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Aperture 2.1.2 - 48MB
The Aperture 2.1.2 update improves the printing quality of books, cards and calendars ordered through the Aperture printing service. The update is recommended for all customers using Aperture 2.
Aperture 2.1.1 - 48MB
his update supports general compatibility issues, improves overall stability, and addresses a number of other minor issues.
Apple today released Aperture 2.1, which introduces an open plug-in architecture that makes it easy for photographers to use specialized third party imaging software right from within Aperture. Available today as a free software update, Aperture 2.1 includes the Apple-developed plug-in, Dodge & Burn, which adds brush-based tools for dodge (lighten), burn (darken), contrast, saturation, sharpen and blur. Over the coming months, third party software developers will deliver image editing plug-ins for localized editing, filters and effects, noise analysis and reduction, fisheye lens correction and more.
“The image quality in Aperture 2 has won over the most demanding photographers,” said Rob Schoeben, Apple’s vice president of Applications Product Marketing. “Now, thanks to our open plug-in architecture, users can access an entire industry’s worth of imaging expertise without ever leaving Aperture.”
“To date, maybe two percent of my photographs needed to be touched up outside Aperture,” said John Stanmeyer, founding member of the VII Photo Agency and contributing photographer for Time and National Geographic magazines. “Now that I can dodge and burn right within Aperture’s new plug-in, I can’t imagine when I’ll have to open any other application to tone my images.”
By clicking on one or more images within Aperture, users can choose from a menu of installed plug-ins and apply specialized imaging operations to either TIFF or RAW images. Apple is working closely with key developers to bring the most requested plug-ins to Aperture such as:
Aperture 2.1 is available immediately as a free software update to current Aperture 2.0 users.
Aperture 2.0.1 - 43.9MB
Aperture 2.0.1 addresses issues related to performance and overall stability. It also fixes a number of other minor issues. This update is recommended for all Aperture users.
GarageBand 4.1.2 - 19.1MB
This update improves overall stability and addresses issues with the automation of software instrument parameters, FireWire and USB based audio devices and Magic GarageBand.
Apple has today released a new version of Aperture.
With a streamlined user interface and entirely new image processing engine, over 100 new features that make it faster, easier to use and more powerful, Aperture 2 also introduces new imaging tools for highlight recovery, color vibrancy, local contrast definition, soft-edged retouching, vignetting and RAW fine-tuning, and lets users directly post their portfolios on the .Mac Web Gallery* for viewing on the web, iPhone™, iPod® touch and Apple TV®. At a new low price of $199, anyone can easily organize, edit and publish photos like a pro.
“Many of the most respected photographers on assignment all over the world trust Aperture to organize, edit and deliver their images,” said Rob Schoeben, Apple’s vice president of Applications Product Marketing. “With its simpler interface and lower price, anyone can take full advantage of Aperture’s power.”
“At the end of the day, it’s all about the quality of the image,” said Sports Illustrated contributing photographer David Bergman. “Even before I begin making adjustments, Aperture’s new RAW processing gives me better images with more visible detail and better color rendering than any other program I’ve tested.”
“I used to have so much stress about post-production on a shoot, having to juggle multiple applications to make sure they all worked,” said Bob Davis, PDN Top Knots Wedding Photographer 2007. “With Aperture that’s no longer a factor. I can do everything all in one application.”
Aperture 2 is available immediately for $199 or previous owners of Aperture can upgrade for $99.
Apple has released an update to Aperture. The update which weighs in at nearly 130MB comes with the following synopsis.
Aperture 1.5.3 addresses issues related to overall reliability and performance in a number of areas, including:
Among the specific issues that have been addressed:
AppleInsider reports that Apple is close to releasing an update to Aperture that will add RAW file support for around a dozen additional cameras.
Apple Senior Product Manager, Joe Schorr told a forum of Aperture Users that the Pentax K10D, K100D, and K110D are just some of the cameras that will be supported. As well as formats for the Nikon D40, Leica Digilux 3, Samsung GX-1L, Panasonic Lumix DMC-L1 and Samsung Leaf Aptus and Valeo models.
Joe Schorr noted that the update would arrive “very soon.”
