Corel's Re-introduces Bibble as AfterShot Pro

[Lee Yuan Sheng]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/11/corel-introduces-aftershot-pro-on-linux-mac-and-windows/' target='_blank'>http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/11/...ac-and-windows/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"The crew in Ottawa is now taking square aim at Aperture, Lightroom and other similarly situated products with its new product called AfterShot Pro. Available for Linux, Macintosh and Windows, the software retails for $99 and promises to deliver a complete workflow for RAW files, including file management, batch processing and non-destructive editing capabilities."</em></p><p><img height="369" src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/dht/auto/1327687017.usr15670.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" width="600" /></p><p>Remember Bibble? One of the earliest after-market RAW software, Bibble has been around for a long time, and was bought by Corel a year or so back. Now the software is back as Corel AfterShot Pro. Since I have not used Bibble, I am not sure what the differences are present, but long time Bibble users can check it out. Like Bibble, Corel has maintained a Linux version, so those of you on Linux will be happy for an alternative to Lightroom.</p>

[bshor]

I am a longtime Bibble user, and I just purchased a special upgrade version of AfterShot Pro for Bibble owners. The nice thing is that I get Pro-level functionality (eg, full use of all cores) for a Lite-level license. That's very, very cool. Not all plugins are available yet; the graduated filter plugin for example isn't. But they seem to be coming along very quickly.

I've also played around the new Lightroom 4 Beta which is interesting but completely different from what I'm used to. One nice thing is that it integrates photobook creation, for example. I wonder if others have as well.