Aperture 1.5.2 Update

Apple releases Aperture 1.5.2 Update
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/aperture152update.html

Download Aperture 1.5.2 Update (129~131MB)
http://www.apple.com/aperture/download/

Valid Serial Number is required for manual download.
Aperture 1.5.2 Update can be obtained through Software Update.
From Apple Support:

Aperture 1.5.2 addresses issues related to overall reliability and performance in a number of areas, including:

  • Contact sheet printing
  • Smart Albums
  • Watermarks
  • Lift and stamp
  • Image export
  • Versions created using an external editor

This update is recommended for all Aperture users.

Note: If you haven’t already done so, it is strongly recommended that you also download the Digital Camera RAW Support Update 1.0.1, which is available on the Apple Downloads support page at http://www.apple.com/support/downloads.

The Digital Camera RAW Support Update provides RAW file format compatibility for the following digital SLR cameras:

  • Canon Digital Rebel XTi / 400D / Kiss X Digital
  • Nikon D80
  • Pentax *ist DS

The Digital Camera RAW Support Update also addresses the following issues:

  • Handling of large Canon RAW files (.CRW)
  • DNG compatibility on Intel-based Macintosh computers
  • Lines sometimes appearing in images exported from Aperture

VideoLAN: VLC 0.8.6 is Released

VLC 0.8.6 is Released

VLC Download Page
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
From VideoLAN

Changes:
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Playlist:
* Vastly improved playlist support:
* Media library support
* “Live search”
* Shoutcast TV listings
* Audioscrobbler/last.fm support

Video output:
* Adjust, Invert and Distort (now splitted into Wave, Ripple, Gradient
and Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
* New puzzle video output filter

Interfaces:
* Windows/Linux
* Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
* All
* Improved user interaction

(I’ll clean up this post later)