Reinhard Uebel has released a new Aperture plugin that allows users to add custom borders to their images as they export them. The plugin, called BorderFX is currently available as a free download in beta form.

BorderFX adds to the small selection of plugins which actually alter your images. Most plugins so far have been developed for the sole purpose of uploading images to web services, so it is really nice to see a new plugin which is modifying the image. Very cool!

If you want more information on BorderFX, be sure to check out Uebel’s blog. Bagelturf also has a short review of his experiences with BorderFX, available here.

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Übermind has released an update to their Aperture To Picasa Web Albums plugin. Version 1.2 of the plugin fixes a number of bugs and adds a change to the upload routine so that images get uploaded in the order in which they were selected.

Übermind’s latest release is available as a free 30 day trial or for purchase at a modest $24.95.

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We saw this on Bagelturf and were immediately interested. Apparently a photographer by the name of Ian Wood has been working on a nifty add-on for Aperture that allows users to embed GPS data into the metadata in Aperture.

This looks like a pretty promising add-on for Aperture users. So we will naturally continue to monitor its progress.

From Bagelturf a-la DPReview.com:

GPS2Aperture is a floating system window which can grab GPS data from either Aperture or Google Earth, let the user edit it and then send the data to either Aperture or Google Earth.

http://ianjameswood.co.uk/aperture/GPS2Aperture_beta.zip (3.2MB)

For instance if an image Version has incorrect GPS info, you can view the location in Google Earth, move around the the right location and send the edited location data back to the image Version in Aperture. Alternatively, use Google Earth to visually pick a location and add it to Versions that had no GPS data in the first place.

Note - GPS2Aperture makes changes directly to Aperture’s SQLite database as the interface gives no way to alter GPS or other EXIF data. It’s been tested on multiple computers and multiple Libraries without problems, but make sure you backup first, just in case!

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Over at Inside Aperture Micah Walter (editor of this website) has posted about David Riecks’s Controlled Vocabulary Keyword Catalog (or CVKC). The CVKC is a list of over 11,000 organized keywords for Aperture.

If you have ever worked with a stock agency you will know how important keywording can be. Many agencies use their own controlled vocabulary, so it will be interesting to see how David’s list matches up with places like iStockPhoto who ask their photographers to go through a process called disambiguation for each photo they submit.

For more information on David’s keyword list, check out his website at controlledvocabulary.com

To read the post head on over to Inside Aperture.

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