Apple says interest in plug-ins for Aperture is massive

Apple recently updated their Aperture application to version 1.5 and it now allows third-party developers to extend the application with a new plug-in architecture.

The company has said that the interest in this new feature has been impressive as a lot of third party coders are working on their add-ons for Aperture.

Richard Kerris, Apple’s director of professional photography partnerships spoke on this: “We knew that there would be a lot of interest, but we received 150 emails from individuals, companies and organizations that all want to develop plug-ins for Aperture.”

He added: “We are all pleasantly surprised with the companies that want to develop plug-ins. It really makes this a powerful application for whatever type of photographer you are.”

The company has partnered with big names including Getty Images, iStockphoto, Pictage, Flickr, PhotoShelter, DigitalFusion, Soundslides and Connected Flow for this arrangement. ExpressDigital is another company which has released their plug-in for Apple Aperture.

Kerris further said: “In the professional workflow arena, no application is an island - it depends how it can be extended. We are seeing the new technology out there for digital photographers becoming part of our workflow. It ties Aperture into the centre of the universe for digital photographers.”