"All this Aperture activity has resulted in a lot of solid data coming available about what the program will offer when it hits the streets sometime in November 2005. In fact, if you haven't perused the Aperture section of Apple's web site, it's well worth the trip. The Quick Tour movies in particular showcase what Apple intends Aperture to be, which is an all-in-one pro imaging application centred around storing, viewing and converting RAW files. For a first release, Aperture appears to be packed full of useful features. And those features are wrapped up in the first truly-beautiful interface we've seen in an application aimed at working photographers."Aperture does look incredible. I have been chatting with a number of folks in the digital image management industry and they are all (much like Rob here) of the opinion that the release of Aperture is certainly going to spur new releases of software from competitors.