Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Released

Adobe released Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 into the wild. The application can be downloaded from the Adobe website. The trail can be upgraded to a fully functioning version when you enter a valid serial number.

New features are;

• Flickr integration
  Really nice feature. I do wonder how (and if) it works across multiple computers.
• Easy sharing
• Lens correction
• Support for DSLR video's
• Image watermarking
• Tethered shooting
  For Nikon and Canon Cameras 
• etc.

After I downloaded the new version I installed it on my MacBook. The 'old' Lightroom v2.x can be used besides the new version.

Lightroom 3When you start the new LR, you get the question if you want to upgrade the 'old' database. You can do this, it will just create a copy of the original LR database, and upgrade that database. Your old LR files will remain untouched.
Your images will also remain where you left them. Note that deleting them in LR3, they will be removed form the disk (as usual). After the deletion, the old LR2 can;t find the file. So be carefull with real file manipulation.

The first thing I looked for was the possibility of opening multiple catalogs at the same time, so you can drag and drop photos across catalogs...... Still no go. A feature that Aperture has since the beginning.... Too bad.

Anyway, initial impressions are good. It feels snappier (note that I converted the old LR database). Now I need to start exploring all the new features they added.

To be continued.......