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Spend less time in front of the computer and more time behind the lens with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2. Now you can quickly import, process, manage and showcase your images--from one shot to an entire shoot. Ideal for professional and advanced amateur photographers, Photoshop Lightroom 2 is the perfect choice for DSLR users shooting a high volume of images.
Local adjustment brush--New for Photoshop Lightroom 2, the local adjustment brush allows you to target a specific area of a photo for dodging, burning and other amendments, giving you the flexibility and accuracy you need to create truly unique images.
Multiple monitor support--Need extra screen space? Add a second monitor and configure your workspace to manage image workflow and presentation more efficiently.
Quickly find any photo--The improved organisational tools in Photoshop Lightroom 2 allow you to sort and filter large volumes of images using powerful metadata and keyword filters to quickly find just the photo you want.
Volume management--New for Photoshop Lightroom 2--freely manage and organise your images across multiple drives, and continue to work with the high-resolution previews--even when your originals are offline.
Enhanced output sharpening--Improve the appearance of your photos with enhanced algorithms that can automatically sharpen photos when you export files or output to print or the web.
Smooth integration with Adobe Photoshop--Photoshop users can enjoy streamlined use of Smart Objects, panorama stitching, high dynamic range (HDR) functionality, multiple layer workflow and more. See your edits automatically updated in Lightroom.
Flexible printing options--In a new feature for Photoshop Lightroom 2, you can now quickly arrange a photo to printing multiple sizes on one or many pages, with flexible and customisable templates to make the most of your paper, ink and time.
 Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2, designed for photographers, features an elegant, uncluttered interface that puts just the tools you need at your fingertips. |
- Quickly batch process, convert and apply metadata to photos on import
- Support for over 190 camera raw file formats plus JPEG, TIFF and PSD files
- Easily make selections with multiple viewing and comparison options
- Non-destructively adjust and enhance colour, exposure and tonal curves
- Automatically track changes with the History panel--return to any state with a single click
Local adjustment brush--New for Photoshop Lightroom 2, the local adjustment brush allows you to target a specific area of a photo for dodging, burning and other amendments, giving you the flexibility and accuracy you need to create truly unique images.
 Enjoy more flexible, accurate enhancements by targeting a specific area for dodging and burning. |
Multiple monitor support--Need extra screen space? Add a second monitor and configure your workspace to manage image workflow and presentation more efficiently.
Quickly find any photo--The improved organisational tools in Photoshop Lightroom 2 allow you to sort and filter large volumes of images using powerful metadata and keyword filters to quickly find just the photo you want.
Volume management--New for Photoshop Lightroom 2--freely manage and organise your images across multiple drives, and continue to work with the high-resolution previews--even when your originals are offline.
 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. |
Enhanced output sharpening--Improve the appearance of your photos with enhanced algorithms that can automatically sharpen photos when you export files or output to print or the web.
Smooth integration with Adobe Photoshop--Photoshop users can enjoy streamlined use of Smart Objects, panorama stitching, high dynamic range (HDR) functionality, multiple layer workflow and more. See your edits automatically updated in Lightroom.
Flexible printing options--In a new feature for Photoshop Lightroom 2, you can now quickly arrange a photo to printing multiple sizes on one or many pages, with flexible and customisable templates to make the most of your paper, ink and time.
- Store photographs in the Lightroom Library even if located on offline media
- Task-oriented modules--speed through typical workflow tasks
- Native 64-bit architecture-- utilise advanced memory-handling capabilities on the latest Mac OS and Windows systems
- Wide range of plug-ins to quickly and easily transfer images to sharing sites or photo labs
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35 of 36 people found the following review helpful
In a word, wow! I've had a DSLR about 6 months, but have taken nearly 10,000 exposures (of which I've probably kept 10%). Once I moved to shooting in RAW (which if you're not doing, you don't really need Lightroom), my workflow began to take quite a while. I'd do an initial review of my images using Picassa, to get rid of the ones not worth processing (but which looked ok on the camera LCD). I'd then use the Photoshop Elements RAW editor to sort out white balance and exposure. This works fine, but it's a fairly slow process and a bit of a clunky interface. I'd then export to Elements, do my cropping and effects, and then batch save as JPEGs. Lightroom has been an absolute revalation. It automatically imports the images (being really flexible about file locations and names etc), and then quickly lets you review and reject images. This step alone is MILES quicker than my previous process. The white balance and exposure settings are much more comprehensive than the RAW editor in Elements (I can't compare against full Photoshop) and it has some brilliant pre-sets (such as high contrast B&W, cold tone) which very qickly give me results which are 95% what I want, and I can then tweak. The tools for cropping etc are very good, and there are several image maipulation tools built in which make me think I won't need to use Elements post-processing functionality much in future.
Downsides? I haven't really found any to be honest. It's not cheap, but do look at Adobe's educational licensing options (eg do you have kids at home who may qualify?). There's no real documentation, but if you've used a RAW editor before, it's fairly straightforward. I recommend the Scott Kelby guide to get the most out of the software though. In terms of processing, I see some reviewers have a problem with the amount of memory etc it needs. I have a 2 year old laptop, and processing in lightroom is much faster than in Picassa & Elements. Finally, if you have full photoshop, then you need to read some reviews to see how it compares to the RAW editor in there, as I can't give an opinion on that (as I've not used it).
