Lightroom 3 Officially Out!
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So yeah…after a year or so of playing on LR3 beta, Adobe has officially released LR 3!
I will definitely purchase this item. Here are just a couple of items that are exciting:
Tethered Shooting. Nice feature. Easy setup.
Watermarking. No more identity plate hassle. This was a hack and anyone that used it knows it didnt work that well.
Custom Templates in the Print Menu are nice.
Those are my top 3. However, there is a bunch of other cool stuff that some of you guys may have heard about. Who is picking up a copy anytime soon?
JayMorr
I just upgraded. It is a great program which fixes some of the common complaints from LR2. Tethered shooting was the “big surprise” this time, but I was hoping it would be something more substantial like the spot brush tool was in LR2.
Personally, it’s all the “little” tweaks that make this such a good program vs LR2.
So here is something HUGE in LR3 – you can export slideshows as videos with music. But even more impressive is the fact that it can be done at 1080i resolution :o.
I tried it tonight and exported a 10 shot slideshow in 1080i and cut it into a video tutorial timeline in similar HD format. It was flawless.
So . . . for those not working with a video editing application, this means you can also make a slideshow from a fishing trip or vacation, set it to music, export it as a movie in any resolution and upload directly to YouTube!
Here’s a pretty good round up explanation of what’s new in LR3 by Ian Lyons
http://www.computer-darkroom.com/lr3_review/lr3-1.htm
Probably a very worthy upgrade!
So here is something HUGE in LR3 – you can export slideshows as videos with music. But even more impressive is the fact that it can be done at 1080i resolution :o.
That would be worth the upgrade right there if it allowed you to add actual video. I do a lot of slideshows from photos but I have to be able to incorporate some actually video clips in as well. Any product recommendations for that?
Holy S%$#, I just did the upgrade and started playing around with some wedding images (up to my proverbial ass in editing right now).
Do they still have the ‘my way or the highway’ attitude towards file management ?
www.dsaphoto.com
A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
Checked it out finally and the NR is pretty amazing. Might be worth the switch.. Going to compare it to LR 3 for a few weeks and see which one wins.
David,
I’m not sure about their past approaches to file management, but now, as far as I can tell, you can set up any file and directory structure you desire. The original image files can be anywhere you want them to be, and they are not changed by the use of the Lightroom software.
Tim
David,
I’m not sure about their past approaches to file management, but now, as far as I can tell, you can set up any file and directory structure you desire. The original image files can be anywhere you want them to be, and they are not changed by the use of the Lightroom software.
Tim
I’m with Tim – even the original allowed you to maintain your files where you wanted them.
I’m looking forward to upgrading in the next days/week or so – the noise reduction ability alone will be worth it.
KL
I just picked up my Mac last night.
The first thing I did was get on the net and DL the trial version.then copied my archive over from my external.
god theres a lot to learn while I wait for CS5 for mac to arrive.crossing over from windows is going to be a headache but atleast I
ll have LR to start learning on.I thinking I’ll probably convert from Aperture 3 to LR3… Aperture has some awesome features but LR just seems to be the better, cleaner, editor overall and coupled with CS4 i won’t be losing anything. the noise reduction difference is almost enough to make the change alone.
I spent just a few min with each program trying to save a heavily cropped and somewhat noisy pic of an eagle. The diff is substantial especially considering that I’ve had Aperture for a few months and LS3 for a few hours…
LR3 http://www.trophyfishingtn.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/_MG_9108.jpg (larger)
Aperture 3
http://www.trophyfishingtn.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/_MG_9108%20%281%29.jpg (larger)
Now the task of moving and converting images begins,, again.
Bugger, if they’ve changed the file stuff I guess I’ll have to have another look..
www.dsaphoto.com
A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
My original LR complaint was that you had to import files in the first place – in Bridge you just browse them in whatever and wherever folders.
The library system (as I understood it) was to complex if you fill you computer and need to clear it every 2 or 3 shoots.I don’t want anything other than a quick edit, grade, process and piss ’em off system.
I have a rough system of keeping jobs lined up in various folders on my desktop.
There’s a main folder with job name & date and then a line below of raws, raw edit, Jpegs and sometimes proofs.
When the job is delivered I make a back-up to disk of everything in the main folder and burn a DVD back-up of the graded raw edit.
I sometimes keep the Jpegs around for a few days for the odd time a client needs another disc or can’t find a shot.It’s very simple and visual and easy for me to see if there’s a problem with something an assistant is doing or a mixup of my own.
I was under the impression that with lightroom, I had a big folder with jobs in it, and then sub folders within.
In my experience, it’s very bad news to put folders inside other folders because it becomes much easier to delete something you shouldn’t and sometimes hard to find things.Anyway, I realize I’m a dinosaur with DsIII’s, but I think this stuff is too complex and makes the job take longer.
Someone needs to think of it from a old lazy photographers point of view.. 😀www.dsaphoto.com
A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
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