Go Lightroom

For those, who want to test Adobe Lightroom 3, there is a (free) download at a Adobe Labs site.

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)

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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).

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Much more info on Lightroom 2.0 beta

• Ian Lyons’ comprehensive overview – Wow!
• Uwe Steinmueller’s overview
• A wealth of video & more from Scott Kelby’s gang in the Lightroom 2 Learning Center
• Video training from Adobe’s Julieanne Kost: Part 1 & Part 3; Part 2 is on the way. See also Julieanne’s full list of LR topics
• A one-hour training video from Colin Smith
• Gilles Theophile’s pensées (en Français)
• The Lightroom Tasmania Adventure (kicking off now)
• A few words from Tom Hogarty, Lightroom Product Manager
• A video podcast from Adobe’s Terry White

Hey, I guess you were waiting. At least I was. And finally it is here – Adobe Lightroom 2.0 Beta. And it is not a Fools Day joke.

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