![]() ![]() Not to mention no matter how pristine I got my Aperture library, it just was not going to import into C1 without a lot of missing images or images it could not read. Good, not great, where it wasn’t great it was all a function of C1 not adhering to standard industry metadata practice and C1’s ongoing challenges with importing JPEG and tif files it can read and exporting tif files other apps can read. I chose to use C1 Sessions with Photo Supreme. OK app but unless a database is designed to work with a specific editor, there are shortcomings. I also spent some time with a database approach, Photo Supreme. ![]() But for anyone that depends heavily on DAM, it’s one of the very few choices in town. For me, the only choice was the wrong choice, Lightroom. Have been running Aperture, Lightroom and C1 in tandem now for a year. Here’s my experience which might be of some use to those still using Aperture: I started looking for a replacement for Aperture about a year ago. But they are lacking in many areas: keywording, local adjustments, dependent on xml files, etc. Some interesting apps have recently been introduced, Emulsion, Mylio, Affinity. But it seems with the developers have decided to introduce their own apps. I’ve also thought perhaps they intend 3rd party developers to turn Photos into Aperture. Then fix what is a somewhat flaky data base, at least with referenced which is what I used. On the catalog side, they could strip out all the connectivity stuff and simplify support in an area that Apple changes constantly and was never particularly reliable, assuming limited Open Source resources. It makes a lot of sense and with the filters built into the OS, would be fairly simple to improve the editing side. But another part of me resents your dismissive tone towards frustrated Aperture users who aren’t as glib about this transition. Part of me admires your stoic pragmatism in nonchalantly “moving on”. More importantly, they have yet to demonstrate any competency in cloud services, which paints a dire image considering they’re encouraging everyone to entrust their data to the cloud. While Apple still makes beautiful hardware, the quality of their software has plummeted considerably. The discussion forums are replete with horror stories of data loss and corruption with both Apple’s cloud-based photos solution as well as their more recent cloud-based music solution. This also speaks to the broader issue of Apple’s repeated failures to properly develop and manage cloud-based solutions. To abandon all these people while there are no suitable alternatives on the market is unforgivable. People trusted Apple and invested significant amounts of time and effort to create image management/editing workflows revolving around the product. I’m a big fan of Apple and generally support their business strategies and practices but what they’ve done to Aperture, and more importantly to Aperture users, is a travesty. The moment that hobby turns into a grueling, non-paying job is the moment it ceases to be a hobby or even an interest for that matter. I have no experience with the other products you mentioned, but it sounds like they are at best a band-aid approach requiring multiple applications that together yield a half-assed solution, and even then only after a considerable amount of effort.įor me photography is a hobby and a passion - one that I’ve had since I was in high school. You also seem to confirm that Lightroom, despite comments to the contrary, does not fully substitute Aperture’s functionality, even poorly. You seem to agree with my impression of Lightroom (and all other Adobe products) as buggy, poorly designed, unintuitive, and slow. Most comments on this topic point people to Lightroom. You, an expert on the topic with an admittedly large amount of time on your hands, have come up with dead ends and are currently relying on an unsatisfactory mix of three different applications, which in tandem still fail to adequately replace Aperture. Unfortunately there are no suitable alternatives to Aperture at the moment, as your own comments have confirmed. ![]()
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