judytraveler Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 I've been using the Apple Aperture program and since it is no longer supported by Apple I am looking at other editing programs and came across Affinity which looks ideal to me. I have not upgraded to El Capitan since I am not interested in using the new Apple program "photos" and I don't want to lose my Aperture libraries. Will Affinity be introducing a catalog or library filing program similar to Aperture? In the meantime what would be the best and quickest way to download my photos into my Mac so I can start using Affinity? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted March 23, 2016 Staff Share Posted March 23, 2016 Hi judytraveler, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) You can continue to use Aperture and set it up tp send the images to Affinity for editing. You have two options here: right-click on an image in Aperture and select Export ▸ Original... to export the RAW file to a folder and then open it Affinity Photo or set Affinity Photo as an External Photo Editor in Aperture ▸ Preferences..., Export tab (on top). This last option lets you send the images as PSD or TIFF (both 8 and 16 bits) but you have to export them from Affinity as flattened Tiff's because Affinity Photo doesn't support layered Tiff's yet (coming soon). We don't overwrite PSD's by design (meaning Aperture can't keep track of the edited image after you save it since Photo will only allow you to save it in Photo's native format .afphoto) so this option will not work with Affinity Photo. We already announced our DAM (digital assets managements software) solution for later. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judytraveler Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 Thank you and I am very much looking forward to the DAM software solution that you mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiederikvdS Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 Any news on the DAM already? (it's 2019 now) I am about to have to stop using Aperture and really convert my workstreams to working with Affinity Photo. However, Photo Library Management is the real show stopper still... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLT Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Similar to Judy, I would like to switch over from Aperture to Affinity but need a new library for Mac. I adore Aperture but it is currently on its deathbed on my computer and loads are limited so I would like to scrap it all together. Can you recommend a categorized library that is close to Aperture's and works with Affinity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 There are a bunch of tools on the market, some are for cataloging, some for browsing, converting and previewing, others are RAW converters with DAM like enhancements etc. So it depends on individual needs and preferences here and what in your own specific sense comes close from these to Aperture. - In terms of "work with Affinity" most will allow to open Affinity with some past over files, but not all may make use of the Macs QuickView capabilities to show up a preview of Affinity's own file formats. XNViewMP Picktorial digiKam Mylio RAW Power macOS Pixave ... and so on ... Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSDowell Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 The current Mac OS, Catalina, is 64 bit. Aperture is 32 bit and won't run on Catalina. So, if you want to move to Catalina, you have to work out how to replace Aperture. Which, I'm finding, for DAM, isn't easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddCh Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 FWIW I have been a long time Aperture user with a library in excess of 300K images and have been looking for a suitable replacement since 2014 – but, so far, without success. For me, the main problem has been, and still is, Aperture's strength in image organisation, keywords and metadata. Throw in Aperture's unique and brilliant Light Table function (for brainstorming) as well and it has been a pretty hopeless search. So far I have tried On1 Photo RAW, Capture One Pro, Luminar, Darktable, Lyn, Unbound, Mylio and Digikam. Despite the problems, I have invested in Capture One Pro primarily for its RAW image editing, tethered shooting and the hope that its image management capabilities will at least be passable. Unfortunately, compared to Aperture, its image management features are far less capable. However, I have found that Aperture is still very usable on my three Macs (running macOS Mojave) so will likely continue to wait and see if anything else can fill Aperture's role. In the meantime C1P will process my RAW files and light batch editing, Aperture will continue to manage my image library and AP will do the heavy editing. The Affinity suite of apps already does all my pro work except for RAW processing and image management, so I would dearly love there to be an image/asset management capability from Affinity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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