On Jul 16, 2006, at 9:36 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: > I've been sorely tempted to try out Aperture for my Mac at home, as > it looks to be a pretty good program. Have any of you run it through > any sort of testing?
I have only played with Aperture v1.1 a very little bit since it only supports the RAW files from my KM A2 and Canon 10D at this point in time. (Nothing I've tried has allowed me to use a Pentax *ist DS PEF or converted DNG file in it.) There are a lot of details and subtleties to using it, from what I can see. Far too many to make any sensible judgment about without a lot more experience. However, I don't like a couple of things right off the bat: - complex directory structure - embedded RAW processing code in system frameworks - requirement for a pretty high end system configuration for any kind of decent performance I can't answer as to how good or bad the RAW conversion is compared to what I get out of Photoshop CS2 and Camera Raw for the same reasons as above ... too little experience with the program. On the other hand, those friends of mine using supported Nikon and Canon equipment are enjoying Aperture to the extent of investing in newer, more powerful computer systems to make Aperture work very well. I'll stick with Photoshop CS2 + Bridge + Camera Raw, or Photoshop CS2 + Lightroom, for the foreseeable future. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
