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Aperture 1.5
Aperture has just hit 1.5, which will be available later this week as a free upgrade for current Aperture users or $299 for the new users. A new, open library system has been added to allow for storage of photos on a number of different media. It also allows for a subset of photos to be stored on your portable, whilst the rest of the library is on a big disk somewhere.
The biggest news, at least to me, is that Aperture can now run on all Macs, from mini on up to Mac Pro. Third party plugin support is also very cool. For a full list of new features check out What's new in Aperture 1.5.
You can also check out the Quicktour of the new features.
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flaco said 12:15PM on 9-25-2006
Does it have a new interface.. as the new itunes 7 has?... i cannot distinguish clearly from the pics posted here..
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Mike said 12:25PM on 9-25-2006
Looks like it has the same dark gray pro-app interface it always had.
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neil said 12:44PM on 9-25-2006
Any word on whether or not 1.5 can identify and delete duplicates?
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Brian said 12:54PM on 9-25-2006
yes, but can it run on the 12" powerbook?
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Daniel said 12:59PM on 9-25-2006
and yet still no tethered shooting support from what i can tell.
is it too much to ask for?
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Chris said 1:12PM on 9-25-2006
No, according to the linked page it cannot run on all Macs. It can run on all Intel-based Macs. There is a difference.
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Nathan said 1:26PM on 9-25-2006
Ok these updates are finally making some progress but I want to know what other photographers use for photo enhancement and organization instead of Aperture on their mac...
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Jimmie said 1:56PM on 9-25-2006
Maybe it can run on all Macs, but is it usable? I hope they've made some improvements since the 1.0. Adobe Lightroom (currently beta4) might be a viable alternative for some of you.
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schmod said 3:17PM on 9-25-2006
Personally, I've always been partial to Pixmantec's RawShooter.
It's regrettably PC-only, but is easily the fastest and snappiest program of its kind that I've come across, and definitely conforms to the KISS philosophy. The RAW engine behind it also feels like it's a step up from Adobe's.
I am glad, however, that Apple's trying to keep the user community behind Aperture in good faith by offering these upgrades and improvements for free, admitting that the early versions of the product were somewhat unusable.
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Tom said 3:25PM on 9-25-2006
tethered Aperture workflow. Maybe not native but still works well. Using automator, your camera, and aperture. No other third party programs.
http://proapptips.com/tips/article.php?story=20060824135923419
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Fredrik said 7:01PM on 9-25-2006
According to the Apple Store, Aperture 1.5 is a Universal Binary. So it should work on all Macs.
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Scott said 9:32PM on 9-25-2006
New interface that is replacing aqua. :) and :(
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Tony said 12:40PM on 9-26-2006
@schmod:
Adobe has purchased the RawShooter engine from Pixamantec, and has already begun incorporating it into Lighroom. Beta 4 already has some of the features, and we can expect to see more as they get closer to final release.
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0606/06062602adobebuypixmantec.asp
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