Photostream, iCloud & Aperture

MuGeN · 26 May 2012 at 14:59

Hi guys...

I currently have an iPhone and iPad, and also a MBA. For my photography library I use Lightroom, and think its superb but I am liking the shared philosophy of the iCloud way of doing things so...

Do I have to switch to Aperture - and how well does it integrate?

and

What happens if the devices run out of space, I only have 16gb on each iOS device?

Thanks folks

shine · 27 May 2012 at 00:47

MuGeN said:
What happens if the devices run out of space, I only have 16gb on each iOS device?

Thanks folks

Photostream is in the cloud, the pictures are never on the local device so space isn't an issue.

MuGeN · 27 May 2012 at 21:27

So, bought aperture (no trial available anymore) and...

Its not in the same league as Lightroom

Honestly, I don't see how people even compare the two - I will persevere and maybe a lot of the features are hidden away but as it stands the interface, the quality of the edits and the way the library is organised isn't even a patch on Adobe's offering.

I'd like to be wrong since I like the iCloud stuff, but, I don't think I am - What do you guys think?

sarge78 · 28 May 2012 at 15:53

I'm confused

Does iCloud (photo stream) have non-destructive editing and can you upload RAW files?

MuGeN · 29 May 2012 at 10:53

I'm also confused, still not sure how it all works and whether it is something to be relied upon tbh...

Anyone got some decent experience that can shed some light?

sarge78 · 29 May 2012 at 15:04

Looks like Aperture 3 just downloads images to your local drive and any edits aren't automatically applied back to the cloud.

You can probably point Lightroom at your photo stream folder and do the same thing?