Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Beta
Adobe has released a new beta version of its Photoshop Lightroom 3 workflow and image editing software. You can immediately download it from Adobe Labs. This new version includes features such as ‘intuitive’ importing, improved noise reduction, enhanced slideshows and direct online publishing options (such as Flickr).
Some of the new features included for you to play with in the Lightroom 3 beta are:
- Brand new performance architecture, building for the future of growing image libraries
- State-of-the-art noise reduction to help you perfect your high ISO shots
- Watermarking tool that helps you customize and protect your images with ease
- Portable sharable slideshows with audio—designed to give you more flexibility and impact on how you choose to share your images, you can now save and export your slideshows as videos and include audio
- Flexible customizable print package creation so your print package layouts are all your own
- Film grain simulation tool for enhancing your images to look as gritty as you want
- New import handling designed to make importing streamlined and easy
- More flexible online publishing options so you can post your images online to certain online photo sharing sites directly from inside Lightroom 3 beta (may require third-party plug-ins)*
For more details on the new functionality in the Lightroom 3 beta:
- Watch 3 short videos about what’s new in the beta
- Read the blog post from the Lightroom team to learn about the vision behind the features included in the beta.
- Find helpful resources on the new NAPP Lightroom 3 beta Resource Center.
- Read the release notes (PDF) for detailed information
The Lightroom 3 beta program is available to the public, so that means anyone with an Internet connection can download it and start putting it to the test. You do not need to own (or have tried) a previous version of Lightroom. The version of Lightroom 3 beta software available for download is offered in English only. You can download the beta and use it until the product expires. The current Lightroom 3 public beta will expire on April 30, 2010.
Pricing and Availability
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 beta is available as a free download to anyone on both Macintosh and Windows platforms. Visit to learn more and download the beta. Feedback can be submitted on the Lightroom forums Users also can connect with Adobe at www.facebook.com/lightroom or www.twitter.com/AdobeLR, and can add the tag #AdobeLR3beta to tweets about the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 beta
