Aperture 2 Launched by Apple
Apple just introduced Aperture 2, the next major release of its groundbreaking photo editing and management software.
Apple Aperture 2 has 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.
Watch over 50 tutorial videos on Aperture 2.
Aperture 2 is available immediately for a suggested retail price of US$199 through the Apple Store, Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. Owners of previous versions of Aperture can upgrade to Aperture 2 for just US$99. For those who bought Aperture 1.5 after January 1st 2008 you can, before March 14th, upgrade to Aperture 2 for only US$9.95.
You may also grab a copy of Aperture 2 in Depth (PDF format) which gives you a detailed introduction with Aperture 2’s features.
March 5th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
[...] was just last month that Apple Aperture 2.0 was launched. This month Apple already releases Aperture 2.0.1 Update which addresses issues related to the [...]
March 31st, 2008 at 7:35 pm
Aperture 2.1 is agreat tookl for everyone…I wa using lightroom for all my batch processing aand quick edits nut after seeing 2.1 and how it works with organizing a photo story is excellent.
The workflow is seamless and very well thought of including the new adjustment tools and plugin architecture…I ‘ll be using it more from now on.