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Run Aperture on a 12" PowerBook
Authored by: bakalite on Dec 12, '05 08:51:46AM

There is a hack floating around out there that will allow you to run Aperture on any mac, as far as I know. I can't point you to it, since that might be construed as telling you where to find stuff that violates some of Apple's licensing agreements. Let's just say that in addition to mail and WWW, there is another internet protocol called NNTP, or news.

I haven't personally bothered with Aperture, after reading a not so hot review over at Ars Technica. Why learn another app if it's going to be a letdown anyway?



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Run Aperture on a 12" PowerBook
Authored by: tooki on Dec 12, '05 09:45:45AM

The Ars guy didn't "get" it. Aperture's not supposed to be a Photoshop replacement. It's a workflow application, and it does that beautifully. The Ars reviewer completely ignored that aspect. It was like reviewing a Mack truck and saying "Well, it doesn't ride as nice as my BMW 745, so it sucks" while ignoring that the Mack truck is strong enough to pull 10 of the BMWs, and that you don't buy a Mack truck to drive people around.

I bought Aperture and have been playing with it a bit (before I actually import all my pix) and it's been great. It's going to save me a lot of time and disk space, and make it a lot easier for me to organize my photos.

Remember, Aperture isn't a Photoshop competitor, it's basically iPhoto Pro. Read some different reviews that have actually looked at Aperture for what it is.



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Run Aperture on a 12" PowerBook
Authored by: clmensch on Dec 12, '05 10:25:29AM

Even so, he highlighted some pretty major problems...specifically Apple's abyssmal RAW engine. (http://arstechnica.com/reviews/apps/aperture.ars/5) The quality comparison was what really made me decide not to buy it.

There were also a number of niggling UI things that he mentioned that I know would drive me crazy...like the inability to see file extensions on import, the histogram flaw, as well as the major problem of Aperture stripping EXIF data on export.

The app looks beautiful, but I think I'll wait for 2.0.


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Run Aperture on a 12" PowerBook
Authored by: mrmustarde on Dec 12, '05 12:52:55PM

Besides the limitations mentioned above, the reviewer was unable to discover a CMYK output. It would be nice to use this as an organizer, but what happens to my 4 channels?



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Ars review and disappointment...
Authored by: bethri on Dec 12, '05 12:58:35PM

The ars guy completely "got" it.

Aperture is being pitched as a high-end workflow tool for professionals and, as such, quality is pretty much the make-or-break feature. Aperture's RAW conversions are absolutely terrible compared with all other converters I have experience with, AND it won't allow you to send RAW files direct to another app (say Photoshop's ACR) without a complex export/re-import process. the built-in, "Open with..." command does the RAW conversion in Aperture and sends a 16bit TIFF.

In short, neither workflow or quality are improved. Aperture has a lot of potential, and I for one was hoping it was the tool we'd been waiting for, but so far it's a big disappointment.



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