Photokina: Adobe Releases Lightroom Beta 4

[JAT]

The name change from "Lightroom" to "Adobe Photoshop Lightroom" clearly demonstrates the Adobe sees Lightroom as a complement to Photoshop.

Adobe sees ALL things as a complement to PS. Including the pencil cup on the CEO's desk.

 

[SPUY767]

... what's with the attitude? I was simply stating the iMac was releaed on a non-Tuesday. That's no different from being a MacBook Pro. They are both products from Apple.

No need to be so rude.

That was just gratuitous Rudeness, no need to take offense.

 

[hayesk]

I apologize for the lack of knowledge while making this post.

How does "Adobe Photoshop Lightroom" relate to "Adobe Photoshop"? Are they two completely different programs or is the one eventually to replace the other?

It doesn't really. More of the public knows the name "Photoshop" than they know "Adobe". Adobe is calling it that so the public thinks, "photoshop is great, so this must be great too" and then buy it.

 

[hayesk]

EDIT: I've posted 2 photos below for comparison. One was exported from BETA 3, and the darker blue one was exported from BETA 4.

EDIT 2: Do I have to change the hue and saturations around to get my photos to look the same as before?

Probably. No offence, but that mad face is unjustified. You are using beta software. There is no reasonable expectation that it operate in the same manner from one beta release to the next. Surely you weren't using it for your professional work, right?

Developers always go through this dilemma. Do they release a beta and put up with people getting upset with bugs and behaviour changes, or do they wait until it is final and then lose early sales opportunities? This is the reason most products aren't offered as a public beta. Adobe only did this so people wouldn't invest their time and workflow into Aperture.

 

[PerfectlyFlawed]

I don't know much about photo apps. I'm in the process of learning Photoshop CS2. I messed around with Lightroom a bit, it seems like just an alternative to iPhoto. couple quick questions.

1. What is Lightroom for, editing or basically same as iPhoto?
2. Aperture is Apple's equivalent of Photoshop CS, right?
3. If Aperture is the about the same as photoshop which is easier to use, cause I find Photoshop somewhat confusing?

 

[SPUY767]

I don't know much about photo apps. I'm in the process of learning Photoshop CS2. I messed around with Lightroom a bit, it seems like just an alternative to iPhoto. couple quick questions.

1. What is Lightroom for, editing or basically same as iPhoto?
2. Aperture is Apple's equivalent of Photoshop CS, right?
3. If Aperture is the about the same as photoshop which is easier to use, cause I find Photoshop somewhat confusing?

No, No, and No. Loghtroom is Adobe's answer to RAW based workflows. Aperature is Apple's solution for the same. Aperature is nothing close to photoshop. Photoshop is an image editor. Aperature is designed to change attributes that the RAW image format gives you, i.e. you can change the exposure level of a RAW formatted image in ways that would be impossible in any other format.

 

[Abstract]

Probably. No offence, but that mad face is unjustified. You are using beta software. There is no reasonable expectation that it operate in the same manner from one beta release to the next. Surely you weren't using it for your professional work, right?

But I really didn't expect the way Adobe sees my RAW files to be any different. I know that might sound odd because this is a beta, but this is Adobe, and they've played the game for years.


And while I wouldn't mind if they bundled Lightroom with Photoshop, I really hope they sell it as a standalone product, and for cheaper than Aperture.