Spitfire Photo has released SpitfireExport for Aperture. The plugin is available as a free download from the Spitfire Photo website.

Spitfire Photo Pro provides creative professionals with a powerful set of online tools to manage, proof, sell, deliver, and market their work from anywhere in the world. With the new plug-in for Aperture, images can be exported to Spitfire Photo in one, simple step.

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Apple has posted a free online seminar titled Extending Aperture 1.5 and is aimed to help you get the most out of Aperture.

In the seminar Apple Technical Marketing Manager Joseph Linaschke takes you through working with Aperture plugins, integrating with iLife, Aperture workflows with Automator, and more. The seminar takes 32 minutes to watch and is available by registering through seminars.apple.com.

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This plugin has been around some time now, but we have just picked up on it. Lightbox Network has a plugin for Aperture available as a free download here: Aperture Export to LightBox Network.

Aperture Exporter for LightBox Network supports all of the features of LightBox Network including: XMP Metadata Editor, Instant-Send Secure Image Delivery, Live-Shoot (Shoot directly to your LightBox site), Batch Rename, Batch Compare, Custom Watermark, and more.

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Übermind has just released Aperture to Archive, a plugin for Aperture that allows you to export images to a compressed format.

Aperture to Archive supports four of the most popular Apple and Unix compression formats including: DMG, ZIP, Bzip2, and Gzip2. The compression has no effect on image quality.

Note that Aperture to Archive is a BETA product and expires on 7/31/2007.

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ApertureToGmail. was released to the public back in April by Juan Leon, who also developed the iPhotoToGmail plugin.

The goal of ApertureToGmail is to offer seamless integration between Aperture and Google’s Gmail. ApertureToGmail, which was written during Leon’s 30 day free trial of Aperture, has all the features of iPhotoToGmail. ApertureToGmail is now public at version 0.2, and can be downloaded from Leon’s site here.

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Bakari Chavanu from Inside Aperture had an opportunity to interview Aaron Morse from Übermind about plugin development for Aperture.

The interview can be read here.

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Apple has released OS X 10.4.10, an update to OS X Tiger that includes RAW image support for the following cameras:

1. Panasonic DMC-LX1
2. Panasonic DMC-LX2
3. Leica M8
4. Leica D-LUX 2
5. Leica D-LUX 3
6. Fuji S5 Pro
7. Nikon D40x
8. Canon EOS 1D Mark III

In addition to support for more cameras, the update includes fixes for the following items:

1. Resolves an issue in which some DNG images may appear tinted or distorted.
2. Improves compatibility of Mathematica 6 with 64-bit Macs.

From the Apple Support site:

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Übermind has just announced a plugin for Aperture that allows image export directly to Google’s Picasa Web Albums site.

Aperture to Picasa Web Albums 1.0 is a beta product that expires on July 15, 2007. Until then Aperture to Picasa Web Albums has the following features:

• Ability to create new albums
• Support for Public and Unlisted Albums
• Ability to view album covers
• A status indicator show how much storage you have left
• Automatic uploading of Aperture keywords as Picasa tags
• Support for Mac OS X Keychain

Aperture to Picasa Wed Albums is currently available as a free download from Übermind’s site.

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Derrick Story of Inside Aperture has posted Inside Aperture Podcast 16 titled: “More On Export Plug-Ins.”

On June 12th, during WWDC 2007, Derrick Story had a chance to sit down with Richard Kerris from the Apple Aperture team, Micah Walter, and David Schloss of the Aperture Users Professional Network at the W Hotel in San Francisco. In the podcast they discuss developing plugins for Aperture, new plugins, the newly renovated Aperture Plugged In, and the Aperture Users Professional Network.

The podcast can be obtained directly through this link or through the iTunes podcast directory.

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Welcome to Aperture Plugged In - 2.0. We are very pleased to announce the release of our new website. We have been working really hard to make this website easier to navigate, and more useful as a resource. In the weeks to come, we will be adding more and more content and the Plugged In franchise will be expanding. So, be sure to check in from time to time.

WWDC:

Right now, the editors at Aperture Plugged In are hanging out in San Francisco for Apple’s WWDC07 event. What is sure to be a great week-long event will kick off tomorrow with a Keynote address by Steve himself. Be sure to check out our friends at AUPN who will be providing live coverage of the event as it unfolds.

Thanks again for all your support, and be sure to check in from time to time, as we will be adding more and more as time marches on!

-Yours Truely,
Micah Walter
Aperture Plugged In

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