Yes Apple, I am sorry. I love you but… I’ve switched from Aperture to Adobe Lightroom.  I really wanted to stay with Aperture, but there were a few things that I couldn’t ignore.

1. Aperture was a bit sluggish on my MBP… specially the responsiveness of the crop and rotate tool.
2. Aperture did not have a vignetting tool. Too many trips to Photoshop
3. I’ve been using DXO optics pro, and they provide a Lightroom plugin for easy roundtripping
4. Presets. I really like the developing preset feature in Lightroom, especially being able to share them.
5. Prefer Adobe Camera Raw for image processing. Really love the clarity feature. Lightroom uses Adobe Camera Raw engine.
6. Lightroom print module has been giving me better results with color profiles with my Epson R1800 (which has been a small nightmare to get a decent print)
7. More efficient roundtripping to Photoshop

Here is an example of some Lightroom processing  Read more

After a few months with my iPhone, I have officially given up.  When I first got my iPhone I was quite on top of things—clearing out my inbox almost hourly. Soon, it became daily. And now… once I get through it… it loads 25 more messages from the server. I can’t keep up. So, I have decided that my iPhone inbox will always be full. It’s more of a “record of what’s going on elsewhere.” I’m hoping that the new firmware update will include a Clear All function, or at the least a one-touch delete from the list screen. Is anyone else struggling with this? Perhaps I should check out what Merlin has to say at 43Folders.com.