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Why I Chose Capture One Pro v8 and Abandoned Aperture 3 (Part 1 of 2)

By Pravin Mirchandani

March 30, 2015 - 9:00pm

In part one of analysis, I compare many aspects of Aperture to Capture One, and highlight my reasons for moving to Capture One Pro v8.

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Backblaze 4.0 Released — Your Friendly Backup Reminder!

By PhotoJoseph

March 27, 2015 - 8:00pm

Backblaze has received another major update which could prove to speed up backups dramatically, especially for those over 500 miles away from their datacenter in Sacramento, California.

Capture One Pro 8.2 Update

By PhotoJoseph

March 25, 2015 - 8:00pm

Capture One Pro was recently updated to 8.2. The headline for the app claims that it’s the “Most advanced color grading options of any RAW converter”. Sounds good to me! Click through to read more and watch their promotional videos.

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Your Aperture Files Imported into Capture One Pro 8; the Good, the Bad and the Missing

By Lee Harris

March 23, 2015 - 8:00pm

Capture One Pro 8 allows you to import and Aperture library — adjustments and all. This article gives you a brief overview of what you can and cannot expect Capture One to do with your Aperture images once they are imported.

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Migrating Metadata from Aperture to Lightroom

By Walter Rowe

March 20, 2015 - 8:00pm

Like others, I am evaluating which direction to migrate my Aperture libraries. I have been testing PhaseOne Capture One Pro and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Both applications offer migration paths for ingesting Aperture libraries, but neither application does the job perfectly. It is important to me that all of the IPTC metadata and keywords are transferred. In this article I demonstrate four different methods that I tested with Lightroom for transferring this information and provide the results of each test.

Beginner

Aperture: Why I'm Staying Put (For Now)

By Matthew Morse

March 18, 2015 - 8:00pm

Many users are jumping ship from Aperture, and that’s understandable. But one of the options is the wait-and-see approach, which is exactly what I’m doing. Read on to understand my thought process, my frustrations, and my tolerance!

Intermediate

Aperture, Capture One and Lightroom Walk into a Bar (Part 2 of 2)

By Jochen H. Schmidt

March 16, 2015 - 8:00pm

This post picks up where part one left off. We all know that Aperture is going away, and we’re all eventually going to have to switch to something else. Last week, I looked at the interface and workflow features in Lightroom and Capture One. In today’s segment, I’ll dive into specific image editing comparisons and capabilities between all three apps.

Intermediate

Aperture, Capture One and Lightroom Walk into a Bar (Part 1 of 2)

By Jochen H. Schmidt

March 13, 2015 - 8:00pm

Aperture is going away, and we’re all eventually going to have to switch to something else. After years of working with Aperture, and months of exploring both Lightroom and Capture One, I’d like to share a collection of comparisons between the three apps. In today’s section, I’ll look at the interface and workflow features. In the next segment, I’ll dive into specific image editing comparisons and capabilities.