Aperture 2.1 Plug-Ins - Disappointment

first, i must congratulate (and thank) apple for the speed in which they have released updates since the release of aperture 2.0. this is fantastic and very much appreciated!
i am however quite disappointed with the way the 2.1 plug-ins work. for me, the main strength of aperture was the fact that all adjustments were rendered on the fly, without altering anything on pixel level until final export. the new plug-ins create a new physical file and plug-in adjustments can therefore not be changed down the track. in this case, it is no different then editing an image with photoshop.
of course i'd find it fantastic if noise-reduction, lens correction, ca etc could be done within aperture, however it should be done within a adjustment brick, not creating a new file. as the file sizes are huge, we should at least have the option to chose also jpg as format (preferences only allows for tif and psd).
while i welcome the addition, i am disappointed by the way it is implemented.

This is now absurd.
The amount of whining on this board has made it useless for actual feature and technique discussion. I strongly request that Apple create a users board and a problem discussion board. Most Aperture users have the right hardware, and understand when and where to use Photoshop.
I use Neat Image externally in Photoshop (a great alternative to Noise Ninja IMHO), to expect that this 30 second process be reapplied (and I assume with layers of other plugin ins in concert), as suggested by steebow should now applied in real time, or that we have a re-rendering option on each plugin, is getting crazy.
Use ACR, and Lightroom and look at file sizes.
Holy noodle!
Can we talk about how this product makes Photography more effective. I just did a 300 shot ski race in an hour.
Sorry to rant, (steebow, I know you know and use the product well) but I want to find a Aperture discussion group. This is the helpline list.
Michael

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