Lawrence: First of all I hope you are doing well and recovering from your spinal injury without any major problems from the accident. This is the same question I have as far as Aperture goes. I also just upgraded my Adobe CS to CS2 and have been pleased with the whole package. Some have claimed that Bridge is slower than the older File Browser. It may indeed be slower, but not by much. I don't know how much impact on Bridge's performance can actually come from the system's configuration but if it does matter I am running a dual processor 2.0 GHz PowerMac G5. Bridge offers many more features and flexibility than those found in File Browser and I also like the fact that it runs as a stand alone package instead of a feature inside of Photoshop. On one hand Aperture seems to have some very interesting features I haven't found in Photoshop or Bridge CS2. The dual monitor integrated support is quite appealing as one can see the image being displayed or edited blown to full screen mode on one monitor while working on the workspace with all the menus, palettes and a smaller window containing the same photo on the other monitor. The changes are displayed in real time and it is a lot easier to see the impact those changes have on the image when you have it blown to full screen mode on a Apple 23" or 30" cinema display. I have searched Adobe's knowledge database and posted questions on their discussion forum but all the answers I received indicated that this feature is not yet offered by Adobe. On the other hand, the CS2 appeal comes from knowing that managing the digital image workflow in Bridge is a guarantee that there will be full compatibility across the entire Adobe product line since Camera Raw and Photoshop are all part of a package that was designed from the ground up to work together (including, hopefully, color management). One another thing, however, also speaks in favor of Aperture and that is the fact that the software was designed by the same company that designed the hardware it is meant to work on. I doubt that Adobe knows Apple's hardware as well as Apple itself. This could very well be a guarantee that Aperture has been designed from the ground up to take full advantage of the new Mac line's performance capabilities including the new quad processor PowerMac G5. I guess we will have to wait and see. But outside the convenience of working with Adobe CS2 which may be more tempting for some users, Aperture is bound to put a lot of pressure on the other RAW processors including Capture One Pro, RawShooter (only on Windows) and SilverFast DCPro Studio. The software is scheduled to start shipping in 6 to 8 weeks. So unless we have someone on this forum who happens to have ties with Apple, we will have to wait for almost 2 months until we start hearing (or reading) the first reviews. Best regards, Joseph --- Dr. Joseph Chamberlain Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Joseph, > > It's nearly impossible to tell without really giving it spin. I've > pre-ordered it and a new QUAD G5 to run it on. My old dual 800 G4 was > starting to really drag to a crawl. I am not looking at it as replacement > for PS CS2 that is my main image editor but rather as a workflow hub. I am > a long time CaptureOne/iView MediaPro/PS. Iview is brutally slow and I'm > impressed with Adobe Bridge so this is the gap I'm filling. If Aperture > supports tethered capture than it may replace captureone for that as well. > It's not clear that is has that feature yet though. Maybe Andy will give us > his impression as Apple is showing it in NYC this week. I'd be there as > well but I fractured my spine in three places in a mountain biking accident > a week ago so travel is out of the question. > > Lawrence > > ----------------------------- > Lawrence W. Smith > Lawrence Smith Photography > http://www.lwsphoto.com > ----------------------------- >
