[X4U] Apple Aperture target Audience?

[Steve Self]

> OK, let me put it this way, why would I want "Aperture" instead of  
> "Adobe Photoshop CS2"?

Well, once you view the Aperture QT intros, and if nothing stands out  
to you as superior to PS then I would say that you don't need it. I  
don't see it as a replacement, as Aperture (ver 1) has no layers and  
cannot do the creative aspects of image making.

But it looks way superior to PS when it comes to dealing with images/ 
photos from a professional standpoint. I would still use PS as an  
external editor and creative collage application. ANd then use  
Aperture as my main Photo collector. The book compositing alone seems  
really useful. And the web site gallery function seems very useful.

Steve