Suhit Gupta
05-15-2006, 07:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://arstechnica.com/reviews/apps/aperture-1.1.ars' target='_blank'>http://arstechnica.com/reviews/apps/aperture-1.1.ars</a><br /><br /></div><i>"It is no secret that I wasn't a fan of Aperture 1.0. From the outright broken things like 8-bit TIFF export and EXIF data stripping on output to the Zen take on a manual (there is no documentation"), everything about Aperture 1.0 pointed to an unrealistic deadline and a QA department with their monitors off. While the EXIF bug was fixed with the OS X 10.4.6 update, the problems I saw in Aperture 1.0 were sadly only the tip of the iceberg and eventually users' different workflows exposed numerous additional flaws, some nastier than others. After inconsistent responses to some angry customers who wanted their money back, the whole thing got even uglier."</i><br /><br />After all the promises that were made about its capabilities and eventually the problems that we heard about Aperture 1.0, I was as skeptical about Aperture 1.1's abilities as the author was. Anyways, just finished reading the review and it really looks like there are so many improvements. In fact, the review almost concludes that Aperture is ready to compete with other high-end options for RAW conversion. Have any of you tried Aperture? What are your thoughts?