Apple Releases Aperture 2

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Apple Releases Aperture 2

Major Upgrade Features Improved Interface, Faster Browsing & Enhanced Image Processing CUPERTINO, California?February 12, 2008?Apple? today introduced Aperture? 2, the next major release of its groundbreaking photo editing and management software with over 100 new features that make it faster, easier to use and more powerful. With a streamlined user interface and entirely new image processing engine, 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."

Featuring a new, easier user interface designed to be more intuitive and accessible, Aperture 2 now lets users navigate between Viewer and Browser modes with a single key command. Screen real estate is maximized for images with an all-in-one heads up display that allows users to toggle between library, metadata and adjustment controls in a single tabbed inspector. The All Projects view, modeled after iPhoto's Events view, provides a poster photo for every project and the ability to quickly skim through the photos inside, and the integrated iPhoto? Browser offers direct access to all the events and images in the iPhoto library.

Performance has been enhanced in Aperture 2 so it's faster to import, browse and search large volumes of images. Embedded previews let photographers caption, keyword and rate images as they are being imported, and with the ability to export images in the background, photographers can continue working while images are processed to JPEG, TIFF, PNG and PSD file formats. Quick Preview allows users to browse RAW images in rapid succession without having to wait for files to load, and the Aperture library database has been re-architected to provide fast project switching and near instantaneous search results, even when working with extremely large libraries of 500,000 images or more.

Aperture 2 delivers powerful new imaging tools for getting the most out of each photograph. Apple's next-generation RAW image processing is at the core of Aperture 2 offering uncompromising image quality and precision controls that let users fine-tune the image profile for each of their cameras. New tools for improving and enhancing images include Recovery for pulling back "blown" highlights, Vibrancy for selectively boosting saturation without adversely affecting skin tones, Definition, which offers local contrast for adding clarity to images, Vignette & Devignette filters for providing professional visual effects and a true soft-edged Repair and Retouch brush for quickly and easily removing blemishes, cleaning up sensor dust and cloning away problem areas.

Aperture 2 works seamlessly with Mac OS? X, iLife?, iWork?, .Mac and Apple print products, so any image in the Aperture library can be accessed directly from within other applications, such as iMovie?, Keynote? and Pages?, and even from within Leopard? Mail. Now with .Mac Web Gallery support, Aperture users can publish their photos once to view them on the web, iPhone, iPod touch and Apple TV. Books in Aperture 2 feature new theme designs, layout tools, customized dust jackets (including full-bleed) and foil stamPricing & Availabilityamp; Availability

Aperture 2 is available immediately for a suggested retail price of $199 (US) through the Apple Store? (www.apple.com), Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. Owners of previous versions of Aperture can upgrade to Aperture 2 for just $99 (US). Full system requirements and more information on Aperture 2 can be found at www.apple.com/aperture.

* The .Mac service is available to persons aged 13 and older. Annual membership fee and Internet access required. Terms and conditions apply.

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[Aperture]

Hey, I might just try this to see how it differs from Lightroom.

Aperture 1 was really just not for me, but it sounds like they might have hit the button with 2.

[rajputwarrior]

wow, this supports the macbook, nice!

[DJLunacy]

wow, this supports the macbook, nice!

I have v1 running on my macbook.

[Farchord]

"Aperture science........ *sings*"

[giga Veteran]

http://www.apple.com/aperture/

100+ new features: http://www.apple.com/aperture/features/100.html

Looks really great--get to downloading the trial!

Moved to Digital Camera Lab..[where it'll see more use] ;)

[osirisX]

Apple today introduced Aperture 2, the next major release of its groundbreaking photo editing and management software with over 100 new features that make it faster, easier to use and more powerful. With a streamlined user interface and entirely new image processing engine, 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.

Featuring a new, easier user interface designed to be more intuitive and accessible, Aperture 2 now lets users navigate between Viewer and Browser modes with a single key command. Screen real estate is maximized for images with an all-in-one heads up display that allows users to toggle between library, metadata and adjustment controls in a single tabbed inspector. The All Projects view, modeled after iPhoto?s Events view, provides a poster photo for every project and the ability to quickly skim through the photos inside, and the integrated iPhoto? Browser offers direct access to all the events and images in the iPhoto library.

Performance has been enhanced in Aperture 2 so it?s faster to import, browse and search large volumes of images. Embedded previews let photographers caption, keyword and rate images as they are being imported, and with the ability to export images in the background, photographers can continue working while images are processed to JPEG, TIFF, PNG and PSD file formats. Quick Preview allows users to browse RAW images in rapid succession without having to wait for files to load, and the Aperture library database has been re-architected to provide fast project switching and near instantaneous search results, even when working with extremely large libraries of 500,000 images or more.

