Digital BW, The Print

Mark Savoia wrote:
> I stopped by the Apple store yesterday to inquire and THEY had just  
> learned of it so had no info to pass on. It looks very interesting  
> and laid out like most Apple apps, easy to figure out without a  
> manual. Wonder how Adobe feels about it?
> Mark

Checking the information now.

Well Apple included DNG :-) Not many companies have done Adobe
that favor. It is probably not what Adobe intended when they
made it free.

The first thing I was interested in was whether it could be a
Qimage for Macs, there really is a big gap in Mac's software
base when nothing equivalent is developed. At first sight it
has some Qimage features but not the versatility for printing.
Job management looks like the best part of Aperture. Raw file
interpretation quality can only be judged in practice, wonder
who's software they have based it on and how they are going to
keep it up to date. Best would be the camera manufacturer's
cooperation but that isn't so easy to get. It is also more Mac
customer orientated with its 10x Qimage price :-)

I doubt Adobe will make a competitor to Qimage or Aperture.
Extending the features of Photoshop etc into that direction is
more likely. Qimage is too cheap to compete with on the PC
market, Aperture on Mac a too small market to launch a
separate application for.

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           Ernst Dinkla


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