Migration from Aperture to Capture One v8
I'm a potential new user and wondered if there were any ex-aperture users out there who can tell me how their experience was in migrating to Capture One. In particular;
- From the webinars the user interface looks complex, how intuitive do you find it to use?
- Can I import my aperture library for use in the software trial without impacting on my aperture installation?
- Any huge issues with images (colour rendition etc) when imported images are viewed in C1?
Many thanks in anticipation
- From the webinars the user interface looks complex, how intuitive do you find it to use?
- Can I import my aperture library for use in the software trial without impacting on my aperture installation?
- Any huge issues with images (colour rendition etc) when imported images are viewed in C1?
Many thanks in anticipation
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Hi, potential user, welcome to the forum. Some suggestions and one answer.
To answer your second question, you can import your Aperture library without impacting it from Aperture's point of view. It is read only by CO8.
You will probably get feedback from Aperture users, at least I hope so. You might, if you not already did, browse and search the forum as there has quite some feedback already.
Last, as the most obvious tip, CO8 comes with a 60-day trial, try before you buy. The trial is fully functional for the period given.0 -
hi new kind on the block, I have also moved from Aperture and I am really happy with it. The software is not perfect, the DAM capabilities are still on a "primitive" stage but the workspace can be customized as you want, giving you more chances than a rigorous software like Lightroom.
Answering your questions, might tell you that the webinar are a good way to get a feeling of how, however I will recommend you to get a real training, there are some out there, including one from David Grover with the LuLa guys.
You can import the library from Aperture and will not have any issue with the catalog, I did it for the structure I already had.
Colour rendition, what do you mean?, the adjustments you have done in Aperture will not be rendered in C1, crops yes, but things that are unique to the software that have to do with their own processing machine will not be "interpreted".
Come back with more questions and will try to help you. Just remember, do not try always to compare what one is capable to do and the other not, fact is, Aperture is out and you need an alternative, which one is the best, this is up to you.0 -
Thanks for that, I've been watching some of the tutorials and it certainly looks like an excellent alternative to Aperture. I also discovered that it may not be fully ready for Yosemite so I'll probably download the trial to work with over the holiday period and wait for an updated version.
Colour - yes, I did mean adjustments made in Aperture so I'll need to work around that one. Thanks again for the comments, I'll no doubt be back when I know better what further questions to ask!0 -
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I'm a potential new user and wondered if there were any ex-aperture users out there who can tell me how their experience was in migrating to Capture One. In particular;
- From the webinars the user interface looks complex, how intuitive do you find it to use?
- Can I import my aperture library for use in the software trial without impacting on my aperture installation?
- Any huge issues with images (colour rendition etc) when imported images are viewed in C1?
Many thanks in anticipation
I'm coming from Aperture (via LR) as well.
You'll soon get used to the interface in Capture One. I haven't tweaked it yet since it works very well anyway.
Both LR and C1 are a big step up from Aperture, there is so much more built in.
Stick with it and you'll see.0 -
I'm also an Aperture migrator. I didn't transfer my photos from Aperture so can't comment on that process other than to confirm that adjustments will not be transferred, only EXIF data, ratings and the like.
I wrote a fairly detailed paper on my decision which is too long to re-produce here but the key pros and cons were:
Lens correction is in the C1 program and avoids round trips to DxO Pro but lens support though reasonable is occasionally patchy. My favourite Nikon 10-24mm lens is not supported though my other Nikon lenses are. Camera support seems to be better.
RAW conversion for Nikon is better in my view than either Aperture or Lightroom. I can't comment on other cameras. This was the core fundamental criteria for my decision to choose C1 and not LR.
Pretty much all the Aperture tools are present and then some. Personally I find the interface easy to navigate and I'm still finding amazing things I didn't know about.
Asset management is reasonable though not as sophisticated or as easy as in Aperture. It's a relatively recent addition to C1 but does all the basics quite well. I especially miss the don't import duplicates option from Aperture, which means I have to select carefully what I import as I avoid wiping SD cards until absolutely necessary.
I missed using specialist editors though the need is a bit less as C1 has a lot of built-in tools that Aperture did not. Nevertheless its masking, heal and repair tools are all quite basic so you have to go elsewhere sometimes. The latest 8.1 release of a few days ago now adds the sorely missed ability to round-trip to third-party tools (hooray!) though it seems a little buggy in my first tests. Works with Photoshop and Nik Collection tools though not OnOne in my very early testing. Haven't tried DxO or Photomatix yet. If you have Photoshop though you can easily launch other third-party editors from there and save back directly to C1.
Noise reduction is not as good as some alternatives but is imo better than Aperture. I did a lot of comparison tests to come to this conclusion. The winner was Photo Ninja btw and second best DxO Pro though on less challenging photos C1 was up to the task. This is quite important for me as I do a lot of low light photography. Recent sensor technology however means this factor is losing weight as a selection criteria since you can get quite good photos (i.e. relatively noise-free) on most recent cameras up to ISO 6400.
I miss the 'm' button in Aperture to quickly compare back to original. There are ways to do this in C1 but nothing as convenient or simple.
The tutorial and blog support from PhaseOne is good (and free) though not as extensive as can be found for Lightroom (most of which though, at least the professional grade stuff, is not free).
I'm generally pleased with my decision and full round-tripping third-party editor support in 8.1 is addressing one of my two bug-bears with C1. The other as mentioned is patchy lens support though the newer Nikon lenses are being added, e.g. the recently released Nikon 20mm f1.8, which is on my wish list.
I still import my photos to Aperture but don't organise or touch them in case Photos tempts me back. Non-destructive editing using third-party editors, which will be supported by the Photos architecture, would be a kind of nirvana for me but I don't expect this to mature as a reasonable option for at least a couple of years.
Hope this helps and best of luck!0
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