Free Lightroom 4 Beta Delivers Unparalleled Image Processing and Workflow Efficiency for Photographers
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan 10, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
Adobe Systems Incorporated
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today announced Adobe(R)
Photoshop(R) Lightroom(R) 4 beta for Windows(R) and Mac.
Available as a free public download from Adobe Labs, Lightroom is the
essential digital photography workflow solution helping amateur and
professional photographers quickly import, manage, enhance and showcase
their images. Lightroom 4 beta is a preview of new features and
capabilities that will be offered in the final release of Lightroom 4,
expected in early 2012. The beta features refined technology for
superior shadow and highlight processing, expanded management
capabilities including enhanced DSLR video support and the ability to
create beautiful photo books from within Lightroom. Adobe encourages
photographers to try the beta release and provide feedback to the
product team.
"Giving early customer access to new versions of Lightroom has helped
our team deliver an outstanding battle-tested product that really stands
up to the demands of photographers worldwide," said Winston Hendrickson,
vice president of Digital Imaging Products, Adobe. "The much anticipated
release of Lightroom 4 beta continues this tradition and shows how much
Adobe values customer insights into photography workflows."
New Features in Lightroom 4 Beta
Lightroom 4 beta is a major software update adding a broad range of new
capabilities based on feedback provided by the photography community.
All new basic tonal adjustment controls extract the entire dynamic range
from cameras for stunning shadow details and highlights. The software
features additional local adjustment controls, including Noise
Reduction, Moire and White Balance.
New native video support gives photographers the capability to play,
trim and extract frames from video clips shot on DSLRs, point-and-shoot
cameras and smartphones. Many standard Lightroom image adjustment
controls can also be applied to video clips and adjusted videos can be
exported as a H.264 file or published directly to Facebook or Flickr.
Lightroom 4 beta provides photographers the tools to create impressive
photo books with rich text controls and a variety of easy-to-use
templates, as well as a direct link for photo book creation from within
the new Book module. Also, a new intuitive Map module displays images
already assigned a location, provides location tagging controls and
saved locations for effortless assignment of a photographer's common
locations.
In the Develop module, the addition of soft proofing helps photographers
tune images in a destination color space to ensure prints and Web
content look their best. In addition, customers can now email images
directly from Lightroom using an email account of their choice including
Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail.
Adobe Photoshop Family
Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended are at the heart of the
Photoshop family, joined by solutions for users at every level who want
to bring out the best in their digital images either at home, in the
office or on the go. Photoshop Lightroom 4 beta addresses the workflow
needs of amateur and professional photographers, helping them create,
manage and showcase images in impactful ways. Photoshop Elements 10
provides consumers with powerful yet easy-to-use tools that organize,
edit, create and share photos memories. For mobile devices, Photoshop
Touch app transforms images with core Photoshop features custom-built
for tablets; and Photoshop Express is a free app for simple photo fixes
and enhancements, and sharing to social networks.
Pricing and Availability
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 beta is available immediately as a free
download on both Windows and Mac at
http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/ .
Customers can submit feedback on the community powered feedback site:
http://feedback.photoshop.com .
Users can also connect with the Lightroom team directly on Facebook (
www.facebook.com/lightroom ),
via Twitter (
www.twitter.com/lightroom )
or on the Adobe Lightroom blog (
http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal ).
For Lightroom how-to videos, visit
http://www.youtube.com/lightroom .
About Adobe Systems Incorporated
Adobe is changing the world through digital experiences. For more
information, visit
www.adobe.com .
(C) 2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe, the Adobe
logo, Photoshop and Lightroom are either registered trademarks or
trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or
other countries. Windows is either a registered trademark or trademark
of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
Mac is a trademark of Apple, Inc., registered in the United States and
other countries. Facebook is a trademark of Facebook, Inc. Flickr is a
trademark of Yahoo! Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
SOURCE: Adobe Systems Incorporated
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Marissa Lee, 415-832-5378
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or
Edelman
Anne Yeh, 650-762-2954
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