[DM-MUG] Topic of Meeting

[Victoria L. Herring]

>Victoria and others----
>
>I purchased a Nikon D70s in January and have been considering 
>Aperture as a step up program.  Last month I attended Nikon school 
>in KC and all they used was Photoshop.  Several attendees were 
>complaining about the learning curve on Photoshop even after 6 
>months.  Any thoughts?


I have Photoshop Elements 4 and use that as the external editor with 
Aperture.  I start with Aperture, import pics into it, do tagging and 
meta data noting etc. and some adjustments [it does simplified stuff] 
then use PSE4 to do the tweaking if needed.  I don't use PSE all that 
often these days, but it's good to have.  Regular Photoshop may be 
overkill for most people, unless you're really into photography as a 
profession or avocation.

So, my answer would be - for the same price as Photoshop you can have 
Aperture AND PSE4 which should be sufficient.

I've used IViewMediaPro and it's also excellent but it's mainly an 
organizational tool.  But highly thought of also by professionals. 
But since having Aperture and PSE4, I have let me use of IVMP lapse 
and that has seemed fine.
-- 
Victoria L. Herring, Attorney, <http://www.HerringLaw.com>  [newly redesigned]
Travel research,  planning & photography, <http://www.JourneyZing.com>
Photographs now at Borders Cafe [West Des Moines, Iowa] in 
three-person show, "Perspectives" and for sale at www.buyiowaart.com.