Comments on: On Adobe's Lightroom radar: panoramas, HDR

Adobe says high dynamic range photography and panorama creation are in Lightroom's purview. Also: why the software development kit isn't as easy as you might think.

[Galaxy5]

Meanwhile, Aperture users....

are stuck with no news from Apple, no updates for over a year, and
only "Pro" camera RAW support, despite the plethora of prosumer
RAW-capable cameras shipping today.

Looks like I'll have to switch to Lightroom for good. Aperture has
really burned me.

[gotium]

Dump Apple Aperture

I have recently given up on Aperture, after investing (read:
wasting) around $250 in it, and plan to move to Lightroom.

Aperture seemed to have a nicer interface and good
organizational tools, but as I got to know it I found the database
unstable, and I was losing data. For example, the program
crashed and shut itself down, and on restarting had multiple
errors in the library. After restoring the library from a backup, it
crashed again, again leading to data loss.

Finally, I found entire sets of photos re-organizing themselves
before my eyes while I worked with them, changing the capture
dates and erasing themselves from albums and folders. I noted
that Mac OS's "Time Machine" was running at the time, and a
google search lead me to Apple's support pages, which describe
KNOWN conflicts with Aperture and the Mac OS Time Machine
which lead to irreversible data loss.

So here we have a company that (1) produces two products that
conflict with each other leading to DATA LOSS, and (2) KNOWS of
such conflicts, and yet (3) FAILS TO INFORM USERS of such
conflicts until, AFTER LOSING DATA, the users go searching for
support.

My interpretation is that Apple either has very little interest in
Aperture, or has very little respect for its customers, or both.

After years of Apple-ism, I now have less interest in their
products.

[jwmeaney]

Ever checked out LightZone?

LightZone (www.lightcrafts.com) is an excellent entry in this category - and one that is not yet well known. Runs circles around Photoshop for photography only.

[ewelch]

Nonsense

As a professional photographer for 23 years, and having used
Photoshop every day since '92, I can tell you Light Zone can't hold a
candle to Photoshop, Lightroom or Aperture. I tried it and knew
right away that it's a gimmick looking for a market. It's been out
for a while and it's still not well-known because it really isn't half
as functional as Photoshop once you get to know it.

[Shankland]

Seen it, never tried it

Being Macless at present, I haven't tried it. It looks intriguing, but with Photoshop's dominance, it's pretty hard to do anything other than carve a niche in the image-editing landscape.

[sblgraphics]

Nice post. Thanks.

Regards,
SBL Graphics
http://www.sblgraphics.com/panorama.aspx