Lightroom 1.0 Released

[mnoble]

In case you haven't noticed, Adobe LightRoom has been released in its first commercial incarnation. The price, if you adopt early, is $199. It will go up to $299 soon thereafter. If you are a registered Beta user you should get notification by e-mail with directions for your download. You pay first in order to download. I haven't had much of chance to look it over, but there are some differences in the 1.0 release over the 4.1 Beta. I will be able to work with it a little more on the weekend.

[jdepould]

In case you haven't noticed, Adobe LightRoom has been released in its first commercial incarnation. The price, if you adopt early, is $199. It will go up to $299 soon thereafter. If you are a registered Beta user you should get notification by e-mail with directions for your download. You pay first in order to download. I haven't had much of chance to look it over, but there are some differences in the 1.0 release over the 4.1 Beta. I will be able to work with it a little more on the weekend.

30 days free , IIRC April 30 is the date for the price change.

[unexplained_bacon]

Also note that if you were a previous owner of Rawshooter Premium, like I was, you should shortly be receiving an e-mail giving you access to a complimentary copy of Lightroom. All hail assimilation.

My next question being, what the heck do I do with my new shiny copy of Lightroom?

[jdepould]

My next question being, what the heck do I do with my new shiny copy of Lightroom?

Lick it.

Kidding. Seriously though, I think the best thing to do with it is just play for awhile. I found it to be very easy to learn, an the crop/straighten tool is SO much easier than in Photoshop.

[goislands]

My next question being, what the heck do I do with my new shiny copy of Lightroom?

Lick it.

Kidding. Seriously though, I think the best thing to do with it is just play for awhile. I found it to be very easy to learn, an the crop/straighten tool is SO much easier than in Photoshop.

No it is not "the best thing". As King George shipped his tea to Boston and said "you have to think what I send you" the people said no, and we have now the USA. Now Adobe has killed off the far superior in design ond operation RawShooter and tells us "you have to use our Lightroom." Well, I lost 10Gig on their monstrosity in no time already. My story is on http://www.pbase.com/phototalk_thh/ligh ... 1_critique, see also hundreds over hundreds of protest messages on Pixmantec forums.

PS: Of course this sad circumstance does not imply that Lightroom does is not bringing in any innovation: The rotation tool is a good example. I like that the crop stays always inside the image.