Adobe Unveils Lightroom Public Beta and Delivers New Technology for Digital Photography WorkflowsProfessional Photographers Instrumental in Developing New Modular Software to Import, Manage, Develop, and Showcase Images.

Adobe Systems Incorporated today introduced the public beta of Adobe Lightroom, an all-new digital imaging solution for professional photographers. With its modular, task-based
and streamlined environment, Lightroom’s goal is to deliver a complete photography workflow.

As Adobe collects more feedback from photographers, modules and feature sets will likely change, as customers decide on their popularity and priority within digital photography workflows. Initially available as a beta for Macintosh, Lightroom will later support both the Windows® and Macintosh platforms.

“We first showed an early version of Lightroom at the Adobe Ideas Conference in April 2005 to demonstrate a new streamlined digital photography experience, from capture to print,” said Shantanu Narayen, president and chief operating officer of Adobe.

“Today’s Lightroom Beta leverages Adobe’s renowned digital imaging innovation, in areas such as raw image processing, so that even in beta form photographers will find world class technology that complements Photoshop. We look forward to the feedback from the photography community as we refine the product over the next few months.”