Adobe adds Retina display support to Photoshop Lightroom 4

Adobe's newly updated Photoshop Lightroom 4.3 adds support for HiDPI displays, such as Apple's redesigned 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pros.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.3 is not yet finalized, but has been made available as a release candidate through Adobe Labs. The professional photography software is available as a 410-megabyte ZIP file for OS X.

The distinction of "release candidate" indicates the software has been well tested, but would benefit from additional community testing before it is distributed automatically to all of Adobe's customers. That means an official, final release of Lightroom 4.3 to all customers is likely coming soon.

In addition to support for Apple's MacBook Pro Retina displays, the new Lightroom 4.3 also includes fixes for the following bugs

Unable to upload a large panorama to Adobe Revel via the Revel Publish Plugin
Unable to add a second photo to a page layout in a Book. This only occurred when the â€œShow Unused Photosâ€ filter is selected in the filmstrip.
A photo can be flagged as both a â€œPickâ€ and â€œRejectâ€ at the same time when using the Toolbar to apply flags
Using multiple fonts within the same text cell inside a Book can sometimes cause Lightroom to crash
Exposure becomes the active adjustment slider in the Basic panel (within Develop) when moving from image to image
Customers using Photoshop Elements 11 were unable to upgrade their catalogs in Lightroom 4
Custom Cell padding options in the Book Module reset in between Lightroom sessions
1080p video files shot on iPhone 4S flicker on replay
Leaving the Book Module after using multiple text colors in the same text cell can sometimes cause the book to be lost.

The latest Photoshop Lightroom 4 also expands camera support to include the following:

Canon PowerShot S110
Canon PowerShot G15
Canon PowerShot SX50 HS
Casio Exilim EX-ZR1000
Casio Exilim EX-FC300S
Nikon D600 (expanded to full support)
Olympus PEN E-PL5
Olympus PEN E-PM2
Olympus STYLUS XZ-2 iHS
Panasonic DMC-GH3
Pentax K-5 II
Pentax K-5 IIs
Pentax Q10

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 was officially released earlier this year for OS X and PC. It's available for purchase for $149 for new customers, or $79 for those upgrading from a previous version.

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22 Comments

tallest skil

said about 11 years ago

And once again, Apple drags Adobe, kicking and screaming, into the future.

nikon133

said about 11 years ago

[quote name="Tallest Skil" url="/t/154172/adobe-adds-retina-display-support-to-photoshop-lightroom#post_2229724"]And once again, Apple drags Adobe, kicking and screaming, into the future. [/quote] I wouldn't expect anything less from you.

tallest skil

said about 11 years ago

Originally Posted by nikon133

I wouldn't expect anything less from you.

Yep, I'd drag them kicking and screaming, too. If I have a vision for the future, I know it's better than anything else out there, and I want to see it done, by gum I'll get it done.

hmm

said about 11 years ago

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tallest Skil

And once again, Apple drags Adobe, kicking and screaming, into the future.

I don't see your problem with this. It was tested and updated. These are not small applications. If they delivered a stable update within a few months to appease a smaller subset of their user base, why are you angry at them? They're way too conservative in other areas, but this was reasonable for something that would have required a lot of testing. When I say they're too conservative, I'm thinking more about how After Effects only gained a 3d camera tracker with CS6 (although other applications that had one cost way more). Their 32 bit support is still kind of weak, especially when they've tried to implement IBL functions and a raytracer within their applications. Some of the older 2D filters could have been tied into such a system. The improvements on their brush algorithms in CS6 were huge, but they should have come earlier. Prior to that Painter and Manga Studio had way better brush systems and pressure algorithms. I'm looking at things that took years to see any fixes. The thing you've chosen to focus on represents a small fraction of their user base and a lot of work, yet they took care of it mid-cycle within a few months. This goes back to the kool-aid where people really expected Adobe to do a full port of Creative Suite retroactively when no other developer of comparable size did anything of the sort as it was impractical.

tallest skil

said about 11 years ago

Originally Posted by hmm

I don't have a problem with it. I'm not angry. I'm quite happy it's being done, it just shouldn't have required Apple making the change for it to be done.

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