Let's just say it: Aperture 2 is here - and boy are some of us here at TUAW excited. Amongst the news, the full-price of the application has dropped to just $199 US, with the paid upgrade being just $99. That's down from the previous full price of $299 -- a price currently retained by competitor Adobe Lightroom (we'll see how long that lasts).New features include:
- Quick Preview mode -- 'for rapid-fire photo browsing'
- re-engineered database for the application to allow Quick Preview touted to be snappy even with half-million-image libraries.
- an all-in-one heads-up panel for Library, Adjustment and Meta-data controls.
- a selection of new tools: Recovery for blown highlights, Vignette & Devignette, Definition , Vibrancy and Repair and Retouch
- .Mac Web Gallery integration
- and 'All Projects' view, not dissimilar to iPhoto '08's 'Events' view
- improved RAW decoding
Thanks to all those who sent this in!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
2-12-2008 @ 9:10AM
wilwayco said...
The Aperture page has been updated.. :P
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2-12-2008 @ 9:16AM
ak said...
yes you can request a test drive of aperture 2.0, oh wait a minute, they send you aperture 1.5.6 trial?
I need so much hardware, i think is going be slower on macbookpro, to bad..
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2-12-2008 @ 9:23AM
Politico said...
" The new version is available to buy in the US online store now, and undoubtedly heading to other international online stores soon, though the Aperture site has yet to be updated to reflect the changes."
Also available at Authorized Dealers everywhere. Why do so many sites always seem to favour the Apple Store at the expense of dealers? As if Apple's unfair trade practises such as unfair product allocations don't hurt us enough as it is.
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2-12-2008 @ 9:29AM
Felix H said...
It's obvious that Apple has not prepared well on this release. I even received an Aperture 1.5 serial number when I tried to download and get an Aperture 2 serial number.
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2-12-2008 @ 9:31AM
Libb said...
Hmmm...
I guess it's time to break out Pacifist again and see just how slow this version will run on my iBook, especially since the system requirements state it won't run on anything less than a Dual 2.0 GHz G5... (Aperture 1.5 isn't SUPPOSED to run on my iBook, but with a little Installer Package hackery, it worked fine, although it always had a nasty "memory leak" (AKA after an hour or two open, it would be using 700MB of my gig of RAM, which is probably entirely normal...))
EDIT: After seeing the Tech Specs page, it turns out it'll run fine on a 15-inch PB G4 with a 1.25GHz or faster G4, so it should run on my iBook 1.33GHz, although the Radeon 9550 isn't specifically mentioned as supported (probably because they figure anyone wanting to run Aperture on an iBook is insane...)
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2-12-2008 @ 9:33AM
Jonathan said...
Argh.. Same problem. Got the 2.0 trial dmg downloaded, but recived a 1.5 serial.. :(
Wake up apple..!
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2-12-2008 @ 9:44AM
Debbie Ripps said...
I ordered Aperture on my new Mac Pro (shipped and arriving on friday).
So what version will I receive? Also---what about this price drop. I don't think that's reflected in my order either. When I check on my order details it just says Aperture.
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2-12-2008 @ 9:49AM
Debbie Ripps said...
oh interesting. Store for Education doesn't have price for Aperture yet. When I try to configure new Mac Pro there is not option to have Aperture pre-installed. (in store for Education). Just behind?
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2-12-2008 @ 9:50AM
Greg Taylor said...
There is a new iLife software update "...This update also supports important bug fixes for Aperture 2.0."
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2-12-2008 @ 9:54AM
David said...
Aperture 2 is on the U.S. education store in the "Apple Software" section. For some reason they raised the price on that to $180 from the $150. Lightroom EDU is only $99.
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2-12-2008 @ 10:19AM
Dan S. said...
That's because Apple recently revised their individual education discount on software to fall in-line with the hardware accessory discount of 10%. They had a huge number of people using/abusing the individual educational pricing policy. (I saw it all the time at my local Apple Store.)
The institutional discount is still very steep, so that current students, faculty and staff can purchase the software from their institution at a much deeper discount.
2-12-2008 @ 10:56AM
David said...
True, though they could do what Adobe does to curb that, which is require you to send them a .jpg or the like of your student ID. Not everyone's school store has any or all of Apple's products. Mine just has iMac's, MacBook's, and iPod nano's
2-12-2008 @ 10:16AM
Dan S. said...
Clicking the "Buy Now" link on the Aperture software page, or the Aperture featured item in the US Higher Ed store results in:
"Sorry... The item you have selected is currently not available from the Apple Store.
Please note that Apple cannot guarantee availability of any product."
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2-12-2008 @ 10:40AM
Scott said...
I also said this on Engadget:
Prices:
Full: $200
Upgrade: $100
Recent Purchase Upgrade: $10
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2-12-2008 @ 11:52AM
tim said...
i think a huge deal is TETHERED SHOOTING!!!!
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2-12-2008 @ 12:06PM
Christian said...
the trial keys they're sending out are for 1.5.6.
Nice Job!
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2-12-2008 @ 12:17PM
tms ruge said...
Check again... It worked properly on a second download
2-12-2008 @ 12:25PM
Brad W said...
Anyone got a running trial of it yet?
It's a much needed improvement to the UI. In 1.0 there was just too much going on at once.
Here's the features list: http://www.apple.com/aperture/features/100.html
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2-12-2008 @ 12:36PM
Scott said...
So I tried to install the trial version, and got an error telling me I have to have Mac OS 10.5.2.
So look forward to a new update to OS X today as well.
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2-12-2008 @ 12:49PM
David said...
10.5.2 was released yesterday.