Adobe have released a public beta for Photoshop Lightroom 3. From a DAM perspective import has been improved to match/restore the original, LR3 separates tasks (import, export, etc) for better efficiency and reliabilty. LR3 aims to offer the best quality in noise reduction, allows one click photo sharing, and a picture package option in the … Read more
Adobe have a release candidate for Camera Raw 5.4 at Adobe Labs with Lightroom 2.4 to follow. More cameras and digital backs are supported but more interesting is the new DNG 1.3 specifications (not yet published). Since my colleague Peter Krogh has let the cat out of the bag I can reveal the new specs … Read more
Friend and colleague John Beardsworth has released Adobe Lightroom plugins that help make it more robust for DAM. These essential features are built into Microsoft Expression Media but not in Lightroom yet.
Archiving If you are at all interested in revisiting your images sometime in the future this edition is for you. The DAM Book – Second Edition Peter Krogh has published the second edition of The DAM Book, Digital Asset Management for Photographers (2009, O’Reilly Media). Since the first edition parts of the DAM landscape have … Read more
Mistake #1. Not using DAM Some people are put off DAM because it sounds boring or worse seems irrelevant to their photography. News Flash: DAM applies to everybody; pro photographer, designer, amateur, family snapper, videographer… If you create any digital content, be it pictures, Word documents, or invoices you need some sort of DAM. DAM … Read more
Lightroom 2.2 has been released. Lots of bug fixes and support for additional cameras. Windows update here and Mac here, or use the Adobe Updater within Lightroom 2.
A series of Lightroom 2 Workshops are being held in Australia kicking off in Queensland. AIPP are sponsoring the first workshop in Brisbane on 25 November 2008. Click here for more information.
A swag of updates from Adobe. Lightroom version 2.1 is out of beta and officially released for Windows and Mac. Camera Raw 5.1 for Photoshop CS4 and its companion DNG Converter 5.1 were also updated, Windows here and Mac here. Alternatively use Adobe Updater that is installed with your apps. New camera support and minor … Read more
At Photokina the new Metadata Working Group released their guidelines for preserving metadata. The group consists of Adobe, Apple, Canon, Microsoft, Nokia and Sony. Josh Weisberg, director of Microsoft’s Rich Media Group, is the groups founder and has worked hard for two years to bring it together.
Adobe have made public a Release Candidate for Lightroom 2.1. Treat this as a beta. If you are experiencing problems with Lightroom 2 such as missing metadata (or have a shiny new Nikon D700) you may like to see if the RC helps. The link above lists the all the bugs addressed. Otherwise wait a … Read more