Photo management software gets curves, and a whole lot more

I’m very excited about Apple’s rabidly anticipated upgrade to its professionally image storage and editing application, Aperture.  Many of us who have chosen Aperture over Adobe’s excellent (though in my opinion, unduly confusing) Lightroom, have been frustrated with the amount of time spent waiting for Apple to finally release a feature update or at least a bug fix update for Aperture 2.

I know a few photographers who have thrown up their hands in defeat and have gone over to Adobe.  Well, I’m pleased to say that this new release puts Aperture back on the map as a feature-rich and competitive application.  Those of us who shoot a lot of photos, but aren’t necessarily good with Photoshop will rejoice at Aperture 3’s incredible new features, interface updates, and stability.

Russ Jaskalian has written an excellent overview article at Macworld.com.

Here’s an excerpt:

Apple has finally updated its pro photo management app, Aperture, to version 3, and there’s something in this new release for every level of photographer—Apple says Aperture has over 200 new features. There are features that have been long awaited and mysteriously absent from previous versions, like a curves adjustment tool. There are iPhoto () carryovers, like Faces, and there are scores of new additions aimed at making the sometimes tortuous workflow of photo management and RAW processing as painless as possible.

This review covers some of my favorite features, as well as issues that some Aperture users have experienced. [click to continue…]

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