October 21st, 2009 by 
Photo-John
Adobe has announced a new beta version of their popular Lightroom digital photography software. The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 beta is available for download on the Adobe Labs Web site. It’s a free, public beta, available to for anyone to download and use. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom was introduced a few years ago as a streamlined RAW photography workflow solution for professional photographers.
Some of the new features included in the Adobe Lightroom 3 beta are:
- New “performance architecture”
- New noise reduction
- Watermarking
- New “portable” slideshows with sound
- Film grain simulation
For more information on the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 beta or to download and install the software, please visit the official Lightroom 3 beta Web page:
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Beta Page >>
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Beta Videos >>
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October 21st, 2009 at 10:51 pm
I am planning to and take a closer look at the Ligthroom beta, tomorrow. If anyone has already downloaded it, please share your impressions with us. I’d like to know what people think of the UI and the new features.
October 21st, 2009 at 11:55 pm
It’s already 1:30am and I’m still at this new software. The ADOBE TV videos are worth the time to get quick ideas about what needs to be explored in this BETA.
Initially I am very interested in looking tomorrow (and having several others look) at prints from the 50 photos I’m playing with this evening. ACR has been altered/modified/updated to improve rendering. So far it looks good in most cases on the screen.
The radically changed input interface will require ‘play time’ to see if it all works well together. There is now a browser type interface, but it is very LR in implementation. Far better control over what to import and how.
More tomorrow, or later today.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:40 am
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