Adobe unveils Lightroom; Aperture competito

Adobe on will announce today the public beta release of Lightroom, the company’s answer to Apple’s recently release Aperture. Adobe will release Lightroom as a public beta for the Macinstosh to get feedback from professional photographers before releasing the full version later this year, the company said. Lightroom is a new application that lets photographers import, develop, and showcase large volumes of images. The program will be available as a downloadable beta later this week. Derrick Story already has had a chance to use Lightroom and tells you what to expect from the program—including how it compares to Apple’s competing application, Aperture,

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