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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 [OLD VERSION] by Adobe
Software SummaryManufacturer: Adobe Brand: Adobe Audio: English (Original Language) Format: DVD-ROM Release Date: 2010-06-16 Platform: Mac OS X, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP Model: 65064073 Product features: - Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 software helps you bring out the best in your photography.
- Bring out the best in your photography, whether you're perfecting one image, searching for ten, processing hundreds, or organizing thousands.
- Breeze through your digital photography tasks quickly and efficiently.
- So, you can spend more time shooting--your core photography essentials are included in one fast, intuitive application.
- Share your vision with elegant options for showcasing your images in customized print packages.
- Dynamic slide show videos with music, web galleries, and on popular photo-sharing sites.
- Experiment fearlessly with state-of-the-art nondestructive editing tools, including world-class noise reduction.
- Get the absolute best from every image you shoot with world-class editing power and intuitive controls that set your creativity free.
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Software Reviews of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 [OLD VERSION]Customer Review: Not Just for Professionals Summary: 5 Stars
While I do have a nice DSLR that does shoot RAW, most of the photos I've taken over the past few years of our new daughter have been with a variety of Point and Shoot cameras (JPEGs). Like most new parents, we quickly accumulated thousands of JPEG images. Over the past few years, I've used iPhoto, Elements and Picasa, but for a variety of reasons (poor memory handling, feature limitations, etc.), became frustrated with each. So I was somewhat reluctant to pick up a copy of LR3 as I know many of the features are geared towards the professional photographer.
I've been working in LR3 for a few months now and really love it. Although I haven't gotten to my RAW collection yet, I've processed over 7000 images of my 2-year old daughter. I use LR3 mainly for its organizational features and while I have a copy of Photoshop, I have not used it once since I find the editing features in LR3 more than adequate for my needs. If you don't need to do serious image manipulation (in particular with special effects and alteration), LR3 is quite powerful and likely more than you will need. The White Balance, Exposure, Noise Reduction and Sharpening tools have actually saved many images that I originally had thought were throw-aways. Certainly, working with RAWs is where LR3 shines, but I wouldn't let that preclude you from using LR3 if all you have are JPEGs.
LR3 really shines with its handling of metadata and specially Keywording. The Keyword Sets and Suggestions are absolutely wonderful and save huge amounts of time. I only wish they allowed more than just 9 per set (which is apparently done for numeric keypad shortcuts). At least, you can use auto-complete when typing directly. LR3 does not include any sort of Facial Recognition engine, which has become quite common in other products like Picasa, iPhoto and even Elements. It's surprising that they brought the technology into Elements but not LR3. Personally, I find the Keywording to work quite well although it is not quite the same as there is no association with the keyword and actual face. Hopefully, LR4 will add this feature and allow for existing people Keywords to be linked in. But I suspect many professional photographers, who have a lot of influence on the product, may nix their interest in adding Facial Recognition to the product.
So I use iPhoto in conjunction with LR3 for a number of reasons. First off, LR3 does have a Print module, however, like many features it too is geared toward the professional who likely has a decent printer in-house. There are no options for 3rd party printing of Photo Books, Calendars, Cards, etc., that you have with iPhoto (and other products). I also prefer using iPhoto for Slide Shows (where I export a collection from LR3 to a folder to import into iPhoto). The Slide Show support in LR3 is quite limited. There is no control over the transitions between slides and you can only have one song at a time. Still, I use the LR3 impromptu slide shows against filtered metadata all the time with my daughter. I think slide shows is one area where the team can make big improvements with LR4. The last reason I use iPhoto is for publishing to MobileMe. LR3 does have a 3rd party plug-in that seems to work OK, but I figure safer to let the owner of MobileMe (Apple) do this for me with their own software.
LR3 does support video, but it is quite limited (don't expect to do much editing within LR3). You cannot actually watch a video from within LR3. When you want to play a video, it farms out to an external player. You can add metadata (Keywords) which is nice. I actually keep a copy of Picasa around just so I can rotate videos 90 degrees (the ones from cameras that don't get oriented properly). And you can't alter the Capture Time for a video like you can with an image (this is useful if you forgot to change camera for daylight savings or battery died and messed up internal date of camera).
I've also used the Web module for one website that I manage. The module comes with some preloaded templates that are either Flash or HTML-based. There are quite a few templates, but you'll soon discover that they are mostly the same physical layout with only difference being the colors. The templates are quite simple so not likely something you'd use for a nice website. But there are some nice 3rd party ones out there at reasonable prices. I should say that the Web module is still a little buggy and has hung LR a few times on me.
