![]() ![]() My new go to app for photos is ON, soon to be ON. I won’t use Photos for the same reasons stated by other posters. All this is to get ready to move images to a new app. I am using Aperture primarily to clean up my library and metadata (keywords, location data, gps, copyright, description, etc.) and to rename my originals. Yosemite is the last system that Aperture was supported on. I‘ve kept my 2010 Mac Pro on Sierra, and kept a bootable Yosemite system just in case. I don't think the market for pro level photo software has changed, but as a slice of Apple's revenue it certainly has. I suppose part of the blame come from the success of smartphones where "everyone is a pro photographer" and iPhones are built with features that make it seem as if the phone is doing all the image processing for you. Much of the DAM in Aperture is what I would call "straightforward software" that does not rely of graphic drivers and accelerators, where as editing and image manipulation is much more fragile as Mac OS evolves.Īs others have opined, yes, I find it frustrating that Apple has pretty much abandoned pro photographers, while continuing to support audio and video apps. It makes me wonder how long I could continue using Aperture for asset management if, at some point, the editing functionality become unstable. The ability to compare multiple images at once, or quickly A/B compare two images taken of the same scene using a tripod is just so easy with Aperture. What it lacks, of course, is any DAM functionality, an area where Aperture still excels. Lately, I've been watching a ton of videos on using Affinity and have been very impressed with its capabilities for RAW processing and image editing, though the UI does not appear as seamlessly intuitive as Aperture. I'm still using Aperture, though I boot into Sierra when I need to perform very detailed and meticulous brushing (Aperture frequently crashes under High Sierra when retouching and zoomed beyond 100%). I am using photo editing extensions for advanced editing tools, and Power Photos as a second Browser for Photos. I used the work-around to put the two photos onto a book page to compare them, but Photos does no longer have a native tool to create books. You cannot even compare two photos side-by-side.The only brush available is the retouche brush, and it does not work properly. You cannot use brushed adjustments for dodge and burn, or sharpening, or brushing in color, or skin smoothing.There is no list view for metadata and limited sorting options. You cannot batch change metadata using presets.You cannot customize your work space with presets for editing or metadata.High Sierra is a lot better than Photos 1.0 on Yosemite, but there are still important tools missing in Photos 3.0. After reading comments here, I’m starting to doubt. Someone in the Mac community told me Photos is a lot better now, almost no difference with Aperture. ![]()
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