Comments on: Adobe Lightroom 4 Beta Release is Here! Now Available Free to Public http://ProDesignTools.com/adobe-lightroom-4-beta-release.html Adobe® Developments in Focus Thu, 17 May 2012 14:53:30 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jan http://ProDesignTools.com/adobe-lightroom-4-beta-release.html/comment-page-1#comment-23420 Jan Thu, 01 Mar 2012 07:18:27 +0000 http://ProDesignTools.com/adobe-lightroom-4-beta-release.html#comment-23420 I own an rather old version (2.0) and use it for organizing my photos. I also use Lightroom of course for corrections of the photos. I like to upgrade to version 4 but have not run the beta yet. I own an rather old version (2.0) and use it for organizing my photos. I also use Lightroom of course for corrections of the photos.

I like to upgrade to version 4 but have not run the beta yet.

]]> By: ProDesignTools http://ProDesignTools.com/adobe-lightroom-4-beta-release.html/comment-page-1#comment-20850 ProDesignTools Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:24:54 +0000 http://ProDesignTools.com/adobe-lightroom-4-beta-release.html#comment-20850 It's true that some folks are upset that Lightroom 4 won't be supporting Microsoft Windows XP - and here is <a href="http://prodesigntools.com/forums/thread/946948" rel="nofollow">Adobe's explanation with the reason</a>: <em>"We also aren’t supporting the ten-year old Windows XP operating system with this release. We’ve made changes in favor of committing resources to enhancing new features and capabilities. However, previous versions of Lightroom will continue to run on Windows XP. As new OS's become available, it becomes too expensive for us to support such a wide range of systems. Especially considering that we have to test 32 and 64-bit platforms separately, keeping XP would mean having to test on 8 separate Windows platforms next year (XP+Vista+Win7+Win8) x (32-bit + 64-bit). And our video playback is using some graphics functions that are not available on XP. The industry is marching ahead, and we have to keep marching with it."</em> It’s true that some folks are upset that Lightroom 4 won’t be supporting Microsoft Windows XP – and here is Adobe’s explanation with the reason:

“We also aren’t supporting the ten-year old Windows XP operating system with this release. We’ve made changes in favor of committing resources to enhancing new features and capabilities. However, previous versions of Lightroom will continue to run on Windows XP.

As new OS’s become available, it becomes too expensive for us to support such a wide range of systems. Especially considering that we have to test 32 and 64-bit platforms separately, keeping XP would mean having to test on 8 separate Windows platforms next year (XP+Vista+Win7+Win8) x (32-bit + 64-bit).

And our video playback is using some graphics functions that are not available on XP. The industry is marching ahead, and we have to keep marching with it.”

]]> By: asdf http://ProDesignTools.com/adobe-lightroom-4-beta-release.html/comment-page-1#comment-20827 asdf Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:21:29 +0000 http://ProDesignTools.com/adobe-lightroom-4-beta-release.html#comment-20827 Wtf, not for Windows XP? Wtf, not for Windows XP?

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