Lightroom 5 has Shipped!

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Today Adobe has shipped Lightroom 5! With over 400 bugs fixed since the Public Beta and a NEW Publish to Behance feature, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 is now shipping. The retail price of $149 remains in effect as well as an upgrade/student price of $79. Of course Lightroom 5 is also available to Creative Cloud members to download and install at no additional cost.

Key New Features Include:

  • Smart Previews
  • PNG support
  • A new Full Screen Mode
  • User Configurable Grid Overlays
  • Windows HiDPI support
  • New Smart Collection Criteria
  • Behance Publish Service
  • Advance Healing Brush
  • Radial Filter
  • Upright Image Straightening and Perspective Correction
  • LAB Color Readout
  • Book Page Numbers, Improved Text Creation and User Pages
  • Videos in Slideshows
  • Tethering support for Nikon D600
  • Several JDI enhancements

 

How To Do a Complete Portrait Retouch In Lightroom 5

The Develop module has come a long way in Lightroom 5 and with the addition of the Radial Filter and non-circular Spot Removal Tool I now feel comfortable enough to do a complete portrait retouch in Lightroom. Since all of the adjustments are in the Develop Module the entire process is completely non-destructive.

 

I’m honored…

I’m also very honored to have made it into the About Lightroom credits screen. It’s an honor to have my name on such a fantastic product!

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In case you missed it, see Lightroom 5 in action and my Top 5 Favorite Features:

 

Camera RAW 8.1 and DNG Converter 8.1 Now Available Too

See the details here.