Apple Releases Aperture

Apple announced Aperture today during their media event. The new Pro Software application is a post-production tool for photographers.

Designed from the ground up for professional photographers, Aperture provides everything you need for after the shoot, delivering the first all-in-one post-production tool for photographers.

The $499 application will ship in November. Other features include:

- RAW image-based workflow
- Importing, editing, catalog, organization, retouch, publishing and archival tools
- RAW formats, TIFF, JPEG, DNG
- Full screen workspace
- Colorsync profies
- Recommends a dual 2.0GHz or faster Power Mac G5.