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[CameraQuest]

After being bombarded by the new Vista Windows system, complete with needed upgrades in software, hardware, and learning curves, I decided to put the $ in Apples instead with an IMac and MacBook.

Lost in apples at the moment, but I need Mac versions of Photoshop, Aperture, and PhotoMechanic if anyone wants to trade used but current version software for Voigtlander or ?

Thanks
Stephen

 

[blakley]

Stephen, if you call Adobe, they will do a "cross-platform upgrade" and send you Mac versions of any products you currently have Windows licenses for. It should be free if you're moving to the same version, or the regular upgrade price if you're moving to a more advanced version.

 

[kaiyen]

Stephen,
I have a copy of Aperture that I might be able to help you with. PM me.

allan

ps - I'm the guy who's been saving up for a year for a bessa 🙂

 

[colyn]

How does Aperture compare to PhotoShop?

 

[kaiyen]

Aperture isn't a competitor for photoshop, IMO. It's a digital workflow application, designed primarily for digital shooters. Take your shots, import them into a library, sort them rapidly, pick the best, perform basic RAW conversions, keyword and catalog. Like iPhoto on steroids.

allan

 

[Stephanie Brim]

I'd offer you 7, but I still need it for work.

 

[kaiyen]

7? Is that an application?

allan

 

[Stephanie Brim]

Photoshop 7. I never found use for any of the newer functions...I'm hoping that there's more that I can actually use in CS3.

 

[kaiyen]

oooooh...PS7. You don't need 16 bit editing? That's like the stone ages! 🙂

allan

 

[RFNewbie]

Aperture is great of organizing photos. You can put keywords in and sort by various attributes like rating, camera, date, iso, shutter speed, etc. It's pretty good if you take RAW pics as you can view them almost instanteously at full size. There are a bunch of little thumbnails that you can resize for overall viewing. Aperture is more for workflow and organization. It will do some basic editing, which suits about 99% of my modification needs. For the other < 1%, I will use Photoshop CS2. They are completely different animals. Photoshop is heavy duty editing in my opinion.

I didn't care for the early version very much, but after 1.5 came out, I don't know how I could keep track of my files without it. I have over 60k pics so Aperture helps me sort and find them easily. Yes, I have used Adobe Lightroom (they also have a free beta) but didn't like the user interface as much as Aperture. Well worth the money in my opinion.

You can get more info and download a free trial for Aperture at the apple website.
http://www.apple.com/aperture/

You can also get trial versions of the Adobe products.
http://www.adobe.com/downloads/

 

[Stephanie Brim]

oooooh...PS7. You don't need 16 bit editing? That's like the stone ages! 🙂

allan

I use film and don't print from a scan at home, thus I don't need 16 bit editing. My scanning is for web use only. 😉

 

[kaiyen]

Everyone needs 16 bit editing 🙂

allan

 

[Stephanie Brim]

Eh, I'll need it when I start doing restoration as a job. I'm holding out, though, that my boss will buy it for the store along with a nice new Macbook Pro for me to use for all the work I need to take home. 😉

 

[colyn]

Aperture isn't a competitor for photoshop, IMO. It's a digital workflow application, designed primarily for digital shooters. Take your shots, import them into a library, sort them rapidly, pick the best, perform basic RAW conversions, keyword and catalog. Like iPhoto on steroids.

allan

Since I don't do much digital photography I'll stick with PhotoShop..

 

[CameraQuest]

Software Update

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it appears I have PS covered,
and have a good lead on aperture.
still need PhotoMechanic, FTP programs, file management programs, and MS Office

open to trades

just email me at cameraquest@earthlink.net

Many Thanks
Stephen

 

[ClaremontPhoto]

Before you get Aperture look at iPhoto. It's already on your Mac and is a good catalog system.

 

[JonasYip]

still need PhotoMechanic, FTP programs, file management programs, and MS Office

If you already have a registered copy of PhotoMechanic for Windows, I believe the same registration number works on the Mac as well.

For FTP I like Transmit (http://www.panic.com/transmit/) which only costs $29.95 I think.

 

[beethamd]

Stephen - If you use Firefox, there's a free FTP client for it -

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/684/

Some screenshots here.

 

[colyn]

Before you get Aperture look at iPhoto. It's already on your Mac and is a good catalog system.

At first I didn't think I would like iPhoto but in a couple of days playing with it I found I like it better than ACDSee.

 

[pesphoto]

If you have PS CS2 you can use Adobe Camera Raw which is what my wife uses for her RAW images. Its just a plugin download from adobe.