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General Discussion => Hobbies & Crafts => Topic started by: Simon on February 06, 2012, 22:23
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Bibble Pro was a photo-management and raw file-processing application that predated Adobe Lightroom but never quite managed to break into the mainstream. That might just change, with a recent buy-out by Corel, a new name and a significant price cut.
AfterShot Pro is ostensibly a new product, but differences to Bibble Pro 5 are minimal. We’re told the cosmetic interface and underlying colour processing engine have been revamped, but its functions are largely unchanged. Bibble users will need to pay £60 to upgrade; this price also applies to PaintShop Pro users and cross-graders from Lightroom or Aperture. It supports Windows, OS X and Linux; we tested on Windows 7 64-bit, but the application is only available as a 32-bit build.
The sub-£100 price is welcome, but hardly surprising, following recent price cuts to Apple Aperture (£55) and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 (£95 from Amazon), although it remains to be seen how Adobe will price version 4, currently in beta.
Read more: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/software/372559/corel-aftershot-pro
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Well, with a Corel buyout, expect bloatware and poor support. :(
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I've no experience of their products.
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I have. They were a good company once, but sadly not any longer, at least in my experience.
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I never liked Corel stuff, gimp / photoshop for me.
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I first started using it about 18-20 years ago, Sam. How's the weather?
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I'm in Brum, so still cold. We fly to India tomorrow night from Heathrow, then it will hopefully be +35 C :-D
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Sorry, I thought you were going on Sunday for some reason. Have a good flight.
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No bother, you weren't far off at all! I'm off today! yikes. Guess I should book a hotel in Mumbai then.... (though when we get there we go straight to Khodad, where the GMRT is: http://gmrt.ncra.tifr.res.in/)
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Enjoy. :)