Today I decided I’d had enough of Aperture 3.0′s half-dead snail’s pace, instability and poor export quality. At least until Apple release fixes for these problems. I can’t even downgrade to Aperture 2, which ran at a fairly acceptable speed. I paid for an upgrade to ruin my photography workflow!
I’ve been giving Lightroom 3 a go for a while now, and I’m really impressed with its speed and features. Some aspects aren’t as good as Aperture’s, like the library management, and some are missing, like photo book creation (which I haven’t used actually), but I’m impressed by the huge user base and support for the application. Editing photos in Lightroom is a bit quirky, but I’m sure I’ll get used to the interface in time.
Until Apple releases fixes for Aperture 3.0, and/or I buy a fast Mac with a lot of memory, it’s Lightroom from now on!