In summary, this has cut my workflow time by around 65%, and gives me better looking results. That to me, is well worth the money. Highly recommended.
Downsides? I haven't really found any to be honest. It's not cheap, but do look at Adobe's educational licensing options (eg do you have kids at home who may qualify?). There's no real documentation, but if you've used a RAW editor before, it's fairly straightforward. I recommend the Scott Kelby guide to get the most out of the software though. In terms of processing, I see some reviewers have a problem with the amount of memory etc it needs. I have a 2 year old laptop, and processing in lightroom is much faster than in Picassa & Elements. Finally, if you have full photoshop, then you need to read some reviews to see how it compares to the RAW editor in there, as I can't give an opinion on that (as I've not used it).
In summary, this has cut my workflow time by around 65%, and gives me better looking results. That to me, is well worth the money. Highly recommended.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
I was torn between Lightroom and Aperture. For the serious amateur, there's little to differentiate the two products - I got good results with both products, and both offer similar functionality. On balance, I found Lightroom to be more intuitive, and I think Lightroom will give me more creative scope as my photography grows. Both Aperture and Lightroom have free 30-day trials, and for the undecided, I'd urge you to take advantage of these to help make your decision.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Running on WinXP (2gb mem, 3.2GHz CPU), yes it can be slow at times, this has been acknowledged by Adobe, performance should be addressed in the next patch 2.1. So suggest if you're thinking about buying this, see what patches have happened since these reviews.
I haven't used LR 1.4 unlike other reviewers, so can only comment based on LR2; for those users who prefer to spend time behind the camera and not a PC, this is the app. Easy to use workflow tool with many features, good selection of image enhancement tools, the Grad Filters are superb, allows open-source plugins (for example plugin tools available to auto upload images to your favourite online sites etc).
For the money I would liked to have seen some paper documentation with this, as a minimum a quick start guide offering hints & tips on how to best organise you images should be included. I've already setup catalogues and stored images that I know I could have distributed better now I've been using LR for a few weeks now.
As a neutral who was looking for an application that would allow me to swiftly process 400+ RAW shots with minor tweaking (batch adjust white balance, cropping, saturation, sharpening etc) I have found this fits the bill. Other than Aperture (only for the Apple), there is no alternative work-flow tool as good at the moment.
I haven't used LR 1.4 unlike other reviewers, so can only comment based on LR2; for those users who prefer to spend time behind the camera and not a PC, this is the app. Easy to use workflow tool with many features, good selection of image enhancement tools, the Grad Filters are superb, allows open-source plugins (for example plugin tools available to auto upload images to your favourite online sites etc).
For the money I would liked to have seen some paper documentation with this, as a minimum a quick start guide offering hints & tips on how to best organise you images should be included. I've already setup catalogues and stored images that I know I could have distributed better now I've been using LR for a few weeks now.
As a neutral who was looking for an application that would allow me to swiftly process 400+ RAW shots with minor tweaking (batch adjust white balance, cropping, saturation, sharpening etc) I have found this fits the bill. Other than Aperture (only for the Apple), there is no alternative work-flow tool as good at the moment.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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This product is just fantastic, I am a professional photographer and lightroom is so fantastic and easy to use. Read more
Published 18 months ago by shell.1210
Quality product
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Published 20 months ago by Mr. Scott G. Mcdonald
Keeping me organized... almost
I decided to give Lightroom 2 a go by way of comparison with both iPhoto and Aperture on the Mac. The interface is clean-looking and professional, more like Aperture than iPhoto... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Mr. Rds Harley
The digital darkroom!
I purchased Lightroom after much deliberation - I already own Photoshop Elements and wondered if I really needed Lightroom as well. Read more
Published 23 months ago by S. Peel
Great for lazy photographers
If you have a tonne of digital photos but can't be bothered to organise and optimise them then this is for you. Read more
Published on 5 May 2010 by Chang K. Park
THE Workflow of Choice for RAW Imafges
There is other software you can choose and yes they are going to be Apple Aperture or maybe even using the latest version of Adobe Bridge bundled with Photoshop... Read more
Published on 19 Mar 2010 by M. Price
Nice, but not essential
Adobe Lightroom is a useful image management and editing tool, but not absolutely essential for photographers. Read more
Published on 28 Sep 2009 by Howard N. Sherwood
Lightroom 2.4
A quantam leap from using PSE software. However the online support is not so good. I purchased Scott Kelby's book "Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2" which is a fantastic tutorial help. Read more
Published on 28 Aug 2009 by E. G. Wakefield
Essential
Once you've used Lightroom 2 for a while and gotten your workflow in good shape, you really will wonder how you managed to live without it. Read more
Published on 19 Aug 2009 by Robert Groom
Say Cheese!
I'm one of those people who had dreams of producing amazing pieces of photographic art using a high-end photo editing suite such as Photoshop, and then, when the chance came to use... Read more
Published on 15 July 2009 by GeekZilla
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