worth the price tag? or stick with iPhoto?
Hi,
In that case just download and try the both apps. They are pretty similar, it's almost a question of taste. I'm using Lightroom, in my view it's better with noise... Less hassle.
sash
In my opinion Aperture is well worth the price tag once your involvement with photography moves beyond the occasional snapshot. I use it concert with DXO and CS3, but Aperture remains the first stop and centerpiece of my photographic "workflow".
Aperture does make demands on your hardware however. It's quite the memory hog and (via it's use of the Core Image API) likes a beefy graphics card. It runs great on my Mac Pro with 6GB of RAM and X1900, but those with considerably older/slower/smaller platforms may want to consider Lightroom instead (also an excellent program)
Apple offers a 30-day trial version of Aperture. Download the Aperture and Lightroom trials and see what works best for you.
Hi,
In that case just download and try the both apps. They are pretty similar, it's almost a question of taste. I'm using Lightroom, in my view it's better with noise... Less hassle.
sash
Sash, do you by chance have any examples where LR handled noise better than Aperture? I'm curious because this is the first I've heard that--though I had never really looked before.
When I tried out Lightroom, I didn't like how it forced you to be in "develop" mode to tweak photos, where Aperture lets you do it any time.
On top of that, you get better OS X integration,