Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 | 
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Category: Software
List Price: $299.00
Buy New: $229.99
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Rating:  49 reviews
Sales Rank: 63
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Mac Os X Leopard, Mac Os X Intel, Windows Vista, Windows Xp
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Full
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.7 x 1.9
MPN: ADBCD15439WM
Model: 65007312
UPC: 883919154398
EAN: 0883919154398
ASIN: B0018VH8S2
Release Date: August 15, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Enhance specific areas of a photo, or precisely adjust overall color, exposure, and tonal range nondestructively | | • | Automatically import, rename, and sort your entire shoot; find your photos quickly with powerful yet flexible sorting, selecting, and organizational tools | | • | Present your work in dynamic slide shows, interactive web galleries, and a variety of flexible print templates; easily upload your photos to popular online photo-sharing sites | | • | Configure your workspace to manage image workflow and presentation more efficiently thanks to support for multiple monitors | | • | Every change you make to an image is automatically tracked, so you can return to any state with a single click |
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Product Description
Local adjustment brush : Enhanced organizational tools : Volume management : Extensible architecture : Revolutionary DSLR profiling : Multiple monitor support : Flexible print package functionality : Streamlined Photoshop CS3 and CS4 integration : Enhanced output sharpening : 64-bit support for Windows and Mac OS
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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 software is essential for today's digital photography workflow. Now you can quickly import, process, manage, and showcase your images--from one shot to an entire shoot. Quickly batch process, convert, and apply metadata to your photos on import. Easily make selections with multiple viewing and comparison options. Adjust and enhance color, exposure, and tonal curves nondestructively on more than 190 camera raw file formats, as well as JPEG, TIFF, and PSD files. Every change you make to an image is automatically tracked, so you can return to any state with a single click. With Lightroom 2, you spend less time in front of the computer and more time behind the lens. table width="450" cellpadding="20" align="left" tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B0018VH8S2-1-th.jpg" border="0" psmallbiAdobe Photoshop Lightroom 2, designed for photographers, features an elegant, uncluttered interface that puts just the tools you need at your fingertips./i/b/small /td /tr /table table width="325" cellpadding="15" align="right" tr tdimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B0018VH8S2-2.jpg" border="0" style="border: 1px solid black;" psmallbiEnjoy more flexible, accurate enhancements by targeting a specific area for dodging and burning./i/b/small /td /tr tr tdimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B0018VH8S2-3.jpg" border="0" style="border: 1px solid black;" psmallbiSort and filter large volumes of photos using powerful metadata filters to quickly find just the photo you want. /i/b/small /td /tr tr tdimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B0018VH8S2-4.jpg" border="0" style="border: 1px solid black;" psmallbiEnjoy robust support for more than 190 camera raw file formats, and experiment with confidence. Adjustments you make to images in Lightroom won't alter the original data, whether you're working on a JPEG, TIFF, DNG, or camera raw file. /i/b/small /td /tr tr tdimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B0018VH8S2-5.jpg" border="0" style="border: 1px solid black;" psmallbiEnjoy tight integration with Adobe Photoshop software for streamlined use of Smart Objects, panorama stitching, high dynamic range (HDR) functionality, multiple layer workflow, and more./i/b/small /td /tr /table pbWork with a tool focused on photographers' needs/bbr Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 is designed expressly for both amateur and professional photographers. From its elegant, uncluttered interface to its carefully tailored tools and features, Lightroom helps you process photographs faster, giving you more time to shoot. With the new and enhanced features in Lightroom 2, you canfind the photos you want faster, make more accurate adjustments, and easily present your work in more ways than ever before. pbAccelerate your workflow/bbr Lightroom is a nimble tool that moves you efficiently through every step of your workflow, from image capture to client presentation. Use flexible tools and features to manage the processing of large volumes of photographs. Customize a wide range of importing, renaming, and metadata stamping functions to suit your needs. Keep track of the changes you've made to images, including alternate versions, easily and automatically with the History panel. And when you're ready to present your work to clients, easily assemble and output high-quality printed contact sheets, online web galleries, and slide shows, or upload your photos to popular online photo-sharing sites. pbUse it your way/bbr Lightroom is adaptable and compatible with the way you work, most of the hardware you use, and open standards, so you're less likely to be limited by proprietary systems and formats. Lightroom runs on both Microsoft Windows and Mac OS. Work with more than 190 camera raw file formats, as well as JPEG, TIFF, and PSD files. Convert your images to the universal DNG format without loss of image quality. Store your photographs in the Lightroom Library--even if they're located on offline media. Using Lightroom for developing images, together with Adobe Photoshop for retouching, digital photographers now have the essential photography software toolkit. Take advantage of robust metadata support and advanced keywording capabilities help you tag and find the photographs you need quickly and easily. From developing images to presenting them, Lightroom together with Photoshop provides digital photographers with the essential photography software toolkit. h3bWho's It For?