" psmallbiSwitch to the panel you need with a single keystroke, and stay in Full Screen mode while you add and edit metadata, switch between projects, and apply corrections and adjustments./i/b/small /td /tr tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/aperture-2-12-th.jpg" border="0" psmallbiA true soft-edged brush tool, the new Retouch Brush removes blemishes, dust spots, or other unwanted elements with precision./i/b/small /td /tr /table pbSample Projects/bbr Aperture ships with four complete sample projects of professional images--including full-resolution RAW files--that are perfect for experimentation and learning. Some of the projects include adjusted images to help you understand how the adjustment and enhancement tools can be used most effectively. In addition, the projects include sample books, web pages, Light Tables, albums, and Smart Albums, so you can explore your output options by experimenting with these ready-made professional examples. pbOnline Video Tutorials/bbr Aperture includes a direct link to 50 video tutorials, each focused on a specific task in the Aperture workflow--from importing photos to making final prints. With nearly two full hours of video content, the targeted tutorials bring newcomers up to speed fast and help existing Aperture users get the most out of the new features. table width="400" cellpadding="20" align="left" tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/aperture-2-11-th.jpg" border="0" psmallbiAperture introduces an unparalleled level of quality to RAW image handling, with an all-new RAW decode engine that delivers superior images with less noise, better detail, powerful highlight recovery, and improved color rendering./i/b/small /td /tr /table pfont size="+2"bPowerful Image Processing/b/fontbr Aperture provides all the essential tools that photographers need to get the highest quality out of their images, whether shooting RAW or JPEG. The application has been built around an all-new RAW processing engine that delivers remarkable quality that can be further enhanced with an arsenal of simple but powerful adjustment tools. These new image adjustment and enhancement tools give photographers what they need to correct exposure, adjust tone, and refine images in more precise and powerful ways, all nondestructively. For even more control, innovative RAW fine-tuning controls let photographers perfect their renders on an image-by-image basis. Opening up even more possibilities is the new Image Editing Plug-in Architecture that makes it easy for photographers to use specialized third-party imaging software from developers like Nik Software and PictureCode, right from within Aperture. pbNext-Generation RAW Image Processing/bbr Aperture introduces an unparalleled level of quality to RAW image handling, with an all-new RAW decode engine that delivers superior images with less noise, better detail, powerful highlight recovery, and improved color rendering. You can selectively migrate existing images from the 1.x to 2.0 RAW decode, so you control which images in your library are re-rendered. Aperture supports 100 different RAW formats from today's leading cameras--including Adobe's DNG format--plus JPEG, TIFF, and PSD files. And the new Baseline DNG support means that even users of cameras with RAW formats not natively supported in Mac OS X can work with their images in Aperture. pbHighlight Recovery and Black Point/bbr Powerful new tools let you correct exposure and enhance images with precision, giving you a wider range of artistic control over how your images are rendered, and rescuing previously unsalvageable highlight and shadow detail. The new Recovery slider off ers remarkably effective recovery of "blown" highlights. A new Black Point slider on the Exposure brick speeds up toning, making it easier to set a black point and adjust the shadow areas of an image independently from the midtones and highlights. pbVibrancy and Definition/bbr Two new adjustments add remarkable detail and punch to your images. Vibrancy applies saturation selectively to unsaturated hues only and protects skin tones for more pleasing and realistic results. Definition adds superb clarity by applying local contrast to images to accentuate detail. pbVignette and Devignette/bbr The new Vignette filter lets you apply either gamma- or exposure-based vignettes around the edges of your images for artistic effect. Exposure vignettes simulate lens-created vignetting by reducing exposure at the edges of an image. Gamma vignettes apply a gamma adjustment to pixels in the vignette area, resulting in a more pronounced effect. Devignette lets you easily correct existing vignetting problems, removing unwanted optical vignetting where dark or shadowed areas appear at the periphery of images. pbRetouch Brush/bbr A true soft-edged brush tool, the new Retouch Brush removes blemishes, dust spots, or other unwanted elements with precision. You can specify the brush softness and opacity for precise control over the desired effect. A Detect Edges option