Adobe[R] Photoshop[R] Lightroom 2.0.Adobe[R] Photoshop[R] Lightroom 2.0 http://www.adobe.com/ Available for PC and Mac $299, Upgrade from Lightroom 1-$99 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Adobe[R] Photoshop[R] Lightroom[R] 2 is an upgrade to Photoshop Lightroom and is a compelling upgrade that simplifies photography from shoot to finish. It offers powerful new and enhanced features across the entire program to help the photographer streamline the digital photography workflow. Sort and find the photos that are wanted faster, target specific photo areas for more precise adjustments, make great prints using more flexible printing templates, and more. With the extremely rapid growth of digital image capture during the past several years Lightroom has found its place in the photographer's workflow. Photographers found Lightroom allowed them to spend more time taking photographs and less time on their computers and with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is a photography software program developed by Adobe Systems for Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows, designed to assist professional photographers in managing thousands of digital images and doing post production work. 2.0 this is even more tree. New enhancements include dual-monitor support, radical advances in nondestructive localized image correction, and streamlined search capabilities. Lightroom 2 is Adobe's first application to support 64-bit for Mac OS X 10.5 Macintosh computers with Intel[R] processors and Microsoft[R] Windows[R] Vista[R] 64bit operating systems. Lightroom 2 also provides improved memory performance for dealing with large scale images. [FIGURE 1 OMITTED] The real star in this release is the Local Adjustment Brush that allows the user to make accurate enhancements of an image by targeting a specific area of a photo for dodging, burning, and other local adjustments including clarity, saturation and sharpness. A photograph taken in Tombstone Tombstone, city (1990 pop. 1,220), Cochise co., SE Ariz.; inc. 1881. With its pleasant climate and legendary past, Tombstone is a well-known tourist attraction. The city became a national historic landmark in 1962. before the 2007 conference was opened in the Develop Module and Figure 1 shows the image before local adjustments. Figure 2 shows the shadows in the face have been opened up using the new Local Adjustment brush. You literally paint an adjustment and do it non-destructively. Another new feature that wasn't in the public Lightroom 2 Beta is the Graduated Filter Tool. This tool allows the user to add a linear graduated neutral density filter A graduated neutral density filter, also known as a graduated ND filter, split neutral density filter, or just a graduated filter, is an optical filter that has a variable light transmission. to a photograph. A photograph taken of the 2007 conference hotel in Tucson was opened in the Develop module and Figure 3 shows the image before any adjustments. The Graduated Filter, with the exposure reduced, was applied by dragging in the image from the top to the center. Figure 4 shows the image after the filter was applied. As with the Adjustment Brush, the Graduated Filter was applied non-destructively. You can always go back and edit the adjustments. The possibilities of using both the Local Adjustment Brush and the Graduated Filter Tool are endless. [FIGURE 2 OMITTED] [FIGURE 3 OMITTED] Additional new features include multiple monitor support, flexible print packages that allow the photographer to quickly arrange a photo for printing multiple sizes on one or many pages with flexible and customizable templates to make the most of paper and ink. There are improved organizational tools that include enhanced sort and filter of large volumes of photos using powerful metadata filters to quickly find just the photo wanted. All adjustments and enhancements for color, exposure, and tonal curves are applied nondestructively. [FIGURE 4 OMITTED] The streamlined Photoshop[R] CS3 integration offers enhanced tight integration with Adobe Photoshop See Photoshop. software for streamlined use of Smart Objects, panorama stitching, high dynamic range (HDR (1) (High Data Rate) A wireless data technology from QUALCOMM that provides up to a 2.4 Mbps data rate in a standard 1.25MHz CDMA voice channel. HDR can be used to enhance data capabilities in existing cdmaOne networks or in stand-alone data networks. ) functionality, multiple layer workflow, and more. Edits automatically are updated in Lightroom. In addition there is enhanced batch processing (1) Performing a particular operation automatically on a group of files all at once rather than manually opening, editing and saving one file at a time. For example, graphics software that converts a selection of images from one format to another would be a batch processing utility. that allow the photographer to quickly import large volumes of photos from cameras or camera cards See flash memory. and automatically rename files, organize them into folders, and make nondestructive adjustments. Output sharpening has been enhanced to improve the appearance of your photos with enhanced algorithms that can automatically sharpen photos when you export files or output print and web creations. http://www.photoshopuser.com/ lightroom2/ http://www.photoshopsupport.com/ lightroom/tutorials.html Luminous Landscape; http://tinyurl. com/56v9ut--small charge Stan Ashbrook, FPSA FPSA Free Prostate-Specific Antigen FPSA Florida Public Service Association FPSA Florida Pool and Spa Association Review Editor |
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