LR 2 Beta Available

[John Hollenberg]

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/lightroom/

Enjoy!

--John

[John Hollenberg]

See also the brief review of the public beta of LR 2.0 on Outback Photo:

http://www.outbackphoto.com/CONTENT_2007_0...Beta/index.html

Edit:  There is also a review by Ian Lyons here:

http://www.computer-darkroom.com/lightroom...a/lr-2-beta.htm

--John

[francofit]

Some additional notes and Beta Resources on     Lightroom Journal.

  Exciting News ...

[Nick Rains]

I knew it was coming today but had no details, there is some really nice stuff here.

Hmm, let's see...

Dodge and Burn
Photomerge
Multiple Monitors
etc

[potato1]

The dodge and burn looks cool:

http://www.timaustinimages.com/p985663506/...4B0F9#403573156

[Mosccol]

All looks very exciting.

I may wait for the bug count to go down a bit before testing (only due to time available).

Does anybody know if this version allows the re-export of untouched jpgs?

[Josh-H]

All looks very exciting.

I may wait for the bug count to go down a bit before testing (only due to time available).

Does anybody know if this version allows the re-export of untouched jpgs?
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Ditto - Ill download and play around with it - but I wont be doing any serious work with 2.0 until the offical release.
Just quietly.. im pretty excited about local corrections

[Andrew Fee]

And yet they still haven't fixed the JPG exporting.

EDIT: Quick example.
Lightroom:

Lightroom 2:

Photoshop:

(excuse the slightly different crop)

Look at the artefacts that Lightroom adds around all the text. An extreme example, but it's very annoying.

[StuartOnline]

I just installed LR 2 Beta and had no real problems.
LR 1.3 is still running as LR 1.4 Beta loads as a separate program.
The only problem I found with LR 1.4 Beta will not open existing catalogs.
However with that said I did find that when importing images from the current location where I had LR 1.3 photos that all information from 1.3 was active in LR 2 Beta.
Meaning all changes made to images with LR 1.3 where still there after importing to LR 2 Beta.

Stu

[Josh-H]

Ditto - Ill download and play around with it - but I wont be doing any serious work with 2.0 until the offical release.
Just quietly.. im pretty excited about local corrections
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I forgot to add - as excited as I am about local correction capability [and I think that is uber cool  ] - WTF happened to adding soft proofing to Lightroom?  

[digitaldog]

All looks very exciting.

I may wait for the bug count to go down a bit before testing (only due to time available).

Does anybody know if this version allows the re-export of untouched jpgs?
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You can export from the Print module to JPEG if that's what you mean.

[digitaldog]

I'd especially be interested in how users find the new output sharpening in the print module compared to output from 1.3.

[rdonson]

I'd especially be interested in how users find the new output sharpening in the print module compared to output from 1.3.
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If its based on PK Sharpener its got to be good.  

[rdonson]

I forgot to add - as excited as I am about local correction capability [and I think that is uber cool  ] - WTF happened to adding soft proofing to Lightroom? 
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sigh...... looks like softproofing will be in LR v 3 or v4 or .....

Oh well, Qimage will continue to be my print tool of choice.

[michael]

Yes, the new output sharpening is based on Photokit Sharpener and is the result of a collaboration between Jeff Schewe and the Lightroom enginners.

No, there is no softproofing yet!  

I am recommending a million man march on Adobe's corporate headquarters to demand it.

Michael

[Josh-H]

I am recommending a million man march on Adobe's corporate headquarters to demand it.

Make it a million and 1  

[canlogic]

Yes, the new output sharpening is based on Photokit Sharpener and is the result of a collaboration between Jeff Schewe and the Lightroom enginners.

No, there is no softproofing yet!   

I am recommending a million man march on Adobe's corporate headquarters to demand it.

Michael
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Having just upgraded to the new Aperture 2 I thought I would use it till LR2 and then switch back. After using it for a couple of weeks I doubt that I will switch back. Sharpening still needs some work as does softproofing but with the new plug in features and the results I am getting Adobe will have to make it very very good before I will buy the update.

[barryfitzgerald]

And no distortion and perspective correction! Arrgghhhhhh

Oh well, it looks decent enough in other ways..

[lbalbinot]

Just installed it. It's much, much faster than the 1.X branch. A significant improve on speed on all modules.

The retouch tools are very cool but you can't, for instance, dodge and burn individual channels, which is a must for me. If I had that I'd never use Photoshop again! I like the small 1:1 preview window too.

The good side of not using Photoshop anymore is that you can do all the workflow over RAW images. You don't need gigantic 16-bit TIFFs anymore.

Regards,
Luis

[barryfitzgerald]

Just installed it. It's much, much faster than the 1.X branch. A significant improve on speed on all modules.

Regards,
Luis
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Well that is welcomed news, I never felt LR was that fast, it was acceptable..never speedy though.

I shall have to try it later on, when I get the chance