If you're somewhat new like me, I highly recommend getting George Jardine's videos on the Library and Develop modules. Scott Kelby's book The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter) is also excellent for intro and getting your workflow just right. It is worth spending time upfront deciding on how you want things organized (folder structure and location, folder naming, file naming, metadata, keywording, etc.). I also highly recommend Victoria Bampton's Adobe Lightroom 3 - The Missing FAQ - Real Answers to Real Questions asked by Lightroom Users book (and PDF).
Despite some of the short-comings, LR3 is truly a fabulous product and one that is just going to get better with time. I also think that it is a great product for folks who aren't necessarily professional or even serious photographers, but rather folks who just like a well organized collection of their photos and videos.
Description of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 [OLD VERSION]Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 software helps you create amazing images that inspire, inform, and delight. Bring out the best in every shot with powerfully simple one-click adjustments and a full range of cutting-edge advanced controls. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 software helps you bring out the best in your photography, whether you're perfecting one image, searching for ten, processing hundreds, or organizing thousands. Create incredible images that move your audience. Experiment fearlessly with state-of-the-art nondestructive editing tools, including world-class noise reduction. Easily manage all your images. And showcase your work in elegant print layouts, slide show videos with music, and on popular photo-sharing sites. All from within one fast, intuitive application. Bring out the best in your photography, whether you're perfecting one image, searching for ten, processing hundreds, or organizing thousands. Click to enlarge. | Save time with fast image importing. Click to enlarge. | Share your images in style using elegant slide shows with music. Click to enlarge. | Use Lightroom seamlessly with Flickr. Click to enlarge. | Simplify Photography From Shoot to Finish Nondestructive editing environment Set your creativity free in a nondestructive editing environment that encourages experimentation. Your original images are always safely unaltered, and it's easy to reverse your steps or save multiple versions of any photo. Superior image processing Get the absolute best from your images with state-of-the-art image processing controls that work with raw files from more than 290 camera models as well as JPEG, TIFF, and other file formats. Make precise overall adjustments or correct targeted areas for just the look you want. Dodge and burn, convert to black-and-white, add grain, reduce noise, adjust sharpness, create vignettes, and more. Intuitive environment Be more productive and efficient, and enjoy the freedom and creativity that comes from working with excellent tools designed specifically for photographers. The intuitive environment and controls of Lightroom are easy to master and let you quickly and smoothly accomplish your essential photography tasks. Accelerated performance Get your digital photography tasks done fast and have more time to shoot and promote your work. Already quick performance has been dramatically accelerated in Lightroom 3, saving you time from first look to final image. Image management Take advantage of a powerful suite of image management features to organize your photographs, flexibly rate and label them, and find them easily using a wide range of metadata tags and information. Superior noise reduction Achieve amazing, natural-looking results from your high ISO images with all-new state-of-the-art noise reduction technology. You won't need more than what's built in to Lightroom 3 to get the cleanest images at any ISO. One-click adjustments for multiple images Save time when processing photographs that were shot under consistent conditions by applying the same Develop settings to all the images in a group at once using presets or the sync feature. Flickr integration Use Lightroom seamlessly with Flickr, a Yahoo! service. When friends or clients post comments and ratings on your Flickr galleries, you can immediately see their feedback in the Lightroom 3 Library alongside your images. Fast performance across platforms Speed up day-to-day imaging tasks and process your images faster by taking advantage of cross-platform 64-bit support. Use the advanced memory handling capabilities of the latest Mac OS and Windows operating systems. Develop presets Save time by instantly applying favorite looks to images. When you've perfected a look that you particularly like for an image?a high-contrast black-and-white effect or a super saturated color look, for example?you simply save the settings as a preset and apply it to your other photographs at any time. Many presets are included with Lightroom, and thousands more are available from the thriving worldwide community of Lightroom photographers and experts. Easy-to-share slide show videos with music Show your images to clients, friends, or family with more style and flair using elegant slide shows with music. Slide shows are a breeze to create, and you can share them easily by exporting them as videos, even in high definition. Tethered shooting Instantly import and view images as you shoot them with tethered capture, available for select cameras. Use it to make an immediate, highly detailed check of your shot, the lighting, or the shooting setup. Or get instant feedback from clients or subjects. Tight Photoshop integration Select one or multiple photos and then automatically open them in Adobe Photoshop for detailed, pixel-level editing or to merge multiple photos into a panorama, a high dynamic range photo, or a multilayered file. After making your edits in Photoshop, see the results immediately back in Lightroom.
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