Apple Aperture Post Production Tool for Photographers (Mac DVD)

- price: $499.00
SKU: MA154Z/A
Sales Rank: 3984
Customer Rating:
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Product Description
Aperture is the first all-in-one post-production tool for photographers! Designed from the ground up for professional photographers, Aperture provides everything you need for after the shoot. With its RAW-focused workflow, Aperture makes RAW as easy as JPEG, letting you import, edit, catalog, organize, retouch, publish, and archive your images more effectively and efficiently than ever before. Its ultra-fast image processing combines with Photoshop's strong compositing and layer effects for creating the most stunning photographs every time. Powerful compare and select tools, nondestructive image processing, color managed printing and custom web and book publishing tools help you develop perfect contact sheets, elegant books, and gorgeous web pages - all as beautiful as the images you capture.Reduce noise, correct red-eye, or eliminate dustLaunch directly into Adobe Photoshop with a single-clickUnique compare and select tools in Aperture allow photographers tosift through massive photo projects and identify their final selectionsThe unique Lift & Stamp tool applies modifications to any number of additional imagesMetadata on display giving you more information about your photos and allowing customized keywords, ratings, EXIF information, and IPTC data to fit your needsSupports the leading Digital Cameras, with optimized RAW format support for the following SLR's -Canon EOS, Canon Powershot, Nikon D Series, Nikon K1X, Olympus E1 and Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D
Product Specification
- Binding:
- DVD-ROM
- Brand:
- Apple Computer
- EAN:
- 0885909050482
- Feature:
- All-in-one post-production tool for photographers
Featuring a RAW-focused workflow, Aperture makes RAW editing as easy as JPEG
Powerful organization and project management tools
Preview and compare photos in a variety of useful ways
Includes versatile Web and print output tools - Format:
- DVD-ROM
- Label:
- Apple Computer
- Manufacturer:
- Apple Computer
- Model:
- MA154Z/A
- Platform:
- Mac OS X
- ProductGroup:
- Software
- Publisher:
- Apple Computer
- ReleaseDate:
- 2005-11-30
- Studio:
- Apple Computer
- Title:
- Apple Aperture Post Production Tool for Photographers (Mac DVD)
- UPC:
- 885909050482
- MPN:
- 1143533
Customer Reviews
Workflow Management . . . Not a Photoshop Replacement . . .
Aperture does not, nor did Apple advertise it to, be a replacement for Photoshop!Photoshop is the Emporor God of Pixel-oriented image editors (with a bit of object-oriented graphics thrown in).Giving the program a negative review for it not replacing Photoshop makes about as much sense as giving it a negative review for it not being a sports car!That being said, as a photographer, I end up opening all of my Canon Mark II ds17 megabyte files in Photoshop to do minor tweeks and adjustments.You have...
3/6/2006 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews
Good fast organizer, weak on editing, overpriced
I have been using Apple Aperture for a little bit, now -- still getting used to the interface and learning about it. It is installed on my PowerBook G4 with 17" screen, 2 Gb memory.It seems to run fast enough, even before I installed the 1.01 update. I suspect that those who have been complaining about how slow it is have too little memory installed. You should have at least 1 Gb RAM. Flipping through raw files was instantaneous. It does take a long time to import a file; about half again as long...
1/30/2006 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews
Extremely disappointing
Aperture is a product with tremendous potential, but its current form disappoints on almost every level.Right now, Aperture is iPhoto with delusions of grandeur - it is not suitable for a professional workflow for many reasons:-files are locked away in a library which other workflow applications cannot access-raw conversions are of low quality-integrates very poorly with photoshop,-offers limited design/printing/layout functionality,-does not support industry-standard ITPC metadata,-offers no offline...
12/31/2005 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews
Aperture Initial Thoughts
If you buy this program, do yourself a favor and concentrate on what it DOES do, and not what it doesn't do.It's NOT a Photoshop replacement. It's not even fair to compare it with Photoshop. Photoshop is a pixel editor. Photoshop isn't designed JUST for photographers. Aperture ISN'T a pixel editor. It WAS BUILT FROM THE GROUND up for photographers.It's a workflow/image management solution.You can replace Portfolio or iViewMultimedia Pro with Aperture and find yourself with the bonus of being able...
12/18/2005 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews
Poor performance and missing key features
Do yourself a favor and wait on this one. Perhaps when they release version 1.5 or 2.0 it will be better, but right now Aperture is bloated and painfully slow. Worse yet, its output quality is bad compared to existing tools like Photoshop CS2 and Adobe Camera Raw, making it pretty much unuseable for any 'real' work....
12/10/2005 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews
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