Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 came out

On January 29, Adobe Systems announced Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 software is now available for pre-order and is scheduled to be delivered in mid-February 2007.

Adobe's new product allows professional photographers to enter, manage and introduce a large number of digital photos, giving them more time behind the lens and reducing computer time. Over 12 months of testing, over 500,000 photographers participated in the beta version of the program.

Photoshop Lightroom is claimed to include a number of rich features for streamlining digital era photography workflows. Built on the relationship between programmers and photographers during overtime work. Tools from photo viewing to evaluation and processing are developed with the help of photographers.

Advanced characteristics

The new additions of Photoshop Lightroom beta 4.1 include some significant changes in the Library and Develop module as well as the Slideshow, Print and Web functions. If Library is improving the new keyword for the photographer's filtering tool through a massive collection, and the flexible interface input dialog gives more options when determining where to save the file. Then the Metadata browser provides instant access to key information cards in conjunction with color labeling and rating systems for unprecedented placement of images.

New to Develop, Virtual Copies and Snapshot modules is a help tool that presents multiple versions of the same image, providing the highest level of choice for customers to avoid single physical confusion. .

Other useful tools include Hue, Saturation and Luminance, which aim to correct and intuitively correct images. The Clone and Healing features provide secure photo editing, not making any images during the sensor process.

High quality processing

Photoshop Lightroom supports 150 image file formats, compatible with the latest digital cameras on the market such as Nikon D40 and D80 with Pentax K10D.

The system requires an Intel Pentium 4 CPU, 768 MB RAM, Windows XP SP2 operating system. Or Macintosh 1 GHz PowerPC G4 processor, OSX operating system 10.4.3. The trial version continues until the expiry date of February 28, 2007.

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