Aperture was an

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developed by Apple for the

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operating system. It was first released in 2005 and was discontinued in 2015. The software handled a number of tasks common in

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work such as importing and organizing image files, applying corrective adjustments, displaying

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s, and printing photographs. Features of Aperture included

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; organization of photographs by keyword, faces (using

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), and places (using

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embedded in image files); brushes for applying effects (such as

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, skin smoothing, and polarization); and exporting to

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, and

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. On June 2, 2014, Apple announced

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as a replacement for Aperture and

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. Aperture 3.6, a final update adding compatibility with

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, was released on October 16, 2014. Aperture was discontinued and removed from sale on April 8, 2015. Mojave was the last version of macOS to officially support Aperture, as the release of

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on October 7, 2019 did not support the app, however, a third party modification allows Aperture's final version to run on macOS Catalina and newer.

Features

* Complete

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support from import to export (for supported cameras). * Supports tethered shooting from

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and

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. * Master image files (raw or otherwise) may be kept in place on import or migrated into the Aperture library. * Raw Fine Tuning, allowing versions of raw decode to be managed over time and conversion parameters adjusted. * Many image adjustment tools including specific color retouching, a luminance based edge sharpener, and spot repair. * Lens correction tools, such as

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. * Project management, with extensive metadata and searching support. * Autostacking, a way to group photos based on the time between shutter clicks. * Stacks (for grouping photos) and Versions (for making multiple working copies of the same image). * Multiple display spanning. * Loupe, allowing viewing of images at zooms from 50% to 1600%. * Light Table, a type of freeform workspace. * Native support of the

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PSD, PNG,

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and

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formats. * Nondestructive image editing. * Customizable printing and publishing. * Supports importing from

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and

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memory card readers or directly from a camera connected via USB. * Ability to simultaneously zoom and pan multiple images. * Read and write support for

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image metadata. * Heavily customizable book creation. * Web gallery and blog creation, uploadable via

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. * Full-featured full-screen mode, for editing and sorting images.

Aperture 2.0

Aperture 2.0 was released on February 12, 2008, with a reduced US price of $199. This can be compared with the $499 price tag of version 1.0. *Streamlined interface. *Enhanced performance due to database optimizations and interface improvements. *Enhanced image processing with updated raw support. *Improved integration with macOS, MobileMe (now

) and various software packages including iLife and iWork. *Support for editing plug-ins, including Apple's own

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tool (Aperture 2.1).

Aperture 3.0

Aperture 3.0 was released on February 9, 2010. and was the first version of Aperture to require an Intel-based Macintosh computer (previous versions could run on PowerPC based systems). With the launch of the

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on January 6, 2011, Apple started offering Aperture 3.0 through the store at a reduced US price of $80. Apple claims more than 200 new features are included in version 3.0 and cites the main enhancements as follows: * 64 bit application, able to handle huge files such as very high definition scans. *Face detection and recognition tool, called Faces. *Place pictures on maps using Places. It is compatible with

metadata and manually editable through an interactive map. *Native

and

integration. *Nondestructive, edge-aware brushes to apply adjustments to photos. *Dozens of new built-in adjustment presets. Some photographers created custom presets available for download. *Advanced slideshows. *Handling and editing of video and audio files.

Version history

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