AppleInsider Staff
Seemingly timed to coincide with the launch of OS X Yosemite, Adobe on Thursday announced availability of a Lightroom plug-in that streamlines the process of importing Aperture photo libraries.
Since Apple announced it would drop support for Aperture in June, Adobe has been looking for ways to gain marketshare at the expense of the image editing app's demise. The latest foray comes in the form of a plug-in that easily transitions existing Aperture photo libraries into Lightroom 5.6 or later.
Along with the new plug-in, Adobe is extending a free three-month subscription to photography training program KelbyOne. Membership includes the following:
- Step-by-step training series to streamline the transition from Aperture to Lightroom
- Full access to comprehensive training videos on Lightroom and Photoshop, lighting and photography
- 3-month digital subscription to Photoshop User; and additional bonus content
In August, Adobe published a how-to guide for migrating from Apple's Aperture to Lightroom. Adobe Lightroom is a part of the Creative Cloud Photography subscription plan, which gives users access to the latest versions of Photoshop, Lightroom and mobile imaging apps for $9.99 per month.
Most recently, Adobe revamped its iOS app library, with major updates for free apps Photoshop Sketch, Photoshop Mix, Lightroom, Color CC and Illustrator Line.
On Thursday, Apple issued what is likely one of the last updates for Aperture, making the software fully compatible with OS X Yosemite. A new Photos app, said to be a cross between Apple's pro-level Aperture and consumer-level iPhoto, is due for release in 2015.
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The timing is excellent. Will see reviews first before I make any decision. Not that I need to, Aperture runs just fine. Perhaps better to await all versions be on .1 before 'upgrading' my workflow.
Ditto, PB. It's a bit of premature opportunism from Adobe since Aperture has just got an update (3.6) for Yosemite and is performing as before or maybe better, without library upgrades, etc. Having used it a few times, I've nothing against Lightroom it's just that I like Aperture better and can wait for Photos (or whatever) to see if it's a reasonable successor.
[quote name="PhilBoogie" url="/t/182862/adobe-lightroom-plug-in-eases-transition-from-aperture-streamlines-photo-library-imports#post_2621769"]The timing is excellent. Will see reviews first before I make any decision. Not that I need to, Aperture runs just fine. Perhaps better to await all versions be on .1 before 'upgrading' my workflow.[/quote] My suggestion: patience and wait to see what Photos has to offer. Here's a [URL=http://forums.appleinsider.com/t/182861/apple-updates-ilife-suite-for-mac-with-app-redesigns-os-x-yosemite-support#post_2621754]very nice and short comment[/URL] on the iLife thread by Chasm that says it best.
[quote name="ThePixelDoc" url="/t/182862/adobe-lightroom-plug-in-eases-transition-from-aperture-streamlines-photo-library-imports#post_2621802"]^ post[/quote] Thanks, I saw that post. Yup, patience and not a problem if the 1.0 version is not for me. It's not like Aperture is going to auto-shutdown.
Never been pleased with Adobe, a company that builds complex, powerful yet utterly unintuitive software. I have always wondered why Apple just didn't buy Adobe and work their magic on it? Why Apple is abandoning perhaps its most hard core professional customer base by dumbing down its Pro programs is beyond me. Money obviously, but for a company with billions in the bank, why? Why not expand and make the Pro programs better not dumber? Apple is a wonderful company that has transformed computing. Adobe is a PC company that did nothing for the user experience except make it frustrating, longwinded, inelegant and a pain. I do use Photoshop , rarely, and know how powerful and good it can be, but compared to the elegance of Apple software engineers and Aperture, Adobe engineers are the 1984 goon squad that seemingly don't care about making our lives more difficult. Sad Apple is going down this route.