“Apple is showing an updated version of its professional photography workflow application, Aperture at the Photography Marketing Association (PMA) show in Orlando, Florida. In addition to being Intel-native, Aperture 1.1 also boasts significant speed increases on both the PowerBook G4 and the Intel processors,” Jim Dalrymple reports for Macworld. “Kirk Paulsen, Apple’s senior director, market development professional applications, told Macworld on Sunday that Aperture is being shown on the new MacBook Pro and iMac. While Aperture includes a significant number of improvements, the performance of the application on existing PowerPC- and Intel-based machines is impressive… Aperture 1.1 is scheduled for release in March as a free download.”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Ashton” for the heads up.]
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holy crap… i really love Aperture, but it feels like i’m using it on a IIci when i’m on my DP G5.
Webpage export of 50 pictures? 38 minutes. WTF??
i really hope this helps.
Did they fix the RAW image quality issues?
That would be a free UPGRADE/CROSSGRADE. The app will still be $499 + tax. Thank You.
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/72302/wo/Px5Wv85mg3K63PL3XdM1dVYxEao/0.SLID?mco=8D19F826&nplm=MA154Z/A
When this product is out of beta and humming, I’ll only need Photoshop in rare moments. Which is why I’m thinking MacBook Pro…
Aperture is downright brilliant! But it does have a few holes. Please let Aperture 1.1 include,
1. Support for camera sound files. (This is a deal breaker for most pro sports photographers I know)
2. Color balance presets. (Like I have in my camera, all other RAW programs have it)
3. Curves pallet. (Their levels works well but you need both)
4. Repeating request #1, it’s that important!
5. More cool and useful things I haven’t thought of but won’t be able to live without once I discover it.
Two-thumbs-up for supporting early adopters by offering the upgrade for free.
Aperture’s speed on my bear minimum G4 1.25 GHz and bear minimum 1 Gig memory laptop is better than I thought it would be. Very usable, even with my daily deadlines.
Looking forward to more speed with 1.1, and more RAM.
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I wish they’d offer a 30 day trial so you could compare it to Lightroom. I’ve been pretty impressed with the Beat version of Lightroom so far.
Good work Daddysteve… some great images.
Sorry, that should read “Beta version”, not “Beat version”.
“bear” minimum?
I couldn’t resist.
Here here, Daddysteve, some nice pictures on your site.
Okay synthmeister, you got me!
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Thanks for the complements. It’s a fun job. Frustrating at times, but I couldn’t see me doing anything else.
Adobe’s Lightroom looks interesting as well. It’s a great time to be a photographer on the Mac!