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Hardware and Software Reviews
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Adobe Camera Raw 15, Lightroom Classic 12 & Desktop 6
Adobe 'Max 2022' saw the announcement of Camera Raw 15, Lightroom
Classic 12 and Lightroom Desktop 6. New features in each include:
Content Aware Remove, additional masking options and much more.
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Adobe Camera Raw 14, Lightroom Classic 11 & Desktop 5
Adobe 'Max 2021' saw the announcement of Camera Raw 14, Lightroom
Classic 11 and Lightroom Desktop 5. We've come to expect that each new
version includes new features and this time round is no exception.
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Adobe Camera Raw 13,
Lightroom Classic 10 & Desktop 4
Adobe used the 2020 Max event on 20-22 October to announce new versions
of Camera Raw 13.0, Lightroom Classic 10.0 and Lightroom Desktop 4.0.
While they don’t include many major new features, those that are
present will likely be welcomed by many customers
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Adobe Lightroom Classic 9 (November 2019 )
Lightroom Classic 9.0 was released in
early November and while it doesn’t include many major new features,
the few that are present have been on customers ‘ask list’ for a
lengthy period.
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Adobe Lightroom Classic 8 (October 2018)
Twelve months on from the release of
Lightroom Classic CC (a.k.a. Lightroom 7.0) Adobe has just launched
Lightroom Classic 8.0. It's an unusual release in so far as it’s the first full
update that doesn’t include many major new features that the wider user
base will find useful.
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Adobe Lightroom Classic CC
Some two and half years after Lightroom 6 / 2015
shipped the application has reached another milestone. This time around
we get a new name (Lightroom Classic CC), performance improvements and
and some new features. Why not Lightroom 7? Hmm, don't ask!
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Adobe Lightroom mobile 2.4
I normally don’t get too excited when a
new version of Adobe Lightroom mobile comes along, but today is
different. Why?
Well, today sees support for two features
that I, and no doubt many other customers, have long been waiting for.
These are support for Raw files and Local Adjustments. Also, as of this
release, the application is now named Lightroom CC iOS / Lightroom CC
Android.
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Adobe Lightroom CC 2015 (a.k.a
Lightroom 6)
It probably hasn't
escaped many readers notice that it's just under 18 months since
Lightroom 5 shipped. As such the question on many users minds
will be - has the wait for Lightroom 6 been worth it?
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Adobe Lightroom mobile
Adobe have today announced a
completely new digital photography workflow. This new workflow is made
possible by a free iPad application called Lightroom mobile. This new
application enables you to carry out a small subset of the tasks normally
undertaken in Lightroom desktop, then sync these back to your desktop catalog via the Adobe Cloud.
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Adobe Lightroom 5
It doesn't seem like all that long ago that
Photoshop
Lightroom 5 went into public beta. Yet, here we are just under two months later and the GM
version has been released. Has anything new been
added or changed in the interim? This short review
summarises the changes since public beta and the headline features in Lightroom 5.
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Adobe Lightroom 4
For Lightroom 4 Adobe
went right back to 2006. They've reviewed the feature requests, and
spoken to customers. So, which features came to the top? Yes, you guessed -
Soft Proofing, Books, Geotagging and Video. Obviously, these aren't the
only requested features, but the fact that they've all been included
should please a lot of photographers.
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Alien Skin Exposure 3
A week or so back I received a note from Alien
Skin to say that a version
of Exposure 3
had been released for Lightroom. Now, I have to say from the outset that
I've never been into filter effects when taking photographs and am even
less so when editing them in Photoshop or Lightroom.
Nevertheless, the information provided on their website looked
interesting, so I downloaded a copy and gave it a try.
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X-rite Photo ColorChecker Passport
X-rite Photo recently updated their ColorChecker
Passport plug-in for
compatibility with Adobe Lightroom 3. If you feel that the
camera calibration profiles supplied by Adobe with Lightroom and Camera
Raw aren't quite measuring up to your requirements then it might be
worthwhile in investing in the ColorChecker Passport. Everything
you need to create and manage your own camera profiles is supplied with
the kit.
