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Adobe Lightroom
Adobe Lightroom 4.0
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Import, select, develop and showcase large volumes of digital images.   Demo ($149)
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Adobe Lightroom software helps you bring out the best in your photographs, whether you're perfecting one image, searching for ten, processing hundreds, or organizing thousands.

Create incredible images that move your audience. Experiment fearlessly with state-of-the-art nondestructive editing tools. Easily manage all your images. And showcase your work in elegant print layouts, slide shows, and web galleries, as well as on popular photo-sharing sites. All from within one fast, intuitive application.
What's New
Version 4.0:

Note: Lightroom 4.0 is a $79 upgrade for 3.x users.

  • Highlight and shadow recovery
  • Photo book creation with templates
  • Location-based organization including GPS data support
  • A white balance brush
  • Noise reduction and moiré removal tools
  • Enhanced video support including adjustments
  • Emailing from Lightroom
  • Video publishing to Facebook and Flickr
  • Soft proofing for color-managed printers
Version 4.0:

Note: Lightroom 4.0 is a $79 upgrade for 3.x users.

  • Highlight and shadow recovery
  • Photo book creation with templates
  • Location-based organization including GPS data support
  • A white balance brush
  • Noise reduction and moiré removal more...
Requirements
  • Intel
  • 64-bit multi-core processor
  • Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later
  • 2GB RAM



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Adobe Lightroom User Discussion (Write a Review)
ver. 4.x:
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Monkeyjunkey commented on 24 May 2012
Lightroom does not support .png files. Interesting that an image browser does not support image files.

I do understand where this is coming from, since Lightroom was designed to deal with images made by high-end digital cameras. But it has grown and become much more. Now it would be great if Adobe did it's homework and added png support.
[Version 4.0]


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Holypoly commented on 14 Apr 2012
Adobe posted a d/l link to the release candidate of LR 4.1:

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/lightroom4-1/
[Version 4.0]

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Holypoly replied on 15 Apr 2012
Added Canon 5D III support

Point Curve adjustments made in Lightroom 3 and before have been restored.

Lightroom 4 did not properly open external applications when using the “Edit In” functionality.

Addressed performance issues in Lightroom 4, particularly when loading GPS track logs, using a secondary monitor, and the controls within the Develop module.

Ability to update DNG previews and metadata for more than 100 photos has been restored.

This update allows for improved viewing of subfolders and stacks in folders with a large number of photos.

It was possible that a layout of a saved book could be lost after quitting Lightroom 4.
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Holypoly replied on 08 May 2012
Release Candidate 2 has been...well, released on April 26.
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Holypoly replied on 08 May 2012
Fixed Issues
The following issues have been fixed in the Lightroom 4.1 release candidate 2 (April 26, 2012):

Estimated price does not update when switching between books in the Collection panel.
Postscript Type 1 Fonts do not appear in the Font menu within the Book module.
Filenames can be used as auto text captions within the Book module.
Fonts such as Courier New and Times were not displaying properly on books exported as PDF files.
The Adjustment Brush pin would not properly accept negative values.
Clarity adds grey tinting to 100% white tones.
Creating a soft proof does not add a line item to the History Panel.
Photos with GPS Altitude data will now properly display Altitude within Lightroom.
Unable to import RAW+ JPEG files directly from Canon 5D, Canon 5D Mark II, Nikon D700, Nikon D90, and Sony NEX5 cameras when connected through USB.
Unable to import RAW + JPEG files when using the built-in SD card reader on Macbook laptops in some scenarios.
Lightroom 4 and ACR 6.7 render files differently.
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+8

delenca reviewed on 13 Mar 2012
Very impressed. Long time user of Lightroom (3), I was at first a bit thrown by the slight changes to the developing tools. But after reading the tutorial, tried it out and was blown away by the improvements to highlight and shadows controls.
Also, importantly, they've brought video file management into the fold.
And, finally, a drop in price.
Probably the best Adobe product in a long, long time (and I'm not an Adobe fan boy by any means).
Home run as far as I am concerned (Mac OS X 10.7.3, 2.66GHZ, intel core i7, 8GB memory; Canon T2i files).
Strongly recommended.
[Version 4.0]


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+2

+258
Bigboysdad commented on 09 Mar 2012
Although running a Mac on 2GB of memory is a bit of a joke these days, that's hardly ever been a problem when running Lightroom 3 and I love it. Has anyone tried out Lightroom 4 on an "older" Mac and if so, is it as fast/slower/the same as Lightroom 3? This really is a dealbreaker for me in deciding whether to buy this latest version.
[Version 4.0]

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Surfspirit replied on 22 Mar 2012
unfortunately it seems Lightroom 4 is 64 bits only, so the support for 32 bits Macs is over :(
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+258
Bigboysdad replied on 25 Mar 2012
Correct. And yes, having now tried the trial, I’ve found it to be a bit slower, so if you have an older Mac, you may want to stick with Version 3. It’s stiil a great product though and I can’t wait to use it on the new MBP’s when they come out this year.
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+118
Revco commented on 07 Mar 2012
re Download Now link above:

