Blogger Lucien W. Dupont has written a review of Apple’s new Aperture workflow-management program (which is now shipping, by the way). Aperture is not just for Mac users: it’s for Mac Users who are faint of neither heart nor wallet, since it requires a top Powerbook or a 1.8GHz G5, minimum 1 GB of RAM, one of the better video cards, and at least a DVD-ROM drive.
“My thoughts for tonight on Aperture: it’s a solid piece of work. No crashes, no issues, the app runs smoothly and pretty quickly on my work dual 2Gh G5 with 2 gigs of RAM. It has all the nice touches that Apple apps are know for, things fade in and out, slide around on the window, and move up and down.
I would compare it to the iPhoto I’ve always wanted and been willing to pay for. My only problem right now, for me and for Jennifer is that it won’t install on any of our personal machines (a 12″ PowerBook, about a year and 1/2 old, and an original 20″ iMac). I am tempted to try to copy it over to the iMac manually to see if it will launch once it’s there.
Dang, I wish Apple had intel dual core PowerBooks out already. :-)”
Creative Pro Reviews Apple’s Aperture 1.0 and writes-
“You’ll most likely develop a love/hate relationship with Aperture. The fact is, it’s really fun to use. Or at least, it is unless an image doesn’t convert well. And it’s not so fun when too many edits bring your Mac to its knees. Nevertheless, for a version 1.0 product, the program has a stunning array of features, a very well-designed interface, and some breakthrough comparing and sorting tools. I recommend that you wait until the next version and see whether Apple addresses Aperture’s major shortcomings. But if you relish being on the bleeding edge and buy it anyway, you’ll find a program that’s useful, though you’ll probably need to adjust your workflow practices and buy more storage and a faster video card to get the most out of it.”
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackOkay–so I loaded Aperture in my dual 2 gig G5 and it certainly is chocked full of features designed for the professional photographer. Everything from loading native RAW files at breakneck speeds, to sorting and cataloging RAW master files using extremely comprehensive filing and search features, and last but not least, to the editing and processing of files for export to printers, slideshows, a built-in website and book publishing. It really is a program designed to cover a photographer’s complete digital workflow.
As far as being a Photoshop killer…NO WAY! In fact Photoshop is actually integrated into Aperture’s workflow, in case you need advanced editing or compositing features not included in Aperture. It really isn’t even an Extensis Portfolio killer, although for non-professionals like me, it probably is. I, for one, won’t be buying the upgraded version of Portfolio. However, there are certain cataloging features in Portfolio that assist you in retrieving archived files that do not reside on your available hardrives (i.e. files saved to CDs and DVDs). Aperture only deals with the files on storage units that are currently available to the program. Therefore, I think professionals that have thousands of archived files to sort through will still want to use Portfolio for advanced searches. Adobe Bridge, however, is completely unnecessary if you have Aperture, so I guess it is a Bridge Killer.