Adobe says Lightroom ships mid-February, thanks beta testers
Adobe has announced a shipping date of February 19th for Lightroom, their new toolbox for professional photographers that's been in beta for the last year. Lightroom carries a final retail price of $299, but until April 30th, Adobe is saying thanks to everyone who participated in the beta (and lowering the bar for early customers) with a price of $199. The current beta expires February 28th, so either way it's decision time for those who have found a place in their hearts (and workflows) for this professional managing, adjusting and presenting photography software.For more details on Lightroom, we've been following the betas since Lightroom's introduction, and Macworld also has a nice summary of the latest improvements to the shipping version. Adobe, naturally, also has an official product page with demos, feature tours and interviews with photographers on the beta experience and what it's like to see Lightroom get all growed up, ready to make a difference in the (wide-angled) world of professional photography.
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Daveed V. said 2:36PM on 1-29-2007
The "Macworld" link isn't quite right (it's identical to the "following the betas" link.
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Derek said 10:59AM on 1-30-2007
It really bugs me to no end when you guys screw up your links because it, inevitably, errs on the side of linking back to TUAW...
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Ryan said 9:13PM on 1-29-2007
I've been using Lightroom pretty much ever since the beta opened. It just so happened that I had gotten a new camera that supported RAW files and Lightroom was a great program, and free since it was in beta. It has evolved quite a bit since the program first was released, but I wouldn't use anything else now.
Great move, Adobe. You rope me in with your free beta for over a year and now I have to make the decision between going back to iPhoto or staying. You just made yourselves $200.
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luclodder said 6:40AM on 1-30-2007
Well that's great. So adobe pays us betatesters with $100 for the testing.
It was very nice to see 2 of my idea's implemented in B2.
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