/b/h3 pbProfessional photographers/bbr Photographers who shoot large volumes of images in every specialty, from fashion and fine art to portraiture and photojournalism. pbAdvanced amateur photographers/bbr Photographers who don't earn a living from their images but have a deep passion for photography; take large numbers of photos, typically with a digital SLR camera; and value professional tools and results. pbEducators/bbr University and community college instructors who are shooters themselves and who teach the best tools and practices to the next generation of photographers. h3bThe top reasons to buy Adobe Photoshop Lightroom/b/h3 pbEnhance specific areas of a photo/bbr Enjoy more flexible, accurate enhancements by targeting a specific area for dodging and burning. pbQuickly find any photo/bbr Sort and filter large volumes of photos using powerful metadata filters to quickly find just the photo you want. pbAutomatically import and process your way/bbr Import and process large volumes of photos according to your customized settings. Rename files, organize them into folders, add metadata, and convert file formats for an entire shoot simultaneously. pbNative 64-bit architecture/bbr Utilize the advanced memory-handling capabilities on the latest Mac OS and Windows systems. pbWork smoothly with Adobe Photoshop software (sold separately)/bbr Enjoy tight integration with Adobe Photoshop software for streamlined use of Smart Objects, panorama stitching, high dynamic range (HDR) functionality, multiple layer workflow, and more. See your edits automatically updated in Lightroom. pbMultiple monitor support/bbr Add a second monitor and enjoy more room to work. Support for multiple monitors allows you to configure your workspace to manage image workflow and presentation more efficiently. pbBe productive quickly/bbr Ease your learning curve with task-oriented modules that speed you through typical workflow tasks by placing just the tools you need at your fingertips. pbEdit nondestructively/bbr Enjoy robust support for more than 190 camera raw file formats, and experiment with confidence. Adjustments you make to images in Lightroom won't alter the original data, whether you're working on a JPEG, TIFF, DNG, or camera raw file. pbEasily show off your photos online/bbr Create dynamic web galleries based on Adobe Flash technology without programming. In a few clicks, you can assemble and upload an interactive gallery to your website. Or easily upload your images to popular photo-sharing sites directly from Lightroom.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 44 more reviews...
 Great Program, but... January 6, 2009
Bill Ennis (USA)
I'm impressed with the program, but one such as this merits a manual for effective use. The price certainly justifies the printing costs. I had to buy an "aftermarket" book so as to be reasonably sure I'd get the full good of the program.
 Best Photo Software January 6, 2009
D. Sharpe
Lightroom 2 is the best photo organizer and quick editor I have ever used. I really like the organizer bar. And, I create web pages in minutes, crop pictures, adjust exposure and color temps, export my RAW images to JPG, touch-up red eye, and much much more. I haven't used CS3 in months.
Keep up the good work Adobe! December 29, 2008
JCC (New York, NY United States)
My search for the perfect photo management and editing program began earlier this year. While I'm not a professional photographer by any means, I am an enthusiasts like many of you who are considering Lightroom. The pros will all say that Photoshop is a must, but for amateur enthusiasts like us, it is way overkill as well as an expensive solution that screams out for a simpler solution. br / br /On the other extreme are programs like iPhoto and Photoshop Elements 7 which are not sophisticated enough for anything but casual snapshot takers. br / br /With Photoshop, iPhoto and Elements out of the running, I had to choose between two competing software: Lightroom or Aperture. If you have a PC and not a Mac, the choice is much simpler since you can't pick Aperture. Each had it's own strengths and weaknesses. Aperture, for those who have used both, is easier to use since the the layout and workflow was designed with simplicity in mind. It is also about $100 cheaper than Lightroom. However, I own a Sigma DP1 which used a proprietary RAW format (X3F) that precluded me from using Aperture. At the time, neither programs accepted the DP1 format. However, since Adobe is faster at releasing RAW updates, I figured that I had a much better chance of an update from Adobe than Apple in the near future. It turns out that I my assessment was correct as Adobe recently updated their RAW converter which now accepts the DP1 while Apple is still Sigma deficient. br / br /I started using Lightroom 1.4 earlier in the year. Although I wasn't able to directly import photos directly from my Sigma, I was able to convert it in the Sigma software first before importing them into Lightroom. The program is broken into five separate modules which follows the workflow of someone who wishes to go from importing the photos off their camera to the finishing product whether it's for print, web or anything else. I will now describe the five modules and my impression of them: br / br /Library: br /This is the first module. It allows you to import, organize as well as quick adjust photos coming in from your camera or memory card. There are a few changes in 2.0 from the previous versions. Mainly, the left side of the module has been reduced to just three panels. You can now create collections so that all your vacation photos, for example, can be grouped together. That makes it simple to see grouped themes in your pictures. There