Originally published November 18 2005
Apple introduces post-production photography tool
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Apple's new Aperture tool is an "all-in-one post production tool" that features non-destructive image processing, color-managed printing and can create custom, professional-caliber books. The price is $499.
Apple also used today to introduce Aperture, what it is claiming is the the first all-in-one post production tool that provides everything photographers need after the shoot.
Aimed to do the same for photographers as Final Cut Pro has done for movie makers, Aperture offers an advanced RAW workflow that makes working with a camera's RAW images as easy as JPEG.
Unique compare and select tools in Aperture allow photographers to easily sift through massive photo projects and quickly identify their final selections.
Aperture is the first application that automatically groups sequences of photos into easy-to-manage Stacks based on the time interval between exposures.
In what Apple is claiming as an industry first, Aperture allows photographers to navigate through entire projects in a full-screen workspace that can be extended to span multiple displays, tiling multiple images side-by-side for a faster, easier compare and select.
With Aperture's Loupe magnifying tool, portions of images can be examined in fine detail without having to zoom and pan across large files.
In addition, a virtual Light Table provides the ideal canvas for building simple photo layouts, allowing them to be arranged, resized and piled together in a free-form space.
RAW images are maintained natively throughout Aperture without any intermediate conversion process, and can be retouched with stunning results using a suite of adjustment tools designed especially for photographers.
Aperture's non-destructive image processing engine never alters a single pixel of original photos so photographers have the power and flexibility to modify or delete changes at any point in the workflow.
Aperture features a complete colour-managed pipeline with support for device specific ColorSync profiles and a set of high-quality output tools for photographers to showcase their work.
Aperture provides a deceptively simple layout environment where photographers can quickly create and order custom professional-caliber books and publish stunning web galleries.
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