Today Adobe has released the Lightroom 3 Public Beta 2. You can download your copy right here for free. The Lightroom 3 Public Beta 1 was downloaded by over 350,000 photographers and you guys gave us valuable feedback. Much of that feedback went into making Lightroom 3 even better. This new beta incorporates many new features and tweaks. Rather than list them all (you can get the list on the Adobe Labs site), I'd rather show you!
Check out this video:
If you missed my first video going over LR3 Public Beta 1, you can check it out here.
More of my videos are available at CreativeSuitePodcast.com
I did forget a couple of things
There was one feature that I totally forgot to show in the video above. It's the New Point Curve. Many photographers have requested more control when working with the tone curve than is currently allowed with the previous "guided" or "photographic" tone curve control. This release includes an option to enable a traditional point curve commonly found in the Camera RAW plug-in or Photoshop. We hope this implementation allows advanced Lightroom customers to achieve the power and control they're looking for without complicating the experience for photographers new to digital imaging.
Easier Navigation when importing
Now if you double click on a folder that contains subfolders in the Import dialog box it will "Dock" the folder and drill down only showing you the contents of that folder. It's like Solo mode for the import dialog box.
When creating Custom Print Packages
in the Print module you'll now have the Option of a "Rotate to Fit" and "Rotate Cell" command
Read all the details of this release on Lightroom Product Manager, Tom Hogarty's blog.
Also check out Matt's LightroomKillerTips.com for regular tips on using Lightroom.
There's more to come!
While this version does represent the bulk of new features in LR 3, there are a few more tricks that the team has under its sleeve that we'll see in the shipping version. Stay tuned….
Looks pretty good. I notice that “offset” seems to be unavailable when using a graphic watermark. I hope this gets “turned on” for the final release.
Hey Terry,
Nice job on the video! I’m excited about the new changes and will get to them right away … Love the tether option! One question. With Beta 1, I really have problems with my adjustment brush. After working for a few minutes, it would stop working and my screen would turn gray and lock up my computer. It happened very time I used the adjustment brush. I did report it, so I’m wondering if anything changed with the adjustment brush in this beta. I stopped using Beta 1 because of this.
Thanks again for the video and have a great day!
Dennis
Brilliant!! On my way to download right now 🙂
The site tells me I’m missing a QuickTime third-party component, but not which one. Apple’s component page has eleven (11) possible options. Does anyone have an idea what Terry might have used in this video that’s choking my player? I’ve used QuickTime for a long time now and have never seen this problem before.
Problem “solved” now that the video is available on iTunes. Am still curious about the QuickTime thing tho’.
Hi Terry thanks for the review. As far as tethered support do you think the Canon EOS 550 (Ti2) will be added? I would think so since the older T1i is listed. Thanks
Thanks for the review. I’m excited about the video capability, but you (and everything else I’ve read) mentioned LR will support *DSLR* video only. If I have video taken with a point and shoot, do you know if I can import that footage?