Lightroom 3 beta 2 update now available

[Ian]

New in Lightroom 3 Beta 2

• Improved performance throughout the application for faster importing and loading of images
• Native tethered shooting support for select Nikon and Canon DSLR cameras
• Luminance noise reduction has been added to the previous color noise reduction improvements available in the first public beta for outstanding overall high ISO quality
• Support for importing and managing video files from DSLR cameras for better overall photographic workflow control
• Improvements to the import experience in the first beta to reflect public feedback
• Improved watermarking functionality from the first beta to reflect public feedback

More information, see:

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/lightroom3/

Ian

[Stephen]

Re: Lightroom 3 beta 2 update now available

Have just installed it. It may be worth mentioning that it seems to install independently of the Beta1 installation, so if you click on your existing shortcut it is unlikely to load. It will also convert the library file so anything you had in Beta1 will now work in Beta2

[Ian]

Re: Lightroom 3 beta 2 update now available

Have just installed it. It may be worth mentioning that it seems to install independently of the Beta1 installation, so if you click on your existing shortcut it is unlikely to load. It will also convert the library file so anything you had in Beta1 will now work in Beta2

My installation replaced the Beta 1 installation, maybe this is a difference between Windows (me) and Mac (you)?

I see that noise options have changed quite radically. Luminance now works, as promised, and it has additional fine tuning options: Detail and Contrast. The Colour noise (chroma) option gets an additional Detail fine tune slider.

Ian

[Ian]

Re: Lightroom 3 beta 2 update now available

Of two recent cameras I have here, one at least is supported in terms of RAW format (Olympus Pen E-PL1, but not the Samsung NX10).

Ian