Aperture demo to be released

[Gabe]

Just noticed THIS post at Macworld which discusses the release of a fully functional demo of Aperture today, and thought people might be interested.

The post also mentions the release of a 1.5.1 update later today for existing users (performance improvements relating to previews), as well as a separate download which will add RAW support for the Nikon D80 and Canon XTI. It's not entirely clear if that is going to be released today, however.

Aperture 1.5.1 will be available later today from Apple’s Web site.

In addition to the update, Apple is also releasing a fully-functioning demo of Aperture, which will also be available for download from its Web site later today. The demo allows photographers to try out every aspect of the program, which has not been crippled in any, according to Apple.

[francois]

Just noticed THIS post at Macworld which discusses the release of a fully functional demo of Aperture today, and thought people might be interested.

The post also mentions the release of a 1.5.1 update later today for existing users (performance improvements relating to previews), as well as a separate download which will add RAW support for the Nikon D80 and Canon XTI. It's not entirely clear if that is going to be released today, however.
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Good News!  I really don't understand why it took so long to offer a demo version of Aperture.
Anyway, it's never too late.

[Gabe]

Looks like everything I mentioned earlier has been released and can be found on this page:

http://www.apple.com/aperture/


The 1.5.1 patch is also showing up in Software Update:

Aperture 1.5.1 addresses numerous issues related to overall reliability and performance in all areas of the application, including:

Keywords
Loupe
Cropping
Previews
Metadata presets
Versions
File renaming
iPhoto Library import
Watermarks

For more detailed information about this update, visit
http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n304549.

[Stephen Best]

Looks like everything I mentioned earlier has been released and can be found on this page:

http://www.apple.com/aperture/
The 1.5.1 patch is also showing up in Software Update:
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Except the trial serial number they give you doesn't work with the 1.5.1 updated version. Nice one Apple.

[Per Ofverbeck]

Except the trial serial number they give you doesn't work with the 1.5.1 updated version. Nice one Apple.
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Well, still quite good news!  Apple have seldom issued free trials of any major software (iWork is the only exception I remember).  They must be REALLY scared about Lightroom!  And, judging from Beta 4, they have every reason to....

Still, being an almost fanatical Apple supporter, I simply have to download that trial, latest version or no.  At least I´ll get the general feel of it, and can see whether my ancient G5 can run it at anything like decent speed....