Re: imac and Aperture

**S* H* <s*@saxonholt.com>**

> well with our five Dell  laptops...lol.  I'm
> sure he'll share it with me and I'm wondering if anyone  on the list 
> is using
> Apeture and what your thoughts about it are.
>
> Andrew Messinger
> The Hampton Gardener is a registered  trade mark and is published every
> Thursday in The Southampton Press and The  Press.
>
Aperture is a huge program that requires big wide studio monitors to 
get its full benefit.  I already use dual monitors and have still 
resisted Aperture because of its complex display.   It is, like most 
Apple programs, the best at what it does and humbled the Adobe folks 
(Photoshop) when it came out as a stand alone image editing tool, but 
there are plenty of less expensive and less complex image editing 
tools.  You will likely get iPhoto when you get the iMac.  That should 
be fine.

Photoshop CS2 comes with Bridge which is what I am using for image 
editing and will wait for Adobe to come out with Lightroom in a few 
months, which is their answer to Aperture and no doubt will work 
seamlessly and improve Bridge.  It is a very interesting aside to think 
that Adobe/Photoshop, for so long as been the defacto standard in image 
processing, was caught so flat footed by Apple's professional image 
editing tool. Apple revolutionized film editing with Final Cut Pro and 
no professional in the digital photo industry should think Apple will 
not continue to become a software power.  My 2cents.

Saxon Holt

Saxon Holt Photography
Gardens and Ornamental Horticulture
www.saxonholt.com
Library  - www.photobotanic.com
415.898.8880

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