![]() ![]() Videos can be tagged, rated, filtered, added to collections, saved in smart collections, and managed just like the rest of your photos. ![]() Sync to hard drive is also available, and useful for syncing photos to your iPhone, screensaver, other networked computers, etc.Jeffrey Friedl has already been busy updating his plug-ins for other websites.Flickr is the first to be available and more are sure to follow.Sync runs 2-way, so comments made on your Flickr account appear back in Lightroom.Publish Services provides integration with photo sharing websites, keeping them up to date with the changes you make in your Lightroom catalog.It’s much more responsive than the beta builds. Lots of fixes and everything works pretty well now.Drag/drop importing is now working again.If you right-click on a folder in Library module, there’s an ‘Import into this Folder’ option which opens the Import dialog and automatically sets the Destination folder.Video files from most digital cameras can now be imported and managed like photos.CMYK files can now be imported, although all editing and output will still be RGB.The import backup now backs up with the new filenames if you’re renaming while importing.There’s a new Loupe view within the Import dialog for viewing embedded previews.Import presets can now be saved and reused in both compact and expanded views.Destination folders that will be created by the import as shown in italics so you can see exactly what will happen.Folder browsing has improved – you can now dock and undock folders to navigate through deep hierarchies.It has panels like the main modules, including Source and Destination.Entirely new Import dialog, with compact and expanded views, depending on the level of control you need.The preview system has also been redeveloped, so the thumbnail grid won’t keep going fuzzy as you scroll! It’s still a work in progress, but the basis is there for future improvements. While Lightroom was back on the drawing board, the underlying architecture has been completely reworked to improve the performance, particularly with large catalogs. Even the demosaic algorithms have been substantially improved to give a cleaner file which will respond better to subsequent noise reduction and sharpening. Lightroom’s been taken back to its bare bones and the raw processing engine has been given a complete overhaul. The primary improvements in 3.0 are image quality. So what’s new…? I’ve included the new features that were available in the beta versions, for those who haven’t tried them, and the features new to the final release are in bright red…. Of course there’s a brand new 30 day trial for you to try before you buy. It’s that time again… Adobe have just announced the final release of Adobe Lightroom 3.0! ![]()
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