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Aperture 3
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  1. DVD-ROM: 1 item
  2. Platforms: Mac, Mac OS X
  3. Publisher: Apple
  4. ESRB Rating: Rating Pending
  5. Format: DVD-ROM
  6. Sales Rank in Electronics: #1537

Product Review

The new Aperture 3 gives you powerful yet easy-to-use tools to refine images, showcase your photography, and manage massive libraries on your Mac. It’s pro performance with iPhoto simplicity.

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Aperture 3 combines powerful performance with iPhoto simplicity to help you refine images, showcase your photography, and manage massive libraries on your Mac. With more than 200 new features and enhancements, it can help you take your photography to the next level. Now you can perfect your images with brushes. Apply adjustment presets to instantly create a custom look. And when you import your pictures from iPhoto, all name and location data is preserved.

Apple Aperture 3

Taking photos. Further.

Organize photos by faces and places.


Aperture 3 advances the Faces and Places technology in iPhoto. It features new ways to organize your photos by the people in them and more robust GPS tools for mapping images.
Aperture 3 -- Faces
Now you can group your photos by the people in them. Even within individual projects.
Aperture 3 -- Prints
Create dramatic prints and custom books with Apple-designed templates.
Perfect your images with brushes.


Apply or remove adjustments and effects to selected parts of your images with nondestructive, edge-aware brushes. A set of 15 Quick Brushes handles the most common touchup jobs.
Adjustment presets.


Instantly give your images a custom look or emulate a variety of camera types and processing styles. Choose from dozens of ready-touse presets, create your own, or import presets from other Aperture users.
Advanced slideshows.


Create stunning slideshows that weave together photos and HD video clips. Add text using your choice of fonts, styles, and colors. Build a layered soundtrack with location audio clips and music tracks.
Aperture 3 Key Features


Aperture 3 delivers more than 200 new features, including:
AppleCare Support


In the United States and Canada, new registered users of Aperture 3 receive 90 days of complimentary software installation support via telephone. In addition, Apple offers a range of support options, including AppleCare Help Desk Support, which provides one year of direct access to Apple’s Professional Application Support team. Visit www.apple.com/support/products for more information.

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Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review
3.2 out of 5 stars (60 customer reviews)

157 of 161 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Photo Organizer, Editor, and Publisher, February 11, 2010
B. Fuller (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Aperture 3 (DVD-ROM)
Before I start the review I need to add a few caveats. The first is I have not really used Adobe Lightroom so I will not be comparing Aperture 3 to Lightroom. (Lightroom is the biggest competitor to Aperture and from what I have read owns the majority of the market). I have tried Lightroom 3 and I could not get past the restrictive module system and the small editing space. I thought I was going to have to slog through learning how to used Lightroom 3 when Apple surprised and delighted me by releasing Aperture 3. Also, I haven't really used iPhoto that much since I got Aperture 2. So I will only be making passing remarks about those programs. The other caveat is that this is a massive program with massive upgrades and there is no way I can cover everything so I will be covering how this program handles my workflow.

Bottom Line Up Front: Aperture 3 is an amazing Photographic Workflow System that fits all of my professional and personal needs. Apple has implemented...Read more


131 of 147 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Frequent crashes... SGML, February 13, 2010
SnouterShooter (Felton, California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Aperture 3 (DVD-ROM)
Yes, Aperture 3 is very fast compared to Aperture 2 and 1, and it has a lot of wonderful features, but its instability on my system is a show-stopper. SGML: Sounds Good, Maybe Later!

I downloaded the trial version of Aperture 3 from Apple. It's the same as the standard version but requires a purchased serial number after 30 days. Unfortunately, only one hour was needed to determine that this software is not yet ready for prime time. It crashed 3 times during the first hour of use, and then I deleted it from my system (iMac 27" i5, 8 GB RAM).

Instead of buying Aperture 3 now, I'd recommend waiting until at least the first few patches are released by Apple. I'm sure these issues will be addressed sooner or later. Google "Aperture 3" and "crash" and "unstable" online to see what other photographer are saying right now.

If you're feeling lucky, here are a couple of tips that might save you from spending hours and hours of frustrating work:

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31 of 34 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect All-In-One Photography Package for Apple Owners, April 29, 2010
Michael E. Comeau (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Aperture 3 (DVD-ROM)
At about $170-175, Aperture 3 is the best buy you can make in Mac-only photography software. In one package, you get great image editing tools and world-class organizational capabilities. That's all that most non-pros need.

Aperture is easy to learn and reasonably fast if you have a decent Mac, and its biggest strength is that it allows you to get away from the computer FAST. It doesn't take long at all to import, keyword, and rate my pics, and delete the garbage. From there, Aperture lets you edit your pics very quickly, even in bulk if you want, and it has all the exporting capabilities you could want, including ones for Facebook and Flickr.

Plus, the new brushes are awesome - especially the skin-moothing tool which can freshen up your friends skin in a jiffy. And of course, the much-needed preset feature is fun to play with. The slideshow feature has been enhanced as well, and basically sticks iMovie into Aperture with much-improved exporting options...Read more

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