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Apple Ending Development on Aperture as Upcoming Photos App for OS X Will Replace iPhoto
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Perhaps Photos will be a direct replacement for iPhoto.
If you want Aperture capabilities, then you open larger Dialogue (drop-down menus) OR you buy In-App Purchases for more editing features that may boggle the simple point-and-click user.
AND if you want Cloud access on all machines/iOS devices, you have that option...if you don't then you store locally.
I really wish there were two separate apps because this helps make sure stuff isn't mush-mashed and easily screwable.
BUT I can see since they allowed both Apps to mix libraries, that there wold be a one-app future.
If you want Aperture capabilities, then you open larger Dialogue (drop-down menus) OR you buy In-App Purchases for more editing features that may boggle the simple point-and-click user.
AND if you want Cloud access on all machines/iOS devices, you have that option...if you don't then you store locally.
I really wish there were two separate apps because this helps make sure stuff isn't mush-mashed and easily screwable.
BUT I can see since they allowed both Apps to mix libraries, that there wold be a one-app future.
Until October 2015 if you want to use the new Mac OS 10.11
will only continue to deliver support for 10.10.
I would not mind when the new app can be used without iCloud. We do something around 100.000 to 200000 pics a shoot, our recent Aperture gallery has over 6TB of media. I just don't see that it is possible to upload this to the cloud....And as a pro we do not need pictures on our phones.....LR we use for finishing up the (for) production photo's but LR is useless for sorting that amount out.
Fat chance. This move is nothing to do with software features, it's about getting your files into their datacenter so they can lock you out when your hardware gets too 'old'.
How do you think Apple can afford its new Spaceship?
I've been using Macs since 1985. Those of you who have been supporters of Apple for that long know what a journey it's been. A lot of us were "subversive" and brought Macs to work. We showed people what a great little machine it was.
Apple is making too much money off of IOS to pay proper attention to OS X and its applications. There is far too few of us and too many IOS users who are Apple's true focus now. I love my iPad, but I would gladly give it up if Apple would focus as much attention on the platform that won us over: Mac.
I've been using Macs since 1985. Those of you who have been supporters of Apple for that long know what a journey it's been. A lot of us were "subversive" and brought Macs to work. We showed people what a great little machine it was.
Apple is making too much money off of IOS to pay proper attention to OS X and its applications. There is far too few of us and too many IOS users who are Apple's true focus now. I love my iPad, but I would gladly give it up if Apple would focus as much attention on the platform that won us over: Mac.
Why does everyone keep worrying about RAW updates? RAW support is at the system level, not within Aperture. That's why Preview and iPhoto and every other app built on the core Apple frameworks all benefit whenever Apple supports a new camera.
I agree with the sentiment that Apple seems to be walking away from higher end users who were primary supporters of Apple for so long and who helped build Apple's reputation as being the platform for media pros, creating a halo effect that helped sell hardware.
Also, I'm not a big fan of everything being on the 'cloud'. But that seems to be the popular mass market strategy of locking consumers into services that they will be dependent upon.
Apple's becoming just another company... no longer the 'think different', 'computer for the rest of us' company with which many of us were familiar.
Also, I'm not a big fan of everything being on the 'cloud'. But that seems to be the popular mass market strategy of locking consumers into services that they will be dependent upon.
Apple's becoming just another company... no longer the 'think different', 'computer for the rest of us' company with which many of us were familiar.
My Mac mini with 8gb copes fine. Also paying £8.78 for photoshop compared to a £600 one off cost with £250 updates every couple of years seems better to me.
Oh yeah? Well, it just heard about this and ran out of my computer and now refuses to come back!
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This totally sucks. I have 10's of thousands of versioned photos and metadata that can not transfer 100% to Lightroom. And I want to keep my versions as versions... not generate new, full-sized images from every one of them.
Apple claims that they are working with Adobe on a method to transfer Aperture libraries to LR. Guess we'll just have to wait and see what that involves... and how much annual licensing we will have to pay to Adobe.
Really feel screwed by Apple on this one.
This totally sucks. I have 10's of thousands of versioned photos and metadata that can not transfer 100% to Lightroom. And I want to keep my versions as versions... not generate new, full-sized images from every one of them.
