dmabry2010
New member
Hello,
I am new to this Forum, and I have enjoyed reading the threads.
Two months ago I decided that in advance of my 20 year anniversary cruise I would buy a rangefinder (an M8u), some lenses and shoot in DNG. Before this, my only experience with digital photography was with a Nikon D70 and jpg's.
Two big hurdles ... rangefinder and post processing.
I am fairly ok with the rangefinder now. My wife is tired of posing, I use an expodisc fairly well, I frame and compose "ok" and focus "ok".
So, my weak link now is post processing. Lot to learn.
Presently, I have an Apple system and purchased Aperture 3 to get a feel for a better workflow and more robust editing. I also downloaded the trial version of Capture One Pro and plan to down load the trial for LR, too.
What I noted was the same photos loaded into Capture One "look" better. The colors appear more true. I am sure LR will offer a third impression.
For example, with Aperture, grass in the photos come out looking more yellow, like straw and more drab, while with Capture One, that same photo is has true green color grass.
Now, I can adjust the photo in Aperture to get the same effect, but certainly there is an easier way than photo by photo adjusting. After all, Capture One looked great straght from the import.
Clearly, there is so much any of these programs offer, and I am sure with practice and learning how to do curves and such, they all produce nice results.
So, here is my question:
Do any members, and if so, how do those members use Aperture for workflow and then either Capture One on LR/CS5 for post processing?
The spin off from this question is:
If one was to try to use Aperture as the only editing too, what Profile provides the most true photo color? Or, are there other settings preferred?
Thank you for advice.
Michael
Dmabry2010
I am new to this Forum, and I have enjoyed reading the threads.
Two months ago I decided that in advance of my 20 year anniversary cruise I would buy a rangefinder (an M8u), some lenses and shoot in DNG. Before this, my only experience with digital photography was with a Nikon D70 and jpg's.
Two big hurdles ... rangefinder and post processing.
I am fairly ok with the rangefinder now. My wife is tired of posing, I use an expodisc fairly well, I frame and compose "ok" and focus "ok".
So, my weak link now is post processing. Lot to learn.
Presently, I have an Apple system and purchased Aperture 3 to get a feel for a better workflow and more robust editing. I also downloaded the trial version of Capture One Pro and plan to down load the trial for LR, too.
What I noted was the same photos loaded into Capture One "look" better. The colors appear more true. I am sure LR will offer a third impression.
For example, with Aperture, grass in the photos come out looking more yellow, like straw and more drab, while with Capture One, that same photo is has true green color grass.
Now, I can adjust the photo in Aperture to get the same effect, but certainly there is an easier way than photo by photo adjusting. After all, Capture One looked great straght from the import.
Clearly, there is so much any of these programs offer, and I am sure with practice and learning how to do curves and such, they all produce nice results.
So, here is my question:
Do any members, and if so, how do those members use Aperture for workflow and then either Capture One on LR/CS5 for post processing?
The spin off from this question is:
If one was to try to use Aperture as the only editing too, what Profile provides the most true photo color? Or, are there other settings preferred?
Thank you for advice.
Michael
Dmabry2010