Apple Released Aperture 1.5 Update--Download It Later This Week

Apple released Aperture 1.5, a major update to Apple's all-in-one post production tool for photographers that delivers enhancements across each phase of the entire workflow. Aperture 1.5 delivers a powerful new open library, seamless iLife '06 and iWork '06 integration, XMP metadata support, powerful new adjustment tools and an export API that makes it easy to extend the Aperture workflow to third party applications and services. Aperture 1.5 is now supported across Apple's full line of Macs, from the Mac mini to the Mac Pro.

It is free for registered owners of v1.0 and $299 otherwise. The free download will be available later this week from this Apple Web page. [Bill Fox]