Win a copy of Apple’s Aperture 3.0
February 9th, 2010Drumroll please…. the winners of the Aperture 3.0 giveaway:
- Lauren Gniazdowski (Facebook entry)
- @jonkgoering (Twitter entry)
- @schmbrln (Twitter entry)
- Paul ‘Spike’ Reddington (Blog entry)
- Jon Friedman (blog entry)
***CLOSED***** Win 1 of 5 copies of Aperture 3.0! You can enter any of the following ways:
- RT the following on Twitter:
RT & follow @caseytempleton by March 15 for a chance to win copy of Aperture 3.0 | details: http://bit.ly/b5xleY | #ApertureRocks - Post a comment anywhere on my blog and finish your comment with “+APERTURE ROCKS!”
- Post a comment on the Casey Templeton Photography Facebook Fan Page and include “APERTURE ROCKS!”
I was excited to hear that Apple released Aperture 3 this morning! I am equally excited to see that a number of my images were used on the website, instructional videos, etc! Since I started using Aperture in 2007, my image library has been revolutionized and the ease of organizing, editing, and delivering images to clients has taken my production process to the next level. Press release below as well as link to a free trial. Please never hesitate to hit me up with questions on getting started!
Aperture 3 Released by Apple
Press Release from Apple:
Apple Releases Aperture 3
New Features Include Faces, Places & Brushes
CUPERTINO, California—February 9, 2010—Apple® today introduced Aperture™ 3, the next major release of its powerful photo editing and management software, with over 200 new features including Faces, Places and Brushes. Building on the innovative Faces and Places features introduced in iPhoto® ’09, Aperture 3 makes it even easier and faster to organize large photo libraries. Aperture 3 introduces new tools to refine your photos including Brushes for painting image adjustments onto parts of your photo, and Adjustment Presets for applying professional photo effects with just one click. Stunning new slideshows let you share your work by weaving together photos, audio, text and HD video.
“Millions of people love using iPhoto to organize, edit and share their digital photos,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “Aperture 3 is designed for both professionals who edit and manage massive libraries of photos and iPhoto users who want to take their photos further with easy-to-use tools such as Brushes and Adjustment Presets.”
“Aperture 3 gets it right,” said National Geographic photographer, Jim Richardson. “The image editing tools are exactly what I have been asking for, they’re so easy to use and give me a level of control that I never even thought possible.”
“I chose Aperture because it was the most powerful archiving application around, but it’s now an unbelievable imaging tool as well,” said Bill Frakes, Sports Illustrated staff photographer. “I am beyond impressed with the massive changes made in Aperture 3.”
Aperture 3 allows you to organize large photo libraries with even more flexibility using Projects and the new Faces and Places. Faces uses face detection and recognition to find and organize your photos by the people in them. You can view faces across your entire photo library or view just the faces that appear in selected projects. In a new view that speeds up the organization process, Aperture 3 displays faces that have been detected but haven’t yet been named. Places lets you explore your photos based on where they were taken, and like in iPhoto, Places automatically reverse geocodes GPS data into user-friendly locations. In Aperture 3, you can assign locations by dragging-and-dropping photos onto a map or by using location information from GPS enabled cameras, tracking devices or your iPhone® photos.
The new Brushes feature allows you to add professional touches to your photos by simply painting effects onto the image. Aperture 3 includes 15 Quick Brushes that perform the most popular tasks like Dodge, Burn, Polarize and Blur, without the complexity of layers or masks. Brushes can automatically detect edges in your images to let you apply or remove effects exactly where you want them. Aperture 3 includes dozens of Adjustment Presets that apply a specific style or look to the entire image with just a click. You can create your own custom presets or explore the techniques of other photographers by importing theirs.
Aperture 3 makes it easy to share your work with stunning slideshows that weave together photos, audio, text and HD video. You can select one of six Apple designed themes or choose your own transitions, background, borders and titles, and even add your own soundtrack. You can export your slideshows directly to iTunes® to take with you on your iPhone or iPod touch®. You can also share photographs as beautiful prints, create custom-designed hardcover books and publish to online photo sharing sites like Facebook and Flickr, right from Aperture 3.
Pricing & Availability
Aperture 3 is available through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers for a suggested retail price of $199 (US) and existing Aperture users can upgrade for a suggested retail price of $99 (US). A downloadable 30-day trial version is available at www.apple.com/aperture/trial. Aperture 3 runs as a 64-bit application on Mac OS® X Snow Leopard® on Macs with Intel Core 2 Duo processors. Full system requirements, online tutorials and more information on Aperture 3 can be found at www.apple.com/aperture.
