Re: Apple Aperture


Paul Mitchum wrote:

Aperture is out of the running for me because it requires you to
organize your image files in a certain way. It 'imports' them into its
own file structure, much like iPhoto.

Yes and no. It does import them into its own file structure, but it is
not at all like iPhoto, which actually uses a normal folder structure
and which creates duplicate files for every edit. Aperture maintains
only one master file, unless it is exported to an external editor, and
then it creates only one copy and keeps track of all the edits in a
separate file.

You can organize your photos within Aperture any way you like.

That said, Aperture insists that all photos be kept in a single library
on a single disk; no spreading photos around on different disks. You
can create additional Aperture libraries, but you have to change the
library location in Preferences and restart Aperture. This is the
single biggest issue I have with Aperture, but I have lots of lesser
ones as well...

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Relevant Pages

  • Apple Aperture, Initial Impressions
    ... Flipping through raw files was instantaneous. ... You can set in Preferences a single external photo editor. ... Aperture completely bypasses Photoshop's RAW editor. ... iPhoto libraries and albums intact. ...
    (rec.photo.digital)
  • Re: Apple Aperture, Initial Impressions
    ... > used to the interface and learning about it. ... > Flipping through raw files was instantaneous. ... Aperture completely bypasses Photoshop's RAW editor. ... > iPhoto libraries and albums intact. ...
    (rec.photo.digital)
  • Re: iPhoto = iGoSlow
    ... I don't know if ~10,000 photos is a big library or not. ... read posts from people saying that iPhoto is poor with big libraries but I'm ... I do have another 1000 or so in aperture on a different machine though. ...
    (uk.comp.sys.mac)
  • Re: Apple Aperture
    ... Aperture is out of the running for me because it requires you to ... organize your image files in a certain way. ... You can organize your photos within Aperture any way you like. ... create additional Aperture libraries, but you have to change the library ...
    (rec.photo.digital.slr-systems)
  • Re: photo enhancement
    ... Here is the shooting data for one of the photos (this photo actually ... Which this lens at a focal length of 135, the widest aperture is 5.6, ... So it seems this is not a fast lens. ... Could I also use Exposure Compensation? ...
    (alt.photography)