Light work of Digital Photos
February 20, 2007
Adobe have released their Lightroom Application now entitled ‘Adobe Photoshop Lightroom’ Spend less time in front of the computer and more time behind the lens with new Adobe Photoshop Lightroom software. As one of the many Adobe Beta testers we found Photoshop Lightroom is the professional photographers’ essential toolbox, providing one easy application for managing, developing, and presenting large volumes of digital photographs. Adobe have release the software at a special Introductory Price of £146.88 yet we found it cheaper on Amazon at only £133.99
New features not found in the beta version include:
• Clone and Healing functionality for more powerful photo tweaking
• Hue, Saturation and Luminance targeted adjustment tools for precise, intuitive adjustments
• Improved import dialogue with more flexible file handling
• Virtual copies and snapshots for maintaining multiple versions of the same image
• Metadata browser for quick access to key information tags
Top 10 Features :
- Extensive workflow support
Transfer and work with large volumes of photographs with ease. Automated features help speed the downloading, importing, and renaming of files and let you easily apply global adjustments to photographs. - Nondestructive editing
Enjoy robust support for more than 140 camera raw formats, and experiment with confidence. Adjustments you make to images in Lightroom won’t alter the original data, whether you’re working on a JPEG, TIFF, DNG, or camera raw file. - Professional editing tools for making global adjustments
Fine-tune your photographs with precise, easy-to-use tools for globally correcting white balance, exposure, tone curves, lens distortion, and color casts. - Simple yet powerful tone curve editor
Precisely control the tonality and contrast of your images by individually targeting highlights, midtones, and shadows using sliders and visual controls. - Efficient image viewing, evaluation, and comparison
Browse, evaluate, and select your images with efficient, flexible viewing and comparison tools. - Elegant, uncluttered interface
Ease the learning curve and be productive quickly. Task-oriented modules whisk you through typical workflow tasks by putting just the tools you need at your fingertips. - Fast, high-quality printing
Quickly and visually format high-quality prints, whether working with one photo or 100, on one page or many. Recall your favorite layouts with saved presets and enjoy speedy output, even of large files. - Finely tuned black-and-white conversions
Convert color images to black-and-white with precision. Familiar sliders allow you to control the contrast and detail based on the colors in the original photograph. - Versatile client presentation capabilities
Use simple yet powerful tools to present your images and get client approval in print, on the web, or in a slide show. - Automatic tracking of image changes
Always find the image state you need by keeping track of the changes you’ve made to images, including alternates, with the History panel.
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