Comments on: My Very Own Aperture 3 Review

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Aperture 3 Now Just $79!!!!! — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:25:05 +0000

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By: s austone

s austone — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:12:38 +0000

But A3 doesn’t have layering function; that is a big difference from Elements 9
Do you think Apple is planning on adding that feature?

By: Adobe Photoshop Elements 9

Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:39:41 +0000

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By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:22:30 +0000

Tony, I’ve used AP3 for 4 weeks now, rather heavily. No, it does not have layers like Photoshop. I will use CS4 or CS5 for special images that need layers. AP3 is not meant to replace Photoshop, but it is like Camera RAW ‘deluxe’ with ‘Bridge Deluxe’ too. That’s a crude description, but I see AP3 replacing my use of Bridge, but not Photoshop.
Even though you don’t have layers in AP3, you can do something that mimics it to an extent. You can create multiple adjustments for a specific image. E.g, if you apply a curve adjustment to the sky, and want to apply a different curve to the water, then just create another adjustment curve, and ‘paint’ the curve to the water. Not as elegant as layers, but accomplishes the same thing. Hope this helps.

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:54:34 +0000

On photoshop you can do layering. Is there anything on Aperture 3 that does the same thing as layers on photoshop?

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:19:34 +0000

great review, thank you!
I’m still tossing up between the 2 packages, despite being almost convinced on Aperture 3, there is 1 very important function missing from it, a function I use a lot – it cannot stitch photos together?!?

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 03 May 2010 14:24:19 +0000

Mike-

Nice review – and helpful, too.

I just upgraded to Aperture 3 and support for Foveon X3F files is still missing. This really should be a match made in heaven, with the superior image quality of Foveon and processing of Aperture. The two small players could really push this big, I think, and there have been a lot of blogs and other input to Apple pushing it.

Any word if anyone at Apple is listening?

Thanks again –
Ron

By: An Example of an Aperture 3 Slideshow

An Example of an Aperture 3 Slideshow — Sat, 01 May 2010 23:21:05 +0000

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By: FIGHT! Aperture 3 vs. Photoshop Elements

FIGHT! Aperture 3 vs. Photoshop Elements — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:42:07 +0000

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