Photo Formatting

I do some photography on the side and I want to try a new printing company. In order to submit test prints they have to be a specific format. As for software all I use is iphoto, I am thinking about getting Lightroom vs Apeture.
Question #1: How do I change my photos through iphoto to size 8x10 at 300 PPI, in any embedded color space and saved as a baseline standard, level 10 JPEG.
Question #2: Can the above question even be done in iphoto, or does Apeture have that option? I know that lightroom has the capibilities to get to the format I need, or so I have been told.
Question #3: What do you recommend, Apeture or Lightroom? What is your favorite and why?
Thank you for your help.
Brandi

That spec pretty much assumes a Photoshop-based workflow - it doesn't need to but that's what it assumes.
iPhoto is not geared at the Pro shooter. It's aimed squarely at the consumer market - the folks with a point and shoot or a phone - it will do more, but that's what it's optimised for.
How do I change my photos through iphoto to size 8x10 at 300 PPI, in any embedded color space and saved as a baseline standard, level 10 JPEG
300 ppi is meaningless until you print. As you're printing at 10 x 8 then you'll need an image that's a minimum of 8x300 by 10x300. That's 2400 x 3000 pixels or 6.5 megapixels. iPhoto won't assign a colour space but you can do that in Preview. Baseline standard level 10 is a pure photoshop measurement. I'd guess that exporting at High Quality would get you close.
The export options on Aperture are much broader. You can download the Aperture manual here
http://documentation.apple.com/en/aperture/usermanual/
and of course, ask on the Aperture forum for more. I'm reasonably sure it'll do it, though some of the terminology might be different.
Personally I use Aperture for two reasons: OS integration, which LR has none, and the User interface which is less confusing and modal, for me. YMMV
Regards
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