Lightroom Beta 4

[spylaw4]

According to an email just received the Beta 4 of Lightroom is now available for download!
It appears that the feature set on both Win and Mac versions is now the same.

I quote from the email:

Beta 4 is our biggest milestone to date, with several enhancements and additions, including the achievement of full feature parity between the Windows and Mac OS versions of Lightroom. No matter which platform you prefer, you can now bring the full power of Lightroom beta to your photos.

Lightroom Beta 4 also features:
Groundbreaking changes in the way tone curve adjustments are made and displayed, giving you the highest quality results in an interface that's easier to use than ever before.
More streamlined and elegant user interface - We've made several changes to the look and feel based on your feedback in the earlier beta releases.
Customizable interface - You can now display only the controls you want to be visible.
Precision white balance selection tool
Facility to easily rename and convert files to DNG after they've been imported to the Lightroom library
Increased interaction between Lightroom library organizational structure and the underlying file system
Filter and search presets to more quickly find the photographs you want
Better performance and improved interface for the Web module features
Develop control improvements based on community feedback, including comments from the Pixmantec user community (welcome!)

Now I know what I'll be spending my time on today!

[stnami]

... and once you finish playing there try LightZone beta 2 http://www.lightcrafts.com/index.php

[andybarton]

I have just had a 5 minute play with Beta 4 before I really must leave to go to work.

Apple have some serious work to do to Aperture to get anywhere close to this Beta, from what I can see. I look forward to trying it out properly later. This Beta would pass for a shipping product if it came from Redmond, that's for sure (although it wouldn't be as functional...)

[stnami]

Enjoyable to use but a shitty photo still looks like a dog's breakfast just quicker to make.

But I have a bias towards Lightroom,the application suits me so my opinion doesn't matter except the dog's breakfast part

[jrc]

There's a note over on Luminous Landscape warning that the Mac version may have a bug involving the rendering after a crop.

http://luminous-landscape.com/forum/...howtopic=12300


JC