Topic: Review: Corel Aftershot Pro

[Simon]

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

[Rik]

Well, with a Corel buyout, expect bloatware and poor support.

[Simon]

I've no experience of their products. 

[Rik]

I have. They were a good company once, but sadly not any longer, at least in my experience.

[sam]

I never liked Corel stuff, gimp / photoshop for me.

[Rik]

I first started using it about 18-20 years ago, Sam. How's the weather?

[sam]

I'm in Brum, so still cold. We fly to India tomorrow night from Heathrow, then it will hopefully be +35 C :-D

[Rik]

Sorry, I thought you were going on Sunday for some reason. Have a good flight.

[sam]

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/)

[Rik]

Enjoy.