Which would you rather use, Aperture or Lightroom. They would cost the same price for me. Which one do people think is better?
Which would you rather use, Aperture or Lightroom. They would cost the same price for me. Which one do people think is better?
That depends... Lightroom would integrate better with PS and Aperture with iPhoto, so which programs you use may determine which one is best. Also, Aperture relies much more on a powerful graphics card. I say try them both out and see which one you like better
Which would you rather use, Aperture or Lightroom. They would cost the same price for me. Which one do people think is better?
Lightroom had issues handling a large number of photos when I tried the demo. It basically made my Macbook Pro unusable for about 10m. Aperture was slow, but the computer was still useful for other tasks while it was importing about 230 large raw files from a D2x. That sealed it for me (I tried the other package that escapes me at the moment too- I didn't like it.)
Ideally, try it yourself with your standard workflow and see what fits your needs best. That's the value of the companies offering demos.
Why would Aperture want to merge with Filemaker? Filemaker is program that allows the novis user to create and work with data structures, to build a data base. Why would you want to edit aperture's data base structure?
I can't exactly. I have not used Filemaker to build any databases of my own, but I do know that HBO uses it to catalogue all their film elements/scripts etc. I've also worked in other image libraries that utilized it. I have not used Cumulus ( I have had to work w/some pretty bad custom built high end image databases, which is why I think these folks have tended to go w/Filemaker) but I am thinking of situations where you'll need to be able to customize large fields of data down the road, like video for example.
You've illustrated the point I was trying to make. Lightroom and Aperture seem more geared toward the post production workflow, where you just need to see which images you want to bring into an app. that can manipulate the image. I think the one that can better manage the meta-data will be the one I am interested in buying.
I think Abstract really hit the nail on the head. Aperture just doesn't make as much sense as Lightroom to me. As a recent convert from film, the darkroom metaphor is also rather comforting. The develop module is just amazing! I hope LR's versioning system is more intuitive than Apeture's. Then again, maybe I'm being too harsh on Aperture. It doesn't accept PEFs or DNGs made from my K100D's RAW files, which is certainly my biggest reason to favor Lightroom. Oh, and FWIW, the most intuitive and fast photo browser for people who shoot JPEG is iViewMedia Pro. I shoot RAW, so it's not much of an option.
What are you finding unintuitive?