http://www.dpreview.com/news/0601/06010901adobelightroom.asp
Voorlopig alleen als beta voor Mac OS X. hier een preview, hier te downloaden. Een antwoord op Apple's Aperture maybe? De tijd zal het leren. Binnenkort krijgen ook Windows users de kans om Lightroom aan de tand te voelen.
Voorlopige conclusie in de preview van Michael Reichmann:
Adobe has today announced a new application aimed squarely at the digital photographer. Lightroom is a workflow and editting application which takes all of the useful photography related stuff from Photoshop and combines this with a sophisticated importation, browsing and organizational front-end. Lightroom is clearly aimed at taking on Apple Aperture as well as a few other high end workflow tools. At the moment Lightroom is available as a Mac OS X only Beta for anyone to try.

Voorlopig alleen als beta voor Mac OS X. hier een preview, hier te downloaden. Een antwoord op Apple's Aperture maybe? De tijd zal het leren. Binnenkort krijgen ook Windows users de kans om Lightroom aan de tand te voelen.
Voorlopige conclusie in de preview van Michael Reichmann:
Mooi voor de keuzemogelijkheden van fotografen op het gebied van workflow software, ben benieuwdBy releasing Lightroom now Adobe likely hopes to further side-swipe Aperture's early sales momentum, though Apple bears considerable responsibility for Aperture's generally negative early reception by reviewers and many users. With Lightroom out in the wild as a free beta for much of 2006, and with availability for Windows computers coming in the relatively near future, Adobe clearly hopes that huge numbers of photographers will explore and then start using Lightroom. Then, when it launches as a commercial product, a very large installed base of pre-sold buyers will exist. It also means that Lightroom (hopefully) will contain features and functions that are a result of feedback from these early adopters, and thus will engender a loyal user base. A pretty smart strategy, in my view.
And as for Aperture, if history is any teacher we can expect to see Apple turn its newest baby into a powerhouse, especially now that it has Adobe breathing down its neck with such a promising alternative. In the end the winner will be all of us – photographers who will have choices, and a rich new set of tools with which to pursue our art and our craft.
[ Voor 3% gewijzigd door Remy op 09-01-2006 13:42 ]