Adobe unveils Photoshop Lightroom 1.0
With its first commercial version of Photoshop Lightroom 1.0
released, Adobe is now getting ready for more applause.
According to industry analysts, the photographic software has
been available as a free downloadable beta for the past few years.
However, with the current beta 4.1 staring at the expiry date of
February 28, users will have to purchase the full version if they
want to continue using it. To add o the charm, Adobe’s Photoshop
Lightroom 1.0 version is an improvement over the 4.1 beta.
Analysts say that it indeed is an upgrade talking in terms of
advanced keyword tools in the library module that help photographers
filter through large collections and more flexible file handling in
the import dialogue that allows greater choice while determining
file location.
Besides all these, it is new and improved key metadata browser that
offers quick access to key information tags, with color labels plus
a pick/reject system, they add.
A technology website review says that the new module features
virtual copies and snapshot tools for providing multiple versions of
the same image for comparison, sans the need to save physical
versions. This apart, a new tool gives precise control over hue,
saturation, and luminance; and Clone and Healing brushes are
provided for sensor dust removal, it adds.
Incorporating features like support for a number of raw image
formats, the Photoshop Lightroom 1.0, runs under Mac OS X 10.4 or
Windows XP, and requires a 1GHz Power PC or an Intel Pentium
processor, 768MB RAM, and a 1024 by 768 resolution screen.
Hitting the racks in the US for $199 as an initial offer, the price
would rise after April 30 to $299, Adobe has said. The Mac version
of Photoshop Lightroom is a universal binary application that runs
natively on PowerPC and Intel-based Macs, said a report on the new
software
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