Skip to main content

News

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 Adobe Releases Photoshop Lightroom 2

Feature- and improvement- packed Lightroom 2 available now

Jonny Evans

  • Email to a friend
  • Print this article
  • Bookmark this page
  • RSS feed

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2, a major update to the software for professional photographers, is available now.

Among other improvements, Lightroom 2 offers dual-monitor support, "radical" advances in non-destructive localised image correction, and streamlined search capabilities.

The software supports 64-bit on OS 10.5 Macs with Intel processors. Lightroom 2 also provides improved memory performance for dealing with large scale images.

Tom Hogarty, senior product manager for Lightroom and Camera Raw at Adobe admitted the extensive beta-testing period had helped. “We’ve considered their requests which helped us develop useful features that make it easier than ever for our customers to quickly refine, enhance and present brilliant photographs.”

An improved Library module helps speed up workflows. The Library can also visually organise images across multiple hard drives, while search features have been improved across the application,

The Develop module has also been improved with the introduction of a new Local Adjustment Brush which lets users fine-tune specific areas of an image to precisely adjust colour, exposure and tonal range without affecting other areas of the image.

The new Graduated Filter allows for edits to larger areas by applying gradually diminishing or increasing adjustment effects such as exposure, clarity, and saturation, alone, or in any combination.

The software is also far more capable of custom layouts for print in order to boost ink and paper efficiency. Web Export and Metadate Software kits are available.

Adobe has improved RAW image handling by supplying default camera profiles that closely emulate the visual looks that photographers are used to seeing from their favourite camera. Camera profiles are available for immediate download from Adobe Labs.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 is available now through the Adobe Store in English, French and German with the Japanese language version planned to be released at a future date.It costs £175 for new users with an upgrade price of £69 for registered users,

Recommended system requirements include: Macintosh OSX 10.4, 10.5 1 GHz PowerPC G4 or G5 or Intel based processor, or Microsoft Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise.

Email A Friend

Email this article to a friend or colleague:



PLEASE NOTE: Your name is used only to let the recipient know who sent the story, and in case of transmission error. Both your name and the recipient's name and address will not be used for any other purpose.

<<prev article | back to news index | next article>>

Question of the day!

Mark Hattersley
Editor in Chief

Do you share your creations online?

Question of the day!

Do you share your creations online?

% of Macworld readers agree with you

Yes
TBC
No
TBC

What do you create and how do you share it?

124 characters remaining

Follow the conversation at @TabletChat

paintings & illustrations, mostly, which i upload to flickr.RT @fragmentedm

I draw manga/anime characters. I also do graphic design and photography.RT @spialelo

Yes. I usually put them up on my #deviantart account for feedback on how to improve.RT @spialelo

Comments received


Adam said on Thu, 31 Jul 2008

Given that the update will be served as a download, why does adobe persist with different pricing! $99USD is £49, NOT the £87 (69 + tax) that they are charging.

Alastair said on Fri, 01 Aug 2008

Recommend for new users, bud doesn't seem enough new functionality to justify the upgrade cost, at least not at the UK price.

Disclaimer
Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of Macworld. Macworld accepts no responsibility legal or otherwise for their accuracy of content.
Click here to read the house rules.

Click here for the latest reader comments

Latest News


More news...