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 Photographer s in post-production work. It became available in November 2005.
- 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 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
- Aperture/Lightroom Comparison - OReilly links to comparisons of Lightroom 1.0 and Aperture 1.5.2 by two separate photographers ( February 19 , 2007 )
- Aperture 1.5.2 Speed Test - By Allen Rockwell ( December 15 , 2006 )
- Aperture 1.5 beta preview - by Rob Galbraith for RobGalbraith.com ( September 25 , 2006 )
- Aperture 1.5 beta preview - by Ben Long for Creative Pro ( September 25 , 2006 )
- Aperture 1.1.1 review - by Dave Girard for Ars Technica ( May 9 , 2006 )
- Aperture 1.1 review - by Ben Long for Creative Pro ( April 17 , 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 26 , 2005 )
- Aperture 1.0 review - by Charles Bandes ( December 21 , 2005 )
- Aperture 1.0 review - by Ben Long for Creative Pro ( December 19 , 2005 )
- Aperture 1.0 review - by Mike Evangelist, former director of video product marketing at Apple ( December 15 , 2005 )
- Aperture 1.0 review - by Juergen Gulbins for Outback Photo ( December 12 , 2005 )
- Aperture 1.0 review - by Dave Girard for Ars Technica ( December 4 , 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 30 , 2005 )
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