Hi,
Do you plan to make FocalBlade plugin for Apple Aperture 2? I'd be interested in it.
FocalBlade for Aperture?
FocalBlade for Aperture?
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Actually we would be more interesting to release Lightroom versions of our Photoshop plugins, but Adobe does not allow that yet and we have no idea when Adobe will finally supply a Plugin SDK.
So I am rethinking at the moment if it may be worth a try to create an Aperture version of one of our plugins and see how it sells. I cannot give you a definitive answer yet.
So I am rethinking at the moment if it may be worth a try to create an Aperture version of one of our plugins and see how it sells. I cannot give you a definitive answer yet.
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No, I mean for Aperture
I've tried both applications, but Aperture has much better photo library management and keyword tagging features, while Lightroom maybe has 5% edge in RAW development. In all these years I haven't found any good photo library application, and when Aperture was released I was in the 7th heaven. If I had to buy Lightroom or some other application for RAW development and then buy another application for archiving and photo management, it simply didn't make sense to me. So I am very satisfied with Aperture which is way better in library management and almost as good in RAW development. If I could sharpen images with Focal Blade for viewing them on the screen, it would be close to perfect.
I've tried both applications, but Aperture has much better photo library management and keyword tagging features, while Lightroom maybe has 5% edge in RAW development. In all these years I haven't found any good photo library application, and when Aperture was released I was in the 7th heaven. If I had to buy Lightroom or some other application for RAW development and then buy another application for archiving and photo management, it simply didn't make sense to me. So I am very satisfied with Aperture which is way better in library management and almost as good in RAW development. If I could sharpen images with Focal Blade for viewing them on the screen, it would be close to perfect.
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I don't know how it's abroad, but in Latvia software piracy among Windows users is about 56%. Among Mac users in Latvia about 15-20% (looking at what people openly say in the Mac user forums). So even if you target smaller group, it may be more willing to buy software than steal it...
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FocalBlade vs. NIK Sharpener 3
I compared both sharpening tools and … FocalBlade is hands down clear winner for sharpening for the screen. Maybe for printing purposes NIK Sharpener is better, but for onscreen viewing sharpening FocalBlade delivers much better results, more tiny details, less sharpening where there's no need for sharpening. So - I still wish you'd make it for Aperture.
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