I am. Aperture does everything I need right now. It will work in Yosemite. What reason do I have to migrate to another application unless it offers something I need or want. Just because it's not supported doesn't mean it's dead. Moving to another vendor's platform means a huge learning curve. That's going to happen whether I do it now or in two years. Since I don't need to do it now, why invest the time? I would feel pretty bad if I moved off Aperture right now and it turns out Photos does everything I need quite well.
We have people here still running Leopard on G5 machines. Do they have an immediate need to upgrade? Apparently not.
Aperture has been surpassed by both of it's main competitors for image quality, feature set, and versatility. It's still a great program and will continue to work, sure, but the fact is that having more features and customisable adjustments means that you can produce photography that isn't restricted to two year old ideas.
Of course, every DAM App will have it's compromises, but Aperture's Achile's Heel is that it can't do what other app's can.
Whats the issue with continuing to use Aperture?
The issue is that my competitors are using applications which are better and editing more quickly. I have to to have a fast workflow to keep up with my client's needs and while Aperture has been an incredible program, there are better options available. When it became clear to Pro users (probably about 2 years ago) that Apple were probably not creating Aperture X it also became clear that the features we were asking for were being offered by Lightroom and Capture One Pro. I used Aperture until the end of last year, and I continue to use it for libraries of previous work, but all new jobs go through C1Pro now.
A lot of people moved to Lightroom years ago and haven't had to ponder over the future of their established workflow. From a professional standpoint I compete with other photographers who might have an edge if they don't have to spend time migrating all of a sudden.
What's that quote? "I wouldn't want to bring a knife to a gun fight"?
That's why I planned a migration over a 2 year period so I could lose the learning curve in the mix. Aperture users have been given the same opportunity here. "we're killing Aperture, but you can still use it while you transition".
Either that or they are bringing prosumer features to the masses!
(Well my hope anyway)
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I am sticking with Aperture for now! I know the interface back to front and there is nothing quite the same.
Lightroom and capsure one both have to maintain PC versions so it holds them back on things like making the App have hardware acceleration built solely for Mac.
You can set up Capture One Pro to work in almost exactly the same way as Aperture. I have.
The only real difference is that C1 is more customisable with regards to your workspace and adjustments 'hud', as well as having alternative filing setups if you want more of a referenced file kind of system.
Neither of the two programs you mention are in any way 'held back' when it comes to crunching through processing and adjustments. You may be surprised at how fast your import window works in C1 when coming from Aperture.
"plans for professional-grade features such as image search,"
you hear that? that's the sound of thousands of "professionals" switching to a product that doesnt insult their intelligence.
This.
If I were using Aperture today I would certainly switch - the sooner the better!
