Adobe Lightroom Mobile Brings Photo Tools to iPad

Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) today announced the availability of Lightroom mobile, a companion app to Lightroom desktop software, available as part of Adobe Creative Cloud.

The new Lightroom mobile app brings Lightroom tools to the iPad, delivering photography essentials – such as non-destructive processing of files – and utilizing new Smart Preview technologies to free professional-class photo editing from the confines of the desktop.

Lightroom mobile is built on a synchronization architecture, designed for photos, and provides an efficient way to manage and edit images across desktops, mobile devices and the Web.

Lightroom mobile is available as part of the Adobe Creative Cloud Photoshop Photography Program. For USD$9.99 per month, photographers have access to Lightroom 5 and Photoshop CC on the desktop as well as Lightroom mobile on iPad.

“With the launch of Lightroom mobile, we’ve unlocked professional-class photographic workflows from the confines of the desktop,” said Winston Hendrickson, vice president products, Creative Media Solutions, Adobe.

According to the company, Lightroom mobile and the photography optimized synchronization architecture puts these tools from Lightroom 5 at photographer’s fingertips, including:

• Sync mobile edits, metadata and collection changes back to the Lightroom catalog on a Mac or Windows computer
• Automatically import images captured on an iPad and sync back to a Lightroom catalog on the desktop
• Work on images, even when your iPad is offline, for a truly portable experience
• Sync photos between Lightroom 5 and Lightroom mobile; synced photos can also be viewed from any Web browser

The Photoshop Photography Program (USD$9.99 per month) includes Lightroom 5, Photoshop CC, Lightroom mobile and a public portfolio site through Behance.

Any members of Creative Cloud complete plan or Photoshop Photography Program automatically receive access to Adobe Lightroom mobile.

Lightroom mobile is now available for iPad 2 or later running iOS 7, from the Apple App Store and requires Lightroom 5.4 for Mac or Windows.