Aperture + Editing Software

I am looking for some editing software and am not sure what to get as I would like it to sync/work well with Aperture 3.
Do I get pixelmator or go for photoshop elements?
If there are any other options please let me know
Many thanks

Software are tools, or collections of tools. The tools are crafted by skilled toolmakers to allow the user to perform specific tasks.
Apple's Aperture is entirely analogous to Adobe's Lightroom. It seems unlikely that with your current tools and tasks you haven't encountered and learned what Lightroom is and does. Aperture is and does the same. Each is excellent at what it does.
Aperture and Lightroom are digital darkrooms for developing, organizing, storing, and preparing for publication digital photographs. It sounds as though you have some needs which Aperture will meet.
It is worth knowing what Aperture is not. It is not a graphics editing program. Aperture is not a data-creation program -- it is a data-modification program. The data are your photographs. Aperture excels at allowing the user to develop digital negatives. It does not allow the user to create and add text, rectangles, digital bangles, and so forth. Every operation is done on a photograph.
Aperture is no faster than similar programs at executing commands. It can save the user a lot of time in allowing for the organization and batch execution of operations. The execution of even a few changes on hundreds of images will always push current systems to their max.
Your question remains non-specific. These user-to-user forums are great for finding answers to specific question, and not so great for gathering general information. Read about Aperture on Apple's site, read several of the many easily available reviews of version 3, and also download the trial version (it's free) and try it out. Aperture is a very large, very powerful, complex program with a long (but not steep) learning curve. Sixty minutes spent reading and using will either answer your question, or allow you to ask specific questions to which you can get useful answers.
Good luck.
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