With an update to version 1.4 for the Android app, the photo-editing software is now free to use. This means that you'll no longer need that desktop software subscription to use it. However, if you want your edits and files to sync on the desktop, you'll have to splurge for Creative Cloud.
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom for iOS no longer requires Creative Cloud login
wont that be a Toffee Apple ?
Wrong! It's Apple Crumble
Bluestacks is your answer
http://www.bluestacks.com/about-us/app-player.html
And you can also run Android on an x86 platform. It has been possible since a few years ago now. If your mac can run Linux, it can run Android.
No, Android x86 and Virtualbox or VMware is your answer…
Bluestacks sucks!
But 90 million people…
+1 BlueStacks is rubbish
@thebargainhunter:
… don't know that Android x86 exists and is fast, stable and actually fully featured (completely unlike Bluestacks which is slow, buggy and feature limited)
There, finished it for you.
@scubacoles: So as someone who only discovered bluestacks a few months ago, androidx86 essentially creates a partition on your device that will run as an android?
@walkerbait:
You can install it directly. I've done that to my old Aspire One Netbook.
To get it working properly, I needed to prep the Hard Disk with an Ubuntu Linux Install to get the Partitions set up properly. I then installed Android over the top of the Ubuntu Install (ie wiped the Ubuntu install)
Once installed though it works brilliantly. It's certainly given the Netbook a new lease on life. The trackpad moves a mouse cursor around the screen and you can pinch to zoom on the trackpad (assuming it supports multitouch)
(Note that Bluetooth can be an issue depending on what BT stack your hardware uses.)
http://www.android-x86.org/download
Or you can run it inside a Virtual Machine using Virtualbox or VMWare. (There's precompiled images ready to run, no installation necessary.)
http://www.osboxes.org/android-x86/
The most recent version available at the moment is Android 5.1 Lollipop. Play Store is included.
@walkerbait:
No Worries. It's been a revelation to me.
I was considering trashing the Netbook, cause it was just too slow with any remotely modern OS (even tried various lightweight desktop Linux's).
Even with Android it's still slower than I'd like, but works great as a little Jukebox with the HDD loaded up with music and Kodi installed.
And when footy season comes around again, I can use the Android App to stream the footy to a larger screen than my phone!
I've loaded AMIDuOS 2.0 (lollipop) on my Toshiba Click 10…on a free trial for 1 month, but considering buying it (it's $15USD to register). have you tried it? how does it compare to Android x86?
Android x86 runs as a full OS, so you'd have to dual-boot if you still run windows? (as opposed to DuOS, which runs within windows)
@caprimulgus:
Haven't tried AMIDuOS, never heard of it till now.
No you don't HAVE to Dual Boot. As above, you can run it as a Virtual Machine inside Windows (or MacoS or Linux).
Runs perfectly well on our crusty old Core2Duo Dell laptop in VMWare.
I haven't set up Dual Boot on the netbook, cause I don't need Windows.
Having said that, Android should Dual Boot just fine, especially if you use my "Ubuntu method" of installing.
Just like most Linux distros, it uses the GRUB bootloader.
The Ubuntu install will set up the GRUB dual boot parameters for Windows and help to resize the partition in a nice, friendly graphical environment, which makes it easy for people who only vaguely know what they're doing, like me.
The android installer is more basic, although there's only a handful of steps.
(Note that GRUB will default to boot to Linux (or Android) after a few seconds - you'd need to get your hands "dirty" in terminal and gedit to make Windows the Default)
I have been running AMIDUOS on my Surface Pro 1 for some time now.
It works fine, though I know they have had some problems with the graphics on the Surface Pro 4.
It runs fine under Windows 109 and is just another Windows app, no dual-booting or VM's.
It is useful when you want to run Android on a bigger screen when traveling as an example.
My main Android device is a Samsung S5.
@scubacoles:
Have you tried Lubuntu 14.04 LTS? It should run adequately on a first generation Netbook (Atom N270) and Pentium M:
https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/lubuntu
http://lubuntu.net/blog/lubuntu-1404-trusty-tahr-released
@Mumbles:
Yeah, I did. But I didn't really notice any performance improvement over stock standard Ubuntu with Unity (I quite like Unity, must make me and Mark Shuttleworth the only 2 people in the world who do)
And Lubuntu wouldn't sleep properly.
Thanks OP.
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Now Free for Andriod
Android typo… :p
I live the app. Although it's missing Camera Calibration features, I still love it
Can use this to Photoshop myself with Rhiyhannah
are you that ugly?
Anyone find the UI a bit average? Seems like a straight port from iOS - lots of confusing icons and odd placement.
Nothing like desktop Lightroom. They're just trading on the name. There are better android editors. But thanks OP. Another free app gives one more set of options if you're struggling with output from your favourite editor.
What is a better editor?
Snapseed. It's my go to for editing photos on the fly (on mobile), can't beat the quick touch interface.
+1 for Snapseed, much cleaner UI.
@DrStinge:
+1. I also like VSCO for the mobile! Use the presets on PC/Lightroom and on my phone and tweak from there.
This one is easy to use and versatile but some features like perspective distortion missing. Free with paid plugins:
Photo Editor by Aviary
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aviary.and…
This one is very fully featured. More difficult interface. Works great on my phone but a few issues using it on my tablet. Free and paid versions:
Photo Editor by dev.macgyver
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iudesk.and…
This is great. I'm going to use this for editing raw files from my camera on my go.
Yep. RAW editing on mobile is why I'll be using this app. VSCO for their presets though
Just checked out VSCO. Why does a photo editor need to know my location? AFAIK, the GPS tags are inserted by the camera app itself.
Can VSCO take photos too?
I've been a subscriber for a while now and done this on occasion using WIFI. Such a slow process, handy to have but rarely used.
Thanks OP. Bought 4
Yay! Thanks for the app! - Downloaded :D Cheers!
Got it a few days ago. In top picks list. Thought it was always free.
I was excited to be able to edit the RAW images that my Panasonic CM1 shoots, but i'm disappointed with the Android Lightroom version. Glad I got it for free.
Here's a list of variable controls compared to my desktop Lightroom version:
INCLUDES:
Basic (contrast, highlights, shadows, clarity, saturation etc),
tone curve,
HSL, B&W, Color
Effects
EXCLUDES:
Split toning,
Detail,
Lens corrections,
Camera Calibration (shadow tint).
Hmm, if you need lots of controls, wouldn't you want to do it on a calibrated screen anyway?
Unless maybe you're using a current flagship Samsung that has a very accurate screen I guess.
Need Adobe ID to use premium features!
If you are high end enough to be working in raw, you should be doing it on a real (desktop) computer, not a cell phone. Cell phone programs and games are designed for the lowest common denominator, simplified for lazy people with IQs in the 70s.
are you speaking from experience?
And you say this after a discussion on running Android on a PC? IQ in the 60s?
Anyone that is interested in running this on your desktop. Use arc welder on chrome to install the apk.
Install Arc Welder
https://developer.chrome.com/apps/getstarted_arc
Download APK. (Google it)
Run Arc Welder and install APK
And now you have it running on Chrome!!
If only I could run Lollipop on my iMac..