You may have forgotten amid all the attention Adobe has received in the wake of its Photoshop CC announcement, but the software giant also recently revealed an update to its popular Adobe Lightroom software. In our Adobe Lightroom 5 beta review we look at some of the key features of this ‘alternative Photoshop’ to see what they offer photographers.
It can’t match Photoshop’s layers, masks, Blend Modes and other high-end image-manipulation tools, but from the photographer’s point of view, Adobe Lightroom still has practically all the enhancement and adjustment tools you need to make a good photograph great, together with some unique advantages.
First, all your adjustments are non-destructive – you can go back at any time to reverse, remove or re-edit them.
Second, it treats Raw files the same way as any other, editing them directly and seamlessly with no conversion process required.
Third, Lightroom is a full-powered, professional image cataloguing tool that can organise and search tens of thousands of images using EXIF data, IPTC metadata, ‘smart collections’ and more.
With Adobe Lightroom 5, the crossover between Lightroom and Photoshop is larger still, because Adobe has made major enhancements to one editing tool and added two completely new ones.
PAGE 1: Why choose Adobe Lightroom 5
PAGE 2: Adobe Lightroom 5 beta review – Advanced Healing Brush
PAGE 3: Adobe Lightroom 5 beta review – Upright
PAGE 4: Adobe Lightroom 5 beta review – Radial Gradient
PAGE 5: Adobe Lightroom 5 beta review – Smart Previews
PAGE 6: Adobe Lightroom 5 beta review – Video slideshow sharing
PAGE 7: Adobe Lightroom 5 beta review – Improved photo book creation
PAGE 8: A look at the Adobe Lightroom 5 interface
PAGE 9: Our Verdict
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via Digital Camera World http://www.digitalcameraworld.com/2013/05/24/adobe-lightroom-5-beta-review/
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