Aperture or Portfolio?
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- codfather
I'm currently using aperture to manage all my photos but the latest release (ver 8) seems pretty slow to me, takes for ever to sync files and has a few bugs.
I'm thinking of switching to Aperture but would like to know other peoples opinion and if I would be making a wise move?
Thnx...
- rasko40
sounds like an expensive option no?
I heard iviewmedia pro or something was meant to be good
- codfather0
Sorry I meant I'm currently using Extensis Portfolio 8!
- Mattiadesign0
I'd go with Aperture, it seems to be a pretty solid software for 1.0 version. Can't image what the versions will be.
Are you a pro photographer?
- jevad0
I love aperture...but then I didn;t have to pay for teh software....
- inhaler0
$$$$$$$$ but hey, if you've got it, do it... isnt CS2 have something like that anyways? Name of it is Bridge?
- madirish0
Extensis Portfolio is one of the biggest loads of crap software this world allows to remain alive.
get out now.
Aperture would be cool, but is pricey. Depending on your volume, you thought about hosting a simple PHP/mySql app w/ a preview feature locally on your machine? might be the quickest and then you could mod it. Aperture will need some big RAM to perform the way you would like it to i imagine.
- ok_not_ok0
check this out
- codfather0
Hmmm...looks like I might have to go with Aperture.
I'm a photographer but also have a website displaying and organising other peoples work so I need a really decent app. Just thought I might be overeacting with the slowness of portfolio but I haven't talked to anyone who actually likes it yet!
Portfolio is P*ssing me off its slow as a doped up turtle. Lightroom looks interesting.
- horton0
Adobe is currently working on their final release of Lightroom.
The public beta is available to test.
Feedback so far sounds like it'll be giving Aperture a run for its money.
- jon_0
from the frankly ropey looking RAW handling i wouldn't trust aperture yet
This review talks in good detail regarding where aperture hits and misses
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/a…
adobe's lightroom looks interesting, but obviously is still far from finished
- skelly_b0
These two programs don't do the same thing. Aperture is really meant for processing and archiving your RAW photography.
I would recommend Adobe CS2 for handling all of this. Use Bridge for file management and Photoshop's RAW processing is really good.
- ribit0
We use iView Media Pro to view/sort/annotate thousands of photos, make HTML galleries etc...love it.
Not sure if it has the collaboration tools you might need, but really good interface and easy hook-in to helper apps (including Applescript and Automator)
- linearch0
iview media pro has been quite good to me. and much cheaper than the apple or adobe products. let's you path to dvd, so you can store all your photos on disc and still have them in the library......
quite nice.
//c