
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3, the latest version of Adobe professional photo management and RAW conversion application was shipped on June 7, 2010. It has a number of new and enhanced features such as faster performance, improved noise reduction, lens correction, video files support, convenient watermarking tools, tight integration with Flickr service, capability of making slide show videos with music, easier navigation and image importing, perspective correction, adjustable print layouts, easily controlled grain simulation and many more.
Adobe Lightroom 3 nondestructive editing environment is very convenient for experimentation with photos, because your original images always remain safely unaltered, and it is easy to reverse your steps or save multiple versions of any photo. The application supports raw files from over 290 camera models as well as JPEG, TIFF, and other file formats. Also the tethered capture function allows immediate viewing of your shots on your PC or laptop screen (the feature is available for certain camera models). For faster performance Adobe Lightroom 3 supports 64-bit operating systems.
New users can buy Photoshop Lightroom 3 for $ 299 and existing users can upgrade for $ 99. Lightroom 3 software is not included in Adobe CS5, and you need to buy it separately.
You can download free trial of the NEW Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 here
Adobe evangelist Julieanne Kost has presented 10 videos showing new features and enhancements of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3. Watch the video session that takes you through in-depth tutorials to learn about the new features, workflows and enhancements that are included with the release of Lightroom 3.
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Any rumors as to when Acrobat is going to get refreshed? It’s coming up to close to 2 years for the last revision (Acrobat 9).