I’m afraid that I haven’t used Aperture for quite a while now. I’m an “Apple Distinguished Educator,” and as such I had access to earlier versions of the app – but the computer I was using at that time was not up to the processor requirements of Aperture. I wouldn’t have that issue today, but I think I’ve made my choice to go with the Adobe products at this point.

It is my impression that the sharpening in LR is pretty darn good – and the various controls and the ability to mask really help. You can do pretty much the same thing in ACR, but I’d say that the interface for sharpening is probably a bit more friendly in LR.

One thing that may make my situation a bit different from that of some other photographers is that I tend to do a lot of post-processing work on a small number of images – rather than doing minor tweaks on very large numbers of images. I’m pretty certain that a program like Aperture or LR would be my choice for that latter, but – at least as far as I know – they won’t quite “do that.”

Take care,

Dan