Aperture and DxO

[garycurtis]

I have been slogging my way through the learning process on Aperture v 3.5.

Definitely preferable to LightRoom. But tough to learn.

The 600-page User Guide doesn't include a table of external editors or plug-ins which will work with the program. Can I use DxO?

 

[r.harris1]

I'm not aware of an easy way to send files back and forth between DxO Optics Pro and Aperture. They're both RAW processors, as well as Aperture also being a DAM (DxO can also perform this function but not their strength). DxO does expose their film pack as a plugin.

I use both tools (among others), but tend to work in one or the other depending on my needs for a particular image.

PS: I haven't ever read the manual but a plugin list is here.

 

[JackRoch]

I was slogging away with Aperture too – until I inadvertently upgraded it to 3.5 which won't run on Snow Leopard!

I think the answer is sadly "no", DxO won't run as a plug-in.

However… my main reason for using DxO is it's lens/geometry correction so I'm considering getting DxO Viewpoint which, as far as I can tell, covers all DxO Pro's lens corrections with the exception of vignetting. DxO Viewpoint runs as a plug-in for Aperture/Lightroom/Photoshop and as a standalone program.

I'm not really experienced enough to tell whether DxO or Aperture is a 'better'/preferable RAW converter but since that seems to be their primary function, sadly it's an either/or choice.