Aperture 1.5.1 Update - 125MB
Aperture 1.5.1 addresses numerous issues related to overall reliability and performance in all areas of the application, including:
Aperture 1.5.1 addresses more than 100 issues related to overall reliability and performance in all areas of the application. Here is a partial summary of the specific issues that have been addressed in this release:
Keywords
Loupe
Cropping
Previews
Metadata presets
File renaming
iPhoto Library import
Watermarks
Managing Referenced Files
Lift & Stamp
Print dialog
AppleScript and Automator
Image Deletion
Miscellaneous issues addressed
Digital Camera RAW Support Update - PPC - 1.4MB - Intel - 2.4MB
Mac OS X Tiger provides support for a variety of popular digital camera and image file formats. Applications such as Aperture, iPhoto and Preview utilize this support to work with digital camera RAW files. This update improves RAW file format compatibility for the following digital SLR cameras:
Other issues addressed:
X11 Update 2006 - 51MB
This update addresses several issues in the X11 for Mac OS X package, enabling it to better handle:
To tell X11 to take advantage of stereo visuals, enter:
$ defaults write com.apple.x11 enable_stereo -bool true
After announcing Aperture 1.5 at Photokina earlier this week, Apple today released the Aperture 1.5 update for download.
The software, which is a free upgrade for existing Aperture users, is available for immediate download at Apple’s website: http://www.apple.com/aperture/download/
For further information on what updates Aperture 1.5 contains, please check our previous coverage.
Users should note that Mac OS X 10.4.8 (which was released earlier today) is required for this update.
As was reported live by World of Apple, Aperture 1.5 has been announced at Photokina 2006.
“Aperture has given photographers around the globe the confidence to work in exciting new ways,” said Rob Schoeben, Apple’s vice president of Applications Product Marketing. “Now with Aperture 1.5, we’ve opened the library and extended the workflow to provide a solution that is as flexible as it is powerful.”
Managing RAW, JPEG and TIFF images in Aperture 1.5 is incredibly flexible, with a new open library system that allows photographers to store image files wherever they want—either within the Aperture library itself, or in other disk locations, including external hard drives, CDs or DVDs. Aperture can now generate high-resolution previews of each image so that users can review, rate and organize images as well as perform slideshows—even when the master images are offline. The previews, which can be generated at a range of size and quality levels, make it possible for photographers to keep their original images safely stored on a desktop system at home or in the studio, while still being able to take a compact version of their entire photographic library on the road using a MacBook or MacBook Pro.
Aperture 1.5 is now supported across Apple’s full line of Macintosh computers, from Mac mini to Mac Pro, and offers powerful new integration with the iLife ’06 suite of digital lifestyle applications and iWork ’06 productivity software. The tight integration means that photographers can build complete websites with iWeb, create self-contained slide presentations with Keynote, or produce stunning DVD slideshows with iDVD, all using JPEG versions of photos directly from their Aperture library, which is never more than a click away. Integration also includes syncing to iPod using iTunes 7 and the ability to access and copy Aperture photos from within iPhoto.
Aperture 1.5 dramatically streamlines the process of adding metadata to photo shoots with new pre-filled IPTC Metadata Presets. Captions, credits and other critical metadata that photographers rely on can be added on import automatically or via a batch process at any point in the workflow. Another major enhancement to metadata support within Aperture is the ability to export RAW images with IPTC data stored in XMP sidecar files for easy use with other applications like Adobe Photoshop and even the ability to generate XMP files automatically through AppleScript.
Apple shows off Apertures ability to run on any Intel MacPowerful new adjustment options in Aperture 1.5 include a sophisticated luminance-based Edge Sharpen filter for extremely high-quality sharpening results and a new Color tool that lets photographers tune the hue, saturation and luminance of specific color ranges within each image. Aperture’s popular Loupe magnifier has been dramatically enhanced with a set of onscreen controls, smooth zooming with up to 1600 percent magnification and a new option that enables it to be detached from the cursor while making adjustments. Individual image adjustment settings can now be saved as presets that can be automatically applied through a menu command, so that photographers can quickly and easily make standard adjustments.
An innovative new export API plug-in architecture in Aperture 1.5 allows third party developers to tap into the expanding Aperture user community with plug-ins that seamlessly connect Aperture’s workflow to complementary applications and services. Plug-ins from industry leading companies, including Getty Images, iStockphoto, Pictage, Flickr, PhotoShelter, DigitalFusion, Soundslides and Connected Flow, will be demonstrated at photokina 2006. These plug-ins will demonstrate a range of printing, publishing and storage workflows that take advantage of this new architecture.
Aperture 1.5 is available this week in English, French, German and Japanese as a free Software Update to current Aperture 1.0 customers. Aperture 1.5 is available to order for new customers for a suggested retail price of $299.
