ASP stacks up very nicely against the likes of CaptureOne DxO, LightRoom, Aperture, and others of similar ilk. As a professional grade RAW processor it eats paint-centric applications like PSP, Gimp, Pixelmator, and others for lunch with room left over for beverages at that.
Seriously, ASP should be ranking as the #2 RAW processor (and #1 on some platforms) among all contenders in general terms. In terms of speed alone nothing else touches it in my extensive tests. Yet, no popular sites even list it in their top-ten and that has everything to do with Corel's marketing department and them alone! Where are the ad campaigns? Where are the promotional photo contests? Where is your forum evangelist(s)? What is Corel not doing that no one has even heard of ASP except long-time BP users?
Corel seems to be messing up a really good thing here and while I have no idea about the acquisition agreements if I were the ASP lead dev I'd be pretty pissed and I don't mean having jollies at the local ozzy pub either. The Corel haphazard approach even shows here in their own forums where shills and evangelists for other apps are allowed to start threads with titles and messages like: ASP 1.2 - goodbye, I have never loved you. Get a grip men, grow a pair and do the right thing. Global warming can't be so harsh in your area as to be immobilizing you all to this extent. Don't let this gem remain hidden! Nurture it, promote it, fund it, and grow it. Corel has a true wonder here and is letting down the photographic world as well as clipping their own wings by not doing right by it.
UG!
