Updates: Aperture 3.0.1 and RAW Compatibility 3.1

Apple has released an update for Aperture 3. Aperture 3.0.1 improves overall stability and addresses a number of issues in Aperture 3 which includes:

* Upgrading libraries from earlier versions of Aperture
* Importing libraries from iPhoto
* Importing photos directly from a camera
* Memory usage when processing heavily-retouched photos
* Face recognition processing
* Adding undetected faces using the Add Missing Face button
* Printing pages containing multiple images
* Printing photos and contact sheets with borders and metadata
* Editing photos using an external editor
* Display of images with Definition and Straighten adjustments applied
* Zooming photos in the Viewer and in the Loupe using keyboard shortcuts
* Accessing Aperture libraries on a network volume Selecting and moving pins on the Places map
* Adding and editing custom locations using the Manage My Places window
* Switching between masters when working with RAW+JPEG pairs.

Aperture 3 was released earlier this month.

Apple also released Digital Camera Raw Compatibility Update 3.1. The update extends RAW image compatibility for Aperture 3 and iPhoto 09 for the following cameras:

Hasselblad H3DII-50
Leica M9
Leica X1
Olympus E-P1
Olympus E-P2
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1
Pentax K-7
Pentax K-x
Sony Alpha DSLR-A500
Sony Alpha DSLR-A550
Sony Alpha DSLR-A850