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45 of 47 people found the following review helpful
By A. Simmons
I recently upgraded from the original Aperture (Ver. 1.2) to this new version (Ver. 2.1), and I am very happy with it.
Image editing enhancements aside (there's many a tutorial and explanation on the Apple website), the major criticism I found with Aperture 1 was that it was a massive memory hog, mostly due to the program being designed for Power-PC architecture. This meant that when editing photos or loading up the program on my Intel-Macbook, the software was very 'heavy' and laggy at times.
This version is now configured to work with Intel-chipsets in the current Macintosh lineup and as such operates far more smoothly and requires much less memory to run. It has also been 'polished' to be consistent with the aesthetic changes in OSX Leopard.
Aperture is far superior to Apple's iPhoto, and also can export files to be edited in external programs, such as Photoshop. For organising a large photo library and all the non-destructive image-editing that goes with it (files remain in tact, only the changes are saved and applied when viewing and exporting the images, saving on crucial hard-drive space) this program is essential, if not amazingly beneficial to professionals and amateur photographers alike. A long overdue upgrade to an amazingly useful program.
Image editing enhancements aside (there's many a tutorial and explanation on the Apple website), the major criticism I found with Aperture 1 was that it was a massive memory hog, mostly due to the program being designed for Power-PC architecture. This meant that when editing photos or loading up the program on my Intel-Macbook, the software was very 'heavy' and laggy at times.
This version is now configured to work with Intel-chipsets in the current Macintosh lineup and as such operates far more smoothly and requires much less memory to run. It has also been 'polished' to be consistent with the aesthetic changes in OSX Leopard.
Aperture is far superior to Apple's iPhoto, and also can export files to be edited in external programs, such as Photoshop. For organising a large photo library and all the non-destructive image-editing that goes with it (files remain in tact, only the changes are saved and applied when viewing and exporting the images, saving on crucial hard-drive space) this program is essential, if not amazingly beneficial to professionals and amateur photographers alike. A long overdue upgrade to an amazingly useful program.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By Martin Ellis
Aperture 2.1.1 Retail
For Mac users only a good piece of photo software that is powerful and easy to use. I use mainly RAW images but have a lot of older images in various JPEG and TIFF formats and they integrate well.
Looked at a lot of other software and this was the best it provides the tools you want, and importanty good indexing (I plan to have over 100gb of films), they call it "projects" but think of normal folders and sub-folders and you got the structure. Unlike some other software you can create and change slideshows without having to use fixedfiles. Like the ability to use the plugs ins by Nik Efex to create the exact film look you want. These plug ins are not cheap but worth the money especially the B & W ones.
As with Apple it all works seamlessly with Iphoto, Itunes to create just the shows you need of your photos. Great product.
For Mac users only a good piece of photo software that is powerful and easy to use. I use mainly RAW images but have a lot of older images in various JPEG and TIFF formats and they integrate well.
Looked at a lot of other software and this was the best it provides the tools you want, and importanty good indexing (I plan to have over 100gb of films), they call it "projects" but think of normal folders and sub-folders and you got the structure. Unlike some other software you can create and change slideshows without having to use fixedfiles. Like the ability to use the plugs ins by Nik Efex to create the exact film look you want. These plug ins are not cheap but worth the money especially the B & W ones.
As with Apple it all works seamlessly with Iphoto, Itunes to create just the shows you need of your photos. Great product.
24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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This is a very nice looking piece of software and generally more intuitive to use than some of its rivals. It is particularly good for batch-handling industrial quantities of images.
The other reviewers identify what's good about aperture 2 so I will just point out a single missing feature that makes it short of perfect. Perspective ('converging verticals' in building shots) and lens distortion ('pincushion' and 'barrel') may have to be corrected on images. The omission of a perspective correction tool from Aperture 2 is a serious (and surprising) shortcoming.
The other reviewers identify what's good about aperture 2 so I will just point out a single missing feature that makes it short of perfect. Perspective ('converging verticals' in building shots) and lens distortion ('pincushion' and 'barrel') may have to be corrected on images. The omission of a perspective correction tool from Aperture 2 is a serious (and surprising) shortcoming.
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Aperture 2.1.1
This photo software is wonderful and very cheap because it is a few years out of date! It works for well for me on my both Macs and when it was first released had excellent... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Jane
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Excellent software
I am not a professional but I do take a large number of photos and I find Aperture to be an outstanding way of managing them. Read more
Published on 21 Nov 2010 by D. Williams
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Fantastic!
If you want to have an upgrate on your photowork Aperture 2 must not miss...
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Sneaky
Theres no doubt about it. Aperture is the only application that sits happily with iPhoto and Apple know that, which is why they have exploited the price of this software. Read more
Published on 19 Aug 2009 by Portaderry
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Simply great!
I work mostly with raw camera data.
Aperture is simply great for handling my photos.
Aperture is simply great for handling my photos.
Published on 17 Mar 2009 by Wiljo Heinen
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Poor product - avoid if you wish to keep your sanity!
Sadly I found this product to be a waste of money. Apart from being twice the price of other applications of its sort it suffers from having one of the most frustrating and... Read more
Published on 15 July 2008 by Lally & Willetts
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Aperture 2 - there really is no competition!!
I am a football and celebrity events photographer and can do anything up to 500 images a game/event. Read more
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