Apple today announced a new version of their pro photo editing and management software Aperture 3. It’s been a long time coming with almost 2 years to the day since the last version was released however it looks to be worth the wait with over 200 new features including Faces, Places and Brushes. Aperture 3 introduces new tools to refine your photos including Brushes for painting image adjustments onto parts of your photo, and Adjustment Presets for applying professional photo effects with just one click. Stunning new slideshows let you share your work by weaving together photos, audio, text and HD video.
Aperture 3 allows you to organise large photo libraries using Projects and the new Faces and Places. Faces uses face detection and recognition to find and organise your photos by the people in them. You can view faces across your entire photo library or view just the faces that appear in selected projects. In a new view that speeds up the organisation process, Aperture 3 displays faces that have been detected but haven’t yet been named.
Places lets you explore your photos based on where they were taken, and like in iPhoto, Places automatically reverse geocodes GPS data into user-friendly locations. In Aperture 3, you can assign locations by dragging-and-dropping photos onto a map or by using location information from GPS enabled cameras, tracking devices or your iPhone photos.
The new Brushes feature allows you to add professional touches to your photos by simply painting effects onto the image. Aperture 3 includes 15 Quick Brushes that perform the most popular tasks like Dodge, Burn, Polarise and Blur, without the complexity of layers or masks. Brushes can automatically detect edges in your images to let you apply or remove effects exactly where you want them. Aperture 3 includes dozens of Adjustment Presets that apply a specific style or look to the entire image with just a click. You can create your own custom presets or explore the techniques of other photographers by importing theirs.
Probably most importantly Aperture 3 now runs as a 64-bit application on Mac OS X Snow Leopard on Macs with Intel Core 2 Duo processors meaning that it can take advantage of larger memory capacities (up to 16 terabytes).
Aperture 3 supports camera RAW, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, PNG, PDF, PSD2, .ARW, .CR2, .CRW, .MOS, .NEF, .RAF, .RAW, .SRW, .TIF, .OLY, .FFF, .3FR, and .DNG1 files.
Aperture 3 costs $199 (£169), while existing Aperture users can upgrade for $99 (£79).
A downloadable 30-day trial version is available from http://www.apple.com/uk/aperture/trial and more information can be found at http://www.apple.com/uk/aperture.
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jacobian 5:10 pm on March 8, 2010 Permalink
well it’s a nice theme anyway.