Aperture does every thing i will ever need and then some. But I do not do very heavy post processing. I do not favor extensive manipulation of my images. But to each their own
I use Aperture a lot. Like Lightroom, it's a great product for manipulating a lot of photos fast. You can make changes (contrast, sharpness, white balance, etc.) to one image and then apply that same correction to the other images in that shoot.
I also use Aperture for doing quick fixes. With the sliders you can adjust shadows, saturation, contrast or sharpness with a few mouse clicks. I go into Photoshop when I need to do complex stuff.
One of my favorite tools in Aperture is the quick brushes feature. That menu lets you "paint" in more contrast, saturation, sharpness, brightness, etc. on specific areas of a photo. Doing that in PS means working with masks -- and sometimes that's overkill.
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