Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 [Download]

by Adobe Inc.

• Get everything you need beyond the camera - Organize, perfect, and share - Lightroom combines all your digital photography tools in one fast, efficient application.
• Get the best from every image - Get the highest possible quality from every pixel in your images, whether you shot them with a pro DSLR camera or a camera phone.
• Share effortlessly - Craft elegant photo books and easily share your photographs on social networks or in web galleries, slide shows, prints, and more. Lightroom includes efficient tools to showcase your work for friends, family, and clients.
• Highlight and shadow recovery - Bring out all the detail that your camera captures in dark shadows and bright highlights. Now you have more power than ever before to make great images under challenging lighting conditions.
• Photo book creation - Create beautiful photo books from your images with a variety of easy-to-use templates included in Lightroom, and then upload your book for printing with just a few clicks.

Product Details

• Downloading: Currently, this item is available only to customers located in the United States and who have a U.S. billing address.
• Note: Gifting is not available for this item.
• ASIN: B007FZUPL2
• Release Date: March 6, 2012
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (79 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #73 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #8 in Software > Graphics > Photo Editing

Product Description

Platform: PC Download

From the Manufacturer

The before-and-after comparison tool helps distinguish image adjustments (view larger).

Organize your photos by location (view larger).

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 Overview

The Lightroom 4 software helps you create amazing images that inspire, inform, and delight. Bring out the best in every shot with powerfully simple one-click adjustments and a full range of cutting-edge advanced controls. Craft elegant photo books and effortlessly share your best shots on social networks, in web galleries, and more. Perfect your images, organize all your photographs, and share your vision—all with one fast, intuitive application.

New for Lightroom 4

Highlight and Shadow Recovery - Bring out all the detail that your camera captures in dark shadows and bright highlights. Now you have more power than ever before to make great images in challenging lighting conditions.

Photo Book Creation - Create beautiful photo books from your images with a variety of easy-to-use templates included in Lightroom, and then upload your book for printing with just a few clicks.

Superior Image Processing - Get the absolute best from your images with state-of-the-art image processing controls. Make precise overall adjustments or correct targeted areas.

Extended Video Support - Organize, view, and make adjustments and edits to video clips. Play and trim clips, extract still images from them, or adjust clips with the Quick Develop tool.

Advanced Black-and-White Conversion - Gain powerful control over the tonal qualities that make or break black-and-white images. Precisely mix information from eight color channels when you convert to grayscale.

Superior Noise Reduction - Achieve amazing, natural-looking results from your high ISO images with state-of-the-art noise reduction technology. Apply noise reduction to the entire image or target specific areas.

One-Click Adjustments to Multiple Images - Save time when processing many images. Apply the same develop settings, exposure, or contrast, for example—to all the photographs in a group at once using presets or syncing.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How does Adobe Photoshop Lightroom differ from Adobe Photoshop? - Adobe Photoshop Lightroom software provides all the tools you need for digital photography in one intuitive solution. Lightroom helps photographers work fast and efficiently, while maintaining the highest quality. Adobe Photoshop software is the industry standard in digital image editing, with advanced tools for detailed, pixel-level editing and working with multilayered files.

Q: Why should I use Lightroom if I already have Photoshop? - Lightroom is designed to boost your efficiency by handling all the tasks a digital photographer faces in one intuitive environment. It includes powerfully simple one-click adjustments, as well as the widest range of advanced tools for efficiently processing sets of images, organizing photo libraries, and sharing images.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Comparison Chart	Lightroom 2	Lightroom 3	Lightroom 4
Location-based photo organization			X
Extended video support			X
Importing libraries from other software			X
Highlight and shadow recovery			X
White balance brush			X
Additional adjustment brush options			X
Basic support for video files		X	X
Improved watermarking		X	X
Cross-platform 64-bit support		X	X
Multiple monitor support	X	X	X
Simplified tone curve tools	X	X	X
Red-eye removal	X	X	X

Highlight and Shadow Recovery

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After highlight and shadow recovery (view larger).

System Requirements

Windows

• Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64 processor
• Microsoft Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 or Windows 7 with Service Pack 1
• 2GB of RAM
• 1GB of available hard-disk space
• 1024x768 display
• DVD-ROM drive
• Internet connection required for Internet-based services

Mac OS

• Multicore Intel processor with 64-bit support
• Mac OS X v10.6.8 or v10.7
• 2GB of RAM
• 1GB of available hard-disk space
• 1024x768 display
• DVD-ROM drive
• Internet connection required for Internet-based services

Create elegant photo books (view larger).

Product Description

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 software helps you create amazing images that inspire, inform, and delight. Bring out the best in every shot with powerfully simple one-click adjustments and a full range of cutting-edge advanced controls. Craft elegant photo books and effortlessly share your best shots on social networks, in web galleries, and more. Perfect your images, organize all your photographs, and share your vision—all with one fast, intuitive application.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

39 of 41 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Not Disappointed June 7, 2012

By gr8ful customer

Platform for Display:PC Download|Amazon Verified Purchase

I know Adobe made this product for the professional photographer, but it is also great for the amateur photographer. I would say that it is "especially" useful for the amateur photographer. It is user friendly, very intuitive, very short learning curve, and your photos come out looking great.

The reason it is good for the amateur photographer is because the software lets you know what the photo is lacking, you have the tools to make the change if you want to, or even, make changes that surprise even you. Without knowing it, you are training your eye and as you continue to shoot pictures, you subconsciously are crafting your photo shoots for a better photo. After my first three weeks with this software, my photos improved exponentially! I even entered some photos in a photo contest!

The point is, for amateur photographers, this will improve your quality of photos before you get to the software, and that is the main point. Money well invested.

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy download, great for beginners and the experienced September 19, 2012

By erica g

Platform for Display:PC Download|Amazon Verified Purchase

One of the main concerns I had when I ordered the downloadable version vs the physical software, was that I would only be able to download the product onto one computer, something wouldnt work correctly... overall, I had NO issues. Once downloaded, I went onto my husbands computer and signed into my amazon account. I downloaded the same way on his computer that I did mine.

You will need to go into your account and look in your orders to find the SERIAL #. You will need this to enter in before downloading. They say they will email you the serial # but the receipt comes, but the serial # is NOT included. You must sign into your amazon account and copy and past it after hitting the download button. After its in, to download on the second computer, you WILL have to re-enter the serial # again.

The product is no less than having the software in hand, and to be honest, I love it because its one less box and cartridge to store. Im really enjoying lightroom 4 as it is easy to use for a beginner, and after just a few weeks, I feel like I have learned something new every day. I do not have any other lightroom experience. However, I did read a lot of reviews on the changes, advantages/disadvantages and I will say that the upgrade to this one is great. Most reviews said if you have lightroom 3 already, it would not be worth upgrading yet. Hope this helps!

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Good features but terribly low performance September 24, 2012

By J. Zhou

Platform for Display:PC Download|Amazon Verified Purchase

Well, I purchased LR 4 and was impressed with all the features it has. But wait a minute, why Spot Removal so painfully slow? I have a reasonably good mobile workstation (8-core CPU, 16GB RAM, dedicated nVidia video card, etc.), but the performance of Spot Removal (and some other Develop module features) is just terribly slow. This is reported widely on Adobe Community. Before Adobe addresses this issue, I only give it 2 stars.
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Update on 11/7/2012: after upgraded to version 4.2, I feel it is much better. Although the performance of Develop module is still not at the level that I would like it to be, I am all happy with it. So 4 stars now.