Testseek.com have collected 21 expert reviews of the Apple Aperture 2.0 and the average rating is 81%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Apple Aperture 2.0.
April 2008
(81%)
21 Reviews
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Abstract: Aperture 2: Professionally Manage Digital PhotographsAuthors: Ben Long, Richard Harrington, Orlando LunaISBN: 978-0-321-53993-9, 486 pages plus DVDPrice: $54.99 Aperture 2 is the top of the line photo management and editing software from Apple. When A...
Abstract: Today’s photographers face the task of managing and organizing an efficient digital workflow from capture right through to a variety of imaging outputs. Apple Aperture 2 is a solution that has been developed from the ground up to make this possible. B...
Interface, processing tools, organising and search functions, fast Quick Preview mode, price
Not as intuitive as Lightroom (you’ll need to read the manual), Mac only
Overall this is a good, if quirky, alternative to Adobe Lightroom, with similar functionality – but only if you’re a Mac user. Sadly there’s no Windows version, so PC users are out of luck.
Across the board speed improvements; streamlined interface; new tools like Vignette, Definition, Vibrancy, and others.
Demanding system requirements for best performance; limited support for some cameras; RAW support linked to OS upgrades.
Aperture 2.0.1 delivers on the promise that Apple set out on when Aperture was first released in 2005. For $199 ($99 upgrade), Aperture is probably the cheapest tool in any professional photographer’s quiver—a tool that can cut image orga...
Faster all around thanks to better thumbnail caching, Quick Preview and non-modal workflow, Streamlined interface with fewer panels and its more customizable for particular workflows, Vibrancy tool is very good, Better RAW conversion than Aperture 1.5...
Still shrunken open/save dialogs and UI text, Still has problems with combination of sharpening and noise reduction, Still no network support for Vaults
Aperture 2 isnt doing anything groundbreaking over the previous version, but the better overall speed and Quick Preview combined with background processing alone will be worth the cost of the upgrade for many users. If youre just checking out Apertur...
Abstract: With murmurings of Aperture 2 maybe, just maybe, arriving on the scene very soon, this mornings store down-time left one blogger hoping not for new hardware (I picked up a new Black MacBook just last weekend) but that Aperture 2 would arrive.Ive be...
Uncluttered design, great workflow, excellent and simple tools.
Not all cameras support tethered mode, runs slowly on ageing Macs.
Aperture 2 in essence does what it says on the tin - photo management - at what is, in professional photographic software terms, a bit of a bargain. It wont replace applications like Photoshop in pure picture tweaking terms, but for those moving beyon...
Much faster; more adjustment tools; excellent Raw conversion; better redesigned interface; great integration with iLife; massive price cut
Still not compatible with older Macs and older OSX versions; no Windows version The Final Word There are a myriad other small improvements – too numerous to list – which make this application much more pleasurable to use. Also, as the price ha...
There are a myriad other small improvements – too numerous to list – which make this application much more pleasurable to use. Also, as the price has reduced so sharply theres no financial reason not to upgrade.
Aperture makes a bold claim to be a total post-production application for photographers´ - but, remarkably, it doesn´t disappoint. Aperture has consistently fallen in price since its launch a few years ago (Aperture 1 cost around £350, whil...
