Adobe has today released new updates for Camera Raw, Lightroom Classic and Lightroom for Windows, Mac, Android, ChromeOS, iOS and iPadOS. But as well as this, it’s also available now as a native application for both Apple’s new M1 Arm-based systems as well as Qualcomm Snapdragon-powered Windows 10 machines. Adobe says they’ve rebuilt Lightroom for both Apple M1 and Qualcomm Snapdragon (for Windows 10 – this doesn’t affect the Android version) based systems to take advantage of the new performance and efficiency benefits of the Arm processors.
As well as offering native support for M1 and Snapdragon chipsets, there are a bunch of new updates for Camera Raw, Lightroom Classic and Lightroom on all systems, including…
Despite now dedicating efforts to keep Lightroom updated for Apple M1 and Windows Arm systems, Adobe says they haven’t given up on Intel-based machines. They say they’ll “continue to invest in and improve Lightroom” on those Mac and Windows platforms, too. Adobe also recently released a native Apple M1 beta of Adobe Photoshop, although it has some limitations at the moment – or at least, it did as of two weeks ago, I’m assuming it still does as I don’t have an M1 to test and they haven’t made any new announcements about it. If you want to test that out, you can get it through the Creative Cloud Desktop app, but be very careful about using beta software on real clients! Unlike Photoshop, the new versions of Camera Raw, Lightroom Classic and Lightroom aren’t betas and are also available to download and install using the Creative Cloud Desktop app. [via Adobe]
