Did Apple just kill Photoshop?
I know, I know… it’s a sensationalist headline, but that was my initial reaction after about 10 minutes of playing with the new Aperture 2.1
In case you hadn’t already read, apple just introduced editing plugins for aperture, including true photoshop-style brush based controls such as burn/dodge etc… Noiseninja and others coming soon!
In what seems to be a largely (as of yet) unpublicized announcement, Apple has just dropped a bomb!
It may just be a .1 release, but I think this is a bigger shakeup than aperture 2 itself. Software like aperture and Lightroom have been great for DAM (Digital Asset Management) and great for doing quick adjustments to exposure/tone/etc… but true “editing” remained the province of Photoshop until now. The addition of brush based tools (particularly burn and dodge) is *huge*. Many photographers have lamented that they’d love to use Aperture/Lightroom exclusively, but can’t because of the need for Photoshop to do targeted adjustments. Not anymore - do all that in aperture itself. With plugins coming from NoiseNinja (the other main use of Photoshop for me) and many others sure to follow, aperture 2.1 may just make Photoshop a “non-necessity” for a number of photographers.
Of course time will tell 
Tags: aperture, aperture 2.0, apple, dodge and burn, photoshop, targeted adjustments
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