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Lightroom 2.3 and Camera Raw 5.3

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

Lightroom 2.3 and Camera Raw 5.3 have graduated from Adobe Labs and are now available as final releases on Adobe.com.

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180+ Free Presets Collection

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

The folks over at the Presetting Lightroom Flickr group have compiled a collection of 180+ Free Lightroom Presets with sample before and after images for anyone who’s interested. Included in the collection of links are Wonderland Lightroom Presets and Presets Heaven.

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Lightroom 2.1

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Lightroom 2.1 (Mac, Win), Camera Raw 5.1 (Mac, Win) and the DNG Converter 5.1 are now available on Adobe.com.

Both releases include new camera support for the following models:

  • Canon EOS 1000D (Digital Rebel XS/EOS Kiss F)
  • Canon EOS 50D
  • Fuji FinePix IS Pro
  • Kodak EasyShare Z1015 IS
  • Leaf AFi II 6
  • Leaf AFi II 7
  • Leaf Aptus II 6
  • Leaf Aptus II 7
  • Nikon D700
  • Nikon D90
  • Nikon Coolpix P6000
  • Olympus SP-565 UZ
  • Pentax K2000 (K-m)
  • Sigma DP1
  • Sony A900

Lightroom 2.1 also includes a number of fixes for issues that were introduced with the Lightroom 2.0 release. The details of those fixes are listed in the Read Me file associated with the update.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom ACE Exam

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

Adobe launched Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom ACE Exam.

Exam Structure

The following lists the topic areas and percentage of questions delivered in each topic area:

Topic Area % of Exam # of Questions
Configuring Lightroom 8 4
Understanding workflow 6 3
Understanding digital asset management 6 3
Importing assets 11 6
Working with the Library module 23 12
Working with the Develop module 15 8
Working with output modules 21 11
Interoperability with the Photoshop
family of products
10 5

Number of Questions and Passing Score

Exam consists of:

  • 52 questions
  • 68% minimum required to pass

Anyway, are you thinking of taking the exam or have you already taken the Lightroom (or Photoshop) ACE exam? Let me know why or why not in the comments section.