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Apple Confirms Aperture to Be Removed From Mac App Store After Launch of Photos for OS X
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But I don't think that's what they are trying to do.... Photos is targeted as a product to be more powerful than iPhoto but less than Aperture. If you need the "power" of Aperture, then Apple expects you to go to Lightroom. Plain and simple.
Apple is shooting for Mid-range users anymore. Final Cut X is another example...
UGGHH.. well at least I'll still be able to re-download my copy. I'd still recommend any pro not happy with lightroom to buy it even thou its EDL'd.
Aperture is F'ng awesome pro tool. WTF
Totally agree. At the moment there is nothing out there that could replace Aperture for me. It's sad but I see me using it still for quite a while.
Obviously sales have declined enough that to continue to keep it going was a waste of time, effort and money. Lightroom obviously has won the battle. A lot of professionals I know moved to Lightroom a few years back.
At the end of the day, Apple is a business and they have to justify everything in that sense. It makes more sense putting the talent and money at work into something viable, than waste it where there's not enough demand.
Photos is better than iPhoto. If anyone is being honest, it's not a replacement for Aperture. It's almost a halfway between the 2.
Obviously not making enough money to keep it viable.
Thing is Apples programs have never been "industry leading" and the only thing that's been amazing about them is their hardware. If they were to "betray" us (the professional market) they'd take down the Mac Pro, not have made a 5k iMac, and wouldn't have updated Final Cut all that time ago but instead just combining it with iMovie in a similar move to this. The fact is the only program of Apples that works better than the "industry leading" one is Final Cut, and that's just due to the hardware acceleration. Premier+After Effects is better for actual productivity, versatility, and useability.
Apple is merely cutting losses, like they did with the 17" MBP. I'd cream my pants over a retina 17" MBP like I did with the 5k iMac announcement, but they wouldn't bring in enough profit to warrant it. I don't even know if they're pulling in enough profit from the 5k iMac.
The point I'm making is: They aren't betraying you. Stop overreacting. Aperture is a very, very small program that barely anyone uses in the industry. There's a reason Adobe gets tons of cash.
So... replace iTunes 12 with iTunes 9?
I would suggest that is exactly what should be done (after adding device support).
Haha. Thats the funny thing on here. I see users posting that Apple are the elite, etc. Then see the same people moaning that they have been pandering to the paupers the last few years. They cannot make their minds up.
Adobe Lightroom (as of version 5.7) has an Aperture catalog conversion tool built in.
If you're still on Aperture, you really should consider switching. Lightroom's been the better program since LR3. Even with LR2 it was debatable.
If you're still on Aperture, you really should consider switching. Lightroom's been the better program since LR3. Even with LR2 it was debatable.
Really sad, I loved using Aperture. Bought Capture One now which I like. Probably subscribe to the LR/Photoshop apps as well. Apart from Photoshop I am not an Adobe fan. It's not like Apple didn't have the money to invest and compete. At least with Photos things will be a lot simpler.
Wonder which pro app Apple will drop next?
Wonder which pro app Apple will drop next?
Look is one thing. Feel is another. Please note how well Windows 8 works with a mouse. Try restarting. Or quitting a Metro app. Then note the hacks to make 8/.1 feel like Windows 7.
I would have to think Apple have learned from MS.
Of course they did. All you had to do was see how Apple treated all of their other professional customers, and the writing was on the wall. Combined with a lack of updates, it's no wonder they jumped ship.
Had Apple actually committed to supporting their line of "pro apps", the professionals would have stayed.
Exactly. It's going to be interesting to see some of the third party apps that are going to take advantage of this.
The people I know jumped before the Final Cut Pro palava. They went to Lightroom not too long after version 2 came out.
I haven't played with it but I hope you're right about how good Photos is. I'm looking forward to it.
It lacks so much of Aperture's editing tools, and organizational abilities, its not a viable Aperture alternative. Basic iPhoto stuff, yes, Aperture no.
They probably didn't make the exact statement "Photos is replacing iPhoto and Aperture", but they announced the death of iPhotos and Aperture at the same time they introduced Photos, so that was implied. Without a doubt Photos is replacing iPhoto, even if they didn't say that explicitly, and by implication at least it's replacing Aperture too.
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Free? You have a lot to learn, a LOT to learn. If a business gives you something it means that they have recouped their money already, or they will recoup their money soon.
Especially in the case of Apple.
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