The Mac App Store already has quite a few photo editing and cataloging software options , but on Thursday it gained one more : Lightroom 4 .
While not Adobe ’s first entry into the Mac App Store , Lightroom 4 is perhaps the biggest name and most full - have software package offering to escort . ( You canreadMacworld ’s reviewhere . ) Previously , the company had bound its Mac App Store ventures to its Elements line , which offers smaller , more compact edition of both Photoshop and Premiere . There ’s been no doctoring of Lightroom to make it Mac App Store - friendly , however : The program is selfsame to its Adobe vane store counterpart .
The Mac App Store version of Lightroom is n’t skin down ; it ’s the same computer program as sold elsewhere .
The Mac App Store version of Lightroom isn’t pared down; it’s the same program as sold elsewhere.
And Lightroom boasts a price desirable of its feature - set—$149 , in compare to Photoshop Elements ’s $ 80 — though that ’s still a dramatic step-down from Adobe ’s former loop , which cost new substance abuser $ 299 .
The app ’s institution into the Mac App Store comes a few calendar month after itsMarch debuton Adobe ’s Web storage for the same $ 149 price ; there , however , users can also raise from a previous version for $ 79 — something the Mac App Store does n’t currently support .
In a web log post on Adobe ’s web site , the company noted that upgrade pricing for succeeding versions of Lightroom may not be uncommitted for those purchase the Mac App Store version , due to Apple ’s current lack of reenforcement for such a system ; to boot , users may receive updates later than they would through Adobe .
All that said , for new Lightroom users , purchasing through the Mac App Store may arguably be a smoother experience than trying to wrangle Adobe IDs through the company ’s own on-line storage . And the Mac App Store seems attractive enough to Adobe that it ’s willing to take Apple ’s 30 percent cut of Lightroom sales .
If Lightroom does well in the Mac App Store , it ’s potential we might see other Adobe heavyweight come to the store in the future . make Adobe ’s recent push towardCreative Cloud and subscription - based pricing , though , it ’s operose to understand on the button where the Mac App Store fit into the company ’s deluxe programme . Still , it ’s difficult to fence with a store that ’s encouraging Modern drug user to downloadhundreds of zillion of apps .
If its availability in the Mac App Store has you long to cull up Lightroom and you ’re in North America , you may purchase it for your computer ( running OS Adam 10.6.8 or afterward on a 64 - bit processor)for $ 149 ; there ’s alsoa gratis trial availablefrom Adobe ’s site .
Updated at 9:30 a.m. PDT to add information from and link to Adobe ’s blog post .