Aperture 2 delivers powerful new imaging tools for getting the most out of each photograph. Apple?s next-generation RAW image processing is at the core of Aperture 2 offering uncompromising image quality and precision controls that let users fine-tune the image profile for each of their cameras. New tools for improving and enhancing images include Recovery for pulling back ?blown? highlights, Vibrancy for selectively boosting saturation without adversely affecting skin tones, Definition, which offers local contrast for adding clarity to images, Vignette & Devignette filters for providing professional visual effects and a true soft-edged Repair and Retouch brush for quickly and easily removing blemishes, cleaning up sensor dust and cloning away problem areas.

Aperture 2 works seamlessly with Mac OS X, iLife, iWork, .Mac and Apple print products, so any image in the Aperture library can be accessed directly from within other applications, such as iMovie, Keynote and Pages, and even from within Leopard Mail. Now with .Mac Web Gallery support, Aperture users can publish their photos once to view them on the web, iPhone, iPod touch and Apple TV. Books in Aperture 2 feature new theme designs, layout tools, customized dust jackets (including full-bleed) and foil stamped covers.

Pricing & Availability

Aperture 2 is available immediately for a suggested retail price of $199 (US) through the Online Apple Store, Apple?s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. Owners of previous versions of Aperture can upgrade to Aperture 2 for just $99.

www.apple.com/aperture.

[KeR]

I gave up on Aperture a while ago, its not quiet there yet - even at V2 it seems.

[david.rothera]

Still not available on the UK store, managed to get a trial key and the trial download though.

Personally I moved to Lightroom months ago because Aperture 1.x ran like a dog on my Macbook, I now have a C2D MBP and the trial runs like a dream, might be time to switch back I think.

Ill keep the trial going and keep you guys posted on how it behaves :p

[crazzyyfool]

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=619347

:whistle:

[osirisX]

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=619347

:whistle:

D'oh! I expected the thread to be here because it's a Mac only app.

[crazzyyfool]

D'oh! I expected the thread to be here because it's a Mac only app.

It was in BPN mate but giga moved it to DCL. :wacko:

[User6060]

all my photog friends say lightroom is the way to go...iunno

[giga Veteran]

all my photog friends say lightroom is the way to go...iunno

Though the same category of software, they are very different in their workflow and organization. Lightroom has some great editing but the workflow is big hindrance for me (switching constantly between library and develop modules). Aperture differs in the way you can easily flow between your library of photos to organize with editing right there without any "modules" to change.

It would see more light in DCL than any of the other forums. ;)

Ker, what's giving you problems?

Edited February 13, 2008 by giga

[crazzy88ss]

Aperture differs in the way you can easily flow between your library of photos to organize with editing right there without any "modules" to change.

+1 on that; it's really annoying to me.

Im importing my iPhoto to the 2.0 trial version right now *crosses fingers* I hope I like it better than 1.5.

[giga Veteran]

+1 on that; it's really annoying to me.

Im importing my iPhoto to the 2.0 trial version right now *crosses fingers* I hope I like it better than 1.5.

Be sure to check out the online tutorial videos. Really helped with getting to know how to do simple things.

http://www.apple.com/aperture/tutorials/

[McKrout]

I don't use it for much, but I've been using Aperture 1.5 for a while now and I love it. Looking forward to working with V2 now.

[crazzy88ss]

So I'm watching those tutorials and doing the same thing in Aperture, and there's UI differences. For example, when dragging keywords from the Keyword HUD there's a green + symbol in the video, but NOT in my application.

http://www.apple.com/aperture/tutorials/#o...ompare-keywords that's the video.

Is this the same for other people?

[giga Veteran]

I don't use it for much, but I've been using Aperture 1.5 for a while now and I love it. Looking forward to working with V2 now.

It is amazing. Huge improvement. In features, editing options, and overall performance.

I love the new preview mode. (Press P) Instead of rendering the full raw, it uses either the built in previews that some RAW files save (depends on your camera) or either its own that it can generate upon import. When you want to get back to editing the RAW, just press P again.

All that, plus combined with the actually useful Inspector so you can easily browse through your library or make image adjustments right on the spot.

Full screen mode + Loupe is indispensable as well.

So I'm watching those tutorials and doing the same thing in Aperture, and there's UI differences. For example, when dragging keywords from the Keyword HUD there's a green + symbol in the video, but NOT in my application.

http://www.apple.com/aperture/tutorials/#o...ompare-keywords that's the video.

Is this the same for other people?

Works here. (using the keywords HUD)

Edited February 13, 2008 by giga

[giga Veteran]

Crap, I love this software. EXIF data can be set to show right under the image!

[McKrout]

Looks good, I'll have to download it when I get home from the office today.

[crazzy88ss]

you crack me up, giga :)

[crazzy88ss]

I don't suppose if anybody know of a list of supported cameras for tethering? I can't seem to get my D50 to work with it.

[giga Veteran]

Not a list, but might help: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307260

Didn't work for me though. The capture button is just dimmed and the camera status shows "busy".

[crazzy88ss]

Yea, I saw that; no luck :(