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Apple
Aperture 1.5
Designed
for professional photogrophers
The
first all-in-one post-production tool for serious photographers,
Aperture provides everything you need for after the
shoot. Using its comprehensive collection of tools,
you can easily import, manage, edit, catalog, organise,
adjust, publish, export, and archive your images more
effectively and efficiently than ever before.
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Aperture
1.5 delivers compelling new features, including flexible library
management that lets you store images anywhere you'd like.
The free update also introduces third-party export plug-ins
that let you use Aperture as the front end to extended workflows.
Aperture 1.5 offers RAW support for more than 50 camera models
from a wide variety of manufacturers (including Canon, Nikon,
Fujifilm, Sony, and others) and extends support to all Intel-based
Macs - from the Mac mini and MacBook to the Mac Pro.
Features
Include:
Advanced
RAW-focused Workflow
Powerful, Aperture features a RAW-focused workflow from capture
to output that makes working with RAW files as easy as JPEG.
No need to convert your RAW files before doing anything with
them. Aperture automatically creates "versions"
of your "master" images to preview, crop, colour
correct, sharpen, and apply other modifications to. What's
more, they're all totally non-destructive in nature. Your
RAW originals remain perfectly safe because Aperture doesn't
change a single pixel in them.
Professional
Photo Management
Shooting more than you've ever shot before? Everyone is. And
that's why Aperture was designed with powerful photo management
tools. Not only can this innovative application accommodate
hundreds of thousands of images, but Aperture lets you choose
the best way to store them. Consolidated into a single library
that Aperture manages for you. On a variety of hard drives,
networked volumes, and optical media. Or a combination thereof.
However you decide to store them, flexible organisational
tools let you logically manage images using folders, projects,
and albums and in the method that makes the most sense for
your needs. Aperture also offers simple yet powerful tools
for assigning metadata. In fact, you can begin the process
on import, and presets let you fill metadata fields enmasse.
No more onesy-twosies that rob hours of your time. And in
Aperture searching is lightning fast and laser accurate, letting
you quickly and easily find the one image - or the hundred
- you need.
Powerful
Compare-and-Select Tools
When it comes to powering through a large shoot and making
critical decisions, no single application offers the collection
of campare-and-select tools you'll find in Aperture. It lets
you work Full Screen. Or on multiple screens. You can put
two (or more) images onscreen at once for easy side-by-side
comparisons. Pull out a Loupe and dial in the degree of magnification
- up to 1600%. Rate images with a single keystroke. Aperture
also lets you Stack images - just like you're used to doing
on a light table. In fact, it even has its own Light Table.
Nondestructive
Image Processing
Comprehensive in scope, Aperture provides a full range of
non-destructive adjustment tools. They let you fine-tune exposure;
check and adjust Levels; modify White Balance; adjust hue,
saturation, and luminance on a colour-by-colour basis; sharpen
edges; modify highlights and shadow values. You can even create
presets that speed image adjustments. And Aperture lets you
easily crop, straighten, reduce noise, correct red-eye, and
eliminate dust. You can even "Lift" multiple adjustments
- including cropping and straightening adjustments - from
one image and "Stamp" them onto others.
Versatile
Printing and Publishing
Offering a complete colour-managed workflow - based on ColorSync
- Aperture also offers a full complement of output options,
letting you quickly and easily create contact sheets, printed
portfolios, books, or customised prints. Print them yourself,
or order professional prints and books without leaving Aperture.
Aperture makes it just as easy to create slideshows and stunning
websites. You can even make your Aperture Library "to
go" by syncing all or a portion of it to iPod. And by
taking advantage of a new drag-and-drop JPEG export feature,
you can quickly take an image from your Aperture library and
incorporate it in an iWeb photo blog, Keynote presentation,
Motion animation, iDVD slideshow, or cut away in iMovie HD
or Final Cut Pro. There's more. Using its new Export API,
you can connect Aperture to a variety of output, storage,
and publishing services via third-party plug-ins, creating
custom workflows that use Aperture as your front end.
Tight
Integration
Tight integration with Mac OS X and other applications means
that you can easily incorporate your Aperture images in Keynote
presentations, iDVD slideshows, iWeb photo blogs, or other
iLife '06 or iWork '06 projects using the Media Browser. Or
simply drag images from Aperture and drop them into Motion,
Final Cut Express, Final Cut Pro, or other documents from
other applications. Aperture can also work hand-in-hand with
Automator to help you create automated workflows. And it integrates
with third-party applications just as seamlessly. For example,
when you export RAW images, Aperture also exports their associated
metadata in XMP sidecar files, making it easy for applications
- like Photoshop - to pick up and use that metadata. And thanks
to its extensible architecture, Aperture lets you install
and take advantage of third-party extensions for sharing,
storing, printing, publishing, and selling your photographs
in exciting new ways.
System
Requirements:
Aperture
takes advantage of the PowerPC G5 processor or the Intel Core
Duo processor for the fastest performance. Performance depends
on the processor speed, amount of RAM, graphics subsystem, and
graphics card installed.
- One
of the following Macintosh computers:
Mac Pro
Power Mac G5 with 1.6GHz or faster PowerPC G5 processor
MacBook Pro
MacBook
15- or 17-inch PowerBook G4 with 1.25GHz or faster PowerPC
G4 processor
iMac with 1.8GHz or faster PowerPC G5 or Intel Core Duo
processor
Mac mini with Intel Core Solo or Duo processor
Mac OS X v10.4.8
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Memory:
1GB of RAM required
2GB of RAM required for Mac Pro
- One
of the following graphics cards:
ATI Radeon X600 Pro or X600 XT
ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition
ATI Radeon X850 XT
ATI Radeon X1600
ATI Radeon X1900 XT
ATI Radeon 9800 XT or 9800 Pro
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
ATI Radeon 9600, 9600 XT, 9600 Pro, or 9650
ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 or 9600
ATI Mobility X1600
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE or 6600
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL or 6800 GT DDL
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
Intel GMA 950
- 5GB
of disk space for the application, sample projects, and
tutorial
- DVD
drive for installation
Recommended
Configuration
- Mac
computer with 2GHz or faster Intel Core Duo or dual 2GHz
of faster PowerPC G5
- Mac
OS X version 10.4.8
- 2GB
of SDRAM
- One
of the following graphics cards:
ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition
ATI Radeon X1600
ATI Radeon X1900 XT
ATI Radeon 9800 XT or 9800 Pro
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL or 6800 GT DDL
NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
- 5GB
of disk space for application, sample projects, and tutorial
- DVD
drive for installation
Educational
Pricing:
| Apple
Aperture 1.5 |
Licence
only*
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3
Year Maintenance
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| Aperture
1.5 (minimum of 5) |
£41.70
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£84.26
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*Price
per license.
Call for Media pricing. Manual £11.91
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