Photos for OS X does not get advanced features for editing images

At the presentation during WWDC 2014, Apple demonstrated an early version of the future Photos application for OS X. It will be available for OS X Yosemite in the next year, but all that is known about it at the moment, is that its output They will be phased out of iPhoto and Aperture. Such news caused intense discussion among users who use these applications and many of them It suggests that Apple is no longer worry about users running its software on a professional level.

In an attempt to appease anger, Apple released its statement on this matter, which states that Photos will support pro-level features, but that it is a company podrazumevat this? According to the statement, Photos need to support third-party plug-ins and advanced editing. Such statements sound rather vague and, apparently, Apple did away from the question.

When demonstrating Photos for OS X we have seen the basic editing tools: adjust color and brightness. This is hardly something innovative and we see that the choice of instruments is the same as in iOS 8. In other words, not so impressive. At least from what we've seen.

Demo images from Apple.com, everything looks much better:

But even this could not relieve the tension and uncertainty among professional users who need professional tools. Apple claims that with features such as "library search" users will feel "at home", but despite this, most of them the other way around angry insistence company, which has taken a course on a single user experience in the mobile and desktop platform, in which all possibilities are equalized at the lower denominator.

Of course, Photos is still in its early stage of development and it is possible that the screenshots we've seen differ significantly from what is presented in the next year (although unlikely). Throwing a glance at the list of features to Aperture official websiteYou will realize which ones will not be included in a new annex Photos, this is especially true under "Image Optimization". It is also very unlikely to support iPhoto print products.

There is one interesting point. Professional users will not be the only ones to accept painful decision of Apple to curtail existing software. Apparently, iPhoto, and Aperture will not be updated to support the functions of iCloud Photo Library in iOS 8. As a result, those who go with the usual iCloud Photo Stream on the iCloud Photo Library will lose the opportunity wireless synchronization of all your photos from iOS-devices on the Mac, until you see Photos.

Obviously, with such significant changes will necessarily be a problem, however, is the case with iCloud Photo Library, it looks like a miscalculation that overlooked. Perhaps Apple will launch iCloud Photo Library feature on iOS a little later, when he's ready Mac-client (as it was with iCloud keychain Mavericks to exit).

Anyway, Apple radically change their product line for photo editing, even given the fact that we are still know little about Photos, it seems that many professional users think about their future use.

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