Pop a memory card filled with new images into your card reader and Aperture gets right to work, instantly displaying thumbnails and offering intelligent external hard drive ways to add copyright, captions, keywords, and other metadata as you import them. You can also import images from hard drives, optical media, even iPhoto.

Store your images wherever and however you like — directly in Aperture, on external drives, even on huge import screenshot network storage devices. Aperture keeps track of every photo. Organize photos logically in projects, folders, albums, and Smart Albums. Aperture also provides powerful tools for adding metadata to images, making them easy to find long after you import them.

You’ve added hundreds of new photos to your Aperture library. Now you need to review them all and pick the very best — your selects. Aperture lets you edit photo shoots using tools such as Quick Preview mode for rapid-fire image review and Compare mode for viewing two or more images side by side. With Aperture, you can even zoom and pan multiple images at once for tight comparisons before making a pick.

With your favorite shots selected, it’s now time to use Aperture’s adjustment tools to make your best photos look even better. Aperture takes you way beyond the basics of straightening, cropping, and improving exposure.Inspector hud screenshot Use the new Vibrancy and Definition tools to create beautiful photos with enhanced detail and saturation. Or darken the corners of your image with the Vignette tool. Copying adjustments from one image to another is simple using the Lift and Stamp tool. And since all adjustments are nondestructive, you don’t have to worry about damaging your original master images. Aperture never touches them.