About Aperture 1.1 Update
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.

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What’s New in this Version
Aperture 1.1 delivers new feature enhancements and addresses issues related to overall reliability, performance, and compatibility. This update is recommended for all Aperture users.

Note: You must first update to Aperture 1.0.1 and Mac OS X 10.4.6 before installing Aperture 1.1

Feature enhancements for this update include:
- New RAW adjustment controls in the Adjustments Inspector and Adjustments HUD: Improve the quality of RAW decodes via custom tuning of parameters.
- New Color Meter tool: Quickly and easily sample any area of an image for RGB, CMYK, or LAB color values.
- New image resolution controls: Specify a resolution in dots per inch (dpi) when exporting images or sending images to an external editor, such as Adobe Photoshop.

Compatibility updates include:
- Universal support (Aperture 1.1 runs natively on both Intel-based and PowerPC-based Macintosh computers)

The update also addresses numerous issues related to overall reliability and performance in all areas of the application, including:
- RAW image decoding
- Image export
- Metadata handling
- Onscreen proofing
- Histogram
- Cropping
- Query HUD
- Book Layout Editor
- Importing from iPhoto Library
- Light Table
- Slideshows
- Printing
- Web galleries and journals
- AppleScript support

Minimum Hardware Requirements

- One of the following Macintosh computers:
- Power Mac G5 with a 1.8 gigahertz (GHz) or faster PowerPC G5 processor
- iMac with a 1.8 GHz or faster PowerPC G5 or Intel Core Duo processor - MacBook Pro
- 15- or 17-inch PowerBook G4 with a 1.25 GHz or faster PowerPC G4 processor
- 1 gigabyte (GB) of random-access memory (RAM)
- Display with 1280 x 854 or higher resolution
One of the following graphics cards:
- ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition, X850 XT, 9800 XT, 9800 Pro, 9700 Pro, 9600 XT, 9600 Pro, 9650, or X1600 - ATI Mobility Radeon 9700, 9600, or X1600 - NVIDIA GeForce 6600, 6600 LE, 6800 Ultra DDL, 6800 GT DDL, or 7800 GT - NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 - DVD drive for installation

Minimum Software Requirements
- Mac OS X v10.4.6 (or later)

Recommended Configuration
- Macintosh computer with a 2 GHz or faster Intel Core Duo processor or dual 2 GHz or faster PowerPC G5 processors
- 2 GB of RAM
One of the following graphics cards:
- ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition, 9800 XT, 9800 Pro, or X1600
- NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series, 7800 GT, or Quadro FX 4500

Available Hard Disk Space
Aperture and its associated features require a certain amount of available disk space:
- 5 GB of disk space for the application, sample projects, and tutorial

Before You Install
Make sure you do the following before you install the software:
- Turn off any virus-protection and security software that you may have installed on your computer.
- Upgrade to Mac OS X v10.4.6 (or later).

For installation instructions, see the Installing Your Software booklet.