Lightroom 3 (Final) available

[martin s]

Here: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=photoshop_lightroom

I'm exited.

martin

 

[Jamie123]

Tethered shooting sounds very nice! Looks like a good (and cheaper) alternative to Capture 1.

 

[martin s]

Here a few videos of what's new: http://tv.adobe.com/show/getting-started-with-adobe-photoshop-lightroom-3/

martin

 

[nathanp]

Oh no! - Does this mean my beta won't work any more?

 

[Santtu Määttänen]

Oh no! - Does this mean my beta won't work any more?

I think it will, as long as you don't let it phone home or update But I might be wrong on that

 

[user237428934]

98,60 EUR update price incl. 21% VAT is not so bad. I expected it to be more expensive.
But I still don't like it that I have to pay 21% VAT only because the download server is located in Ireland.

 

[scorpius73]

Darn, and I just bought Light Room 2 about 2 months ago! Guess I gotta upgrade.

 

[hteasley]

Darn, and I just bought Light Room 2 about 2 months ago! Guess I gotta upgrade.

The upgrade is only $99. Could be a lot worse.

 

[nathanp]

98,60 EUR update price incl. 21% VAT is not so bad. I expected it to be more expensive.
But I still don't like it that I have to pay 21% VAT only because the download server is located in Ireland.

That might explain why the download is £7 more expensive than the boxed product in the UK (which is just crazy).

 

[xxloverxx]

Oh no! - Does this mean my beta won't work any more?

Block all connections to *.adobe.com

 

[Jamie123]

Block all connections to *.adobe.com

I think anyone who wants to go through all this trouble to keep the beta running might aswell just download a pirated version. It's just as legal (i.e. illegal).

 

[semilog]

Yay! I haven't been this stoked about a software release in a long while.

 

[martin s]

The current Lightroom 3 public beta 2 will expire on June 30, 2010.

Source

If it would trigger the expiration by contacting the Adobe server, and blocking the connection would prevent that - I don't see how that could be illegal (in Europe).

martin

 

[david.elliott]

because it still violates the terms....

 

[dogberryjr]

I've been using the Lightroom 3 Beta version for a while, and decided to wait until 3 was released before cashing in my free download of Lightroom that came with my M9. I downloaded it this morning . . . Lightroom 2. I have a query in with Adobe, let's see if they do the right thing here.

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

Has anyone yet tried to merge their LR2 library with their LR3 beta one in LR3?

 

[martin s]

because it still violates the terms....

Here that doesn't mean much - all kinds of companies make all kinds of stuff up in their TOS.

Has anyone yet tried to merge their LR2 library with their LR3 beta one in LR3?

Worked for me, it created a copy though when converting the Lr2-Lib. That one I 'merged'.

martin

 

[scottwallick]

I asked Leica via Twitter about a possible switch to LR 3 licenses, and they responded with the following:

@sctt on LR3 release: we´ll prepare something official but I would not download LR2 from our site now if I were a customer!

So it sounds like Leica will begin offering LR 3 licenses at some point. I just hope it's before another 30 days.

 

[dogberryjr]

I'm still waiting on Adobe's response. I can't see how it behooves them to be stingy about it. (Besides the obvious $99 upgrade fee, of course.)

 

[KEH]

The demosaicing, noise reduction and sharpening truly rock. I have never been happy with night shots with u4/3 cameras, but here is an example of what the new LR3 can do:

This was shot with an Oly EP2, Lumix 20/1.7 wide open, 800 ISO with 1/3 stop underexposure. Hard to see on the screen, but what you get is good detail and very fine grain - should look very good on a print.

Cheers,
Kirk