Lightroom 2, Photoshop 64 bit and Macs

Lightroom V2 Beta

First off the good news, Lightroom V2 beta has been released and anyone can download it to try it out :cool:

One of the most exciting new features in LR2 Selective Editing which is the ability to make localised corrections (including dodging, burning, saturation, …) to specific areas of an image.

Other new features include

  • native 64 bit supp for PC & MAC
  • much improved interaction with Photoshop (including export to Photomerge, export to multiple layered PSD, opening files as smart objects) 
  • smart collections
  • and a ton of other stuff.

Persoanlly I can’t wait for the official release.

Here is the link to the download area but remember that this is a beta product so it will not be perfect, it will crash and functionality will change, you have been warned :shock: .
Having said that I have already installed it and I’ll let you know my thoughts.

Adobe photoshop Lightroom 2.0 Beta from Adobe Labs
Adobe photoshop Lightroom 2.0 Beta Release Notes

Photoshop CS4, 64 bit & Macs

Now for the not so good news if you’re a MAC owner, Adobe have announced that Photoshop CS4 will also be a fully 64 bit native application for the PC only, MAC users will have to wait for CS5 for true 64 support :sad:

Jack Nack (Senior Product Manager, Adobe Photoshop) explains all the details if anyone wants to know and I have no doubt that there will be an uproar regarding this announcement.

~ by Dave Catley on April 4, 2008.

Posted in Photographic Equipment, Tehcnical Information

6 Responses to “Lightroom 2, Photoshop 64 bit and Macs”

  1. Dave, I downloaded the beta the other day.
    The localised corrections are awesome. Dodging and burning on raw photos is awesome.

    You can also stitch or hdr straight from Lightroom into photoshop. Its awesome. Now I just need a faster computer.

    James said this on April 4, 2008 at 2:38 pm | Reply

  2. I’m definately looking forward to giving the 64 bit version a go, just need to find the time to install 64bit Vista.

    Localised changes are very cool, how long before we can get rid of Photoshop I wonder …

    Dave Catley said this on April 4, 2008 at 2:41 pm | Reply

  3. Thanks for the tip Dave, I’ll be on to that tonight. I’ve been doing application testing for years. It’ll be just like work!

    matthewinman said this on April 4, 2008 at 4:49 pm | Reply

  4. Had a quick play with it yesterday and very impressed!

    Local corrections are great, dual-screen mode is fantastic and really liking the ability to create smart objects within Photoshop. The whole integration into Photoshop is much better now that it doesn’t need to create a intermediate file.

    Does anyone know the official release date? There was mention that the Beta expired around August time, just hope its not that long till the final version!

    Alex Bell said this on April 6, 2008 at 10:05 am | Reply

  5. Dave what do you think of Aperture, Kingsley from photo coffee swears by it. I think lightroom sounds like the goods but interested to hear your thoughts. Your blog is very informative, I need to be doing this sort of stuff more.

    christianfletcher said this on April 6, 2008 at 8:44 pm | Reply

  6. Hi Christian,

    Unfortunately Aperture is an MAC only product so I’ve never really looked into it seriously.

    Also one thing that appeals to me me about Lightroom is how closely it is integrated with Photoshop (which will remain the industry standard for a while yet) so it’s sort of the safe option of the 2.

    Of course the fact that Lightroom is an incredible tool for a V1.0 product helps alot too :smile:

    Dave Catley said this on April 7, 2008 at 8:50 am | Reply

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