Apple Aperture 3 Work Flow

[Keith B]

No worries on venting Keith. Since I'm learning still about raw conversion, what does LR do better than Aperture? Can you process raw with LR and then move them directly to Aperture?

I'm pretty sure even if you reprocess the RAW Aperture will still do it's mutilation upon import and besides that I can't increase the time on my workflow. I'm full-timer and just can't have the bottle neck.

My observation is, Apple has sold the pros out and are catering to consumers so they have turned Aperture into iPhoto Pro/Plus. Therefore they have made Aperture do a lot of "destructive" stuff upon import so that they look more contrasty and poppy. The worst part is, Aperture hates hot spots and tries to fill them in with surrounding colors. Granted it is only destructive inside Aperture but...Some of the issues I'm having can be undone but it is quite time consuming and it never really looks quite right.