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Ordered Apple Aperture 2

September 13, 2008 by debbie T | Aperture 2 • Art and Graphics • Digital Photography • Mac Software

UPDATE 2008-09-19: My official Aperture 2 software arrived from Amazon tonight. I haven’t opened the box yet though.

Yay, I ordered Aperture 2 from Amazon.com tonight

I have been messing around with the trial for a few days (again) and I am really enjoying it. I thought about Adobe Lightroom, and I read some articles & watched a few tutorials, but I just don’t think I would be happy with the interface and workflow.

I know it’s kind of silly to judge Lightroom without even actually using it, but I just don’t have the time to learn two apps when all I need is one. So, I picked Aperture 2. I think it will pair well with Photoshop Elements 6.

Plus, all of my files are organized in iPhoto. Originals, modified, keywords, descriptions, etc. It will be much easier to import into Aperture, while keeping my meta data and modified versions intact. With Lightroom, I would have to create new keywords and descriptions, and import each of my modified photos; that would be very time consuming since iPhoto creates a new jpg for every RAW file whether its actually modified or not. Oh and that is the reason I am switching from iPhoto in the first place. I am drowning in files. I calculated that iPhoto grabs approximately 4gb of file space for every 3gb in original files. It’s just getting to be too consuming, so a change was needed.

Since I ordered Aperture 2 with free shipping at Amazon, it will take its sweet time getting here. It’s supposed to ship next week on the 17th, so probably the week after, I will receive it. I am looking forward to learning more about Aperture. I will probably sign up for a months subscription over at Lynda.com. They have what looks to be a good series of video tutorials for Aperture 2.

There are 3 comments

  1. Don’t forget to check out our videos over at ApertureNetwork.com, as well as the tons of articles we’ve got, and our forums.

    Comment by David Schloss on September 14th, 2008

  2. Thanks David, I will be sure to check it out!

    Comment by debbie T on September 14th, 2008

  3. Wow Debbie, so much useful info here.

    I have wondering about Lightroom, but what you said here makes so much sense (especially about drowning in files…)

    Thanks again (your biggest groupie/fan LOL),

    Rosy

    Comment by Rosy on September 24th, 2008

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