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Hot on the heels of Aperture 3 and 3.0.1 comes another Photo related update from Apple adding support for another bunch of Cameras. Of particular note (due to it’s absence from Aperture 3) is the popular Panasonic GF1.

Fresh off the digital presses, Aperture 3.01 has been released which hopefully will address a lot of the issues people were having. From the accompanying support document, the problems addressed are:

1. Upgrading libraries from earlier versions of Aperture
2. Importing libraries from iPhoto
3. Importing photos directly from a camera
4. Memory usage when processing heavily-retouched photos
5. Face recognition processing
6. Adding undetected faces using the Add Missing Face button
7. Printing pages containing multiple images
8. Printing photos and contact sheets with borders and metadata
9. Editing photos using an external editor
10. Display of images with Definition and Straighten adjustments applied

For those of you out there who are running their blogs on Wordpress then you probably already know this but 2.9 has been released, and it seems like a major upgrade. Of biggest interest to me is the new image tools (especially for my little photo site!) although there is a lot more they need to do on that front. Anyway, I haven’t heard of many issues with it yet, so I’d say it’s fairly safe to upgrade. I use a lot of plug-ins on this site so I’m a bit weary, but I’ll probably brave it later today.

Apple has finally added Aperture and iPhoto support for the Nikon D300s and a few other cameras including the Canon 7D. Considering the length of time the D300s in particular has been available it seems to have taken the company a long time to get Aperture support for the Camera, leading once again to frustration amongst users with Apple over the pace at which it adds new camera support. Other Cameras now supported in the update include the Eos 1D Mk IV, The Nikon D3s, The Nikon D3000, Canon G11 and the afore mentioned Canon 7D. Even if you’re not an Aperture user and you have one of these cameras (and a mac) you should download the update anyway, as it will add support to Preview and quicklook for their raw files.