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Apple releases Aperture 3.1.3 update

Early Thursday, Apple released version 3.1.3 of Aperture, its pro-grade image editing application. The new version, a 292 megabyte download, offers the following fixes and changes:

– Improves reliability and performance when syncing web-published albums.

– Slideshow exports are now handled as a background operation.

– Crop tool now correctly supports use of gestures to define crop size.

– Gesture support can now be enabled or disabled in Preferences.

– Fixes an issue that could cause a blank sheet to display when placing a book or print order.

– Published MobileMe, Facebook and Flickr albums now appear in a Web section in the Projects Inspector.

– Shift-clicking snapshots on the Faces corkboard now allows you to make contiguous selections.

– Metadata presets are now correctly applied to imported audio files.

– Fixes an issue that could cause Aperture to quit unexpectedly when trimming audio in full screen mode.

– Resolves various issues when adding names to Faces using accented, Japanese, Korean or Simplified Chinese characters.

– Improves stability when browsing video clips.

– Addresses reliability of library repair and rebuild.

Aperture retails for US$199 and requires an Intel-based Mac running Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later to install and run.

If you’re tried the new version and have any feedback, let us know via the comments.