Aperture (photography software)
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 Aperture, demonstrating the loupe tool. |
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| Developed by | Apple Inc. |
| Latest release | 2.1 / March 28, 2008 |
| OS | Mac OS X |
| Genre | Photo Post-Production |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www.apple.com/aperture |
Aperture is a software program for Mac OS X announced by Apple Inc. at a New York media event on October 19, 2005, designed to assist professional photographers in post-production work. It became available in November 2005.
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[edit] Features
- Complete RAW support from camera to output
- Master image files (RAW or otherwise) may be kept in place on import or migrated into the Aperture library
- RAW Fine Tune, allowing version of RAW decode to be managed over time and conversion parameters adjusted
- Many image adjustment tools including specific color retouching, a luminance based edge sharpener, and spot repair
- Project management, with extensive metadata and searching support
- Autostacking, a way to group photos based on the time between shutter clicks
- Stacks (for grouping photos) and Versions (for making multiple working copies of the same image)
- Multiple display spanning
- Loupe, allowing viewing of images at zooms from 100% to 1600%
- Light Table, a type of freeform workspace
- Native support of the Adobe Photoshop PSD format
- Nondestructive image editing
- Customizable printing and publishing
- Supports importing from Compact Flash I, II and Microdrive, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Duo, Secure Digital, MultiMediaCard, SmartMedia, and xD Picture cards
- Ability to simultaneously zoom and pan multiple images
- Reading and input of IPTC metadata
[edit] Criticisms of Version 1.5
- A number of reviewers have commented that the speed of Aperture v1.5.x is markedly worse than that of Adobe Lightroom v1.0.x. [1][2]
- Aperture does not support editing image acquisition date metadata. Camera date errors cannot be corrected and scanned images cannot be assigned historic acquisition dates.
- The Aperture UI is quite different from most Mac OS X applications; small font sizes and narrow scrollbars are commonly criticized.
[edit] Aperture 2.0
Aperture 2.0 was released on February 12, 2008 with a reduced US price of $199[3]. This can be compared with the $499 price tag of version 1.0 [4]. Apple claims more than 100 new features are included in version 2.0 and cites the main enhancements[5] as follows.
- Streamlined interface.
- Enhanced performance due to database optimizations and interface improvements.
- Enhanced image processing with updated RAW support.
- Improved integration with Mac OS X, .Mac and various software packages including iLife '08 and iWork '08.
- Support for editing plug-ins, including Apple's own dodging and burning tool (Aperture 2.1)
[edit] Version history
| Version number | Release date | Changes |
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| 1.0 | November 30, 2005 | Initial release. |
| 1.0.1 | December 21, 2005 | Fixed bugs with shadow blocking in 8-bit images, EXIF export issues, and improved performance in keyword searches. |
| 1.1 | April 13, 2006 | A significant update that includes new features such as universal support, improved RAW image quality, RAW fine tuning, auto noise compensation, a new color meter, enhanced export controls and other more minor improvements and bug fixes. |
| 1.1.1 | May 4, 2006 | Addresses several issues related to performance, stability, color correction, and display compatibility. |
| 1.1.2 | June 21, 2006 | Addresses issues related to overall reliability and performance. |
| 1.5 | September 29, 2006 | A significant update with many new features, including Flexible Library Management (master images can be kept outside the library and offline as well), iLife '06 and iWork '06 integration, Automatic Metadata Exportion, Edge Sharpen and iPod photo syncing. Also now officially supports all Intel-based Macs with at least 1 GB of RAM. |
| 1.5.1 | November 2, 2006 | Improves overall reliability and performance in many areas of the application, including keywords, the Loupe, cropping, previews, metadata presets, file renaming, iPhoto library importing and watermarks. |
| 1.5.2 | December 11, 2006 | Addresses issues related to overall reliability and performance in a number of areas, including: Contact sheet printing, Smart Albums, watermarks, lift and stamp, image export, versions created using an external editor. |
| 1.5.3 | April 19, 2007 | Aperture 1.5.3 addresses issues related to overall reliability and performance in a number of areas, including: Generation of thumbnails for adjusted images, entering and exiting Full Screen mode, working with large sets of keywords in the Keywords HUD, restoring from a vault. |
| 1.5.6 | October 26, 2007 | Aperture 1.5.6 addresses issues related to performance, improves overall stability, and supports compatibility with Mac OS X v10.5. |
| 2.0 | February 12, 2008 | Aperture 2.0 includes 100+ new features and addresses performance and stability. Reduced price to $199 in the US. |
| 2.0.1 | March 3, 2008 | Aperture 2.0.1 addresses issues related to the performance and overall stability of Aperture 2. |
| 2.1 | March 28, 2008 | Aperture 2.1 introduces editing plug-ins including a Dodge and Burn tool developed by Apple and addresses issues related to the performance and overall stability of Aperture 2. |
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