Large photographic projects?

Hi
Does anyone have experience of, or know of anyone running large work enterprises using mac/Aperture? Or have any suggestions to make for alternatives?
I have to sort out specification soon for a big job with quite a high profile, involving other users and institutions as well as me, over a long period. One institution already has serious macpro setup, as well as top-grade Windows hardware. They use Final Cut, but but their stills handling is just CS3 at present. All the shooting will be in the field over a large area, so processing time needs to be used efficiently. Lots of colour RAW crunching, and much fiddly mono work. But also tens of thousands of JPEGS to be adjusted, for the related timelapse work, and for big displays of multiple images.
I'm always happiest seeing people use macs and Apple software, but I'm so cross with Ap2.01 due to speed issues, especially with core adjustments, that I've turned into an angry customer demanding a refund. I also dropped the .mac sub, after lousy customer service issues here in the UK, in person and online. (general enquiries to me are [email protected] until that is sorted out). I do think it's better in the US, that way.
With its stacks and referenced file handling Ap should be ideal, but unless Apple have a free rewrite coming right now, it's not looking good. I'd love to think that with a couple of mbp's out there we could still nail the thing using Apple all through.
I'm running a Lightroom trial which is fast and completely reliable on differing, and modest hardware. Ap is actually quicker if, say, you stamp a thousand images with three adjustments, but it stops working pretty much once you've done that kind of thing. Frankly for the JPEGs a simple "iPhoto plus lift and stamp" would easily be enough, but I know of no such software. I wish Apple had done that, before jumping to Ap. We could complicate the workflow using Bridge, etc. We'd rather not.
In AP2.01, things like not having choice over which adjustments open automatically in the HUD, and the lack of multi-adjustment presets, mean time is wasted every picture, however you configure the workflow at the moment.
Any thoughts?
Paul Ingram FRSA
[email protected]

Aperture is a fantastic images management tool with limited image adjustment functionality. It can easily manage 100.000s of images and all the features that relate to "management" are very powerful. An example is keywords. Adding a keyword to 10.000 images takes only seconds. Searching and sorting is fast. Managing images is very good as long as you accept that Aperture is a single user application. If you are looking for a multi user solution where several users can access and work on images at the same time, then you have to look elsewhere.
Adjustment and manipulation functionality is limited compared to other software solutions. Some examples are "layers" (Photoshop CS3), "HDR" (Photomatix), "panorama stitching" and so on. So, if these functions are very important to you then consider how they can be an integrated part of your workflow.
Do you have a specific preference for using Adobe's RAW-converter? Is it a show stopper for you if Aperture can't work the same way you are used to (example: multi level adjustment presets)? Do you have specific features that is a must for you (example: batch merge GPS-data into your images)?
It may be a good idea if you composed a very specific workflow description and posted it here. Then you could be able to get confimation of Aperture's ability to support that specific workflow. You could also get some ideas how Aperture could be used to optimize your workflow. Too many users are not taking advantage of Aperture because they continue to work as they have always done.
Hope this helps you forward in your process.
Karsten

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