Aperture 3 announced

Apple has just announced Aperture 3, the long-awaited next version of its catalog PIEware program. I’ve been looking at it the past few days, and there is some good stuff in the program.  Specifically, I’m happy that they have now allowed the export of metadata back to original files. This removes my most important concern with using the program – an exit strategy for your organizational work.

There is also some cool stuff, such as integrated geotagging, and the Faces technology that is not available in the main competitor, Lightroom.

I’ve encountered some bugs and stability problems, but that’s probably not too out of line with a .0 release.  Hopefully these issues will be addressed soon.  I’ve outlined some of my findings in the DAM Forum.

Glad to see Apple pushing things forward.