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This article is from February 15, 2010, and is no longer current.

Two Updated Plug-Ins for Aperture 3

Press release
Blue Crowbar Software has released 64-bit versions of its Impression and Aperture2Twitter plug-ins for Aperture 3. Impression provides a flexible way of adding custom watermarks to photos in Aperture while Aperture2Twitter enables the user to quickly send photos to Twitter.
Even though Aperture 3 still allows the use of existing 32-bit plug-ins, this requires the user to restart the application in 32-bit mode before being able to load the plug-in. With the use of native 64-bit plug-ins, this restart is no longer needed and the photographer can use all time-saving new features of the latest Aperture release at full 64-bit speed.
Feature Highlights for Impression:
* Adds high-quality visual watermarks to your photos
* The original files are not altered and EXIF data is preserved
* Multiple photos can be watermarked with one click
* Existing images can be used as watermarks as well as text
* The watermarked photos can be imported into Aperture or exported to a folder
Feature Highlights for Aperture2Twitter:
* Sends a tweet with photo without leaving Aperture
* Photos are automatically sent to TwitPic or Mobypicture
* Keychain support for fast switching between multiple Twitter-accounts
System Requirements:
* Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) or 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
* Aperture 2.1 or 3.0
Pricing and Availability:
Impression: 9.90 Euros per single-user license or 12.90 Euros for a family pack. Aperture2Twitter: 4.90 Euros per single-user license or 6.90 Euros for a family pack. Both upgrades are available immediately and are free for all existing customers. Free trial versions of the software can be downloaded from the Blue Crowbar website.

James Fritz is a Principal Program Manager: Content Tools and Workflows at LinkedIn.
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