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Aperture 1.1 released with improvements, price drop, $200 coupon for early adopters
When was the last time you heard of a .1 upgrade to an application putting $200 in your pocket? It looks like pushing the Aperture update back to April did some good after all: This morning, Apple released Aperture 1.1 with a host of upgrades and new features, the most notable being Universal Binary status, RAW image rendering speed boosts and new fine tuning controls, as well as a price reduction to $299 and - get this - a $200 coupon for Aperture 1.0 'early adopters,' redeemable at the online Apple Store (make your claim here).General performance has dramatically increased on both PPC and Intel-based Macs, with Apple's press release boasting that "common repetitive workflow tasks such as Lift and Stamp and searching are processed up to 4x faster on a MacBook Pro (2.16 GHz) than on a PowerBook(R) G4."The Aperture 1.1 upgrade is available for existing customers now through Software Update, and fresh $299 copies are also available now through the Apple Store.
TUAW Podcast the 8th
It's that time again! We've put together our eighth podcast, and in this edition Jan Kabili, Damien Barrett and Dave Caolo bring you some of our best posts from last week, in-depth details on Apple Computer vs. Apple Corps, a couple April fools jokes, new Apple stores and some interesting iPod accessories. It's all hosted by me, David Chartier, and is available in a variety of formats and channels: enhanced AAC MP3 our iTMS podcast and vidcast link our own RSS feed of podcasts Please let us know what you think of the new format in the comments.Enjoy!
Aperture 1.1 pushed back to April
Aperture 1.1 will still be a Universal Binary, and a free update, it'll just be a little later than expected. Originally Apple said it would be shipping in March, but now Aperture's website has been updated to reflect an April ship date.Good software takes time, it would seem.[via Macworld]
Integrate Aperture and iLife projects
If you are a photographer who works mostly in Apple's Aperture, you may have wished that you could access your projects from within the iLife applications instead of your iPhoto library. Aperture2iLife lets you do just that.Aperture2iLife takes care of converting your images from RAW files to JPEGs that the iLife apps (like iMovie and iDVD) can hand more easily. I don't have a copy of Aperture installed, so I couldn't try it out, and Aperture2iLife's site is a little scant with the details. Still, it looks pretty interesting. Aperture2iLife requires Mac OS 10.4 or later, iPhoto 6 and Aperture 1.0.1. There is a demo available, and a single license will cost you $19.95US.[Via Macsupport.ca]
Adobe targets Aperture with Lightroom
Remember when Steve said that Aperture is not a competitor to Adobe's products, but a companion? Perhaps Adobe didn't take Steve's message to heart. Earlier today at Macworld, Adobe released the public beta of Lightrooom, a new, professional digital imaging application that has much of the same functionality as Aperture.Adobe states that their focus with Lightroom is the image itself. As such, Lightroom's UI features a "Lights Out" mode, which allows the tools and pallets to fade into the background at a single click, emphasizing the image itself. Similar to Aperture, Lightroom also sports a zoom feature, allowing you to focus on a specific area of detail.You can download the 111MB beta from the Adobe-Macromedia Labs website. Recommended system requirements are Mac OS X 10.4.3, 1GHz PowerPC G4 processor, 768MB RAM and a 1024x768 resolution display. Pricing and future release dates have not been made available.
Macworld reviews Aperture 1.0.1
Macworld has taken Aperture 1.0.1 for a spin and they like what they see, for the most part. It seems like the phrase 'diamond in the rough' might be the best way to describe Apple's latest prosumer app. There are lots of bugs to deal with, a sluggish interface, and some RAW concerns that may trouble someone looking to plunk down $500 on some software.However, with that said, Macworld finds loads to like about Aperture as well, including the robust organizational methods that Aperture allows you to use.I'm sure lots of use would like to take Aperture for a test drive, but Apple hasn't released a demo version. I wonder why not.
Aperture 1.0.1
Aperture 1.01 has been released by Apple. According to the knowledge base article this update addresses a number of issues related to reliability and performance.' This .01 release seems to be designed to fix the rather lackluster performance of the app when editing metadata.As usual this update is recommended for all Aperture users, so if you can count yourself amongst that group get to downloading!
