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Photo editing today is vastly different from the low-tech and imprecise art it once was....
Aperture is a software program for Mac OS X developed by Apple Inc. designed to assist professional photographers in post-production work. It was announced at a New York media event on October 19, 2005 and released on November 30, 2005. Aperture 2.0 was released on February 12, 2008.
Features
*Complete RAW image format support from import 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 50% 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 USB and Firewire memory card readers or directly from a camera connected via USB.
*Ability to simultaneously zoom and pan multiple images.
*Read and write support for IPTC image metadata.
Aperture 2.0
Aperture 2.0 was released on February 12, 2008 with a reduced US price of $199.. This can be compared with the $499 price tag of version 1.0 Apple claims more than 100 new features are included in version 2.0 and cites the main enhancements 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, MobileMe and various software packages including iLife and read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aperture+(photography+software)
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