Apr 2
Adobe’s Lightroom 2 Beta Offers Greater Flexibility
Adobes Lightroom 2 beta broadens editing horizons | Underexposed - CNET News.com
CNET is reporting that the next version of Adobe Lightroom will give photogs greater editing capability within Lightroom. In the first version of Lightroom, if you needed to adjust a photo it was an all or nothing deal. All changes were global. We couldn’t adjust the light levels in just one part of the photo. In order to do that, we had to open the photo in Photoshop and mask it off and on and on. This was definitely do-able, but it was an extra step which slowed down the overall photo editing job.
The next version of Light room will allow you to use a brush and adjust portions of a photograph. That is extremely handy and will speed up the work flow markedly. Time is money and the faster you can edit, the more money you make.
I had skipped the first version of Lightroom, sticking to my CS2 workflow because it worked. I am going to take a harder look at Lightroom 2.0 when it comes out.
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brooke and i got lightroom recently for our new mac and it is incredible! it has taken her some getting used to and we’ve had a few things that have stumped us, but overall, it has drastically reduced her editing time. can’t wait for 2.0
If I was an exclusive photog, Lightroom would be a no brainer because it brings together all the tools in one place you need to work fast, and that is extremely important when time is money. And let’s be honest, working fast is but accurately is key to staying profitable in your business.