iPhoto was always irrelevant for pro's. We stopped using it in 2004 and it was the first to deleted when a new Mac was set up. We learned that it just blowed the library size to much (creating to many copies of the original, but I can not tell if that still is the case)...
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Apple Ending Development on Aperture as Upcoming Photos App for OS X Will Replace iPhoto
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iPhoto was always irrelevant for pro's. We stopped using it in 2004 and it was the first to deleted when a new Mac was set up. We learned that it just blowed the library size to much (creating to many copies of the original, but I can not tell if that still is the case)...
That's going to upset a lot of people!!
Me for sure. But as
will support Yosemite there is a lot of time until I actually need a new solution. I will wait and see. Maybe I will use therefore Yosemite longer then expected...It'd be very un-Apple, and less likely than snowballs in heck, but I'd love to see Apple Open Source it and let the community have at it.
Oh, man. The writing was on the wall long ago, but it's still really disappointing.
Aperture always gave you fantastic value for your money.
If Apple don't want to continue development of it, maybe they could spin it off or sell it. There are lots of Mac companies who could be interested (Pixelmator, perhaps?)
EDIT: Oh, Lightroom is actually available as a standalone product. Also, Adobe said last year that they have no plans to make it cloud-only:
Aperture always gave you fantastic value for your money.
If Apple don't want to continue development of it, maybe they could spin it off or sell it. There are lots of Mac companies who could be interested (Pixelmator, perhaps?)
EDIT: Oh, Lightroom is actually available as a standalone product. Also, Adobe said last year that they have no plans to make it cloud-only:
I'm also worryied by that Apple now includes an "upgrade path" to Lightroom. It makes me wonder how much of a replacement the upcoming Photos will become.
Photomechanic is a fairly niche product though. Outside of photojournalists, I don't know of anyone that uses it.
I hope for your sake you're being ironic or merely supply flame bait. Kind of hard to tell. You should be careful; some people will definitely take this exceeding dumb comment seriously.
Maybe that's your problem, you've not learnt how to use it. Managed to quickly edit 70 odd pictures in a couple of hours the other night for a job I was on. As for find rated images, I don't use that but it's probably a option under attribute (when in library view)
But once Aperture has gone Adobe have the Pro field to themselves. How long do you think it will be before they start moving to monthly subscription for LR with no other option?
Why does nearly every one here think that they soon MUST store their photos in the cloud?
Don't like the cloud? Don't use it.
New Photos app, LR, the abandoned Aperature.... just load your images from your imaging device on to your hard drive. You can still do that.
Don't like the cloud? Don't use it.
New Photos app, LR, the abandoned Aperature.... just load your images from your imaging device on to your hard drive. You can still do that.
A professional can't stake their business on unsupported software, unless they don't plan on being professionals for very long.
And you know they will! That's going to suck. I'll be sticking with LR5 for the foreseeable future.
I haven't posted on here since 2013 but this is so frustrating to me I need to let my anger out. The problem that I have with switching to Lightroom is that none of the adjustments can be carried over. From time to time I go back and readjust my adjustments as my style of photography changes. It seems like if I switch I either have to move over the originals or the edited versions. Hopefully their upgrade path fixes that problem. Now I can't decide if I want to start using Lightroom immediately or wait. What a mess.
The problem that I have with switching to Lightroom is that none of the adjustments can be carried over. From time to time I go back and readjust my adjustments as my style of photography changes. It seems like if I switch I either have to move over the originals or the edited versions. Hopefully their upgrade path fixes that problem. Now I can't decide if I want to start using Lightroom immediately or wait. What a mess.
I don't understand the point of hate mail. You're talking to the CEO of Apple and all you can think to say is "you suck"?
Why not express your desires, or ask a question only he can answer definitively?
You could have expressed support for the company and for Aperture; you could have asked if the rumors have any merit; you could have explained which features of Aperture you most hope are provided by Photos or which features of Photos you least like; you could have explained that the cloud isn't for everyone.
You could have said that these kinds of disruptive changes to their product line make it risky for professionals to stake their livelihood on Apple's technologies.
Instead you just screamed at the most popular kid in class that you hate him. Maybe he'll be nice enough to say "I'm sorry you feel that way", but most likely he'll see the all caps and duplicate punctuation before he even gets that far and will click the trash can.
You can purchase Lightroom and keep it forever. No sub needed, it is available in a adobe cc subscription as part of the full creative suite or the photographers bundle (with Photoshop).
Exactly. It won't take long after RAW compatibility updates cease for Aperture to grow impractical.
I dont find it THAT surprising.
iPhoto was slow as hell and Lightroom wiped the floor with Aperture.
I dont think Aperture was really worth the effort anymore, it would take a ton of work and hiring to get to feature- and performance parity with Lightroom
iPhoto was slow as hell and Lightroom wiped the floor with Aperture.
I dont think Aperture was really worth the effort anymore, it would take a ton of work and hiring to get to feature- and performance parity with Lightroom
Interesting it was the "professionals" who kept Apple alive when it almost went out of business... now they are nothing more than consumer whores... Really do I want to wear Beat headphones or Grado... next we'll have Car Play for Kia...
It's not a matter of learning it, it's a matter of the developers' obvious priorities.
Aperture has always been geared towards people keeping large libraries. Lightroom has been geared toward people with fast jobs who want to work quickly and then archive it and get it out of there.
Both programs can be used for the other workflow, obviously, but it's been clear that each one has had its own world-view as to which one matters more.