Apple killing off Aperture - now what?

[bwana]

The worst news to come out of WWDC is the impending demise of Aperture, and iPhoto for that matter.

Apple offered a statement directly to Ars Technica: "With the introduction of the new Photos app and iCloud Photo Library, enabling you to safely store all of your photos in iCloud and access them from anywhere, there will be no new development of Aperture. When Photos for OS X ships next year, users will be able to migrate their existing Aperture libraries to Photos for OS X.” In addition to telling users that iPhoto will be discontinued and rolled into the new Photos app, Apple also confirmed to Ars Technica that Aperture will be updated to ensure Yosemite compatibility, but users shouldn't expect any further development or updates beyond that.

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/06/apple-to-cease-development-support-of-pro-photo-app-aperture/

So what are current Aperture users planning on switching to? I'll run aperture as long as I can, even if it means not upgrading for as long as possible, simply because I really do not relish the move to PhotoMechanic.

 

[garyc]

I have been messing around with Hasselblad's Phocus software. The feature set is different to Aperture in that it is more of a Lightroom competitor. It looks promising. One potential drawback is that it uses the built-in OSX RAW conversion - will this stay after they drop aperture? Another issue may be your lens correction profiles.

It has the advantage of being free. http://www.hasselbladusa.com/products/phocus-.aspx

 

[bwana]

Since they're rolling aperture and iPhoto into one app, called Photos, I presume OsX RAW conversion is here to stay.

 

[Space_Chief]

Since they're rolling aperture and iPhoto into one app, called Photos, I presume OsX RAW conversion is here to stay.

Now that Apple has done away with great products like FCP and Shake, they may as well kill Aperture. Third party Adobe software FTW, for video and photo work I guess.

 

[vinodh]

Now that Apple has done away with great products like FCP and Shake, they may as well kill Aperture. Third party Adobe software FTW, for video and photo work I guess.

Final Cut Pro is still around. Unless you mean that FCP X is just a fancy version of iMovie and is not what it used to be.

 

[MeercatMilker]

Adobe Lightroom is probably the best replacement for Aperture. Adobe and Apple is working on a way to easily migrate Aperture libraries to Lightroom.

 

[bwana]

Now that Apple has done away with great products like FCP and Shake, they may as well kill Aperture. Third party Adobe software FTW, for video and photo work I guess.

I'm not a fan of Lightroom.

Final Cut Pro is still around. Unless you mean that FCP X is just a fancy version of iMovie and is not what it used to be.

FCP 7 is still available iirc but it's still 32bit.

Adobe Lightroom is probably the best replacement for Aperture. Adobe and Apple is working on a way to easily migrate Aperture libraries to Lightroom.

Lightroom might be great if you're not in a hurry but for my needs it's a bit slow. The fact that Adobe and Apple are working together on migrating libraries makes me wonder just how bad Photos is going to be.

 

[Space_Chief]

Final Cut Pro is still around. Unless you mean that FCP X is just a fancy version of iMovie and is not what it used to be.

Yes. What I meant.

 

[vinodh]

I would have thought Apple would have went all out trying to make better pro apps. Especially after all the noise they made about supporting developers blah blah. iWork got watered down, FCP got castrated and suddenly deciding to abandon Aperture shows that they are focussing more on simplification and trying to cater for the masses. All we need now is a touchscreen macbook with great big coloured tiles for an interface...

 

[koffiejunkie]

Hmm, so the time I spent tinkering with Lightroom was not wasted after all. I've already decided to change to Adobe Premiere Elements (thanks to the last iMovie update). I've already thought seriously about moving my video work to a Windows box, since I can spec the hardware more to my liking. Maybe it makes sense to do the same with Lightroom?

bwana have a look at Phase One's Capture something (I think that was the one) - i was really impressed with it, and i think it's closer to Aperture in the way the interface works/feels than Lightroom is.