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Author:  james016 [ Tue May 19, 2009 9:55 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Aperture v Lightroom
Which of the two would you guys recommend if I wanted to move away from Canon's DPP software?
Author:  HeatherKay [ Tue May 19, 2009 10:01 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Aperture v Lightroom
james016 wrote:
Which of the two would you guys recommend if I wanted to move away from Canon's DPP software?


Do you have a Mac? Does it meet the min specs for Aperture?

I think that's the key factor in the first stage of deciding one way or the other.
Apple wrote:
Minimum System Requirements

One of the following Mac computers:
Mac Pro
MacBook Pro
MacBook Air
MacBook
Mac mini with an Intel Core Solo or Duo processor
iMac with a 1.8GHz or faster PowerPC G5 or Intel Core Duo processor
Power Mac G5 with a 1.6GHz or faster PowerPC G5 processor
15- or 17-inch PowerBook G4 with a 1.25GHz or faster PowerPC G4 processor
Memory requirements
1GB of RAM
2GB of RAM for Mac Pro
One of the following graphics cards:
ATI Radeon X600 Pro, X600 XT, X800 XT Mac Edition, X850 XT, X1600, X1900 XT, 9800 XT, 9800 Pro, 9700 Pro, 9600, 9600 XT, 9600 Pro, 9650, HD 2400 XT, HD 2600 PRO, or HD 2600 XT
ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 or 9600
ATI Mobility Radeon X1600
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra, 6600, 6600 LE, 6800 Ultra DDL, 6800 GT DDL, 7300 GT, 7800 GT, 8600M GT, or 8800 GT
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 or FX 5600
Intel GMA 950 or GMA X3100
Minimum operating system requirements
Mac OS X v10.4.11 Tiger
Mac OS X v10.5.2 Leopard
DVD drive for installation
5GB of hard drive space for the application and sample projects
Author:  EddArmitage [ Tue May 19, 2009 12:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Aperture v Lightroom
james016 wrote:
Which of the two would you guys recommend if I wanted to move away from Canon's DPP software?

Get a trial of LR2 and of Aperture and see which you get along with best?

Edd
Author:  james016 [ Tue May 19, 2009 2:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Aperture v Lightroom
HK: I have a white 13in MacBook. It is about 2 or 3 years old. I got it off my sister-in-law so not too sure of its age. It is running Leopard 10.5.7 but it came with Tiger.

Has an Intel 64bit processor
1GB RAM
Intel graphics.

Edd: Thanks for the links. Will try them and see.
Author:  big_D [ Wed May 20, 2009 10:19 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Aperture v Lightroom
Hmm, with all of the hundreds of photos I've taken over the years, I've never edited or retouched a single one of them... Apart from cropping or resizing images for loading in Imageshack, for sharing on forums, I don't think I've altered anything.

I've just watched the videos on Apple's Aperture 2 website. It looks interesting, but I really don't see anything it does, that makes it a "must have" product.

Can I just ask, what are the light tables for? The demonstration video just seemed to show it as a large canvas for throwing multiple photos onto, but didn't really tell me why I would want to... :?
Author:  HeatherKay [ Wed May 20, 2009 10:28 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Aperture v Lightroom
big_D wrote:
Can I just ask, what are the light tables for? The demonstration video just seemed to show it as a large canvas for throwing multiple photos onto, but didn't really tell me why I would want to... :?


I think it's meant to be used for comparing images on a virtual lightbox. It's something I've done for real over the years - dozens of similar transparencies on a light box, pored over with a loupe until you either fall asleep or actually make a decision on which one to go with for the design job in hand.

I have to say, I've not used the feature, but I can see it being used if I had a set of product shots that I needed to select from.
Author:  big_D [ Wed May 20, 2009 11:07 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Aperture v Lightroom
Thanks Heather.
Author:  rubicon [ Wed May 20, 2009 2:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Aperture v Lightroom
big_D wrote:
I really don't see anything it does, that makes it a "must have" product.


That's probably because . . .

big_D wrote:
. . . with all of the hundreds of photos I've taken over the years, I've never edited or retouched a single one of them.


However, if you need to keep track of hundreds or thousands of images, adding keywords, captions and various adjustments - especially RAW images - then LR and Aperture are invaluable.
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