| Version number |
Release date |
Changes |
| 1.0 |
November 30, 2005 |
Initial release. |
| 1.0.1 |
December 21, 2005 |
Fixed bugs with shadow blocking in 8-bit images, EXIF export issues, and improved performance in keyword searches. |
| 1.1 |
April 13, 2006 |
A significant update that includes new features such as universal support, improved RAW image quality, RAW fine tuning, auto noise compensation, a new color meter, enhanced export controls and other more minor improvements and bug fixes. |
| 1.1.1 |
May 4, 2006 |
Addresses several issues related to performance, stability, color correction, and display compatibility. |
| 1.1.2 |
June 21, 2006 |
Addresses issues related to overall reliability and performance. |
| 1.5 |
September 29, 2006 |
A significant update with many new features, including Flexible Library Management (master images can be kept outside the library and offline as well), iLife '06 and iWork '06 integration, Automatic Metadata Exportion, Edge Sharpen and iPod photo syncing. Also now officially supports all Intel-based Macs with at least 1 GB of RAM. |
| 1.5.1 |
November 2, 2006 |
Improves overall reliability and performance in many areas of the application, including keywords, the Loupe, cropping, previews, metadata presets, file renaming, iPhoto library importing and watermarks. |
| 1.5.2 |
December 11, 2006 |
Addresses issues related to overall reliability and performance in a number of areas, including: Contact sheet printing, Smart Albums, watermarks, lift and stamp, image export, versions created using an external editor. |
| 1.5.3 |
April 19, 2007 |
Aperture 1.5.3 addresses issues related to overall reliability and performance in a number of areas, including: Generation of thumbnails for adjusted images, entering and exiting Full Screen mode, working with large sets of keywords in the Keywords HUD, restoring from a vault. |
| 1.5.6 |
October 26, 2007 |
Aperture 1.5.6 addresses issues related to performance, improves overall stability, and supports compatibility with Mac OS X v10.5. |
| 2.0 |
February 12, 2008 |
Aperture 2.0 includes 100+ new features and addresses performance and stability. Reduced price to $199 in the US. |
| 2.0.1 |
March 3, 2008 |
Aperture 2.0.1 addresses issues related to the performance and overall stability of Aperture 2. |
| 2.1 |
March 28, 2008 |
Aperture 2.1 introduces editing plug-ins including a Dodge and Burn tool developed by Apple and addresses issues related to the performance and overall stability of Aperture 2. |
| 2.1.1 |
July 28, 2008 |
Aperture 2.1.1 addresses issues related to performance, improves overall stability, and supports compatibility with Apple's MobileMe service. |
| 2.1.2 |
October 20, 2008 |
Aperture 2.1.2 update improves the printing quality of books, cards and calendars ordered through the Aperture printing service. |
This raw support applies both to Aperture 2.x and iPhoto'08. Camera release dates and estimated shipping date from dpreview.com, luminous-landscape.com