Apple claims that they are working with Adobe on a method to transfer Aperture libraries to LR. Guess we'll just have to wait and see what that involves... and how much annual licensing we will have to pay to Adobe.
Really feel screwed by Apple on this one.
Why do people keep saying it doesn't sell well? If I look at the top sold apps in the App Store I keep on wondering why Aperture is actually as high up as it is.
I believe it sold pretty well...
I must have had a premonition or something because I just abandoned Aperture for Lightroom on Tuesday. The workflow at the link below worked flawlessly. Just be sure to read some of the comments at the bottom which clarify things a bit more.
http://lightroomsolutions.com/?p=9664
I was able to export and re-import about 12,000 photos in a few hours. Actually enjoying Lightroom more quickly than I thought I would.
All of you are exactly right. Aperture is way better at and for everything except for adjustments/editing. Here's a great article by a professional fashion photographer that gives many examples of that: http://photo.rwboyer.com/2013/08/04/2013-aperture-3-still-my-go-to-tool/
He's generous about sharing his work on his site too, so if you're in a really uptight work environment, be cautious.
There a various tutorials online already. Catalogs and meta-data can be handled. It is not great but possible. Some of the Aperture cataloging features are also not supported by LR.
The biggest issue are your non-destructive edits. Those are at the moment of course not portable, so you'd have to export all your edits first (not a bad idea anyhow as all of these applications will sooner or later stop working) and then you need to figure out how you organize the originals and Aperture edits.
So, I hope that Apple comes with some decent migration plan but can't imagine that LR can handle the non-destructive edits and create the same result.
But it still sucks. Adobe needs competition and it was good that Apple competed with some excellent but unfortunately neglected products. I don't want to rely on Adobe instead.
That brings the amount of Apple software products (excluding OS X) I regularly use down to 0 soon.
I'm as disappointed as anyone... I love Aperture. But honestly, in 10 years from now... all of us will be in the cloud and hard drives and RAID setups will hardly be heard of!
So while Lightroom is tempting and taking the pro Aperture users away from Apple, Apple will subtly launch a photos app that 98% of Apple photo editors will love. And it integrates with all devices, clean and simple!
Apple will be making bucket loads of money compared to Adobe. That's just good business.
Finally, this doesn't look too bad for a yet to be released, pre-beta screenshot!
So while Lightroom is tempting and taking the pro Aperture users away from Apple, Apple will subtly launch a photos app that 98% of Apple photo editors will love. And it integrates with all devices, clean and simple!
Apple will be making bucket loads of money compared to Adobe. That's just good business.
Finally, this doesn't look too bad for a yet to be released, pre-beta screenshot!
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My take on this is that you can still use Aperture. The program won't self destruct. But nor will there be any further developments with it. So you can use Aperture tools with raw images, and then export to the new Photo App.
I don't really understand the move; I'm not sure why the Photo App should necessitate dropping further development of Aperture
Actually Aperture did self destruct for some people, me included. I can't use it anymore because it says my computer is 'too old'. Apple forced me into installing a practically featureless 'upgrade' that does nothing but check my computer model and then disable the app. And they managed to make it impossible to roll back without also rolling back the entire OS.
I'm annoyed at iPhoto myself too, but Apple already started making the app harder to use for people who have been long time users in the latest iPhoto ( getting rid of alot of right click and keyboard shortcuts )
I curse out loud every freaking time I edit a picture and try to go back to the main window by hitting escape ( which no longer works )
So I was ready to jump ship on iphoto already... ironically I was looking to buy Aperture.
Until an OS X update knocks Aperture into the can. As has happened with so many apps. Aperture will work for probably another year, then ultimately an OS update will throw it into the incompatible category. No, there is nothing to calm down about for those of us who have years' worth of work invested with this catalog program.
Why is everything iCloud????
I don't want my pictures in the damn iCloud. I have nothing in the iCloud.
Change iPhoto to another app, fine. But don't waste my bandwidth.
I don't want my pictures in the damn iCloud. I have nothing in the iCloud.
Change iPhoto to another app, fine. But don't waste my bandwidth.
