Thanks Rafa, that is very helpful advice. I downloaded the two Plugins and especially like BorderFX. Have some experience with LR, but will now concentrate on mastering Aperture Take care, Roy > I think Aperture 3 is more complete. It has more tools to retouch the > images, and there is not necessary other programs like PS. > > But you must work more with the options. And you can't modify the > perspective, you need a plugin. > > Necessary Plugins for me: BorderFX and PTlens. > > Lightroom 3 is more simple but a great program... less complex than > Aperture and the new tools to reduce noise and lens distortion are > really great. > > Necessary Plugins for me: LR/Mogrify. before... PTLens too... but now is > not necessary.