Apple's New App — Aperture

skinnylatte · 20th October 2005

http://apple.com/aperture

"Featuring a 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. From capture to output, you work directly with your RAW files, never having to first convert them into another format before viewing, adjusting, organizing, or printing them."

=)

slacker123 · 20th October 2005

very expensive. will have to see direct image comparisons with phase one's capture one pro software first before committing to buy.

oeyvind · 20th October 2005

Originally Posted by slacker123

very expensive. will have to see direct image comparisons with phase one's capture one pro software first before committing to buy.

No comparison... Aperture wins hands down in term of speed and etc.

P.S. Do note the pretty high req specs though. This app is CoreImage based, most of the processing are done on the GPU.

benny · 20th October 2005

More reasons to change to a Mac....

Cheers,

espn · 20th October 2005

Whee... good reason/excuse for me to get a 20" iMac G5 now...

My PB cannot meet the requirements

anticode · 20th October 2005

Originally Posted by espn

Whee... good reason/excuse for me to get a 20" iMac G5 now... My PB cannot meet the requirements

not sure if can use....

based on the minimum specs requirement, aperture needs at least an X800 XT, whereas the imac only got an X600 XT.

sigh sigh

snowspeeder · 20th October 2005

Very impressive! But best only on dual processing G5 with high RAM and all that. I can imagine the beauty of the digital workflow with all this RAW power!!

oeyvind · 20th October 2005

Originally Posted by anticode

based on the minimum specs requirement, aperture needs at least an X800 XT, whereas the imac only got an X600 XT.

oops, ya're right.

Minimum system requirements

Power Mac G5 with 1.8GHz or faster PowerPC G5; 17- or 20-inch iMac G5 with 1.8GHz or faster PowerPC G5; or 15- or 17-inch PowerBook G4 with 1.25GHz 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; NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
5GB of disk space for application, templates and tutorial
DVD drive for installation

Recommended system

Dual 2GHz Power Mac G5 or faster
2GB of RAM
One of the following graphics cards: ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition; ATI Radeon 9800 XT or 9800 Pro; NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL or 6800 GT DDL; NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT; NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
5GB of disk space for application, templates, and tutorial
DVD drive for installation

Anyway, anyone know a good deal for X800 XT Mac card?

LittleWolf · 20th October 2005

Originally Posted by snowspeeder

Very impressive! But best only on dual processing G5 with high RAM and all that. I can imagine the beauty of the digital workflow with all this RAW power!!

Have you actually used the software, or is it just the marketing hype that is impressive?

From the description on Apple's website, it seems to be functionally similar to an enhanced version of Google's Picasa (which handles several raw image formats, too, does nondestructive processing, etc.).

The claims that that the program would work on raw data without converting it to something else are almost certainly marketing BS. No doubt Apple also will have to demosaic/interpolate the raw pictures before applying other processing operations to it (anything else would be impractical). This is something that photoshop and free software like the Gimp have been able to do for a long time.

Not to say that this isn't a useful product, but I don't see why people are full of praise when they have hardly any experience (or none at all) with the product. There's currently a thread in the Kopitiam forum whether Singaporeans are gullible ... this is a good opportunity to find out

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oeyvind · 20th October 2005

if you think this is a soup-version of iPhoto (or its clone like Picassa) you are very wrong.

All the info and demo is there for you to see... go see it http://www.apple.com/aperture

This thing is fast and a god send... it basically a CoreImage app (so get the best GPU you can afford)

This app also has a SQL database.

P.S. Here's a freeware that uses CoreImage: http://www.belightsoft.com/products/...s/overview.php

snowspeeder · 20th October 2005

Maybe someone should start a thread in kopitiam on the 'Scepticism of Non-Mac Users'.

snowspeeder · 20th October 2005

Originally Posted by espn

Whee... good reason/excuse for me to get a 20" iMac G5 now... My PB cannot meet the requirements

I'm also eyeing on the new 20" iMac. My trusty eMac turning 3 years next year.

unseen · 20th October 2005

Originally Posted by oeyvind

No comparison... Aperture wins hands down in term of speed and etc.

P.S. Do note the pretty high req specs though. This app is CoreImage based, most of the processing are done on the GPU.

I think it's a whole load of bull...
given the high min specs... I'm almost sure the phase one's capture one pro can perform faster..

Softwares always suck at min spec.. give them a bit more and most of them will blaze...
LOL... thus...

Clown · 20th October 2005

dammit i hate apple. the software doesnt support fuji raws..

Joel Lyn · 20th October 2005

jus buy buy buy the new power mac... i m drooling le.......

the get aperture... be sure to up ur ram and max out first, then get two 30 inch screens put them side by side, with a few jbl or jamo speakers from the adelphi.. and wall to wall carpeting, nice music....

u can do ur work in heaven.... that is if ur bank acc has about 6 zeros in it somehow... haha

Joel Lyn · 21st October 2005

Originally Posted by oeyvind

oops, ya're right.

