Alright, I just got a copy of Aperture and I was just wondering if there was any need or use to keep iPhoto or can I just do everything in Aperture now as far as viewing and editing photos and delete iPhoto? 
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Aperture vs. iPhoto
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I can't imagine that there is something iPhoto can do that Aperture doesn't. Plus, they both maintain different file structures so I would imagine it would be hard to use both.
If you're just puttering in digital, Aperture is far too heavy for your needs. iPhoto is fine for basic editing and management.
Aperture is specifically designed for Pro users, who need to quickly manage and edit thousands of images... For the home point & shoot user, it will most likely seem clunky.
Aperture is specifically designed for Pro users, who need to quickly manage and edit thousands of images... For the home point & shoot user, it will most likely seem clunky.
I'm not sure seeing as I don't use Aperture (I use Lightroom), but not having the ability to easily export slideshows from iPhoto is a real pain.
Nope, Aperture can't do that, or create cards, calendars or any of the other consumery things that iPhoto can. But you can tell iPhoto not to copy files on import and then open the Aperture Library in iPhoto. You can then use iPhoto to do all these things will the rendered previews from Aperture.
I doubt that will work. Aperture does not create new versions of the pics after edits, so you'll only have access to the originals. You'd have to rotate or whatever other modifications you did once again in iPhoto.
It does work. It's one of the reasons they added the previews in 1.5. Every time you edit an image it gets added to the background queue to regenerate a preview. Of course if you have preview generation turned off then this is not going to work...
If I were you I'd listen to this podcast which talks about doing this sort of thing.
When I switched to Aperture, as I had all my original images in my Pictures file, I imported them into Aperture. I then deleted my iPhoto file - I was pleased to see the back of this because it was taking up so much space on the HD. I find Aperture less space hungry on the HD and far more useful both in organising and in correcting images. In the past I often had to resort to Photoshop, now, I rarely use it.
Aperture does uncorporate a slideshpw feature, sans the Ken Burns effect - in my opinion, not a great loss! - and, even though I've never used it, prints of images can also be purchased and books produced and purchased.
Aperture does uncorporate a slideshpw feature, sans the Ken Burns effect - in my opinion, not a great loss! - and, even though I've never used it, prints of images can also be purchased and books produced and purchased.
I would definitely keep iPhoto and use both if you like the more consumer orientated feature that iPhoto has. I do use both for that very reason. Organise the photos from an external disk in Aperture - edit them and then bring them into iPhoto. It works very well and is a good structure...
