Photographers.. how are you finding it?

[urkel]

I just tried aperture and good grief it is soooooo slow on the new 13" air. Noise reduction, sharpening, adjustment brushes...it was so frustrating. Lightroom does a simpler, and IMO better, preview render which makes it about 200x faster...

Is there a way to change the behaviour? It was brutal.

I have no issues with Aperture on my 11" so I'm not sure whats slowing you down so much. But as for saying Lightroom is faster, then you're right. I made a HUGE mistake in switching to A3 and now that I'm here I can't switch back because Id have to redo over a years worth of work.

IF there was some sort of migration tool to go from A3 to LR then I'd be all over it because I really don't think Apple cares a bit about the Pro market customers anymore. We are WAY overdue for a bug fix.

 

[misterneums]

I have no issues with Aperture on my 11" so I'm not sure whats slowing you down so much. But as for saying Lightroom is faster, then you're right. I made a HUGE mistake in switching to A3 and now that I'm here I can't switch back because Id have to redo over a years worth of work.

IF there was some sort of migration tool to go from A3 to LR then I'd be all over it because I really don't think Apple cares a bit about the Pro market customers anymore. We are WAY overdue for a bug fix.

I have never used Aperture--but I just made the switch into Light Room and I find myself liking it quite a bit. My photo collection is very small, only around 1800 pictures (unculled at that.) I bought the Kindle version of Scott Kelby's book for LR3. Hoping to learn a lot more!

 

[h00ligan]

Hmm. Maybe I will post a video about the speed. It's not just slower. It's 20x slower than lightroom on basic edits.

 

[Spiral21x]

I'm starting to second think this (13 inch air) for my graphics needs as well. Not being able to show the whole srgb color space is a real issue. The 4gb ram isn't ideal either but I could live with that. The color issue is real problem though. Thing is I can't stand the low resolution of the 13inch pro, so it's this or the 15inch mbp. Guess I'll have to deal with the extra weight.

 

[h00ligan]

I'm starting to second think this (13 inch air) for my graphics needs as well. Not being able to show the whole srgb color space is a real issue. The 4gb ram isn't ideal either but I could live with that. The color issue is real problem though. Thing is I can't stand the low resolution of the 13inch pro, so it's this or the 15inch mbp. Guess I'll have to deal with the extra weight.

In the end I have decided to keep the air for basic stuff, culling, slight edits...and import catalogs to a desktop for now. I want to see what's coming in the next 6-8 months and the amazon deal makes the air so cheap...it's not a real money loser.