Apple has launched Aperture 2, the company’s new version of its photo editing and management software. The new version offers around 100 new features, making it faster, more powerful and easier to use.

According to Rob Choeben, Apple’s vice president of Applications Product Marketing, “Many of the most respected photographers on assignment around the world Aperture confidence to organize, edit and deliver their images. With its simple interface and a lower price, everyone can enjoy the power of Aperture. ”

Aperture 2 offers a new user interface simpler which has been designed to be more intuitive and accessible. It allows users to navigate between modes Viewer and the browser with a single key command.

Here’s news that can be seen in Aperture 2:

• New imaging tools to highlight recovery, the vibrancy of color, contrast local definition, soft-edged retouching, and vignetting RAW fine-tuning
• Users can send their portfolios directly on the. Mac Web Gallery for viewing on the Web, iPhone, touch and Apple iPod TV
• The performance has been strengthened in Aperture 2 and it is faster to the importation, browsing and searching of large volumes of images.
• Embedded previews let photographers caption, keyword, and the rate of images as they are imported, and the ability to export images in the background, photographers can continue to work while the images are processed in JPEG format, TIFF, PNG and PSD file formats.
• Quick View allows users to browse the RAW images in rapid succession, without having to wait for files to load, and the Aperture library database has been re-architected to provide a switching and near instantaneous search results Even when working with very large libraries Images 500000 or more.
• Apple Aperture 2 works seamlessly with Mac OS X, iLife, iWork,. Apple Mac and printed products, so that any image in the library Aperture is directly accessible from other applications, such as iMovie, Keynote and Pages, and even within Leopard Mail.

Apple Aperture 2 is now available for a price of $ 1999.