With the new versions of Lightroom, Adobe is supporting another new Apple technology, the ProRaw photo format found iniPhone 12 Pro smartphones. Lightroom support for Apple ProRaw photos Those machines have boasted longer battery life than mainstream Intel-based Windows laptops but have suffered from lukewarm performance. Apple's M1 processor highlights Intel's chip challengesĪdobe also released on Tuesday a version of Lightroom for Windows laptops that use Qualcomm processors, which along with Apple's M1 is a member of the Arm chip family.iPhone 12's ProRaw photos: Everything to know about Apple's new image format in iOS 14.3.MacBook Air M1 review: Big changes from Apple silicon and Big Sur.iPhone 12 photo tips: How to maximize your new phone's coolest features.'Lightroom Classic, even emulated under Rosetta, is really snappy.' 'Running Lightroom on the desktop in native mode is super fast,' he said. Josh Haftel, Adobe's director of project management, said Lightroom performs well on M1 Macs both natively and via Apple's Rosetta translation software, which lets software originally written for Intel-based Macs run on M1 Macs. Those benefits will only be fully realized with native versions of the most widely used software, like Lightroom, Photoshop and Microsoft Office.

Apple promises the new MacBook Airs and MacBook Pros benefit from better battery life and performance. The introduction of Lightroom for M1 Macs is an important step for photographers considering whether to buy Macs with the M1 processors or stick with earlier machines based on Intel chips. Native versions of Lightroom Classic and Photoshop for M1 Macs are expected in 2021. Lightroom Classic, as well as Adobe's Photoshop, now will run on M1 Macs through Apple's Rosetta translation software, Adobe said. Unlike Lightroom Classic, Lightroom stores photo files in the cloud to allow for better synchronization with mobile devices.

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