Adobe releases a stable version of Lightroom for M1 Macs and Windows on ARM

Posted on by Nadeem Sarwar

Adobe began testing a beta version of Photoshop a few weeks ago that will natively run on Macs with Apple’s M1 chip and Windows laptops powered by ARM-based processors such as those provided by Qualcomm. While the test is still underway, Adobe has today released a stable version of Lightroom that is native for M1 silicon and Windows on ARM platforms. In case you’re wondering, this version of Lightroom doesn’t run on top of an emulation layer, which means users can experience buttery smooth usage and no performance bottlenecks.

“We rebuilt Lightroom to take advantage of the newest performance and power efficiency benefits of the Apple M1 and Qualcomm Snapdragon (for Windows 10) processors,” Adobe’s Sharad Mangalick wrote in a blog post. But do keep in mind that this is the new version of Lightroom that we are talking about here, and not the classic version, which is yet to get a native version for M1 Macs and Windows on ARM. Today’s release also marks a new milestone for Adoble as Lightroom is now available on all mobile (Android and iOS) and computing (macOS x86 based on Intel chips, macOS for ARM, Windows x86 based on Intel instructions, Windows on ARM) platforms, as well as the web.

However, Adobe promises that it will soon release updated versions of Lightroom Classic, Photoshop and Adobe Camera Raw that will work natively on Macs powered by Apple’s in-house silicon. Right now, the aforementioned Adobe Creative Cloud apps have been certified to run just fine on the new Apple machines by relying on the Rosetta 2 emulation layer. In case you own one of Apple’s new M1 MacBooks or Windows laptop powered by a Snapdragon chip, you can test out the optimized version of Photoshop as a beta directly from the Creative Cloud app.

Adobe has also announced that the December update adds support for the new ProRAW file format that Apple introduced with the iPhone 12 series. This is now live in Camera Raw, Lightroom Classic, or Lightroom on all platforms. Plus, Lightroom for iOS has introduced support for widgets. Users can now click photos using the Lightroom camera and see Discover Edits and In-app tutorials directly from the Widgets screen.

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Adobe Lightroom iOS update had a major issue, and the users aren’t happy

Posted on by Prakhar Khanna

The latest update to Adobe Lightroom’s iOS app had a serious problem. It deleted some iOS users’ photos and presets. The development was confirmed by an Adobe rep on the Photoshop feedback forums. It was first spotted by PetaPixel, but it was too late and the deed was already done.

Earlier this week, Adobe rolled out version 5.4 of Lightroom for the iPhone and iPad. Soon after, users started complaining on the Photoshop feedback forums that they have lost all of their pictures and presets. “All presets and most of my 8000+ pics are gone as of today-08/18/20. Please help!” wrote user Karen Floyd.

An Adobe rep named Rikk Flohr responded to the thread, saying Adobe is aware of the bug. Plus, the company rolled out a new update, 5.4.1 that corrected the issue. However, the customers were in for a major setback as Flohr wrote, “we know that some customers have photos and presets that are not recoverable.” He added, “we sincerely apologize to any customers who have been affected by this issue.”

The rep noted that the Lightroom cloud, Lightroom mobile on Android, Lightroom desktop on macOS and Windows, as well as Lightroom Classic weren’t affected. Hence, it is likely that the only pictures that weren’t backed up to Adobe’s Cloud were deleted. The company says, “affected customers using Lightroom mobile without a subscription to the Adobe cloud. It also affected Lightroom cloud customers with photos and presets that had not yet synced to the Adobe cloud.” 

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Adobe expands its free-to-use Lightroom love: now for Android users

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

With this year’s crop of new smartphones, users have access to some of the best cameras to ever bless mobile devices. Rather than just throwing megapixels at us, manufacturers have been delivering cameras that actually put their focus less on specs and marketing buzzwords, and more on sensors capable of producing some stunning shots. But now that you’ve got all these beautiful pics on your phone, what do you do with them? Sure, you could move them all over to your PC for some hardcore ...

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Adobe Lightroom photo editing app makes its way over to Android

Posted on by Rithvik Rao

One of the most powerful features of smartphones nowadays is the camera. What once used to be unsuitable for taking pictures of your lunch can now capture the next internet-famous landscape shots, but editing on mobile hasn’t been the easiest. That’s why, when Adobe brought Lightroom over to iOS last year, professionals rejoiced – and now those same professionals using Android can do so as well, thanks to the arrival of the Adobe Lightroom Android app on Google Play.There’s one small catch, and that is that you’ll only be able to use the app on smartphones. ...

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