Pro Photo HOME
Go Back   Pro Photo HOME > Professional Digital Workflow Discussion > RAW Photo Processing – Software and Technique
Register Now for FREE!
Our records show you have not yet registered. Sign up for your FREE account INSTANTLY. Free accounts provide basic access.

Username: Password: Confirm Password: E-Mail: Confirm E-Mail:
Agree to receive admin email and abide by forum rules 

ColorRight

Reply
 
LinkBack (1) Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes

Lightroom versus Aperture
  1 links from elsewhere to this Post. Click to view. #1  
Old 05-24-2008, 06:35 PM
perrycho perrycho is offline
Full Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 20
Referrals: 0
perrycho 10
Lightroom versus Aperture

Ok, I will be receiving my Mac Pro this coming Monday (26th May) and I am really excited as this is my first apple. However I have no software to run it yet LOL. My Office 2008 and Photoshop CS3 is on the way and I am getting ready to slowly move across to Apple. I will still be using windows as in the mean time.

In windows I use CS3 for my processing and Breezebrowser for my quick viewing platform as well as cleaning or deleting my files. It has been a great combination for me. I also use Breezebrowser for quick web conversion for the web and forums and the odd qiuick raw conversion as well.

However Breezebrowser does not work with Apple. So I need a similar software like Breezebrowser.

Can someone advice which software I should get, Aperture or lightroom and if i get lightroom now do I get the free upgrade to lightroom 2?

Perry
What is White Balancing ?
Pro Review of White Balance.
Get your Color Right in 15 seconds
www.colorright.com




Support Pro Photo Home. Buy all your gear at the Pro Photo Store and B&H.



Last edited by perrycho : 05-25-2008 at 04:36 AM.
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote

Re: Light versus Aperture
  #2  
Old 05-24-2008, 09:13 PM
jeffcable jeffcable is offline
Lifetime Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Bedfordshire UK
Posts: 227
Referrals: 0
jeffcable 10
Re: Light versus Aperture

Quote:
Originally Posted by perrycho View Post

Can someone advice which software I should get, Aperture or lightroom and if i get lightroom now do I get the free upgrade to lightroom 2?

Perry
Congrats on the Mac Pro, Perry. Both programs are available as trial software so download 'em both and see which you prefer. Aperture is Apple software so it ought to take advantage of core image and it will be fast in use. You may find that you prefer the Adobe paradigm for image editing. I felt that Lightroom owed a little to much to the legacy of Photoshop. YMMV

If you can get behind the concept of Aperture, it may just free your workflow up... if you do not need to much in the way of compositing images. As to your question about upgrading LR, just check with Adobe because they will give you a definitive answer that is relevant to your own circumstances.
__________________
Kind regards,
Jeff

__________________________________________
if you keep on doing what you have been doing...
you are going to keep on getting the same results.

http://www.imagine-photo.co.uk/

Last edited by jeffcable : 05-24-2008 at 09:14 PM. Reason: typos
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote

Re: Light versus Aperture
  #3  
Old 05-25-2008, 10:54 AM
AndrewRodney's Avatar
AndrewRodney AndrewRodney is offline
Lifetime Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Santa Fe, NM
Posts: 2,803
Referrals: 0
AndrewRodney
Re: Light versus Aperture

There is no free upgrade to 2.0 for one. 2nd, I'd download the demo's of both and play. Some love one versus the other.
__________________
Andrew Rodney
Author "Color Management for Photographers"
http://www.digitaldog.net
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
Pro Photo Store and B&H

Visit the B&H Pro Photo Store for the best Gear Prices and regular specials!

Brilliant Color for any Digital SLR
White Balance Cap
The Pros Agree on ColorRight
What People Are Saying


Reply


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On

LinkBacks (?)
LinkBack to this Thread: http://www.prophotohome.com/forum/raw-photo-processing-software-technique/76787-lightroom-versus-aperture.html
Posted By For Type Date
breezebrowser | BoardReader This thread Refback 08-20-2008 04:55 AM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 08:36 PM.





ColorRight

Pro Photo Store

Professional Photo Resources Atlanta






Geo Visitors Map

Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.1.0