Today, Apple Computer introduced a new program designed for professional photographers. The new software is called Aperture and is a potential replacement for Adobe's Bridge and Camera Raw, but is by no means a replacement for Photoshop (it's instead something that compliments Photoshop). With a price of $499, it's obviously directed towards professionals. I didn't see any mention of being able to apply Curves (my favorite adjustment), use adjustment layers, paint on masks, or apply filters. It does feature one thing that I've been begging Adobe to implement and that's a Lupe that makes it unnecessary to zoom in on the entire image when you simply want to see a 100% view of a small area.
I found it interesting that Apple chose to feature sports and wedding photographers in their profiles since those are two areas where shooting JPEG's are more common. The main idea of the software is to make general RAW image editing to be very fast and easy.
For more info on Aperture and an interview with Apple's product manager, visit CreativePro.com
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I took a look at Aperture and found that it is very focused on organization, manipulating RAW format images, and non-destructive editing. I do like the ability to make a multi-page document, and the sleek interface. I don't think they are ready to face Photoshop head on in this incarnation, but that might change in a few versions...
Looking forward to seeing you in november!
Posted by: Gabriel Naylor | October 20, 2005 at 02:16 AM
Hello: Would you please compare or list the differences between Bridge and Aperture? I am not sold on Bridge but do not want to invest in Aperture if not really a good product. Could you point me to a site or article that compares the two? Thanks
Posted by: amada devilla | October 22, 2005 at 03:04 PM