Survey View (fourth from left), Keyword Stamper, Flags. There were a total of over one million downloads of the beta with over 500,000 unique users, of which 8,000 actively participated in the online forums. THE BETA & VERSION ONE | Back to ContentsĪnd that distance is largely the measure of the community of photographers who used the beta version of the product and posted feedback to Adobe. Readers might also be interested in comparing our original coverage of the beta release ( ) to see how far the product has come. Hogarty stepped us through the improvements in v1.0 over the final beta 4 release and Adobe subsequently provided the screen shots and FAQ we've included here, but we have not yet seen a review copy of v1.0. The conversion itself does not touch your images. Adobe recommends converting from the final beta 4 format, but the worst that can happen is that you have to reimport your images. The first time you run v1.0, it will update your beta database files to the final release format.

To continue using Lightroom after that date, you'll need v1.0. And the product will not ship with Creative Suite 3 or be otherwise bundled. You don't need to register with Adobe or have participated in the public beta test to qualify for the discount, Tom Hogarty, Lightroom product manager, confirmed in a Friday press conference.

19 for $299 with a $100 discount until April 30 as a gesture of gratitude to the beta community that helped design it. Today Adobe announced it would release Lightroom 1.0, its photo workflow solution, on Feb. The Imaging Resource Digital Photography Newsletter PASINI REPORTS Adobe Lightroom 1.0 to Make Its Debut By MIKE PASINI

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