PSE4 v. Aperture

I have had my new MBP for about two weeks. One of my primary uses for a computer is to work with digital images. I tend to take a lot of photos (lots of sports photography at 8.3fps).

With my Dell and HP notebooks, I used Photoshop Express 4. I rarely used any filters or special effects (unless you count USM) and never got into editing beyond the basic image enhancement stuff.

Before I install PSE4 onto my Parallels "machine" on my MBP, I'm trying to decide what, if any, benefit Apple's Aperture program would have over PSE4's basic editing and organization capabilities.

Any advice?

if your used to pse 4 then buy the mac version

its way cheaper that aperture

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APP...dkxVK2TIhHFA1FHWnD2F/2.0.21.1.0.8.25.7.11.2.3

There is a trial of Aperture on apples site

You are trying to compare two totally different types of applications.
Photoshop Elements/Express is an image editing application.
Aperture is a photograph correction/management application.
While some of their features may seem similar, they are still very different and serve separate purposes.

If you are serious about the photography, then I would suggest getting Aperture for the work you have described.

D3vilboy is exactly right...

Also, adobe lightroom is comp to aperture and free.

I use Aperture and would recommend it for processing images straight after the shoot.

If you are not sure then download the free trial of Aperture to see if it does what you want it to do.

I assume your shooting RAW and not JPEG, not sure how much help either Aperture or lightroom beta would be on JPEGS never used either app for anything other than a RAW converter.

D3v1L80Y said:

You are trying to compare two totally different types of applications.
Photoshop Elements/Express is an image editing application.
Aperture is a photograph correction/management application.

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Understood. I guess I'm wondering if the Aperture management capabilities will give me anything I don't already get from the organizing/management features bundled with PSE4's editor.

I think I'll take the advice to try the free month of the program and see whether it grabs me. Thanks, all!