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Aperture Now Shipping

i'm really curious as to whether this will work on my G4...it's a dual 1.25Ghz, with the GeForce 4 Titanium Gfx card (the best one at the time). the machine is only just over a year old (I had to buy a machine capable of booting OS9, and bought it just before they stopped selling them last year!)

personally i think the price is decent, i'd fork out $500 for it, it's just the machine specs that are stopping me, there's no way i can afford a G5, i could buy a car for the money!
 
evoluzione said:
i'm really curious as to whether this will work on my G4...it's a dual 1.25Ghz, with the GeForce 4 Titanium Gfx card (the best one at the time). the machine is only just over a year old (I had to buy a machine capable of booting OS9, and bought it just before they stopped selling them last year!)

personally i think the price is decent, i'd fork out $500 for it, it's just the machine specs that are stopping me, there's no way i can afford a G5, i could buy a car for the money!
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You're SOL, possible unsupported hacks notwithstanding.
But don't take my word for it:
http://www.apple.com/aperture/binary/Aperture_Checker.dmg
 
Lacero said:
Neither. It's mainly a photo management and versioning app for RAW files. Speed is its main selling point.
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Speed, and non-destructive editing history using the Core Image stack, and the potentially huge storage savings that come with that.
 
Mine has a ship date of December 6. :rolleyes:

I'm going to see how my Radeon 9600 (256MB) does, and if it slows things down, I'll prolly get the x800 xt.
 
well I'm glad it is shipping, I really want this app, though I haven't ordered yet, i need to find the money in my budget to afford it, maybe i'll have to sell some more photos at christmas to get there
 
irmongoose said:
"We have no plans on when it will be available in Japan." WTF!?:mad: :mad: irmongoose
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I'm pretty sure they mean a localized version, NOT that you won't be able to buy it somehow, just it wont be in Japanese... which it seems like you know English so no worries. Apple is going to localize this because Japanese love their cameras but, as a person who's been to Japan, they don't all know American, nor should they feel they need to, it's not like it's the default language of the world.

And dang are the specs heaving for this app considering all it does.
 
evoluzione said:
i'm really curious as to whether this will work on my G4...it's a dual 1.25Ghz, with the GeForce 4 Titanium Gfx card (the best one at the time). the machine is only just over a year old (I had to buy a machine capable of booting OS9, and bought it just before they stopped selling them last year!)

personally i think the price is decent, i'd fork out $500 for it, it's just the machine specs that are stopping me, there's no way i can afford a G5, i could buy a car for the money!
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Recommended System
Dual 2GHz Power Mac G5 or faster
Mac OS X version 10.4.3 “Tiger” or later
2GB of RAM
One of the following graphics cards:
ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition
ATI Radeon 9800 XT or 9800 Pro
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL or 6800 GT DDL
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE or 6600
NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
5GB of disk space for application, templates, and tutorial
DVD drive for installation

More info:
http://www.apple.com/aperture/specs.html
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Aperture blasts my QuickSilver G4/733 into the weeds. I guess that I will stick to iLife '05 and hope for improvements when iLife '06 is released.
 
Well, the October Aperture press release appeared on the Japanese site here, so I imagine, like Photorun, said, it's mainly a matter of finishing the localization, training DVD, and packaging. Heck, the software localization might actually be finished already.

Since I live in Japan, I do wish I could walk down to the Apple store and give it a spin this week, but I guess I'll have to wait longer. :(
 
This may indeed be the first "Pro app" I actually buy. I have never considered myself to a be a Pro user, but some of the features of Aperture are really attractive to me - heck, even just the high res photobooks would be nice to have! ;) I have never really used Photoshop, as I find it almost too powerful and as a result, not the most intuitive program, so this might be a nice tool to have, since iPhoto doesn't quite do everything I need either.

I'll have to read some of the initial reviews and make my decision based on those. And who knows, perhaps I will be treating myself to Aperture for Christmas! :)
 
My copy of Aperture is scheduled to ship on or before December 1st. I am really hoping that it will do what I'm expecting and will do what I need as far as photo managment/cataloging, etc. I've held off on getting other programs such as iView Media Pro or Photo Mechanic in anticipation of Aperture....

I'll be using it on the iMac (rev B), but I realize that probably it is going to be somewhat slow and undoubtedly this will eventually nudge me into taking the next step and going with a PM.... Eek!

OTB
 
I ordered my copy yesterday and I got a shipping notice today for it on a Sunday go figure.

Too bad I can't use it until my G5 shows up which doesn't ship until the 5th since my PB and mini just won't run it.:(
 
SiliconAddict said:
Seriously though here's to Aperture Express at MWSF!
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Here's to FREE iPhoto 6 with non-destructive filters powered by core image on my brand new iBook (intel inside) at MWSF.
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pcmeissner said:
Here's to FREE iPhoto 6 with non-destructive filters powered by core image on my brand new iBook (intel inside) at MWSF.
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Yes, good point - I'm going to hold off purchasing Aperture until I know exactly what will be included in the new (and free) iPhoto - it might suit my needs and save me a few hundred dollars! :cool:
 
I ordered mine the day it was announced and the shipping date is December 6.

Blah.

Can't wait to use it, though. Have a 2-foot stack of CD's just begging to be post-processed and catalogued.
 
iGary said:
I ordered mine the day it was announced and the shipping date is December 6.

Blah.
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Gosh, that doesn't seem right, does it? I'd think that someone who had ordered it the very day it was announced would be one of the first to get it, rather than someone who had ordered it later.... T'ain't fair, is it?

It will be interesting to see if once Aperture is out there and photographers are using it there will be a sudden surge in new Mac purchases.... I've already seen some comments on the DPreview forums from slightly envious PC users. Wonder if the advent of Aperture will nudge some current Windows folks into exploring the world of Mac?

OTB
 
tvguru said:
Is there a list of supported RAW camera's like there is for iPhoto available?
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We discovered on DPREVIEW.COM that the RAW support is in the OS and NOT in the App. In any case there listed on the righ on this page http://www.apple.com/aperture/raw/

Interesting note is that the new Nikon D200 is not yet supported. That is likely to change soon.
 
SiliconAddict said:
Woot. Now all we need is a laptop that can run the thing! :p ;)

Seriously though here's to Aperture Express at MWSF!
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i hope cause i want the high resolution photo books.....
 
The specs are kinda funny - my 1.25GHz Al Powerbook just makes it (and the helpful "Aperature Checker" someone posted also says I can install it). But the minimum desktop specs are so much higher, so it makes me wonder.

I would really like to use this app, but I'm worried about just how laggy it'd be on this machine...

Also, does anyone know if it's a fat/universal binary?
 
Photorun said:
Apple is going to localize this because Japanese love their cameras but, as a person who's been to Japan, they don't all know American, nor should they feel they need to, it's not like it's the default language of the world.
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Right, so as a resident of the UK, do you happen to know whether this will get localised to English, or are they just releasing it in American?

Odd move for apple though, as all their other apps are in English.
 
VicMacs said:
so the 12 inch powerbook is being left out?
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Well, I can't fully understand this either. The only thoughts I had would have been graphics card or resolution related, but that surely can't be right.

If anyone wants to try and get this running on a 12" PB or other "incompatible" systems, I would be interested in the outcome.
 
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