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- For other uses, see Aperture (disambiguation).
Aperture is a software program for Mac OS X announced by Apple Computer at a New York media event on October 19, 2005, designed to assist professional photographers in post-production work. It became available on November 2005.
[edit] Features
- Complete RAW support from end to end
- 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
- Stacks, a way to group photos based on the time between shutter clicks
- Multiple display spanning
- Loupe, allowing viewing of images at zooms from 100% to 1600%
- Light Table, a type of freeform workspace
- Native Adobe Photoshop support
- 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] Version history
| Version Number |
Release Date |
Changes |
| 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 1GB 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 |
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
[edit] Aperture Trial
[edit] Aperture Support
[edit] Aperture Philosophy
[edit] Aperture Reviews
- Aperture 1.5 beta preview - by Rob Galbraith for RobGalbraith.com (September 25th, 2006)
- Aperture 1.5 beta preview - by Ben Long for Creative Pro (September 25th, 2006)
- Aperture 1.1.1 review - by Dave Girard for Ars Technica (May 9th, 2006)
- Aperture 1.1 review - by Ben Long for Creative Pro (April 17th, 2006)
- Aperture 1.0.1 review - by Colin Smith for Photoshop Cafe (February, 2006)
- Aperture "non-review" - by Michael Reichmann, The Luminous Landscape (January, 2006)
- Aperture 1.0 review - by Jim Heid for Macworld (December 26th, 2005)
- Aperture 1.0 review - by Charles Bandes (December 21st, 2005)
- Aperture 1.0 review - by Ben Long for Creative Pro (December 19th, 2005)
- Aperture 1.0 review - by Mike Evangelist, former director of video product marketing at Apple (December 15th, 2005)
- Aperture 1.0 review - by Juergen Gulbins for Outback Photo (December 12th, 2005)
- Aperture 1.0 review - by Dave Girard for Ars Technica (December 4th, 2005)
- Aperture 1.0 review - by Rebecca Freed, special to PC World (December, 2005)
- Aperture 1.0 review - by Rob Galbraith and Eamon Hickey for RobGalbraith.com (October 30th, 2005)
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