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Aperture
Dirk Weaver, Photographer, Assistant
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Charlotte | NC | USA | Posted: 2:43 PM on 12.27.09 |
| ->> Anyone out there still using Aperture? |
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Pete Gawlik, Photographer
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Brighton | East Sussex | United Kingdom | Posted: 3:28 PM on 12.27.09 |
->> I am ! I've only had it about 2 months now and am really getting into using it.
Why do you ask ?
Is there something going wrong with it or is it just old hat now ? |
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Israel Shirk, Photographer, Assistant
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Boise | ID | US | Posted: 3:40 PM on 12.27.09 |
->> Personally, I don't know why you guys are playing around with the lightweight software...
This is pretty much all I use: http://tinyurl.com/yaehk48 |
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Carl Auer, Photographer
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Eagle River | AK | USA | Posted: 3:41 PM on 12.27.09 |
| ->> yup. And I still love it. I hardly ever go into Photoshop anymore. |
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Steven Mullensky, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Port Townsend | WA. | USA | Posted: 4:29 PM on 12.27.09 |
->> I've had it for years and see no reason to change. I can get an image ready to send without leaving the application.
Israel: That program in your link works with pc's. ugh! |
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Steven E. Frischling, Photographer
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102 Yards From The Beach | CT | | Posted: 5:15 PM on 12.27.09 |
| ->> I like Aperture, slowly migrating myself from PShop to Aperture, although I don't see it replacing PShop for many things. |
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Sean Gates, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Hempstead & Cooperstown | NY | US | Posted: 5:59 PM on 12.27.09 |
| ->> I started with Aperture a few years ago when I got my first Mac and am still using it. Although I have updated to the newer versions as they have come out. It's a great program to work with. |
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Scott Serio, Photo Editor, Photographer
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Colora | MD | USA | Posted: 7:37 PM on 12.27.09 |
| ->> If I really need to work an image to make it look good, Photoshop, Noise Ninja, Genuine Fractals and the like come into play. For raw ability to import and crank out solid images, I find Aperture saved me a ton of time. Photo Mechanic is great if you are making zero adjustments, but if you want to bump some levels, forget about it, Aperture all the way. |
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Chase Olivieri, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Durham/Raleigh/Chapel Hil | NC | | Posted: 8:42 PM on 12.27.09 |
| ->> I'm completely on aperture. Very little usage of photoshop these days. Makes image management and RAW editing fast. |
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Steven E. Frischling, Photographer
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102 Yards From The Beach | CT | | Posted: 9:46 PM on 12.27.09 |
| ->> Am I the only one use Aperture for JPEG? I don't shoot RAW but I am still finding Aperture a great tool |
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Neil Wade, Photographer
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Taipei | TW | Taiwan | Posted: 9:51 PM on 12.27.09 |
| ->> I went through a phase Lightroom Beta 3 came out where I thought I might jump ship. But I've gotten over that and I'm back to loving Aperture. I'm still awaiting Aperture 3, but I'm patient now. Aperture is awesome. (Although I'm still hoping that it speeds up in the next release) |
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Grant Blankenship, Photographer
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Macon | GA | USA | Posted: 10:18 PM on 12.27.09 |
->> I've played with Aperture a little. I shoot JPEGs and scrunch them with Photoshop for my daily work. I like the cataloging in Aperture, the non-destructive editing, blah blah.
Technical question about Aperture....in a RAW image with two different light temps, is there a way to mask off either one and adjust white balance in both areas or is the white balance adjustment only done globally? |
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Kevin Seale, Photographer
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Crawfordsville | IN | United States | Posted: 11:12 PM on 12.27.09 |
| ->> Grant, it is a global adjustment or at least I have never found a way to do a selective WB adjustment. |
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Steven Mullensky, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Port Townsend | WA. | USA | Posted: 12:48 PM on 12.28.09 |
->> Steven F:
You must be. I have not shot a jpeg in years. I see no reason to shoot jpeg since the conversion from raw is so easy and seamless with Aperture. Plus, you never harm your raw file no matter what crazy things you do to it. |
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Dirk Weaver, Photographer, Assistant
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Charlotte | NC | USA | Posted: 9:01 PM on 12.28.09 |
| ->> I was just curious everyone. I use it almost exclusively, but much like Neil, I'm waiting for Aperture 3. I use the PM/ PS combination every once in a while, but I find Aperture quick and easy. I do find it a bit slow from time to time, but for the most part, it does all I need and then some. Thanks for chiming in everyone. |
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Casey Templeton, Photographer
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Richmond | VA | USA | Posted: 10:07 PM on 12.28.09 |
| ->> All the time. I couldn't image organizing and accessing 200,000+ images without it. The only time I have to open Photoshop now is to sharpen images for web. If you have any specific questions or troubleshooting, let me know. I'd be happy to help out. |
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Steven Mullensky, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Port Townsend | WA. | USA | Posted: 11:28 AM on 12.29.09 |
->> Casey:
Did you know you can get a Noise Ninja plug-in for Aperture? |
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Dirk Weaver, Photographer, Assistant
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Charlotte | NC | USA | Posted: 7:33 PM on 01.01.10 |
| ->> Casey the Noise Ninja app is VERY nice. I also have the NIK Software suite as well. DEFINITELY a nice piece of software as well! |
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