Comments on: Adobe Lightroom Beta 3 Released

By: Swisspainter

Swisspainter — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 09:06:14 +0000

The programm is wonderfully intuitive, fast and powerful.

When will camera profiles become available? I am using the Olympus E-500.
A red-eye reduction module would also be appreciated.

Thank you for all the great work.

By: G Pacioli

G Pacioli — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 22:24:59 +0000

This is great for us Apple’s. I must get going on the learning curve — uhmmm, not so bad. Are there any7 101 tutorials out there yet? Why did the Beta prefer to begin with the Mac?

By: Maria Cabanyes

Maria Cabanyes — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 22:50:45 +0000

Please put me on the beta list for windows. Thank you, your program looks wonderful.

Does it support DNG?

Thank you,

Maria

By: rogerzamak

rogerzamak — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 00:32:29 +0000

It’s amazing!!!!!!!

Thanks

By: Mickey

Mickey — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 08:45:48 +0000

Thanks for the nice review! I’m looking forward to the Windows version as well.

I’m actually thinking of getting a Macbook (non-pro) for my pics… will Lightroom run fast enough, assuming I max out the RAM? Using a 350D btw.

By: Reg

Reg — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:04:43 +0000

Grr, this software just looks so good.

Wish they’d hurry up with the Windows release. Knowing my luck they’ll charge a left testicle for it

By: Bill Caulfeild-Browne

Bill Caulfeild-Browne — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 13:32:10 +0000

I am already addicted to Lightroom – Beta 3 simply means there is no hope of recovery. The only “gotta have” for me is a Healing tool. The rest is pure luxury…
Thanks for a great update review, Jeff.
Bill

By: Kim Martin

Kim Martin — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 12:44:51 +0000

Many thanks for the intro to B3. Interested to hear your comments on speed as it really doesn’t run fast enough yet with 16MB RAW files. Perhaps I need more RAM (762MB on Powerbook G4 1.67GH).

By: Sean Naghibi

Sean Naghibi — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 09:06:30 +0000

Wow!! Nice one Jeff, very nicely detailed and lovely screenshots as well as the photos you have used to make this demo. Now I really cannot wait for the Windows version! Now where did I leave that time machine?

By: Volkhard Rühs

Volkhard Rühs — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 18:57:22 +0000

Already had some very good experience with beta 2; although switching between LR and CS2, I noticed considerable differences in contrast and tonal values.
And I had the same experience as Jouko Ruuskanen, especially with BW conversions.
But – the love at first sight continues.

By: carlos Harman ferreira Bejarano

carlos Harman ferreira Bejarano — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 14:38:19 +0000

Es el mejor programa grafico que he podido analizarme gustaria descargarlo

By: Jouko Ruuskanen

Jouko Ruuskanen — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 06:17:32 +0000

Still no levels adjustment? I tried LR beta 2 but dumped it because the only way to adjust the white point is the exposure control. That won’t do in case of underexposed photos, the looks are very different when compared to the standard “levels” adjustment. Please add the necessary control to the curves window

By: Sean McCormack

Sean McCormack — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 03:17:16 +0000

Thanks Jeff for your continued work prodding and cajoling Adobe into improving this fantastic and useful piece of software. Cheers also for the runthrough. My Library is almost updated and I’m gagging to get going with it!

By: Adam Chandler

Adam Chandler — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 02:44:41 +0000

Looks like some great additions, Jeff. I’ve gotta say, though, that I was really hoping for versioning capability. Just think how much space we could all save by not having to duplicate an entire file for each variation we’d like to save. It seems that Aperture is still more sophisticated in many ways but I know that LIghtroom isn’t offficially released yet.

Here’s hoping…

By: Thomas

Thomas — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 02:28:40 +0000

Lightroom is definitely moving in the right direction. One thing that stops me dead from using it in place of Photoshop is the lack of plug-ins. Will we eventually see this? If I can’t use PhotoKIT Sharpener then I can’t use Lightroom – it’s really that important to me.

By: Duane Pandorf

Duane Pandorf — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 12:05:10 +0000

Do you ever sleep Jeff? Thanks for the hard work and now that I have a new MacBook Pro Lightroom is even more better!

Thanks,

By: Trevor Morris

Trevor Morris — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 11:50:42 +0000

As always, thanks so much for the thorough and detailed article, Jeff. I can’t wait for the Windows release!

By: Andy Crawford

Andy Crawford — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:09:09 +0000

WOW!!!

By: Levi

Levi — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 07:56:34 +0000

Thanks a bunch for the information, I can’t wait for the first Windows release!

By: Lou Reynolds

Lou Reynolds — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 06:30:33 +0000

Thanks for the info on B3 Jeff. We also appreciate the glimpse of the future that you have provided as well.