When Apple’s Aperture arrived, it was the first tool especially aimed at photographers with extensive photo management needs. While praised for its vision, photographers were frustrated that support for new cameras took such a long time, seemingly requiring updates to Mac OS itself. In the meantime, Adobe’s Photoshop Lightroom offered quick support for new camera models, and it was one of the reasons many photographers switched over to Lightroom.
Now with the release of Mac OS X 10.5.2, and perhaps due to updates to iPhoto and Aperture, Apple is able to push new camera support much quicker than before:
Would we be seeing this kind of turnaround on new cameras without competition from Adobe? Hard to say — but it’s clear that Apple heard the cries of its market and responded.
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It goes the other way as well. I remember wondering if Adobe would have ever released Lightroom if Apple hadn’t released Aperture.
http://www.hinkty.com/blogger/2006/01/lightroom-photoshop-and-adobe.html
Again, let’s rephrase things – Apple was forced to respond. Not so positive a spin, eh?
Yeah, exactly my point. Competition creates responsiveness.