Aperture

Aperture is a software program for Mac OS X announced by Apple Inc at a New York media event on October 19, 2005, designed to assist professional photographers in post-production work. It became available in November 2005.

* Complete RAW support from camera to output
* Master image files (RAW or otherwise) may be kept in place on import or migrated into the Aperture library
* RAW Fine Tune, allowing version 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
* 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 100% to 1600%
* Light Table, a type of freeform workspace
* Native Adobe Photoshop support
* Nondestructive image editing
* Customizable printing and publishing
* Supports importing from Compact Flash I, II and Microdrive, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Duo, Secure Digital, MultiMediaCard, SmartMedia, and xD Picture cards
* Ability to simultaneously zoom and pan multiple images
* Reading and input of IPTC metadata

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