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Free is better, but only if it does not lock you into bad habits such as relying on a database to store the edits to your raw files. My main gripe with the majors (Adobe LR, Apple Ap.) is that they do not force you to output to a raster image after making edits. While this practice may be data-intensive, it is the only way to insure the integrity of your edits in the long term. It has the additional benefit of allowing you to re-envision your work with future products – and not being locked in to endless paid upgrades from a single vendor.wow
but mine was even cheaper. It came FREE with my printer
Klaus
I am a little confused to what you are sayingFree is better, but only if it does not lock you into bad habits such as relying on a database to store the edits to your raw files. My main gripe with the majors (Adobe LR, Apple Ap.) is that they do not force you to output to a raster image after making edits. While this practice may be data-intensive, it is the only way to insure the integrity of your edits in the long term. It has the additional benefit of allowing you to re-envision your work with future products – and not being locked in to endless paid upgrades from a single vendor.
Have fun with Aperture, but don't lose that iTunes account. :thumbs:
Apple has released the App Store Software with OSX 10.6.6 update.. Aperture is now "only" $79...
well I am guessing that Apple are being clever marketing wise with the App store price toThis is a steal. But I am still confused on why its listed for $199 on apple store and $79 in Apps Store
Apple Store:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB957Z/A?fnode=NDQ5MDg0MA&mco=MTM3NDgwOTI
Mac App Store:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/aperture/id408981426?mt=12
It allows re-envisioning at a later date because you have a finished work with which to compare. You may have migrated across any number of software (OS) or hardware (display, etc.) changes before you return to an image. If you've left the proprietary database in your wake, then all the resources you invested in it are gone and only your tiffs and raws remain. My main point was that these monolithic image processing suites invite lock-in. They are very slick though. :toocool: YMMV.I am a little confused to what you are saying
OK I agree that the edits/adjustments you make in Aperture/LR are kept within their respective databases - but that is fully understandable as the actual maths done in adjusting an image is specific to a particular application - there is no universal standard for even simple adjustments like brightness, never mind things like sharpen etc.
As for forcing you to save a 'baked' copy of a file... well only you know when something is worth saving - I wouldn't want to be nagged to save a big TIFF file everytime i made an edit - the option is there to save a baked file in Aperture if you wish - but that has to be your decision not the applications.
And how does saving this file allow you to better re envision at a later date on other software? - surely the RAW file - which you will always have untouched by Aperture or Lightroom - it a much better place to start ?
K
Still confused - what current workflow/file format doesn't involve a proprietary database/potential lock in of what was done to the original file? Photoshop?.... who says that will be around forever? or that a future application will be able to understand it.It allows re-envisioning at a later date because you have a finished work with which to compare. You may have migrated across any number of software (OS) or hardware (display, etc.) changes before you return to an image. If you've left the proprietary database in your wake, then all the resources you invested in it are gone and only your tiffs and raws remain. My main point was that these monolithic image processing suites invite lock-in. They are very slick though. :toocool: YMMV.
Apple has released the App Store Software with OSX 10.6.6 update.. Aperture is now "only" $79...
Still confused - what current workflow/file format doesn't involve a proprietary database/potential lock in of what was done to the original file? Photoshop?.... who says that will be around forever? or that a future application will be able to understand it.
K
I agree. When I first heard about it, I predicted that Apple would offer products for less than usual because "App Store" now has that feel to it (viz: iPhone App Store). Looks like that might come true (?).The App Store may change the app world. Very exciting development.
Agreed, re paradigm shift. BTW, Adobe already has such a product: Photoshop Elements. I have been using it for years. No way I'm going to pay $600 for full-on Photoshop when Elements does the 20% I need (mostly) for 20% of the price....
Think the App store is the start of a paradigm shift on how we buy software... Maybe Adobe will get smart and sell a basic Photoshop for less than 100 bucks and then charge for the other bits you need. All of that is possible now with this model.
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K
I suspect that's what's going to happen. Hopefully, volume will make up the "low" price of software, as we've seen with Apps for the iP* devices.Or maybe the idea of an 'upgrade' price will become a thing of the past ...
K