You can now download release candidates of both Adobe Camera Raw 5.6 and Lightroom 2.6, which add support for several popular digital cameras. The “Release Candidate” status indicates that the version is “well tested” but not quite finalized. The updates add support for the following ..read more

One of the reasons Adobe’s Photoshop Lightroom workflow application is so good at speeding up the creative process is the use of presets. Presets are a group of settings that can be saved and yes shared, that can then be applied directly to ..read more

Adobe has released the final versions of Camera Raw 5.5 and Lightroom 2.5. Both updates add support for several new cameras including quite notably Panasonic’s Lumix DMC-GF1. The cameras with added support are:

In addition:

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As usual, there’s just too many odds and ends to get to…

Last week’s guest poster, Bill Simone, does a very nice walkthrough on just how he ..read more

Scott Kelby passes along a tip that I had accidentally discovered myself not too long ago over at the Photoshop Insider. The problem is sluggish JPEG exports from Lightroom, especially when exporting one large batch. The solution, as it turns out, and as Kelby ..read more

With the latest update to Adobe Lightroom (2.4) you can now use Lightroom as your first step in the Sigma DP2 workflow, and sidestep the use of Sigma Photo Pro alltogether if you choose to. But, is this a wise decision? “I’m not sure”, and ..read more

Nik has announced that their popular Silver Efex Pro plugin is now available for Lightroom 2.3 and higher as a free download for current owners. You can find out review of Nik’s Silver Efex here.

Award-winning Silver Efex Pro now compatible with Adobe Photoshop ..read more

Photographer and Lightroom teacher, Martin Evening, has posted a video focusing on the vibrance and saturation sliders in Adobe Lightroom:

In this movie I wanted to show a comparison between the Saturation and Vibrance sliders and in particular the damaging effect a Saturation boost have on ..read more