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Plug-ins, workflows, and other extras

When it comes to working with your photos, the built-in tools you find in Aperture are just the beginning. With dozens of image-editing and export plug-ins, automations and scripts, and third-party book and web themes available, you can easily extend Aperture’s capabilities to access an entire industry’s worth of imaging expertise without ever leaving Aperture.

How to Use Aperture Plug-ins

Edit Plug-ins: After installing a plug-in, go to the Images menu and choose the Edit With command. All installed editing plug-ins are automatically listed in the Edit With sub-menu. View tutorial

Export Plug-ins: To use an export plug-in, choose Export from the File menu. You'll find all your installed export plug-ins listed at the bottom of the Export sub-menu. View tutorial

Image Editing Plug-ins

These plug-ins extend Aperture’s built-in image editing capabilities, adding specialized tools for noise reduction, selective adjustments, lens correction and much more.

Filters & Effects

Noise & Lens Correction

Export Plug-ins

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Streamline your work by sending your photos to Flickr, Facebook, SmugMug, and other photo sharing web sites directly from Aperture. Or easily upload your photos to a remote FTP server, send to another application, or generate a flash-based web gallery.

Web Photo Sharing

Stock Photo Sites

Online Digital Workflow

File Transfer

Integration

Output

Automations & Scripts

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These automated workflows take advantage of AppleScript to turn complex multi-step tasks into one-click operations that extend existing Aperture features, and make it easy to integrate Aperture into a workflow that includes other applications such as Keynote, Mail or InDesign.

Import Workflow

Export Workflow

Extras

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These third-party web themes offer creative design options that give you greater flexibility when presenting your photos online.

Web Themes