Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is a graphic editor designed to manage and process digital images. It is, in technical terms, an end-to-end solution for photographers and digital photo enthusiasts. It offers a wide range of digital instruments to adjust RAW images to look their best.
The best way to demonstrate its purpose is to imagine how photographers used to process photos after taking them. Adobe’s product is the dark room of the digital world, simplifying the manual work that specialists used to do in order to bring images to the final state.
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom bundles five separate stages that photos go through to meet the end result: Library - a section where the images of interest are gathered, Develop – environment for performing the actual editing, Map – section that allows you to add geo data, Book – for creating albums and publishing, Slideshow – dedicated to designing presentations, Print – deals with layout options and Web – focuses on exporting galleries to the web.
Editing includes basic actions (exposure, brightness and contrast, clarity, vibration), tone curve, HSL, color, or black and white, split toning, details (sharpening, noise reduction), effects, and camera calibration. Details can be maximized by adding dark shadows or bright highlights, while the noise reduction features ensures a natural look for your photos.
Since it includes such a rich photography toolset that accomplishes such a wide array of tasks, from organizing, to editing and publishing, Lightroom can be easily categorized as a workflow productivity tool as well. It provides the necessary controls for refining white balance, correcting chromatic aberrations, lens and perspective correction as well as intelligent image sharpening that enhances detail without inserting uncanny artifacts.
Although the powerful set of features recommends Adobe Photoshop Lightroom to professionals, it can appeal to amateurs as well. Its intuitive one-click adjustments and multitude of effects and correction tools coupled with an intuitive and flexible environment make it suitable for both categories of users.
Limitations:
· 30 days trial
· Nag screen
What's New in This Release:
· Lightroom 4.4 includes a correction to the demosaic algorithms for Fujifilm cameras with the X-Trans sensor.
This specifically impacts the following cameras:
· Fujifilm X-Pro1
· Fujifilm X-E1
· Fujifilm X100S
· Fujifilm X20
· Lightroom 4.4 includes a correction to the demosaic algorithms for Fujifilm cameras with the EXR sensor.
This correction applies only to raw images captured using the “EXR HR” mode with the following cameras:
· Fujifilm X10
· Fujifilm XF1
· Fujifilm X-S1
· Fujifilm S200EXR
· Fujifilm HS20EXR
· Fujifilm HS30EXR
· Fujifilm F550EXR
· Fujifilm F600EXR
· Fujifilm F770EXR
· Fujifilm F800EXR
Adjusted Nikon default white balance for the following camera models:
· NikonD2X
· NikonD2Xs
· NikonD2Hs
· NikonD200
· NikonD40
· NikonD50
· NikonD80
· Fix default aspect ratio support for Fujifilm X-E1 raw files.
Bugs Corrected:
· The crop overlay tool resized incorrectly when used in conjunction with the “Constrain to Crop” checkbox in the Lens Correction panel.
· Background graphics were not correctly rendered within the B...