Apple : Adobe shows off iOS Lightroom prototype that could blow up an iPad

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Adobe shows off iOS Lightroom prototype that could blow up an iPad Posted: Adobe today showed off a version of Lightroom, one of the Photoshop maker's signature photo editing apps, running on an Apple iPad. Adobe group product manager Tom Hogarty appeared on the photography web show The Grid to give a demonstration of the mobile Lightroom app. Lightroom on iOS appeared in an early, rough state, yet it possessed all the functionality that Lightroom users would expect. That said, Hogarty admitted that attempting some of the functions that were not optimized for the mobile version would likely "make the iPad explode." The Lightroom app is a photo management and editing suite that photographers use to make non-destructive changes (meaning the original file is not altered) to large RAW format photographs. Lightroom on a light device It's clear that Lightroom for iOS is still early on in development, and Adobe hasn't yet decided how it might release a finished version of the app - whether as a standalone purchase or as part of Adobe's $49.99 per month Creative Cloud subscription suite. Hogarty showed it off on a second-generation iPad, and despite the app's slightly half-baked appearance it was still capable of manipulating a large 5D Mark III RAW image's shadows, highlights, and color temperature. The RAW images, which are often enormous, are not stored on the tablet itself, but rather on a computer that the tablet would access through the app. The changes to RAW photos are saved as smaller, separate files that could then be synced through the cloud to other devices. The mobile Lightroom app could make it easy for photographers to manipulate professional-grade files on the go without having to drag a laptop around - if it ever gets beyond a prototype stage, of course. We asked Adobe to clarify whether it plans to release Lightroom on iOS or any other mobile platforms at any point, but we've yet to hear back.

Windows 8 adoption rate can't match Windows 7 - yet Posted: It's no secret that Windows 8 has had trouble making a mark in the PC operating system landscape, but according to new data it's slowly gaining a foothold in the market. Analytics consulting firm Net Applications reported this week that Windows 8 users accounted for 3.8 percent of all PC web traffic tracked in April. That's reportedly up from 3.2 percent in March. It's a minuscule gain, but a gain nonetheless. And at this point in the saga of Windows 8, which IDC recently pointed the finger at for dragging down the PC market, Microsoft is probably glad for any small victory it can achieve. Slow and steady, still in the race Net Applications factors desktop, laptop and touchscreen PCs into its figures, and April's 3.8 percent of Windows 8 PCs included .02 percent Windows 8 touchscreen PCs. Windows RT PCs, on the other hand, apparently failed to register altogether. According to Net Applications, Windows 8 use accounted for 1.09 percent of web traffic in November 2012, and that figure has risen slowly but steadily since then. Compared to Windows 7, though, the latest Microsoft OS has a lot of catching up to do still. Lagging behind It's only natural that many users will stick with their current OS rather than upgrading, but Windows 8 has simply not seen the same adoption rate that its predecessor Windows 7 did, according to Net Applications' data. Windows 7 debuted in October 2009, and by April of the next year it was accounting for 12 percent of PC web traffic. In the same amount of time (W8 debuted in October as well) Windows 8 uptake has been considerably less enthusiastic. That's not the tune that Microsoft was singing in February, when it said that Windows 8 adoption was on par with Windows 7, so either uptake has slowed down since then or someone's fudging their numbers. Either way, some of the differences may be attributed to the general dislike of Windows 7's predecessor, Windows Vista, which many users were eager to get away from. Somewhat ironically, Windows 8 was recently compared to Vista by a Samsung executive, and the latest version of Windows certainly has its own set of issues. Perhaps the substantial upcoming Windows 8.1 Blue update will help to turn the tides in Windows 8's favor. Net Applications also noted that Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8 together accounted for 6.4 percent of PC web traffic in April 2013, with Windows XP and Windows 7 taking up the lion's share with 38.3 and 44.7 percent, respectively.

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