Access Denied
You don't have permission to access "http://trials2.adobe.com/AdobeProducts/LTRM/4/osx10/Lightroom_4_LS11.dmg?" on this server.
[Version 4.0]


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+1

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Bnz reviewed on 06 Mar 2012
Great update and I am pretty sure that Adobe did good to lower the price. I know I have bought it today with the release of 4.0 while I hesitated all the time before. I am pretty sure that I am not alone with this as there is really a lot to like about Lightroom - it is different in many ways and not the usual Adobe mess.
[Version 4.0]


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+29

M85 reviewed on 06 Mar 2012
Terrific update. Clunky interface, but very very deep functionality, especially now it handles cataloguing video (even MTS files), soft proofing, even finer quality raw processing... It's also way faster and generally more professional than Aperture
[Version 4.0]


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-6

+4
Kihoalu commented on 16 Jan 2012
This is not a review:
I'd like to test drive Lightroom.

And I'd like serious comparisons between it & its competition.
[Version 4.0 Beta [800002]]

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+3

+214
B. Jefferson Le Blanc replied on 06 Mar 2012
A beta of Lightroom 4 has been available for several months - and was even posted here on MacUpdate. The beta will expire on March 31. Adobe now offers a 30 day free trial of Lightroom 4. Just download it, start it up and click the Trial button.

By the way, perhaps reflecting the drop in price for Apple's Aperture, Lightroom's retail price has been cut in half, to $149, and the upgrade is $79, which is also the price of the student and teacher edition, a drop of $20 from previous versions.

I don't have a current copy of Aperture so I cannot compare it directly, but it's clear that Adobe is actively and aggressively developing Lightroom, something that does not appear to be the case for Aperture.

I've been testing the Lightroom 4 beta and In my opinion this upgrade is a must have.
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osxer commented on 15 Jan 2012
LR 3 was fantastic. With LR4 the auto settings make the program useless (Darks are too dark And Lights are too bright!) I don't understand why the highlight recovery button is not existing anymore....
[Version 4.0 Beta [800002]]


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+37
Myschizobuddy commented on 10 Jan 2012
doesn't look like a mac app at all.
[Version 4.0 Beta [800002]]

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+178
Jazzica replied on 11 Jan 2012
Adobe. In my experience when an app is updated, it's NEVER free.
I have 3,6. How much will v4 cost me when "perfected"? Anyone know?
Thanks you.
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+129
Rubaiyat had trouble on 28 Apr 2011
The Adobe Lightroom v3.4 link is broken on the Adobe Update site end (not here).
[Version 3.4]


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Skallagrimson had trouble on 17 Mar 2008
Adobe Lightroom 1.4 pulled, users asked to downgrade

Adobe has pulled the recently released Lightroom 1.4 update from its Web site and is asking users to downgrade to version 1.3.1 of the photography workflow tool.

Company officials say the decision to pull the update was based on the following bugs:

EXIF Time Stamp Error There is an error in the EXIF time stamp update technology that causes Lightroom to believe that the files are out of sync with the correct time stamp as displayed in Lightroom. Any ensuing metadata update will attempt to incorrectly modify the EXIF time stamp in the original raw file itself. This is the only metadata field that Lightroom will write to an original proprietary raw file. This error will not impact the integrity of your image data. The Camera Raw plug-in also will incorrectly change the EXIF time stamp in files converted by the plug-in. The information written to the XMP sidecar files or XMP metadata in the converted files will remain correct.
Olympus Conversion Error There is an error in converting Olympus JPEG files to other formats in Lightroom 1.4 and the Camera Raw 4.4 plug-in.
In order to downgrade, delete the Lightroom application in the Application's folder and then delete the /Library/Receipts/Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.pkg file. Reinstall Lightroom 1.3.1.

http://www.macfixit.com/
[Version 1.4]

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Ric Vieira replied on 04 Jun 2008
Lightroom 1.4 is STILL active on Adobe's website and I never heard about "pulling" it out the site !?

RV

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muapple rated on 17 Mar 2012

[Version 4.0]




LaurenceGWB rated on 07 Feb 2012

[Version 4.0 Beta [800002]]




MeerAdTwins rated on 09 Jan 2012

[Version 3.6]




Michel Marimon rated on 16 Dec 2011

[Version 3.6]



+2

Achim2 rated on 14 Dec 2011

[Version 3.6]



+258

Bigboysdad rated on 06 Nov 2011

[Version 3.5]



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Monkeyjunkey rated on 30 Sep 2011

[Version 3.5]




Dickerson rated on 24 Aug 2011

[Version 3.5rc1]



+8

Mx rated on 19 Jul 2011

[Version 3.4.1]




Dlackovic rated on 23 Jun 2011

[Version 3.4.1]


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Date:06 Mar 2012
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