Technical Forum

Although I have been using Adobe Photoshop for years and have upgraded to CS 3, I have been told there is a new program out there for Mac users called Aperture. Has anyone used it and what do you think. Does it replace or enhance Photoshop. Do you need Photoshop to use it? It's the same price as the CS upgrade so I am trying to decided between the two especially now that my Photoshop is no longer working and my installation cd's are in California and I am in Massachusetts.

there is an intro at http://www.apple.com/aperture/

there is a full outline of features for Aperture at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aperture_(photography_software)

here is one review (showing some of the negatives of the software)
http://www.pocket-lint.com/reviews/review.phtml/2037/review-of-apple-aperture-software.phtml

and here is a somewhat dated review of the early version of Aperture
http://www.pcworld.com/article/123889/mac_skeptic_aperture_takes_digital_photography_back_to_the_future.html