Apple Releases Aperture 3.1.3

[aucl]

Does this update finally fix Faces? That is, do I still have to assing names for some faces again and again and again and ...

Also, does using anything other than ASCII characters for names still mess up Faces?

Yes, I am trying to make a point here, Apple. I have submitted these bugs enough times to get them fixed already!

Always worked fine for me with cyrillic letters. More annoying that it is quite bad in identifying the names. "Family Name" vs. "Name Family" and that sometimes it seems to be case sensitive.

oh, and when we talk about faces: i really think they should have added an "detect missing faces" button to the faces hud.

 

[Bodycalming]

Mine said 306.1 MB. Odd that everyone is getting different size estimates. I'm up to date with updates (running Aperture 3.1.2), so don't know why my download should be any larger than anyone else's ...

Try this for size on an iMac, update 605.10Mb

 

[Bodycalming]

+1

That really does need to be an option. Im bored of exporting jpegs with a watermark and then uploading those via the frankly annoying flikr uploader.

I agree it does need and should have the ability to add watermarks, but in the meantime you may like to try this free (But well worth a donation) plugin called BorderFX http://www.iborderfx.com/BorderFX/

 

[WeetaBiXie]

Try this for size on an iMac, update 605.10Mb

Same as mine! Singapore App Store Update from 3.1.2 to 3.1.3 for 2011 TB MBP and Early 2011 iMac is 605.10Mb!

Running Snow Leopard on both machines.

 

[callme]

Mine was 600MB download but for some reason it downloaded in 5 seconds!

Was this fast update due to my new Airport Extreme?
Is the AE downloading in the background making software updates (via the Mac App Store) instantly available?

I only have a 20mbps download speed, so the download should have taken more than 5 seconds!

Both my iMac and MacBook got the update in 5 secs, both were only just woken up so they had not downloaded the software in the background.

I am running Lion on both machines.

 

[parish]

For those interested, there are some interface tweaks running it on Lion, including (and especially) proper fullscreen. Yay!

Curious about what you mean by "proper" fullscreen. Although I haven't got the u/g yet (wasn't available in the UK App Store last night). I've looked at your screenshot and don't see anything different to the current fullscreen (under SL).

 

[jenoki48]

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Luckily person found this one gang to purchase and broaded by twitter, became the state festival (MATURI in japanese slang)

 

[walnuts]

Even with basic tasks, Aperture 3 lags opening files, and doing simple photo browsing, while other apps, including Photoshop run very well.

The app is definitely not lightweight though, I will give you that, but i've seen it running in latest gen iMacs and MacBook Pros just fine, which is essentially the real recommended specs (Core i5 or better Mac)

This has been my experience as well. While my iMac is older, it was top of the line at its time -2.33 Core 2 Duo with a 256 MB graphics card. Aperture runs ok at best and is noticeably slower compared to other, similarly intensive apps.

Aperture 3, as per Wikipedia anyway, was released in February 2009, and the Core i5 architecture was released in September 2009- Aperture should perform well on at least some older machines that were available when Aperture was released.

 

[thatisme]

just applied the update and Aperture went from a sluggish mess on my 2008 15 MBP Uni, to pretty darn fast. Aperture would hang when importing at around file 9,500 and now, it can make it past that point, and I have yet to have it hang after the update.

 

[hexx]

hmm might give it a go again.

i like aperture but it was sooo sloooow in comparison with lightroom

also i've been experiencing loads of issues in full screen mode, for example applying sharpening and 2 other filters always resulted in crash - you can't edit photos like this

so i switched to lightroom and have had no problems so far

also i don't understand why they use such small UI elements in comparison with lightroom.

 

[paulsalter]

Did the update on my 2007 Mac this morning

Haven't noticed any speed increase, still very sluggish (I know my machine is a bit old now), going to stick with Lightroom, no problems with performance on that

 

[KamuiVII]

Seriously....this whole....some updates come through the store, other through Software Update.....is super clunky!

I don't want to have to open the freakin' store just to see if I have an update. SU will check everyday and let me know.

Seems like a step backwards.

Agreed. the AppStore only recognizes Programs bought through it to be updated. Sucks for users who've already bought programs before the store was introduced.

 

[callme]

Agreed. the AppStore only recognizes Programs bought through it to be updated. Sucks for users who've already bought programs before the store was introduced.

