Now this is an application I’ve wanted to try out since hearing about it. The reason behind this desire was not because I wanted to get more out of my digital-photography experience but mainly because, well, the application is free (at least for now). Up until late last night, I didn’t have the patience to download it from the Adobe Labs because I figured the file-size was going to be huge. However, after logging in, I was amazed that the entire application is only a 9.7Mb .dmg file! Of course, there was a souped-up version also available (consisting of sample photos) which weighed-in somewhere around 116Mb or so, also a .dmg file.

Perhaps I was prompted to visit Adobe Labs because the photo-workflow application broke headlines a few days ago because it was being made available to Microsoft Windows operating systems for the first time. Yup, Adobe’s Lightroom was exclusively available for the Apple Macintosh platform until that time.

So, Mac or Windows, what are you waiting for, join the Adobe Lightroom beta!

I might be posting up a review of this application so be sure to keep an eye open for that. My first impressions of the application are amazing despite it being a “beta” version. Then again, when it comes to quality, Adobe has proven itself to be one of the best in the business.