If you’ve ever wanted to try out Aperture, now is your chance. Apple is now offering a free 30 day trial of the application. This should help you make up your mind on whether the application works for your style.

Link: Free Trial Of Aperture

If you have ever wanted to learn more about Apple’s Aperture, here is a good way to do it.

Today on Mac OS X Hints, there was a hint that showedDownload all Aperture Quick Tour movies at once. Basically, you’ll want to take the listed urls, highlight them, then drag and drop them on the Downloads window in Safari. (Which can be found under the “Window” item in the menubar.

By the way, the fella that submitted this tip has a blog full of Aperture tips and tricks. Check it out here.

Apple released the newest version of Aperture today. It is now version 1.5. Among the noteworthy new features are more options for storeage of your photos and better integration with iLife, iWork, etc. It also has third party plugin support (Flickr) and it can run on all Macs now.

Oh yeah, this is a free upgrade to current users. If you’re buying for the first time, the price is still $299.

Read More: What’s New In Aperture 1.5?

Macworld is reporting that Apple will indeed have a special event the day before Photokina begins. The invitation they received reads, “Start photokina a little early this year.” It will take place on Sept. 25th.

Photokina is one of the largest photography conventions around. This convention really isn’t the place for huge hardware announcements, but I’ll be excited to see what goodies they have for Mac photographers. Even if they add a little to Aperture, that will be fun.

Source: Macworld