Both Software Update and the Mac App Store inform you when updates are available. You need Lion for the notifications from the Mac App Store, it is one of the stated features.

 

[callme]

Agreed. the AppStore only recognizes Programs bought through it to be updated. Sucks for users who've already bought programs before the store was introduced.

Under Lion the Mac App Store has push notifications and it tells you when there are updates WITHOUT the needs to open the store.

 

[manu chao]

Although full-screen mode for Lion is welcomed, it is not as full featured as iPhoto. While you can customize Aperture's full-screen mode to include most of the key features, workflow isn't quite as efficient as windowed mode.

I do all my editing with Aperture in fullscreen mode (moving the HUD to a second screen), editing is just easier the larger the picture is you look at. But for organising stuff, I don't find any advantages with fullscreen mode.

 

[jadot]

Works really well here

{SL, iMac 24 2.93, 8GB}

This update has noticeably improved Aperture's performance for me.

It seems to be more capable and not hanging between simple tasks.
It's a great precursor to Aperture 4/X. These improvements/fixes show me that Apple is perhaps more clued in to Aperture than I thought, or at least tells us that they actually know it exists! It's been a bit of a guessing game lately as to whether or not Aperture was still alive...

Sure, there's still some way to go on the feature set, but this is a great 'under the hood' start and with Lion integration and some UI tweaks we should be there.
Well done Apple!

 

[Solowalker]

Curious about what you mean by "proper" fullscreen. Although I haven't got the u/g yet (wasn't available in the UK App Store last night). I've looked at your screenshot and don't see anything different to the current fullscreen (under SL).

Um, I didn't post a screenshot...

By "proper" I meant in the context of Lion. Previously, in both Lion and SL fullscreen would cover your current desktop. Y'know, now Lion has this spiffy thing with fullscreen apps that make their own Space using a systemwide API. It does that now. Yay. Make sense?

 

[ipedro]

Seriously....this whole....some updates come through the store, other through Software Update.....is super clunky!

I don't want to have to open the freakin' store just to see if I have an update. SU will check everyday and let me know.

Seems like a step backwards.

-Kevin

This is temporary. Because the Mac App Store was added as a separate application to Snow Leopard, it behaves this way. It will be built into Lion so Software Updates will be handled through there in the future and won't require opening the MAS app to view if you have updates.

 

[*LTD*]

I love Aperture. I just wish it were a little faster for folks who have large libraries. Otherwise it's great, no complaints.

 

[Digitalclips]

Still slow in both 32 and 64 bit modes.
I don't know what's wrong with Apple, calling this a PRO application.
It's slowly annoying!

What type of Mac are you running on? On a Mac Pro or my MacBookPro i7 it seems very fast indeed.

 

[Digitalclips]

I love Aperture. I just wish it were a little faster for folks who have large libraries. Otherwise it's great, no complaints.

I create different libraries for disparate projects rather than one massive one.

 

[kuanphotography]

Aperture 3.1.3

What type of Mac are you running on? On a Mac Pro or my MacBookPro i7 it seems very fast indeed.

I wish it was faster also I use Aperture on my Macbook pro dual core 2.4
everything else works just fine it just comes down to speed

 

[Digitalclips]

This is temporary. Because the Mac App Store was added as a separate application to Snow Leopard, it behaves this way. It will be built into Lion so Software Updates will be handled through there in the future and won't require opening the MAS app to view if you have updates.

Are you sure? I was suspecting it depended where you purchased it. i.e. only those products bought and downloaded through the on line App store would be updated that way. I hope I am wrong.

 

[netnothing]

I love Aperture. I just wish it were a little faster for folks who have large libraries. Otherwise it's great, no complaints.

Just curious....but how large a library do you have?

I moved to Aperture solely because iPhoto was sucking at my library. Moving everything to Aperture made a huge difference.

I'm running a single library that's:
42,825 photos (all JPG...no RAW)
177 GB.

-Kevin

 

[Digitalclips]

I wish it was faster also I use Aperture on my Macbook pro dual core 2.4
everything else works just fine it just comes down to speed

I must admit (as I just posted) I don't have one huge library. Rather, i have Libraries for separate clients or whatever. That way it is very fast and quicker to archive.