“I don’t even have to mention that other software company who’s name starts with the letter A in this article. [Apple’s new Aperture application] is going to be the tool that every Professional Photographer must have, and if he doesn’t already have a Macintosh, he will have to buy one. Just like Final Cut Pro did with the film industry, this software package will revolutionize the Professional Photographic industry. Why? Because it has sex appeal,” dpmac.com writes. (dpmac.com specializes in digital photography & Macs)
“The only people that are laughing right now are people who know nothing about Professional Photography. The industry is based on and thrives on sex appeal. Apple has nailed it right on the head and put together a package that just oozes that quality all photographers are striving for,” dpmac.com writes.
Full article here.
See what Apple’s Aperture can do here: http://www.apple.com/aperture/quicktours/
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Apple introduces Aperture, first all-in-one post production tool for photographers – October 19, 2005
Microsoft….ear your heart out…
I’m a devoted amateur photagrapher, and I must say that this package has _everything_ I’ve been missing in other tools, all rolled into one. I’m not pitching Photoshop anytime soon, but for organization (stacks alone will save me hours!) and 90% of what I need to do (and maybe more–I’ll have to try it first), Aperture will do it at least as efficiently as Photoshop.
Sorry but Phase One’s C1 software can run on most computers, Mac or PC, and doesn’t require such steep specs for it to run. It is also the best RAW software available and costs the same as Aperture. It provides wonderful results and the workflow can’t be beat.
Aperture looks like a great start but it’s got to mature a couple of times to be a must have.
I just shot my…
If Aperture performs as stated this is the best first version application Apple has ever made. It has functions that makes Photoshop look like a toy. God I hope it really works.
Apple found a way to release new PRO level software for this market segment without hurting the relationship with Adobe.
As for this software I can’t wait to get it. I will be ordering it right away. As a person who is just getting into Digital Photography in a big way. I realized very quickly there is not a great tool for managing and adjusting RAW formated files. As a Canon Rebel XT owner I found out the hard way that iPhoto does not support this RAW format. This was disappointing to be and I still hope Apple releases an update to address this very soon.
But getting back to this software it really appears Apple has thought this through. In my short time with my camera I have shot about 3000 photo’s. Managing them and adjusting them is not that easy, even as jpg’s in iPhoto and let’s not even talk about Photoshop. Which I have and use as well. But that needs to be alot easier to use or I need a class.
This is really cool. I didn’t expect to like it, but wow! Too bad iPhoto doesn’t do “stacks”, that is a sorely missied function. I won’t be getting this, but if I did more photography I certainly would. I’d have to get a new G5 to go with it too. Too bad I’m poor. That’s what I get for being a tree-hugging “liberal”.
Corey, if you’ve spend 4 gazillion on Photoshop and haven’t done the built-in tutorials, then you are really missing out. There’s a bunch of good books too. If you have the time and money, a class is a fun way to learn.
To those that think this app has anything to do with competing with Photoshop, you need to open your minds. This is all about image management, just like iPhoto. The image enhancement tools are primarily for tweeking and for getting images to “go together”. Photoshop is a completely different product.
I love the “light table” concept and stacks. Apple’s got some great programmers over there. There’s some serious photography-love going on as well.
This looks like a great app for any pro or serious amateur photographer providing the organisational niceties of iPhoto but including some big hitting RAW processing functionality. I back the frustration at not having RAW support for the EOS 350D/Rebel XT. This camera’s been out for months now, why hasn’t Apple included support for it?! It’s also a bit expensive for the amateur audience, it’s a shame that there isn’t an intermediate level piece of software between iPhoto and Apeture for between £99 and £150.
MDN magic word is ‘changes’ – as in I hope Apple changes their policy on new 3rd party devices soon, get the same problem with new mobile phones!!
This is the kind of thing Microsoft could NEVER EVER do. This takes real passion, not just for programming and algorithms, but passion for art. Looks like Apple has some new interface paradigms too. It’s be a shame for Apple to release a Pro app without making an ammendment to the interface guidelines.
I do think this is a killer App and I would buy it in a second … but I just saw the Specs you need to run it ??? how many photographers use laptops and we can’t even come close to run this App …
Fantastic killer App but whats the point if people cant run it on their machines… very dissapointing that it’s aimed at such high end Macs and not to laptops as well
Photoshop is a great program; Aperture compliments it. Aperture strength is in the organizing and working in a non-destructive way with RAW images. Looks great. I can see how every Photoshop-owning Photographer would want to have Aperture in their tool kit.
I also see iPhoto being updated in the future to a “cheaper” version of Aperture instead of trying to mimic parts of Photoshop.
looks good but too high requirements and costs too much
Definitely got some stiff requirements.
