Nice new Aperture feature is selective application of edits, similar to using masks etc.http://aperture.maccreate.com/2010/03/31/a...-in-aperture-3/
LR has that same kind of thing for a whole bunch of adjustments ... from sharpening to clarity to exposure, etc. ... with a very cool optional auto-masking feature ... but NR is still global at this point.
