Adobe News (Page 6)

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 Beta is now available for download.

"New tools let you extract more detail from highlights and shadows, make a wider range of targeted adjustments, and easily share your images and video clips on social media and photo sharing sites."

Free Lightroom 4 Beta Delivers Unparalleled Image Processing and Workflow Efficiency for Photographers

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Jan. 10, 2012 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® 4 beta for Windows® and Mac. Available as a free public download from Adobe Labs, Lightroom is the essential digital photography workflow solution helping amateur and professional photographers quickly import, manage, enhance and showcase their images. Lightroom 4 beta is a preview of new features and capabilities that will be offered in the final release of Lightroom 4, expected in early 2012. The beta features refined technology for superior shadow and highlight processing, expanded management capabilities including enhanced DSLR video support and the ability to create beautiful photo books from within Lightroom. Adobe encourages photographers to try the beta release and provide feedback to the product team.

“Giving early customer access to new versions of Lightroom has helped our team deliver an outstanding battle-tested product that really stands up to the demands of photographers worldwide,” said Winston Hendrickson, vice president of Digital Imaging Products, Adobe. “The much anticipated release of Lightroom 4 beta continues this tradition and shows how much Adobe values customer insights into photography workflows.”

New Features in Lightroom 4 Beta

Lightroom 4 beta is a major software update adding a broad range of new capabilities based on feedback provided by the photography community. All new basic tonal adjustment controls extract the entire dynamic range from cameras for stunning shadow details and highlights. The software features additional local adjustment controls, including Noise Reduction, Moire and White Balance.

New native video support gives photographers the capability to play, trim and extract frames from video clips shot on DSLRs, point-and-shoot cameras and smartphones. Many standard Lightroom image adjustment controls can also be applied to video clips and adjusted videos can be exported as a H.264 file or published directly to Facebook or Flickr.

Lightroom 4 beta provides photographers the tools to create impressive photo books with rich text controls and a variety of easy-to-use templates, as well as a direct link for photo book creation from within the new Book module. Also, a new intuitive Map module displays images already assigned a location, provides location tagging controls and saved locations for effortless assignment of a photographer’s common locations.

In the Develop module, the addition of soft proofing helps photographers tune images in a destination color space to ensure prints and Web content look their best. In addition, customers can now email images directly from Lightroom using an email account of their choice including Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail.

Adobe Photoshop Family

Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended are at the heart of the Photoshop family, joined by solutions for users at every level who want to bring out the best in their digital images either at home, in the office or on the go. Photoshop Lightroom 4 beta addresses the workflow needs of amateur and professional photographers, helping them create, manage and showcase images in impactful ways. Photoshop Elements 10 provides consumers with powerful yet easy-to-use tools that organize, edit, create and share photos memories. For mobile devices, Photoshop Touch app transforms images with core Photoshop features custom-built for tablets; and Photoshop Express is a free app for simple photo fixes and enhancements, and sharing to social networks.

Pricing and Availability

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 beta is available immediately as a free download on both Windows and Mac at http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/. Customers can submit feedback on the community powered feedback site: http://feedback.photoshop.com. Users can also connect with the Lightroom team directly on Facebook (www.facebook.com/lightroom), via Twitter (www.twitter.com/lightroom) or on the Adobe Lightroom blog (http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal). For Lightroom how-to videos, visit http://www.youtube.com/lightroom.

 
Lightroom Journal has lots of useful and important information. (thanks Sean, Tony & Mark)

Adobe has released Lightroom 3.6 and Camera Raw 6.6 Updates:

Adobe Camera Raw 6.6 Update

This new version of the Camera Raw plug-in replaces the original one that was installed with Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 and Adobe Premiere Elements 10. Visit the Camera Raw page for a complete list of supported cameras.

English: Windows | Macintosh

 
Adobe Lightroom 3.6 update

The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.6 update includes these enhancements:

• Additional camera support for several new camera models including the Canon Powershot S100, Fuji FinePix X10, and Nikon 1 J1.
• Corrections for issues introduced in previous versions of Lightroom 3.

English: Windows | Macintosh

More detailed information is available at Lightroom Journal.

Adobe has posted Adobe Drive 3.0.1 Update (Windows | Macintosh)

"This update provides key fixes and improvements in performance, metadata handling, the Adobe Drive Connect UI, and other areas."

Full release notes are available here.

Adobe has announced that it's Touch Apps are now available in the Android Market. Click here (BusinessWire) for more information.

Adobe has announced a change in upgrade qualifications for Creative Suite 6 products:

"For customers who prefer to remain on the current licensing model, we will continue to offer our individual point products and Adobe Creative Suite editions as perpetual licenses. With regards to upgrades, we are changing our policy for perpetual license customers. In order to qualify for upgrade pricing when CS6 releases, customers will need to be on the latest version of our software (either CS5 or CS5.5 editions). If our customers are not yet on those versions, we’re offering a 20% discount through December 31, 2011 which will qualify them for upgrade pricing when we release CS6."

Get your Adobe products at B&H.

Adobe Labs has made Lightroom 3.6 and Camera Raw 6.6 Release Candidates available for download.

These release candidates include support for new cameras (Canon S100, Nikon 1 J1 & V1) and lenses as well as bug fixes. Lightroom Journal has the complete list.

Adobe press release:

Photoshop “Unblur” Technology Stuns Crowd at Recent Adobe MAX Event

Adobe MAX 2011

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today posted videos of the technology “sneak peeks” that were showcased recently at the company’s annual MAX user conference in Los Angeles. Included in the videos is the image deblurring technology, demonstrated in an on-stage demo by Adobe senior research scientist Jue Wang, which has become an Internet sensation.

“Adobe's technology leadership is ensuring that designers and developers have the tools they need to help shape the future of digital media.”