helps you preserve image detail when repairing spots adjacent to hard edges. In Clone mode, you can easily clone pixels from one portion of an image and paint them over problem areas to make perfect visual repairs with multiple undos. pbRAW Fine-Tuning/bbr An expanded set of RAW fine-tuning controls give photographers even more control over tuning Apple's RAW decode on an image-by-image basis. Hue Boost, which lets you control the degree to which hues are preserved when the default tonal response curve is applied, can be particularly useful when rendering saturated highlights such as sunsets. The Moire control reduces unwanted color fringing and patterning that can sometimes appear in RAW images due to a moire effect. pbHighlight Hot and Cold Pixels/bbr Highlight Hot and Cold Pixels is a new overlay option that makes it easy to see exactly which pixels in an image are completely white or black, so you can adjust tones and set a perfect black point. Aperture also includes out-of-range pixel overlays, which can be invoked on the fly by holding down the Command key while using the Exposure, Levels, Recovery, and Black Point tools. Photographers can choose between Color or Monochrome overlays. pbCustomized Default Adjustment Set/bbr You can now specify which adjustments appear by default in the Adjustments Inspector/HUD. Include only the tools you use most frequently to save time setting up adjustments. This customized default adjustment set helps reduce screen clutter and makes navigating through adjustments faster and easier. pbPlug-in Architecture/bbr The open plug-in architecture in Aperture makes it easy for photographers to use specialized third-party image editing plug-ins for localized editing, filters and effects, noise analysis and reduction, fisheye lens correction, and more. By selecting one or more images within Aperture, you can choose from a menu of installed plug-ins and apply specialized imaging operations to either TIFF or RAW images. Apple is working with key developers to bring the most requested plug-ins to Aperture, such as Nik Software, PictureCode, Digital Film Tools, The Tiffen Company, dvGarage, and Image Trends. pAperture 2.1 includes Dodge Burn, a sample plug-in developed by Apple, that adds brush-based tools for dodge (lighten), burn (darken), contrast, saturation, sharpen, and blur. You can set the brush size, the softness of the effect, and the strength of the effect produced by the brush. table width="400" cellpadding="20" align="left" tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/aperture-2-13-th.jpg" border="0" psmallbiNew integration with .Mac Web Gallery means photos can be published from Aperture to a password-protected photo web gallery on .Mac with just a few clicks./i/b/small /td /tr /table pfont size="+2"bEnhanced Output/b/fontbr This seamless integration of Aperture with the rest of the Mac platform makes it a complete output solution. With built-in support for 16-bit printing and integrated print sharpening, Aperture produces superior-quality prints more easily than ever. Plus, the expanded book features let you design and publish one-of-a-kind, professional books with new sizes, themes, finishes, and layout tools. And Aperture gives photographers the tools they need for instant, effective web publishing, as well as essential access to their portfolios on their iPhone, iPod, or Apple TV. pbPublishing to .Mac Web Gallery/bbr New integration with MobileMe Gallery means photos can be published from Aperture to a password-protected photo gallery on MobileMe with just a few clicks. Visitors can view photos, download high-quality JPEG images or even RAW master files, and post their own images from any computer on any platform. One-click syncing makes it easy to keep published web albums completely up to date. When combined with the effortless HTML-based Web Page and Web Journal options that Aperture offers, photographers have the tools they need for instant, effective web publishing. pb16-Bit Print Support/bbr Aperture produces superior-quality print output more easily than ever. Built-in support for 16-bit printer drivers from leading manufacturers means high-quality print output with smoother gradients and better color fidelity. And integrated print sharpening lets you dial in the exact amount of sharpening your printer needs, giving you sharper prints with more detail. pbCustom Book Options/bbr Aperture has expanded its photo book layout tools to make it easier to create one-of-a-kind photo books, professionally printed and bound by Apple and delivered to your door. Choose from eight professionally designed layout themes--two of which are new--as a starting point, but make the book your own by customizing the layout and adding your own borders to photo and text boxes. Books are available in three different sizes. New finishing options include foil-stamped hardcovers and dust jackets. Publishing your images as high-quality books was never easier.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 29 more reviews...
