Luminous Landscape on Adobe Lightroom · 109 words posted 01/10/2006 05:21 PM

I was set to write a lengthy walkthrough of Adobe’s excellent new Lightroom beta, but I see that Luminous Landscape has already done a better job of covering its features than I could. Short version: Lightroom rocks. If you’re on a Mac, download the beta and be sure to read the Luminous Landscape preview.

In the past, Mac users have sometimes felt left in the cold by Macromedia products when the Studio suite lagged behind its Windows counterpart in performance. But Lightroom zips right along on my PowerBook G4 (which only today feels old and creaky). Instant access to EXIF data, histograms, and thumbnails, all in a well-presented interface.

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1. On Jan 12, 01:08 AM Haikal said:
I tried running lightroom, on my 17” HD Powerbook, and it still seemed to chug. How much ram do you have? I have only 512 Megs. #

2. On Jan 12, 08:36 AM since1968 said:
1GB. #

3. On Jan 12, 11:30 PM joe said:
I’d like to see a comparison to iPhoto 6 — it seems more appropriate. Aperture is in a completely different class. #

4. On Jan 12, 11:37 PM since1968 said:
joe, I don’t get the sense from the beta that Lightroom is meant to compete with iPhoto, but I could be wrong. #