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July 2010
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The editors liked
Excellent new processing engine makes your RAW images look fabulous
Wide array of helpful new tools including noise reduction
Sharpening
Vignetting
And lens correction
Support for camera tethering (at last)
Improved interface with revamped import module
Fast performance.
Fast operation. 64-bit Windows and Mac OS X versions. Elegant interface. Excellent
Sexier upgrade from Lightroom 2. Greatly improved noise reduction and lens correction. Thumbnail preview is sharper than a Mensa meeting. Flickr integration. Finally.
Lens distortion correction
Great noise reduction
Improved performance
Better stability.
The editors didn't like
Limited video support
Still no simulated Loupe tool
No tethering yet for Olympus
Sony
Or Pentax cameras.
Modal interface not as simple as Aperture's UI. Full screen view not as full-screen as Aperture. No photo-book feature. Lacks face recognition. Most expensive app in the space.
Chromaticaberration tools are straight up janky when compared to other improvements. Some might call it pricey when there's so much freeware floating around out there. No integration with Photoshop Mobile is a bit baffling.
Abstract: Close on the heels of Adobe's release of Photoshop CS5, Lightroom 3.0 is now available. Lightroom, unlike Photoshop, is built from the ground up for photography and the unique workflow that we have as digital photographers. Rather than dealing with 3...
Faster, sleeker, sexier upgrade from Lightroom 2. Greatly improved noise reduction and lens correction. Thumbnail preview is sharper than a Mensa meeting. Flickr integration. Finally.
Chromaticaberration tools are straight up janky when compared to other improvements. Some might call it pricey when there's so much freeware floating around out there. No integration with Photoshop Mobile is a bit baffling.
Abstract: Adobe Lightroom 3 ($299) is the quintessential digital photographer’s toolbox and this newest version is even easier to use and offers a host of impressive features that novices and pros alike will find useful. We integrated Lightroom 3 into our workfl...
Overall, I’m really impressed with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3. I’m no designer and a noob in photography. However, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 has helped me in tuning my photos and makes me look like a great photographer. It’s so easy and intuitive th...
Published: 2010-06-24, Author: terry , review by: dpexpert.com.au
Like: This is a well developed and comprehensive imaging editing program. We like the improvements to noise reduction and sharpening functions. It is possible to apply extreme sharpening to an image without obvious quality deterioration. And noise reducti
Dislike: The cameratoPC tethering is inferior in usability to the software provided with our test camera — a Canon 7D
Price: $412 full $136 upgradeSimply brilliantThe low-down: After a gestation period of several months during which it has been available in beta form, Lightroom 3 is now in commercial release. Version 3 has all the virtues of its predecessors with some im...
Fantastic upgrade price; improved RAW image handling; includes just about any tool an amateur photographer could want...
except for photo-merge and HDR
A comprehensive toolkit for any keen amateur photographer: fast, simple to use, and far cheaper than Photoshop itself Good points Fantastic upgrade price; improved RAW image handling; includes just about any tool an amateur photographer could want... ...
Given its deep improvements, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 is a compelling upgrade for photographers who depend on the program for smoothly importing, cataloging, and preparing their images. The superior noise-processing algorithms alone make the upgrad...
