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Robert Nazarian
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Lightroom mobile has been available on iOS since last June, and now Adobe has finally made it available for Android phones. Lightroom is one of the most powerful photo editing tools for photographers, and the mobile version has most of the familiar desktop tools and presets, including non-destructive processing using Smart Previews.
It’s part of the Adobe Creative Cloud, which means that you will have access to all your images in the cloud from your phone, and any changes that you make will be synced so that you can continue where you left off with a Mac or Windows computer.
As you might know, Lightroom is popular since you can work with RAW (DNG) images. If the the RAW images are in your personal cloud catalog, you will be able to edit them from your phone, but for now, you will not be able to edit RAW images captured on your Lollipop Nexus 5 or Nexus 6 using the app. That feature will be added soon. You will however, be able to edit any JPG images that you capture from your Android phone.
In order to use Lightroom, you will need a Creative Cloud Photography Plan, which costs $9.99 per month and consists of Photoshop CC 2014 and Lightroom for the desktop, mobile, and the Web. Plus, you get integration with Photoshop Mix. Your Android phone needs to be running Android 4.1+, have a 1.7 GHz quad-core CPU ARMv7 or higher, at least 1 GB of RAM, and at least 8 GB of internal storage in order to run Lightroom mobile. Unfortunately Lightroom mobile is not officially compatible with tablets, but I know a few testers who say that it works okay.
Full Press Release
Lightroom mobile Now Available for Android Phones
Adobe today announced the availability of Lightroom mobile for Android phones. Lightroom mobile is a companion app to Lightroom 5 desktop software, available as part of Adobe Creative Cloud. First released for iPad and iPhone, Lightroom mobile offers powerful capabilities to edit, organize and share images anywhere and anytime.
Built on a powerful cloud sync architecture, Lightroom mobile provides the most efficient way to manage and edit images across desktop, mobile devices and the Web. With Creative Cloud Photography Plan, photographers have access to professional-class photographic workflows on desktops and smartphones, allowing users to perfect images on any device.
Key Lightroom mobile capabilities include:
- Sync edits, metadata and collection changes to the Lightroom catalog on a Mac or
- Windows computer
- Automatically import images from the smartphone gallery and sync back to the
- Lightroom catalog on the desktop
- Edit images using familiar Lightroom tools and presets, including non-destructive
- processing using Smart Previews
- Quickly flag and reject photos
Pricing and Availability
Lightroom mobile is immediately available as a free download for Android phones via the Google Play store. Customers must have Lightroom 5.4 or higher, available as part of a full Adobe Creative Cloud membership and Creative Cloud Photography plan. The Creative Cloud Photography plan (USD$9.99 per month) is a comprehensive photography solution for both professional and hobbyist photographers. It includes Lightroom 5, Photoshop CC and Lightroom mobile with immediate access to updates as soon as they are released. New customers can download Lightroom mobile and start a 30-day free trial. After the 30 days, purchasing a Creative Cloud subscription is required for continued access.
To learn more about Lightroom mobile for Android features and availability, visit: http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/?p=1448
Learn more about Lightroom mobile, visit http://www.adobe.com/products/lightroommobile.html.
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