is also a smart collection which functions much like the iTunes smart playlists which would key in on tags so that it automatically grows or shrinks as your photo collections change. People using Photoshop would welcome the better integration. br / br /Develop: br /This second module is probably where most people spend most of their time. It allows for the fine tuning of photos to just the way you want it. It's not as powerful as Photoshop, but it should be sufficient for anyone who doesn't wish to alter the photo so much so that it's no longer like the original. Unlike Photoshop, you can't create things that weren't there in the photos to begin with. It's everything you need to adjust the photo. br / br /The new 2.0 version now has a graduated filter tool so that you can add that effect to your images. There's also a retouch brush which allows you to paint in exposure, brightness, clarity, and saturation. There's even a section to correct for vignettes if you have lens issues. br / br /Slideshow: br /I don't do slideshows so I don't spend too much time here but suffice it to say, it has everything you need to create just the right presentation. br / br /Print: br /The print module has all the printing settings and adjustments for printing that can make the print look great. It will also allow you to output to jpg so that you can print it somewhere else. The allowance for package makes batch printing easier. br / br /New to 2.0 is the ability to support 16 bit print output for those printers that have it. br / br /Web: br /I also don't spend too much here but you can create html galleries for your web pages. br / br /Adobe seems to still be in rapid upgrading mode for Lightroom. They have just released an update to 2.0 which further improves and program. I expect there to be additional tweaks to the program as time passes since they seem to be locked in a battle with Apple's Aperture for dominance. br / br /All in all, Lightroom 2.0 is a very powerful tool that will allow any enthusiast to fully exploit whatever photos they have taken to its maximum potential.
64-bit systems supported: Priceless December 28, 2008
Nathan Beauchamp (Oak Park, IL USA)
Adobe knows how to make fine software applications, and Light Room II is perhaps my favorite of all time (I've used Photoshop through CS2, Lightroom, Acrobat, etc...) As simple or complex as the user needs, its full featured editing and organization are impossible to beat. While the true professional editor will miss things from the heavier hitting Photoshop, virtually all the tools a photographer could ask for are available. I find that I rarely if ever use CS2 unless I run into a particularly daunting problem that Lightroom cannot manage. However, I am a bit of a purist, and don't 'clone' out undesirable things from photos, or do large scale image merges. I use Lightroom II like a darkroom, not to perform digital wizardry to fix inherently flawed images or create art digital mashes of photographs. br / br /The best feature of Lightroom II in my opinion isn't really a feature, but support for 64-bit systems. Not just compatibility, but a special 64-bit version, able to take advantage of the additional ram afforded by 64-bit processing, as well as the native speed increase from the processor. This is simply fantastic, and makes working with very large RAW files seamless and quick. Navigating larch batches of 16mb+ files is also very smooth with zero lag. br / br /There are a few things that have been changed from the original Lightroom that annoy me (the much more complex process of selecting the crop tool for example, which has been moved from the lower left of the main screen to the tool bar under the 'develop' tab for example) but these are merely preferences, and things that I will eventually adjust to. Overall, the improvements far outweigh any negative changes. I especially like the ability to isolate part of an image for color adjustments. This makes fixing a minor coloration problem easy. I no longer have to load the image into CS2, make changes, and then re-open in Lightroom. This makes my work flow much simpler and I find myself using CS2 less and less. br / br /A tool for anyone serious about digital photography with a enough muscle to edit almost any image, Lightroom II is a fantastic product and well worth the price. Rarely have I encountered a more stable, easy to use, and downright fun software. Now if only Microsoft would take some cues from Adobe...
Photoshop Beyond! December 23, 2008
Mark F. Braun (Norridge, IL)
As a lifelong Apple user, old Art Director and Adobe fanboy, I was extremely happy with Lightroom 2. NOT Photoshop Lite but IS a darkroom guru! Superbly designed for pros to enhance the heck out of images to pro standards, period. My highest recommendation to Adobe for turning me on to Lightroom. Have Photoshop? you probably have the CS and thus can live without SOME of lightroom, but I love the way it helps me track my tons of stuff in an orderly way. KUDOS ADOBE!!! br / br /Organizing! As a designer AND archivist of thousands of images and many more to come, I needed Lightroom's capability to keep them all sorted, properly imported and with the opportunity to go back and undo changes (very, very smart!). br / br /Adding sepia and effects is much simpler than Photoshopping; photographers don't want more unnecessary junk, they (we) want to get to where we want to go and back up to the right one. Here ya go! br / br /Filters and whizbang stuff are terrific. Ease of transforming for web or print and everything in between is great. More than I'd asked for!!! br / br /Downside: Loads a bit slow on mine, but expected on older Macs. Time for an upgrade to compliment this fantastic new app! br / br /Upside: Organize! Adjust! Clean up! Post and look totally brilliant with your photos! Even a novice can look pro here, and that's no exaggeration. Old "Photoshop tricks" are mastered here and wonderfully great to work with.
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