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FlickrExport for Aperture

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Since I started testing Aperture for Mac, I am totally fond of it.

It enhances my workflow with 300%.
Most of us photographers don't need all the functionality of Photoshop to enhance an image.
Checking the colors, and sharpness is more than enough in most cases.
And a fast overview to delete the bad ones.

It works pretty fast (though sometimes it seems to freeze the system for a while)
The export functions are numerous, but I was very pleased to read there is a FlickrExport for Aperture.
In installed it, and yesterday, after only 2 try-outs, I bought it: it is fabulous: the sharpening is perfect (I did some test in the past with other exporters which turned out to be blurry), it allows you to batch upload, assign keywords in batch, add it to an existing or even a new set.
In fact it allows me to update my Flickr without even entering Flickr.
(Somehow I don't like the admin of Flickr, it is way to much of an effort. (I have this with any blog, btw))

Read: I love it.
Slowly slowly I start to like this new (well working) work-flow.
In the past opening digital images was a hassle: first trying to get an overview, with thumbnails not revealing anything, opening them one by one on in one or another program. Then adjusting them in Photoshop, since iPhoto was not really 'well', thus renaming all the files in 'YAP' (yet another program')

Today, I open in Aperture, adjust, upload to Flickr, export the masters or the derives. Rename them.
Burn them on a DVD.
I can even make a quite simple iDVD.
And it just works...

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