Aperture

Aperture is a photo editing and management computer program developed by Apple Inc. for the OS X operating system.

Paid • Proprietary
Photo Manager
Raw Photo Editors

What is Aperture?

Aperture is a photo editing and management computer program developed by Apple Inc. for the OS X operating system.

Features

Complete raw image format support from import to export (for supported cameras). Supports tethered shooting from Nikon and Canon DSLRs. Master image files (raw or otherwise) may be kept in place on import or migrated into the Aperture library. Raw Fine Tuning, allowing versions of raw decode to be managed over time and conversion parameters adjusted. Many image adjustment tools including specific color retouching, a luminance based edge sharpener, and spot repair. Lens correction tools, such as chromatic aberration. Project management, with extensive metadata and searching support. Autostacking, a way to group photos based on the time between shutter clicks. Stacks (for grouping photos) and Versions (for making multiple working copies of the same image). Multiple display spanning. Loupe, allowing viewing of images at zooms from 50% to 1600%. Light Table, a type of freeform workspace. Native support of the Adobe Photoshop PSD, PNG, JPEG and TIFF formats. Non-destructive image editing. Customizable printing and publishing. Supports importing from USB and FireWire memory card readers or directly from a camera connected via USB. Ability to simultaneously zoom and pan multiple images. Read and write support for IPTC image metadata. Heavily customizable book creation. Web gallery and blog creation, uploadable via FTP or Webdav. Full-featured full-screen mode, for editing and sorting images.

show full description ▾

Discontinued

On April 8, 2015, Apple ceased development of Aperture completely. It has been replaced by Apple Photos icon Apple Photos

Official Links

There is no links for this app or the links was disabled.

Aperture Screenshots

Suggest and vote on features

Aperture Features

RAW Photo EditorsAperture supports viewing and editing of uncompressed data images (RAW).
Facial RecognitionAperture can register a biometric facial pattern to identify or verify the identity of a subject through an image or video.

Aperture information

Developed byApple Inc.
LicensingProprietary and Commercial product.
Alternatives36 alternatives listed

Supported Languages

English

Popular alternatives

View all

Our users have written 0 comments and reviews about Aperture, and it has gotten 42 likes

Aperture was added to AlternativeTo by Mogelfar on and this page was last updated .

Comments and Reviews Post a comment/review

all • positive • negative relevance • date

No comments or reviews, maybe you want to be first?

Aperture platform details

Mac

Requires Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later

Recent user activities on Aperture

klfz999 thinks Apple Photos is an alternative to Aperture
ago
kl
klfz999 liked Aperture
ago
jamburglar liked Aperture
ago