munky Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 ThinkSecret is reporting that Apple have dismissed or reassigned many of the engineers which formed its Aperture team. Despite a sizeable marketing campaign, and plenty of hype, Aperture was released last November to mixed reviews. Respected tech site Ars Technica concluded "At this stage Aperture is a big, expensive misfire and considering the hefty price tag, I can't think of a reason to recommend it." Apple recently released v1.1 of Aperture, which addressed many of the more glaring flaws of 1.0, and also dropped the price tag from $499 to $299, and offered existing users a $200 Apple Store coupon - some say a concession to the poor quality of 1.0 If Think Secret's sources are to be beleived, the image processing engine was taken away from the Aperture team some time ago, and handed to the Shake and Motion teams to salvage 'as best they can'. This work is alleged to be the foundation of the 1.1 release. What do you think? Is Aperture worth saving? Should a new engineering team be formed for 2.0, or should the thing just go the way of the cube - an expensive, pretty flop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autoy Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 I think the 300 $ tag is more fair. The biggest gripes i read were about the quality of the raw output, I don't know if that is fixed in 1.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted April 27, 2006 Author Share Posted April 27, 2006 Apparently the Motion and Shake teams did a good job of rewriting the core engine for 1.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted May 1, 2006 Author Share Posted May 1, 2006 Update: Looks like Aperture should be around for a while. Various sources are reporting new hires for the team. http://www.nonstopmac.com/2006/04/aperture...rogrammer_j.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swad Posted May 1, 2006 Share Posted May 1, 2006 It would be awesome if Apple bought Adobe - the combination of great apps like Aperture and Photoshop would simply rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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