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Posted in News, Photography, Promotion on February 9th, 2010
Congrats Casey! That’s really great to have your images on apple.com
(funfact haha) Aperture 3 looks really good & looks like some awesome UI improvements. The integration to iTunes is also something else that is a neat feature. Thanks for the post!
How do you feel that Aperture 3 compares to Lightroom 2? Now that I’ve worked with Lightroom, I’m not sure that I’d go back, even though the whole “Apple Syncing” is a big plus…
I feel Aperture 3 is a stronger program to use over Lightroom because it works seamlessly with my entire work flow in the Apple products line. Also, it just works so well and cuts out all the fat of cluttered design that I have seen in LR.
Thanks for the feedback Casey!
Congrats! Which photos exactly are yours?
I work for Apple actually and want to point these out to customers when they come in the store.
Miko, maholo! A lot of the wedding photos on there that you can find a lot in the Faces, Books, and multiple other places in the app. Thanks!
Can’t wait to test this out, with a new free version would be even more awesome! And then to watch tutorials with your photos guiding the way… pretty cool man. The Apple universe never seems to cease it’s wow factor. Especially for this beginner looking to get more serious with his photography, even if it will only be to shoot the new family I’m about to have. (April 7th due date is so close!)
+APERTURE ROCKS!
Hello from Central Virginia! Thanks for posting the weekly tips and for offering this amazing giveaway–I just downloaded my trial version and am getting familiar. I use Photoshop & Bridge but find that while Bridge lets me sort files after my initial event download, it’s not as flexible as Aperture.
+APERTURE ROCKS!
Hi Casey,
Sure do enjoy watching you mature as a photographer! I didn’t see any rules on how the Aperture winners will be chosen, so I thought a little begging would be in line… I have a new baby girl Aspen Zia Brady, she is 5 months old and I am starting to collect a bit of images of her as you can imagine. I shouldn’t keep them on my work computer any more they’re getting in the way, so I’m buying a Mac and I sure could use a copy of Aperture from my old buddy Casey whom I’ve known since high school. I remember the day you and Josh went riding around and you came back with the garage image, I wasn’t sure if that cool image was a fluke or if you were the real deal, now you’ve gone further than I ever would have thought. Who would have guessed, pretty cool. I have pictures on facebook of Aspen, go to my profile and you’ll see her, afterwards you’ll think to yourself, “now that Eric sure does need a copy of Aperture!” Cause you know Casey… +APERTURE ROCKS!
Casey, I’m a chemical engineer by job title, but my background in photography means that I light and shoot some of the promotional images for my company. I just found your blog via the SportsShooter thread about your recent direct mail campaign. That campaign is flat-out the coolest direct mailer I have ever seen. Actually, it’s probably the coolest advertising I’ve ever seen. I have to believe that you will reap the benefits of that for quite some time. Awesome idea and execution.
The reason that I’m commenting *here* in your blog is that I’ve been looking for some direction as to how to organize my Aperture libraries… I was excited to stumble into your description of your organization system. Plus, it looks like a great way to tame my current List-of-Aperture-Projects beast. I need to do some studying of your info and then adjust it for my situation, but man do I appreciate your comments in this department. Thanks! Oh yeah…
+APERTURE ROCKS!
Thanks to you I now have a Twitt account. Looking at your website, it’s all amazing. I’m a new photographer well new as in marketing myself, but I’m seeing some cool ideas and just great to learn more about my craft. +APERTURE ROCKS!
I’m glad to hear you say that Aperture works seamlessly with your entire work flow in the Apple products line. This is one of the main reasons I would like to switch. +APERTURE ROCKS!
Nice blog. Great work!! +APERTURE ROCKS!
Hi Casey,
Found your site through APE’s website and was astonished to see the lunchbox promo. Amazing stuff! I’m currently using Lightroom but I’m an Apple fanatic (the sensible kind) and I tried Aperture when it was just released and didn’t like it. I’m sure it’s been vastly improved so I’m about to donwload the trial. I’d love to hear why you like it better than LR.
Anyway, congratulations on some great photography and the incredible lunchbox promo. From the response I’ve seen on the web you are going to be VERY busy.
P.S. +APERTURE ROCKS!
Casey,
It’s so exciting to see you become a professional and acclaimed photographer. I was so impressed with your work in our feature magazine class at good ole’ JMU. God bless you for embracing your passion for photography.
I have just started a graphic design business and want to get more into photography. I have used Aperture a little, but have not dived in to purchase it yet. Thanks for all of the great tips. We can all learn a lot from you.
+APERTURE ROCKS!
PICK ME! PICK ME! +Aperture Rocks
+ Aperture Rocks! I would have never pay attention to it but your work and blog chaned my mind! Great job! I now love it and my 30 day trial has ended. Time to buy .