Flash Export Plug-In

Finally someone has figured out Flash export from Aperture. For those looking for built-in copy protection, this might be the solution for you.

Click here for Rob Galbraith's review.

Aperture to Final Cut Pro Plug-in

Connected Flow has released an Aperture Plug-in so you can export images directly from Aperture to Final Cut Pro. It includes options for duration, transitions and sequence settings.


Click here for a preview at Rob Galbraith's website.

Click here for the Connected Flow site.

Aperture 1.5 on Three Macs - Bare Feats

Thanks to suggestions by Aperture users, we've come up with at least three benchmarks. We used the sample RAW photos included with Aperture so that you can duplicate our tests on your own Mac.

Click here for the full source at Bare Feats.

Thanks to Bagelturf .

Apple Pro Training Series: Aperture 1.5 (Apple Pro Training)

Orlando Luna and Ben Long's updated Aperture 1.5 book was just released. Now fully updated for version 1.5, this comprehensive book-DVD combo starts with the basics of image management and takes you step by step all the way through Aperture's powerful photo-editing, image-retouching, proofing, publishing, and archiving features. Version 1.5's new features are completely covered, including the new image editing tools, expanded search capabilities, new Loupe tool, and support for many more RAW file formats.

Apple Pro Training Series: Aperture 1.5 (Apple Pro Training)

Great Articles at Bagelturf

Aperture on a Samba Server.
Deleting Referenced Masters.
Filtering Keywords.


Click here to read Bagelturf's great collection of articles.

Why You Should Try Aperture

"It rocks."
"It is a worry free, easy to use, powerful, slick, beautiful piece of software"
"I find my self popping it open the moment I have some free time to play with pictures"
"If you at all like taking digital photos, Aperture is the one for you"

Click here for Showngo's unbiased review of Aperture.

Bare Feats Core 2 Duo Test

The MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo's advantage over the Core Duo version ranged from 9% to 75% depending on what app we ran. The faster core clock speed should provide an 8% advantage, so everything beyond that is "gravy." Most surprising were the significant gains with Aperture 1.5 and Photoshop CS2.

Click here for the full page of results from Bare Feats.