You’ve taken a great shot. Now you’re ready to make it even better. Aperture gives you all the tools you need to turn your photography into so much more.

Featuring a RAW-focused workflow, Aperture makes RAW as easy as JPEG, letting you import, edit, catalog, organize, retouch, publish, and archive your images more effectively and efficiently than ever before.

Aperture offers everything you need for after the shoot, delivering the first all-in-one post-production tool for photographers. From capture to output, you work directly with your RAW files, never having to first convert them into another format before viewing, adjusting, organizing, or printing them.

And with the most powerful image processing in the world, Aperture is fast, whether you are working with RAW, TIFF or JPEG images.

Aperture supports the RAW formats from all leading digital camera manufacturers (including Canon and Nikon) and provides optimized support for such market leading cameras as the Canon EOS 1Ds Mark II, Canon EOS 20D, and Nikon D2x as well as the highly popular Canon Digital Rebel and Nikon D50. It also supports the Adobe DNG format.

Note: You will have to login with your Apple ID and to enter your Aperture serial number to get this Aperture update.

Here are some key features of "Apple Aperture":

Optimized for speed:
· With a superfast search engine and Quick Preview mode for rapid-fire photo browsing, Aperture offers sizzling end-to-end speed even when working with large libraries.

Intuitive and accessible:
· With its streamlined user interface, Aperture puts library, metadata, and adjustment controls in one tabbed inspector; makes better use of screen real estate; and provides direct access to your iPhoto library from within Aperture.

Powerful image processing:
· Enhance your photos using an expanded suite of adjustment tools including Recovery, Vibrancy, Vignette, and a soft-edged Retouch brush - all with the highest-quality RAW processing.

Superior integration:
· Instantly publish a .Mac Web Gallery for viewing via the web, iPhone, iPod touch, or Apple TV; design and order beautiful custom books; and access your Aperture library from within iLife, iWork, or Leopard Mail.

Requirements:

· 1GB of RAM (2GB of RAM required for Mac Pro)
· DVD drive for installation
· 1GB of disk space for application and documentation
· 7GB of disk space for Sample Library

Limitations:

· 30 days trial

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· This update resolves an issue that could prevent auto-imported Photo Stream images from being displayed in the library after your Photo Stream hits 1,000 images.