Aperture 2
Aperture 2 gives photographers incredible tools to manage massive libraries, speed through photo edits, make essential image adjustments, and deliver photos online and in print using one simple, integrated workflow. Whether you shoot RAW or JPEG, Aperture lets you get the most out of your photography.
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Overview
- Image adjustment controls such as Highlight Recovery, Definition, Vibrancy, and Vignette
- Retouch tool with soft-edged brush to remove unwanted elements from photos.
- Next-generation RAW image processing for highest-quality images
- Quick Preview mode for rapid-fire photo browsing
- Simplified user interface that maximizes screen space and provides direct access to your iPhoto library from within Aperture
- Integration with .Mac Web Gallery to instantly publish your photos, allowing visitors to view and download images.
Optimized for speed
With a superfast search engine and a Quick Preview mode for rapid-fire photo browsing, Aperture offers sizzling end-to-end speed even when working with large libraries.
Intuitive and accessible
With its streamlined user interface, Aperture puts library, metadata, and adjustment controls in one tabbed inspector; makes better use of screen real estate; and provides direct access to your iPhoto library from within Aperture.
Powerful image processing
Enhance your photos using an expanded suite of adjustment tools including Recovery, Vibrancy, Vignette, and a soft-edged Retouch brush — all with the highest-quality RAW processing.
Superior integration
Instantly publish a .Mac Web Gallery for viewing via the web, iPhone, iPod touch, or Apple TV; design and order beautiful custom books; and access your Aperture library from within iLife, iWork, or Leopard Mail.
Most Recent Reviews
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Aperture 2
Excellent
Written by RV from Louisville
Jun 17, 2009
I find Aperture to be a fantastic photo editing software program. Please don't think it's Photoshop because it not. I find it does…Read more great job with RAW conversion. I also use the B&W conversion with added plugins for great results.
Much easier to use than PS.(6 of 6 people found this review useful)
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Aperture 2
Great App plus Plugins
Written by MT from Calgary
Jun 16, 2009
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After using Adobe (windows) for a few years I dumped my PC and bought an iMac. I got Aperature and bought the NIK complete col…Read morelection plugins ($300 for those). These work extremely well together and do just about everything you could imagine. If you ever did any work in a darkroom in B&W then will think you went to heaven with NIK Silver Effex & Aperature. I can create awesome shots with this - what could Ansel Adams have done with this! Works very well with RAW. For indoor sports I use Aperature sand Dfine (from NIK) to remove noise in low light.(10 of 10 people found this review useful)
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Aperture 2
Not Photoshop
Written by KD from Albuquerque
Jun 13, 2009
I really like this software but I thought it would do more photoshop type editing. You cannot add text or put borders around pictu…Read moreres. I should have researched Aperture a further but I expected more. It does a lot of cool advance editing and features but I also thought it did photoshop type editing too. I am sure I will enjoy this product more the longer I use it.
(46 of 65 people found this review useful)
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Most Useful Reviews
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Aperture 2
INCREDIBLE
Written by PB from Austin
Dec 8, 2008
I'm new to shooting in RAW format. I spent years shooting JPEG because they looked great, small file size, nice prints. Never real…Read morely understood RAW, primarily because I never took the time to find out what the buzz was all about.
Aperture 1.0 came out. A friend gave me a copy. I HATED IT. Continued using iPhoto. Simple, easy to use. My cup of tea.
Another friend who was a professional photographer for 20 years and continues shooting for pleasure told me that I should switch to RAW. I asked why? He said because it will give you the best images possible.
I kept shooting JPEG.
Aperture 1.5 came out. I did the upgrade. Well, enough of that. Back to iPhoto.
Aperture 2.1.1. was released. I waited. Read every single review and commentary from customers I could find, then, I decided to give it another shot.
And this is worth noting: One of the deciding factors in purchasing 2.1.1. for me was the 50 mini video tutorials posted on Apple's website. I was able to find out how to handle very specific issues just by watching these tutorials.
I found a copy of 2.1.1. on Amazon for $156.49 w/ free shipping.
Reset my camera to RAW + JPEG FINE. Did a walkabout the neighborhood and shot everything.
Today, Aperture arrived. I installed it, dumped a couple of hundred photos in it and started using the editing tools. So easy to use. Incredibly powerful. Probably old hat for the DSLR photographers out there, but, it was a day of revelations for me.
What an incredible product. I just can't believe it. I can do things in minutes that would takes hours in a darkroom.
Great job Apple.
(779 of 826 people found this review useful)
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Aperture 2
Worth and useful for photographers
Written by VC from Brooklyn
Oct 2, 2008
I am an amateur photographer, and this has proven to be more useful to me personally than iphoto w/more functions in terms of its …Read moresoftware specializes in filing, comparing, editing, exporting your work. In a metaphor it's a cabinet that holds all your pictures in an orderly manner; it allows you to lay it out on a light table digitally, photoshop is there to polish the specifics of individual pictures. It's worth an investment.
(411 of 471 people found this review useful)
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Aperture 2
Way ahead of the competition
Written by CC from Ottawa
Oct 19, 2008
There are several amazing features about this product that makes it the best in its class (for quick photo edititng and organizati…Read moreon). First of all, its interface is extremely clean and well organized so that it makes it very easy for the user to find everything that he needs. Also, this product has great features for organizing your phtots and finding them very quickly, viewing your photots in full screen mode and making quick but important adjustments to your photos. Overall, their is nothing tht compares to this product. Plus, it is virtually bug free and works the way you would expect an apple product to work. Keep up the good work apple!!!!
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