[Leica] Aperture 3

[DLawrence at fkp.com (Don Lawrence)]

Thanks for the information. I bought the upgrade at the local Apple Store 
yesterday and did the install last night.

Really like the way they added in the best features from iphoto.

With this release I am finally going to consolidate all my images from 
iphoto into Aperture.



Regards

Don Lawrence







>I installed Aperture 3 on Wed evening. The upgrade will re-write your

>database. Here is my early assessment:

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>The new brushes actions are a vast improvement giving you the ability

>to work on parts of your images - and then adjust your effect

>globally. Dodge & burn now is integrated rather than working like an

>add on with ver 2.14. Raw engine conversion seems a bit better as well

>with more raw formats covered. The B&W conversion isn't any better. I

>still prefer Silver Efex Pro for this. The ability to put together a

>slide show with images and video with output as a mov file is a great

>step forward. More printing options.



>I'm glad I didn't make the switch to Lightroom in frustration. If you

>do a lot of manipulation of your images ( I don't), you still need

>Photoshop. But for many image adjustments, Aperture is all I need. The

>face detection and GPS functions are nice to have but the big

>improvements in image control are very welcome improvements. And for

>$99 upgrade, it is well worth the price.



>Happy shooting,



>Richard Clompus, OD

>Sent from my iPhone



>>On Feb 11, 2010, at 12:12 PM, Don Lawrence <DLawrence at fkp.com> wrote:



>> Anyone here given this a try yet?

>> Apple released  the LX3 Raw too, finally.

>

>> From the specs, it looks like a good upgrade for $99.

>> The new slide show builder reminds me of the old (good) version of

>> imovie.

>

>> Don Lawrence