Does this hint at what the MacTel laptops will be?
Most photographers take a laptop along with them on shoots. None can use Aperture.
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Recommended System
* Dual 2GHz Power Mac G5 or faster
* 2GB of RAM
* One of the following graphics cards:
o ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition
o ATI Radeon 9800 XT or 9800 Pro
o NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL or 6800 GT DDL
o NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE or 6600
o NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
o NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
* 5GB of disk space for application, templates, and tutorial
* DVD drive for installation
With those requirements Adobe is chuckling to itself.
99% of current Mac owners can´t even run the software.
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If Microsoft brought out something with near impossible requirments – MDN would be squealing like a pig about this.
M$ still has nothing to worry about. There are far more people in this world that need to do spread sheets than take fancy pictures!!
I think that’s about the only base Apple hasn’t covered yet, so I fully expect to see a spreadsheet application in January. It will be part of the new iLife package. It will come with templates to track personal and small business accounting and also inventory control templates.
I can’t wait till Joe Schmoe can run windows from their Apple box. It will be the last copy of that betaware they ever own.
before anyone jumps to conclusions…..
Minimum System Requirements
One of the following Macintosh computers:
Power Mac G5 with a 1.8 gigahertz (GHz) or faster PowerPC G5 processor
17- or 20-inch iMac G5 with a 1.8 GHz or faster PowerPC G5 processor
15- or 17-inch PowerBook G4 with a 1.25 GHz or faster PowerPC G4 processor
1GB of RAM
One of the following graphics cards:
ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition
ATI Radeon X850 XT
ATI Radeon 9800 XT or 9800 Pro
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
ATI Radeon 9600 XT, 9600 Pro, or 9650
ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 or 9600
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL or 6800 GT DDL
NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
5GB of disk space for application, templates, and tutorial
DVD drive for installation
Corey McLaughlin, I own and use a Canon Rebel 300D and iPhoto works fine with its raw photos.
Aperture looks like Adobe Raw application for Photoshop.
People who complain about Aperture’s cost of hardware requirements overlook that fact that it’s a tool for professionals and it is designed to make them more productive.
It’s not as though pro cameras and lenses are cheap, the cost of a suitable computer and Aperture isn’t too bad by comparison.
Although it’s being pointed out that it’s not competing with Photoshop, Photoshop is widely used by photographers in the field. Aperture would be able to replace and improve on Photoshop for many photographers, but of course Photoshop remains unrivalled when it comes to creative post-production work.
Frenchie, I own and use a Canon Rebel 350D and iPhoto doesn’t work with its raw photos (not the same format as the 300D)
If Microsoft brought out something with near impossible requirments – MDN would be squealing like a pig about this.
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What did you think Pro meant?
So.. it won’t run on my eMac?
If you don´t go with the recommended this thing is going to be a slow as a mud in mud….
To all who say it costs too much and look at the minimum system requirements.
Can you read? Aperature – designed for professional photographers.
The program was designed for pros not you cheap whining bastards and is going to cost more than $99.00. And to those who say it won’t run on a Powerbook…the only reason I take my Powerbook on shoots is to download shots and critique them on screen to see if I got what was required. I do very very little image editing on my Powerbook. Apple got it right, we want a program that is screamingly fast at organizing and cataloging our shots with some image editing thrown in. It’s a beautiful first version application.
How come it requires a 1.8GHz G5 but only a 1.25GHz G4?
Pretty steep specs yes, but if you’re a Pro, you’re willing to pay for it
It should be great for porn.
“With those requirements Adobe is chuckling to itself.
99% of current Mac owners can´t even run the software.” – Pete and RePete
Ah, Pete do you really think SJ just threw this out in the wild without a plan?
Next up Aperture Express – get it?
What is so great about this company is that they don’t just make stuff because it will have huge distribution– they make stuff well. In the future, Aperture’s requirements will be easy for anyone. For now, it’s advanced. This is how things move forward…
“Gee, my pinto doesn’t support fuel injection. Fuel injection is bad…”
Ugh.
That software ROCKS! This will definitely be added to the workflow for our wedding photography component.
Amazing. Apple just made Adobe look weak and anemic. Really, what has Adobe been doing for the last several years? Not paying attention to photographers, that’s for sure. All they seem to do is add simple little patches and plug-ins. Adobe is lazy. They lost the video market to Apple, and now they have lost the pro photo market.
Can you imagine the Adobe meetings today? Heads should roll.
John writes: “Microsoft….ear your heart out…”
That’s impossible for them to do… they have no heart (nor soul.)
Has anyone noticed that Adobe just released a new Photoshop Elements 4 for Windows only?
Is there a connection here?
