palker
Established
Any guys using Aperture tried to switch off the Auto Noise Compensation in the RAW Fine Tuning HUD?
Phil.
Phil.
MJones
Member
palker said:
Yes, but rather I rarely turn it 'on' so I guess it's always off. I don't shoot too high ISO so not much need for noise reduction especially with the faster lenses. I don't mind M8's noise anyhow when it's there.
How do you like Aperture?
palker
Established
Hi, 95% of the time I think it is wonderful.
Maybe the Spot and Patch could be a little more flexible, and a vignetting HUD would be nice, and a stronger noise tool .. or options to plug in third party tools so that the results are saved in the side car file?
But the main thing I appreciate.. I went from a Photoshop Phreak .. to doing almost no post camera editing. Hence my workflow improved one hundred times .. and with all the changes saved in a side car file ... less is more hey?
BTW I have sold maybe 8 Macs on the back of my Aperture Demo .. ha ha I wish I was on commission! What are your observations? Any other default settings you use with your M8?
Maybe the Spot and Patch could be a little more flexible, and a vignetting HUD would be nice, and a stronger noise tool .. or options to plug in third party tools so that the results are saved in the side car file?
But the main thing I appreciate.. I went from a Photoshop Phreak .. to doing almost no post camera editing. Hence my workflow improved one hundred times .. and with all the changes saved in a side car file ... less is more hey?
BTW I have sold maybe 8 Macs on the back of my Aperture Demo .. ha ha I wish I was on commission! What are your observations? Any other default settings you use with your M8?
MJones
Member
palker said:
No default settings yet though I should have some by now. There are some things I'd change in Aperture as you've noted like some 3rd party tools that show up on the HUD - that's a great idea. I'll go into photoshop some for a few things. Maybe I don't use the noise tool much because it doesn't have much control and strength but sounds ike you are using it well. I'll give it another go and see what I get.
Overall I'm very pleased with Aperture. I bought it before Lightroom and though I'm sure I would have like LR (did try beta and liked it) I've invested a lot of time in Aperture so it will be hard to start over. I do like how everything is ALL in front of you with Aperture. That's a great concept to get everything in one screen.
Now, waiting for the dual 30" setup.
Scott.Tokar
Newbie
I'm new here... But I do spend a lot of time on the AUPN site:http://www.apertureprofessional.com/
Most of your Apple Aperture questions can be answered there. BTW, Apple is known to read that site so it's a good place to post wish/wants for Aperture...
Scott
www.ScottTokar.com
Most of your Apple Aperture questions can be answered there. BTW, Apple is known to read that site so it's a good place to post wish/wants for Aperture...
Scott
www.ScottTokar.com
Scott.Tokar
Newbie
Aperture is mainly a DAM (Digital Asset Manager) and workflow tool. It makes RAW as easy to see and use as JPG.
You can make basic adjustments, but PhotoShop still rules!
Scott
www.ScottTokar.com
You can make basic adjustments, but PhotoShop still rules!
Scott
www.ScottTokar.com
palker
Established
I stopped using photoshop once i got aperture. I'm not a graphics artist. There are some neat features i'd like .. and i've written my list and posted it to santa jobs .. 
but i can't remember the last time i needed photoshop.
but i can't remember the last time i needed photoshop.
Journeys
Newbie
I use aperture a lot but like the ability to use more color management profiles that photoshop offers (e.g. J. Holmes DCAM 4 is great with the M8). If someone can teach me how to be able to selectively use profiles on some and not all pictures, then perhaps I will not use photoshop anymore.
best regards,
Arif
best regards,
Arif