How to Compare Aperture & Photoshop
Photoshop is Adobe's leading graphics product, far outstripping its other products in use and popularity. Aperture is Apple's newest photography software. Many people are attempting to make comparisons between the two programs, but the fact is that they are intended for entirely different purposes and an entirely different consumer. Aperture is intended for professional photographers who want better and quicker workflow and organization, while Photoshop is used by both professionals and amateurs for photo and image editing.
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Consider the organizing and workflow capabilities of Photoshop versus Aperture. Here, Aperture seems to be well ahead, since this is the primary purpose it was designed for. Aperture allows professional photographers to work with RAW files without having to open them, which means the photographer can quickly choose those files they want to work with and organize them. Aperture is designed to smoothly integrate with Photoshop. Unfortunately, since Aperture is an Apple product, it doesn't come with a PC version.
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Weigh the editing capabilities of the two programs. Aperture has some editing abilities, but these pale by comparison with Photoshop's vast array of tools and functions. Whereas Aperture can perform simple corrections like color balance and brightness, Photoshop can do virtually anything with an image.
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Ask yourself what you will be using the program for. If you are a professional photographer who needs to improve workflow and organization, then you might want to consider Aperture, but you still may want to use Photoshop for editing images. On the other hand, if you are primarily doing graphics work or are an amateur photographer, Photoshop will probably serve your purposes perfectly well.
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