Aperture 3

[Sherm]

Hello All,

I currently use Aperture 3 for my photo organizing and editing. As a beginner, I believe it has enough capability for me but I am having trouble finding tutorials/articles, on the editing aspect. It seems that it may be easier for me to learn image editing if I switched to Photoshop as the available information is much more robust.

Any feedback about how to learn post-processing? If I did switch would the new Photoshop Elements 10 be adequate?

Thank you in advance for the advice.

 

[rgribbons]

Check out kelby or linda.com for video tutorials. There are a few dedicated sites give guides such as apertureexpert and others. Have you done a google search for aperture training. Also I'm sure there are books out there

 

[Big Mike]

Lightroom is not an image editing program. Sure, you can do a lot to your photos with it...but it's not meant as a replacement or alternative to something like Photoshop.

There is tons of info about Lightroom available. Check these out...
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips « Online Photoshop Lightroom Tutorials and Tips with Matt Kloskowski Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips
Lightroom « Layers Magazine Layers Magazine
Inside Lightroom

If you want to do image editing on a level that is beyond what Lightroom can do, then Photoshop is the ideal software, although it's rather expensive. Check out Photoshop Elements as a cheaper alternative. Lightroom works very well together with either of those.

 

[flatflip]

Lightroom is not an image editing program. Sure, you can do a lot to your photos with it...but it's not meant as a replacement or alternative to something like Photoshop.

There is tons of info about Lightroom available. Check these out...
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips « Online Photoshop Lightroom Tutorials and Tips with Matt Kloskowski Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips
Lightroom « Layers Magazine Layers Magazine
Inside Lightroom

If you want to do image editing on a level that is beyond what Lightroom can do, then Photoshop is the ideal software, although it's rather expensive. Check out Photoshop Elements as a cheaper alternative. Lightroom works very well together with either of those.

Big Mike, you're the best but he said aperture.

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[Big Mike]

I saw Aperture 3 and read Lightroom 3.

Doh!

 

[Sonoma]

Try some of these............

aperture 3 tutorials - Google Search

 

[fjrabon]

I use both Elements and Aperture. Aperture is better for me at organizing photographs (well, Elements doesn't do this at all), I actually think it's a slightly better RAW converter than Elements, it's easier to make basic color/contrast enhancements, in my opinion. But I use photoshop for the heavy lifting. For really dramatic edits, either aperture plain won't do them, or is very tedious.

 

[KmH]

The primary function of both Aperture and Lightroom is image catalog management (database management). What Raw conversion and parametric (non-destructive) image editing capability they both have is secondary.

A limitation of parametric editors is they cannot alter pixels.

That's where a good raster graphics editor, like Photoshop, comes in handy.

The OP has discovered an issue many Mac user's face. Since Apple's line of Mac computers has only had about a 20% market share there are far fewer resources available than what is available to PC users.

 

[fjrabon]

The primary function of both Aperture and Lightroom is image catalog management (database management). What Raw conversion and parametric (non-destructive) image editing capability they both have is secondary.

A limitation of parametric editors is they cannot alter pixels.

That's where a good raster graphics editor, like Photoshop, comes in handy.

The OP has discovered an issue many Mac user's face. Since Apple's line of Mac computers has only had about a 20% market share there are far fewer resources available than what is available to PC users.

How is this a Mac issue? Photoshop is available for macs? It might be a mac specialized software issue, but it's certainly not a mac issue.