Lightroom
Lightroom under Mac OS X in full screen mode
Maintainer:	Adobe Systems
Latest release:	Beta 1 / January 9, 2006
OS:	Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows
Genre:	Photo Post-Production
License:	Proprietary
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Contrary to what has been suggested by some, Lightroom was not developed as a response to Apple's photo post-production software Aperture; according to Jeff Schewe, Lightroom development began as early as 2002. ^[1] ..... Apple Computer, Inc. ... Aperture is a software program for Mac OS X announced by Apple Computer on October 19th, 2005, designed to assist professional photographers in post-production work. ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Features

Non-destructive editing

External Links

• Project: Lightroom official page - Official Adobe development page
• Adobe Lightroom First Look and Primer - by Michael Reichmann, The Luminous Landscape
• First look: Adobe Lightroom beta - by Derrick Story for Macworld

References

1. ^  "The Shadowland/Lightroom Development Story", accessed January 9, 2006.