When Apple announced Aperture in October as a "all-in-one post-production tool for photographers," many have wondered how well done Apple's latest "pro" application would be. It sounds great: end-to-end RAW workflow, advanced editing tools, and hooks into Mac OS X and .Mac. But does it live up to the hype? We got a copy, tested it extensively, and made some troubling discoveries. Need to get RGB pixel information?

In the course of making tweaks in Aperture, I went to reach for an eyedropper tool to check my pixel values and was pretty shocked to see that there is no numeric readout of RGB pixel information available. This is so profoundly basic and essential a tool for a professional that I don't know what Apple was thinking to leave it out.

Ouch. Is Apple's first "pro" digital imaging application really a flop? Read our review of Aperture to find out.
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