What is the best photo editing software for MAC?

-Should I get a photoshop or a mac brand like Aperture?As a photographer and also doing photo restoration, I use both Photoshop and Aperture. I take it iPhoto doesn't meet your needs for editing.



Using one or the other is based upon usage. Do you shoot RAW? Do you use a DSLR? How much correction do you do? What type of correction do you do?



I don't know what you know about each software however, personally, I like that Aperture doesn't employ 2 apps as Photoshop does. I also don't use the devices app in Photoshop. However with the detail and amount of restoration I do, I prefer Photoshop. I do not, however, use Photoshop's Bridge, that organizes. Restorations are not integrated into Aperture, and I manage my photographs in Aperture in lieu of using vault.I would recomend photoshop, any recent version. It's amazing!

If you didn't want photoshop, you could buy adobe after effects CS5.

While they are in the mail or whatever you could go on http://www.pixlr.com which is also good :)
Ive used aperture and photoshop before.I believe that Aperture will be able to make global image edits and print files without having to open them and thats something Photoshop can't do.
Photoshop Elements is a good photo manipulation application,allowing some professional standard work. Note that the old version will not work on the new Lion OS. You will have to fork out 拢80 for PE Version 9.