Adobe responded to the release of Apple’s Aperture today with the release of a beta version of Lightroom. Derrick Story has already written a thorough overview on Macworld, First Look: Adobe Lightroom beta, so I won’t bother to rehash the features here.
Lightroom looks impressive, if not quite as slick as Aperture on the surface, and seems to have a distinct performance advantage. Aperture has been faulted for its hefty system requirements, sluggish performance and lofty price.
I can’t comment too much on the comparison between these two apps. I don’t own Aperture. I was intrigued by Aperture 1.0, but I don’t have enough use for it to justify the $499 price (I think Aperture is more on a par with something like Motion and should be priced accordingly—$299).
The entry of Lightroom should mean more competition in the photography workflow category. It will be interesting to see what Jobs & Co. announce tomorrow. I’ll make these predictions: we’ll see more Aperture-like features in iPhoto and the price of Aperture will also come down, if not tomorrow, then sometime in the near future.
Learn more about Lightroom
Watch the video: General Overview of Lightroom Beta 1 Features
Download Adobe Lightroom Beta
Related Articles:
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.