Minimum system requirements
Power Mac G5 with 1.8GHz or faster PowerPC G5; 17- or 20-inch iMac G5 with 1.8GHz or faster PowerPC G5; or 15- or 17-inch PowerBook G4 with 1.25GHz 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; NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

5GB of disk space for application, templates and tutorial

DVD drive for installation

Recommended system
Dual 2GHz Power Mac G5 or faster

2GB of RAM

One of the following graphics cards: ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition; ATI Radeon 9800 XT or 9800 Pro; NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL or 6800 GT DDL; NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT; NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

5GB of disk space for application, templates, and tutorial

DVD drive for installation

Anyway, anyone know a good deal for X800 XT Mac card?

i can use !!!.. but no cash to buy the app...

twisturn · 21st October 2005

hey bro .. u still alive in Shanghai .. call me if you are free ... may have some good career opportunities for u ..

Originally Posted by Clown

dammit i hate apple. the software doesnt support fuji raws..

21st October 2005

Just watched the Quicktime clip on Aperture. Must say it looks pretty cool

Castlesinthesky · 5th December 2005

Pretty damn fantastic application. Running it on a pbook 15" 1.67ghz with 1.25 gigs ram and i can pretty much say that it's damn smooth, even more so than c1 pro 3.7.2.

I love the interface, it's super intuitive and really easy to work around with, very similiar to c1 pro though.

if anyone wants screens, let me know.

twisturn · 5th December 2005

cool man .. can't wait to try it .. by the way, how is the RAW conversion speed as compared to Digital Photo Professional and C1Pro ?

20th October 2005	#1
skinnylatte Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 196	Apple's New App — Aperture http://apple.com/aperture "Featuring a 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. From capture to output, you work directly with your RAW files, never having to first convert them into another format before viewing, adjusting, organizing, or printing them." =)

20th October 2005	#2
slacker123 Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts Posts: 303	Re: Apple's New App — Aperture very expensive. will have to see direct image comparisons with phase one's capture one pro software first before committing to buy.

20th October 2005	#4
benny Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Clementi Posts: 1,793	Re: Apple's New App — Aperture More reasons to change to a Mac.... Cheers,

20th October 2005	#5
espn Deregistered Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Planet Nikon Posts: 22,045	Re: Apple's New App — Aperture Whee... good reason/excuse for me to get a 20" iMac G5 now... My PB cannot meet the requirements

20th October 2005	#7
snowspeeder Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: 35A East Coast Rd Posts: 3,454	Re: Apple's New App — Aperture Very impressive! But best only on dual processing G5 with high RAM and all that. I can imagine the beauty of the digital workflow with all this RAW power!!

20th October 2005	#10
oeyvind Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 3,571	Re: Apple's New App — Aperture if you think this is a soup-version of iPhoto (or its clone like Picassa) you are very wrong. All the info and demo is there for you to see... go see it http://www.apple.com/aperture This thing is fast and a god send... it basically a CoreImage app (so get the best GPU you can afford) This app also has a SQL database. P.S. Here's a freeware that uses CoreImage: http://www.belightsoft.com/products/...s/overview.php

20th October 2005	#11
snowspeeder Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: 35A East Coast Rd Posts: 3,454	Re: Apple's New App — Aperture Maybe someone should start a thread in kopitiam on the 'Scepticism of Non-Mac Users'.

20th October 2005	#14
Clown Moderator Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 3,112	Re: Apple's New App — Aperture dammit i hate apple. the software doesnt support fuji raws.. __________________ ~DI/Commercial Portfolio and Travel Gallery~ ~Blog~

20th October 2005	#15
Joel Lyn Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bishan Posts: 95	Re: Apple's New App — Aperture jus buy buy buy the new power mac... i m drooling le....... the get aperture... be sure to up ur ram and max out first, then get two 30 inch screens put them side by side, with a few jbl or jamo speakers from the adelphi.. and wall to wall carpeting, nice music.... u can do ur work in heaven.... that is if ur bank acc has about 6 zeros in it somehow... haha

21st October 2005	#18
Phildate Guests Posts: n/a	Re: Apple's New App — Aperture Just watched the Quicktime clip on Aperture. Must say it looks pretty cool

5th December 2005	#19
Castlesinthesky Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Earth,Heaven and Beyond Posts: 797	Re: Apple's New App — Aperture Pretty damn fantastic application. Running it on a pbook 15" 1.67ghz with 1.25 gigs ram and i can pretty much say that it's damn smooth, even more so than c1 pro 3.7.2. I love the interface, it's super intuitive and really easy to work around with, very similiar to c1 pro though. if anyone wants screens, let me know. Last edited by Castlesinthesky; 5th December 2005 at 12:44 AM.

5th December 2005	#20
twisturn Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Buangkok Crescent Posts: 172	Re: Apple's New App — Aperture cool man .. can't wait to try it .. by the way, how is the RAW conversion speed as compared to Digital Photo Professional and C1Pro ?