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Apple releases Aperture plug-in programming kit

By Stephen Shankland on 22 April 2008

Tags: aperture | apple | digital imaging | lightroom | photography | plugin | sdk | plug ins | programmer

Third-party programmers can now get started creating plug-ins for the company's Aperture software for editing and cataloguing photos.

Tiffen's colour-filter plug-in for Aperture in action. (Credit: Apple)

Apple on Monday released its software developer kit to let programmers write plug-ins for Aperture, the company's high-end image editing and cataloging software.

This tool is designed to let others extend the abilities of Aperture, a move that adds some spice to its competition with Adobe Systems' Photoshop Lightroom. Adobe has a large number of third-party companies that create plug-ins for regular Photoshop, but Lightroom still lacks the equivalent for important editing functions. However, many have extended Lightroom's abilities with export functions, image-processing presets, and even a geotagging tool.

Among those creating plug-ins for Aperture are Tiffen, Digital Film Tools, Nik Software, Image Trends, and PictureCode, Apple said.

Programmers can download the SDK from the Apple Developer Connection Web site. Some plug-ins are available for download. Find more information at the Aperture Plugged-In Community site.

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