What’s cool about Apple is they aren’t afraid to make a program with performance that requires high-end hardware. Adobe Bridge looks like it came from a buggy whip factory in comparison to this.
Aperture works WITH Photoshop. Though if I read things accurately, once you move the file to Photoshop, you won’t have much reason to bring it back into Aperture. Except to manage the photo. It’s not something that would allow you to make changes to the file after it’s been in Photoshop.
It’s a workflow tool, not a substitute for Photoshop. Though it will displace C1 and ACR and Bridge, Photo Mechanice, etc.
This is a “revenue app”…. or “killer app” if you like.
I’m not a professional photographer, but I can see the “extreme value” in this application.
At $499.00 US, this is very cheap… for the professional.
System specs…. if you’re a pro…. who cares! (buy a new Mac…..)
Can you see Apple stock @ $65.00….. I can!
I’m disappointed at the price. The app is great, no doubt, but I would have expected Apple to have brought this kind of power down to a less elite user base. I still think that this would sell 10x’s more at $50. Say 10,000 buy it for $500, wouldn’t you expect at least 100,000 to bite at $50 when they upgrade their machines? My concern is philosophical: Apple should bring more power down to more users. Adobe at least has Education Versions of their apps, but even then, I’ve no change left over for Aperture after paying them and saving for future hardware upgrades. My hopes for Adobe-killer apps from Apple have been dashed. End or rant. Flame on.
End of rant, I meant.
Aperture – Academic for $249
It’s just strange that people all over different boards are comparing this app with Photoshop. I think Apple created this app to keep Photoshop alive on the Mac platform. A photographer will use Aperture as his management app, sifting his photos, looking for the perfect shots and photo combinations, and then if he needs uses Photoshop to do more creatively – although some photographers will only do minor tweaking to their photos and won’t need Photoshop. Aperture is the pro sister to iPhoto. It’s the workflow app for after or during the shoot. Question is, will this app also do RAW swiftly for those 22 MP and more Hasselblad cameras and such?
Did anyone see any of hte quicktime movies of this thing? One Pro had it on dual 20″ monitors with a tethered RB67 digital package … that is the market this is aimed at, not the cannon 350D toy camera crowd. If you cant afford the computing powr for this it is not in your league. Lik Final Cut Pro, yes it will run on your G4 laptop, but if you want to get some serous work done with it, rather than tinkling with your hobby, then you are gooona be runnin it on Pro towers and dual monitors. I cant see it has anything to do with Photoshop, it is is a new kind of tool.
What? It won’t run on my dual 2.5’s?
Aperture is competition for Adobe Bridge NOT Photoshop.
It demonstrates that Apple are looking long term. We aren’t going to be able to use this in the field until Powerbooks are switched to Intel.
The price is not prohibitive as a pro-app as Aperture clearly is..very few amatuers are working in RAW, in fact most consumer cams don’t even shoot RAW.
Amateurs can only hope that some of the features will drop down into iPhoto the light version.
HEY, why not make this the new Finder workflow? Yeah, have stacks, magnifying glass for quickly looking inside documents, etc. Instead of a desktop, introduce an infinite canvas, like Aperture’s Light Table, for ordering your docs and projects (also into collapsible stacks). Make a project-centric Finder, with albums, and such. Also edit text and word docs inside the Finder. I’ll bet Leopard will implement some of the neat things of Aperture.
Whaaaaa waaaa waaaa waaaa waaaaaa. What a bunch of whiners. Too expensive. Go buy a dell and paint shop pro you morons. Or buy a new iMac and go play with your remote control. 90% of you wouldn’t even be able to understand the program. Do you have a camera capable of outputting 60mb raw images? Can you even read a histogram?
Thanks Apple for getting it right especially in the “horsepower” area. I’m tired of companies down grading features to make a product backward compatible for more sales.
“Sorry but Phase One’s C1 software can run on most computers, Mac or PC, and doesn’t require such steep specs for it to run. It is also the best RAW software available and costs the same as Aperture. It provides wonderful results and the workflow can’t be beat.
Aperture looks like a great start but it’s got to mature a couple of times to be a must have.”
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Aperture is in a totally differnt league to C1.
If you are a pro digital photographer you will NEED this amazing new app!!
Less is More is Right…Less brains you imbecile.
“I still think that this would sell 10x’s more at $50. Say 10,000 buy it for $500, wouldn’t you expect at least 100,000 to bite at $50 when they upgrade their machines?”
Let’s see 10,000 copies at $500 = $5,000,000
but if I lower the price to $50 and sell 100,000 = $5,000,000.
Hell, Apple should just up the price of every computer $50.00 and bundle it with iLife & iPhoto.
This site is populated by half wits.