Apple released yesterday a major update to its photo processing software.

iPhoto’s now-$199 big brother gets over 100 new features:

• recover highlights
• bring out color vibrancy
• manage local contrast definition
• soft-edged retouching
• vignetting
• de-vignetting
• much faster searching

…and a completely reworked interface and core. Nice, especially when you consider Aperture 1.5 was $299. I’m downloading the 30-day trial now and I’ll let you know how much faster it is. Speed is a concern for me because I’m on a lowly MacBook.