Aperture? Bridge?

[firelook2]

I'm currently using Aperture on my MBP but curious about other programs. Being fairly new to the digital workflow I'm wondering about other programs like Adobe Bridge which I've heard a lot about but never used. I will be upgrading to CS3 and wondered if Bridge will do the same thing as Aperture and do I need both? Is one better than the other? :scratch

Thanks for any suggestions!

[CatOne]

Aperture's a lot nicer than Bridge :wink

Bridge works in conjunction with Adobe Camera RAW if you're shooting RAW. I don't like the interface at all though.

Aperture is more comparable with Adobe's Lightroom. If you have already purchased Aperture though it's probably a better use of your time to really learn the tool (Long & Luna's book is quite good), rather than waste all manner of time comparing the tools. This author has fallen into that trap himself :dunno

[firelook2]

Thanks for the input - appreciate it!

That's pretty much what I've heard from others, so guess I'll just stay with Aperture. It seems to be a very good program and has some great capabiities.

Thanks, again!