graphics/web design

10/20/2005, 12:50pm, EDT

Thursday, October 20th

Apple's Aperture will complement Photoshop

Apple's introduction of Aperture, its new digital image editing software designed for professional photographers, will complement Adobe's Photoshop software, not replace it, according to some professional photographers. Despite this, some believe that the new software from Apple has the potential to cut into Adobe's profits. Software analyst Chris Swenson said "Apple is Adobe's most serious competitor in the creative space. They create amazing software." Kevin Connor, director of product management for Adobe's digital imaging products said "it's clear Apple is positioning this as complementary to Photoshop," according to a report from Ziff Davis Internet. Apple touts Aperture's "seamless Photoshop integration," which will include one-click file export to Photoshop, native support for flattened or single-layer .PSD files, and management of Photoshop-generated image versions.


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10/20, 3:14pm, EDT
I will always use PS but I see no reason to upgrade from CS2 once Aperture is in the workflow.

The only thing is if Adobe decides to make past versions incompatible with future versions.
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10/26, 11:07am, EDT
With the recommended spec to use this application really beyond most Powerbooks, Imacs and most G5 Powermacs i can't see this catching on until a fast enough Powerbook is available. It's bad enough using Photoshop for RAW processing on a powerbook because of the heat etc let alone a power hungry app like Aperture. Suggest ...keep using Dr Russel Browns image processor and or PS CS2 or that software that came with the kodak SLRN etc. Save £350 and the price of a new Mac
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