14 DAY TRIAL // Via the Downloads section of its website, Apple has announced that a new update is available for Aperture 3 and iPhoto 09 users who wish to extend RAW image compatibility with a number of digital cameras. The software update is free to download and install on any machine running Mac OS X 10.5.8 (Leopard) or Mac OS X 10.6.2 (Snow Leopard) with Aperture 3 and / or iPhoto 09 installed.
Available via automatic Software Update as well, the new Digital Camera Raw Compatibility Update 3.1 is described by Apple as follows:
About Digital Camera Raw Compatibility Update 3.1 This update extends RAW image compatibility for Aperture 3 and iPhoto 09 for the following cameras:
- Hasselblad H3DII-50; - Leica M9; - Leica X1; - Olympus E-P1; - Olympus E-P2; - Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1; - Pentax K-7; - Pentax K-x; - Sony Alpha DSLR-A500; - Sony Alpha DSLR-A550; - Sony Alpha DSLR-A850.
Posted on February 25, 2010, the 6.77 MB update requires Mac OS X 10.5.8 or Mac OS X 10.6.2 and supports an extended number of languages, including Deutsch, English, Français, Español, Italiano, Nederlands, Dansk, Norsk Bokmål, Polski, Português, Português Brasileiro, Pусский, Suomi, Svensk, Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
Aperture 3 is Apple’s latest major release of the powerful photo-editing and -management software. Introduced on February 2nd, Aperture 3 ships with over 200 new features including Faces, Places (originally introduced with iPhoto 09) and Brushes. Aperture 3 runs as a 64-bit application on Mac OS X Snow Leopard. According to Apple’s official announcement, Aperture 3 also introduces new tools to refine photos. Besides Brushes, a feature used for painting image adjustments onto parts of a photograph, Apple introduced Adjustment Presets. This function is used to apply professional photo effects with as little as one click, according to the Mac maker. The new Aperture also includes new slideshows.