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Adobe Lightroom 3 - Final
Lightroom 3 has been a long time in oven, but
it's finally baked and ready for serving. Has the wait been worth it?
Well, if you've already been working with either of the two public betas
you'll already be familiar with most of the features added since
version 2 shipped in late July 2008. For those who haven't, the following
is as good a place as any to start learning.
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Adobe Lightroom 3 Public
Beta 2
So, here we are in
late March 2010 and Adobe has opened the second public beta for
Photoshop Lightroom 3. Has it addressed all of the feature requests
submitted following the release of beta 1? Probably not, but the first
beta was downloaded by over 350,00 photographers. As such, Adobe can expect a fair amount interest in this latest beta.
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Adobe Lightroom 3 Public Beta 1
On 9th January 2006 Adobe announced a public
beta of a new software application that was eventually to become the
mainstay photo management and editing application of many digital
photographers. That application was Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Now move
forward to 21st October 2009 and Adobe have announced a public beta for Lightroom
3.
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Adobe Lightroom 2 - Final
When Adobe released the public beta of
Photoshop Lightroom 2.0 back in early April 2008 it was with
the express intention of providing the user community with an
opportunity to try out many of the new features. Obviously, there was
an expectation that the users would provide feedback on the new
features and other aspects of the Lightroom workflow. So, here we are
some 4 months later and the final release version is available, the question on everyone lips
is - has the public beta delivered on it's objectives?
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Adobe Lightroom 2 Public Beta
Wednesday April 2nd 2008 and Adobe slipped a
Public
Beta of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.0 onto their
servers. During the days leading up to release there had been a
few hints that something 'new' and 'improved' was coming, but no
substantive information on what or when.
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Adobe Lightroom 1.3 Update
So, here we are at Lightroom version 1.3 and the
question most users will be asking is - what's new? On the surface very
little, but just like an
iceberg there's lots beneath the surface.
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Adobe
Lightroom 1.1 Update
Lightroom 1.1 includes many new features and
enhancements, in fact way too many for me to cover here, although I'm
sure there will be plenty of coverage on other web sites.
Following publication of above review I
published a short essay on the GPS and Voice Annotations features built
into Lightroom. More details f same can be seen
here.
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Adobe Lightroom Public Beta 4
The last big date for Adobe Lightroom was back in July
when Beta 3 finally made its way into the hands of
Windows users. There wasn't a lot of fanfare at the time, however,
things promise to be different for Beta 4, especially with the
opportunity presented by the worlds biggest photographic show - Photokina.
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Adobe Lightroom Public Beta for
Windows
For close on 6 months
photographers have been asking
when a Windows version of Lightroom would be available for them to "play"
with. Well, I have good news - Lightroom for Windows is finally here.
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Adobe Lightroom Public Beta 3
It's now some 5 months after Lightroom
Beta 1 was released to the public and Beta 3
has finally arrived. I've been privileged to use Beta 3 over this past few months.
So, I'm very pleased to be one of the
first to summarise the more significant changes.
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Adobe Lightroom Public Beta 1
Out of the shadows and into the light - Adobe
Lightroom shows its face to what should have been the unsuspecting
world. The formal announcement was due during Macworld
San Francisco. However, the news broke on an Apple rumour site on Friday
6 January. Anyway, enough said about what should have been...
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Feature Review of LaserSoft
SilverFast 6
A comprehensive review of the new features to be found
in the latest version of SilverFast. New features include:
Dust and Scratch Removal, Grain and Noise Reduction,
Selective Color to Grey Conversion and a host of others. The
review has been updated to include some material on LaserSoft DCPro
which includes such features as: raw image conversion for a wide range
of digital cameras, red eye correction and the Virtual Light Table.
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