 A must have December 3, 2008
R. Sereci (Dallas)
This is a must have for anyone who enjoys the world of photography and enjoys fine-tuning their pictures. its much easier to use then i expected. I suggest you also purchase the book so you can follow along. THe difference after using aperture on my pictures is unbelievable.
 Old Macs Stay Home November 30, 2008
Robert E. Lee (Caldwell, NJ)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had this item on my wish list, and before asking someone to plunk down their hard-earned cash for it, I decided to try the demo. br / br /I have a PowerMac, G5, dual-core PowerPC wth 2 GB of RAM. It ran like dog meat on my machine, and I don't consider my machine to be all that old. br / br /A quick google of Aperture 2 vs Lightroom 2 came up with an article by O'Reilly that confirmed what I was experiencing. Apparently, Apple decided to architect this software to require a fairly robust machine to run optimally. I would imagine it runs great on the newer Intel chip based machines, but on the PowerPC Macs, it is excruciatingly slow. I can only imagine that Apple will provide an update at some point to address this, but there is no guarantee that will happen. br / br /I run Final Cut Pro on my Mac, and it runs fine, which indicates to me that my machine should be perfectly capable of running photograph editing software. br / br /I was very disappointed about this. I really like the feature-set of Aperture and was looking forward to having it as an additional tool for my fledgling photography business. I'm now running the Lightroom 2 demo, and it is significantly faster then Aperture 2.1. It is not lightening fast, but it is fast enough to be usable. I'm becoming familiar with its interface and available features, and I'm finding it does a good job meeting my expectations. br / br /However, don't let any marketing videos or flash demos fool you, so far, I haven't seen any photo management software for Macs of my vintage that run as fast and efficiently as advertised, and that includes Lightroom. I'll probably ask for Lightroom, but I would have preferred Aperture had it run efficiently. br / br /Apple, if you're reading these reviews, I think you're architecting yourself out of this market and alienating existing customers by selling a product that is clearly not usable on relatively recent equipment. The very least you could have done was make a strong recommendation for a new, fast Mac to run this software properly. At least you offer a free 30-day demo, but the fact is, this product should not be marketed to customers with older Macs. br / br /If this trend continues, I will probably be forced to abandon the Mac platform. I simply cannot afford to replace $3 to $5,000 machines every 3 to 4 years simply because software vendors abandon the existing user base. I can understand Apple's motivation behind this ($$$), but even Adobe's product could run better on my machine. After all, it's just a photo management product, and if Photoshop Elements 4 can run lightening fast on my Mac, I don't see why Lightroom can't. Maybe if they did away with all the fancy user interface graphics and unnecessary eye candy, it might run better on older, but relatively new machines.
A MUST HAVE November 25, 2008
Judy Sardello (Dallas, TX)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
APERTURE 2 for MAC is a complex program. You will need to get a large detailed manual, or better yet, sign up for some classes at your Apple store. There are plenty of photo editing tools, all of the usual ones plus plenty more, allowing you to be as creative as you want to be. But probably the main purpose of this program is a way to organize and categorize your images within Aperture. In iPhoto, I have so many copies of the same image in so many folders, and sometimes the one I want is still hard to find. Aperture gets you away from folders. It takes time to do it right, but when you do, finding the image you want is a breeze. You assign various keywords to each image, whichever ones are appropriate for you, and as many as you want per image. When you complete that project, you can search by any keyword, and all of the images you have assigned that keyword to will show up. It couldn't be easier. But you will need help in getting this done so you do it right. I take classes at my Apple store, the One-to-One classes.
Not a bad Step Up November 16, 2008
S. Martinez
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased this product because I was looking for something more than just the iphoto my Mac comes with. I can tell that I have opened the door to a whole new world. This product was cheaper than an Adobe Pro program and better than Photo shop Elements. I am overal happy with my purchase and I look forward to getting all that I can out of this.
Thoroughly Pleased with Aperture 2 November 3, 2008
Paul E. Petrino (Massachusetts)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am an amateur at best and I took advantage of both free trial offers from Aperture 2 and LightRoom. Although LightRoom was similar, to me there was no comparison. I went into it with no experience and was totally objective in my opinion and found Aperture to be much much better. Used the same photo in both and consistently got better results in Aperture, with a more seamless flow to the work. One mans opinion !!
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