"We sneaked some early-stage technology from our labs during the recent Adobe MAX conference that exemplify the kind of technology innovation that is thriving across Adobe," said Kevin Lynch, chief technology officer, Adobe. "Adobe's technology leadership is ensuring that designers and developers have the tools they need to help shape the future of digital media."

The sneaks are intended to give MAX attendees a look at future technologies. These technologies may, or may not, make it into future versions of Adobe products. The demos are currently being hosted on AdobeTV, and include:

• Image Deblurring – removing blurriness from digital photos caused by camera shake while the pictures were being taken;

• Local Layer Ordering – a new way for graphic designers to create layered compositions that better reflect the way real world objects act;

• InDesign Liquid Layout – using InDesign to create high quality magazines that automatically adapt layouts across devices and screen orientation;

• Near Field Communications in Adobe AIR – using Adobe AIR to create applications that communicate with the physical world;

• Automatic Synchronization of Crowd Sourced Videos – synchronizing video clips taken with different cameras and from different vantage points into a single immersive video;

• Reverse Debugging in Flash Builder – the ability to step backwards in time while debugging a Flash application to better find the root cause of bugs;

• RubbaDub – automatically replacing the dialog of a video clip with separately recorded audio with perfect synchronization;

• Pixel Nuggets – searching through a large library of images by identifying images that contain the same people, backgrounds, landmarks, etc.;

• Monocle – a new visual tool to help developers find and fix performance problems in Flash applications;

• Video Meshes – an entirely new way to edit videos, including the ability to create 3D fly-throughs of 2D videos and change focus and depth of field;

• GPU Parallelism – using a device’s graphic processing unit (GPU) to accelerate performance of general purpose computing.

About Adobe Systems Incorporated

Adobe is changing the world through digital experiences. For more information, visit www.adobe.com.

© 2011 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe and the Adobe logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Adobe has announced Creative Cloud (press release)

Other Adobe announcements made today:

Adobe Touch Apps Redefine Creative

Adobe Announces Agreement to Acquire Nitobi, Creator of PhoneGap

Adobe Acquires Web Typography Innovator Typekit

Adobe Digital Publishing Suite, Single Edition Democratizes Tablet Publishing

Adobe and WoodWing Accelerate Publishing on Tablets With Adobe's Industry-Leading Digital Publishing Suite

Adobe Advances Entertainment Apps for TVs

Camera Raw 6.5 Update

This new version of the Camera Raw plug-in replaces the original one that was installed with Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 and Adobe Premiere Elements 9 software. Visit the Camera Raw page for a complete list of supported cameras.

English: Windows | Macintosh

Lightroom 3.5 update

The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.5 update includes these enhancements:

Additional camera support for over 20 new camera models including the Nikon Coolpix P7100, Olympus E-PL3 and Sony SLT-A77

Corrections for issues introduced in previous versions of Lightroom 3

English: Windows | Macintosh

(Thanks Richard)

Update: Lightroom Journal has more details about these updates.

Press releases:

Adobe Premiere Elements 10 Now Available

Adobe Unveils Photoshop Elements 10

Adobe Releases Photoshop Elements 10 & Adobe Premiere Elements 10 Bundle

Press Release:

Adobe Carousel Photography App Debuts for Mac OS and iOS Devices

Adobe Imaging Magic Delivers All-New Way to Browse, Enhance and Share Photos Across Devices

LAS VEGAS, Photoshop World 2011 — Sept. 7, 2011 — During the Photoshop World 2011 keynote, Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) announced Adobe® Carousel™ for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch and Mac OS. Adobe Carousel is designed for anyone who loves photographs, takes a lot of them, and needs a simple way to view, browse, adjust and share them without worrying about manual syncing or storage. Adobe Carousel uses the powerful photo-processing technology that is used in Adobe Photoshop® Lightroom®, so customers get the finest photo-editing results delivered consistently no matter what the device. Photos look great and are easy to share directly with family and friends.

Adobe Carousel is comprised of a set of client apps for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, and Mac OS desktops (versions for Windows and other devices are expected in the first half of 2012). When customers import their photo library into Adobe Carousel, or take new photos using Adobe Carousel on an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch, those photos are automatically accessible on any supported device through the cloud-based smart mesh technology incorporated in Adobe Carousel. Once imported, any edits, deletions or additions to the library made on one device are automatically updated across all devices linked with the account. With Adobe Carousel, manual syncing and device storage limitations are a thing of the past.

Setting up Adobe Carousel is easy. Customers will just download the apps, set up a subscription plan on their iPhone and iPad, and they are ready to go. Subscribers can import a virtually unlimited number of JPEG files, and install Adobe Carousel apps on as many of their compatible devices as they want.

“With Adobe Carousel we are extending the power of Adobe’s imaging expertise beyond the desktop and onto tablets and smartphones, delivering instant access to your complete photo library and the freedom to edit and share photos anywhere, any time,” said Winston Hendrickson, vice president of Digital Imaging Products, Adobe. “Thanks to Adobe Carousel, users never need to worry about wasting time syncing, remembering if a photo was saved to a particular device, or worrying about maxing out storage on their iPhone or iPad.”

Familiar multi-touch gestures provide a fun and interactive experience to explore tens of thousands of photos quickly and easily, and Adobe’s powerful photo-processing engine lets users adjust exposure, shadows, highlights, white balance, vibrance, clarity and contrast. There are also over a dozen “Looks” that allow customers to quickly experiment with the appearance of a photo. Adobe Carousel simplifies and enhances photo sharing by allowing subscribers to invite friends and family members to collaborate on a photo library free of charge – so anyone with a Carousel capable device can view existing photos and contribute new ones, apply adjustments and Looks to images, and easily grab and flag favorite photos. Users can also share photos by sending them directly to Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr or via email.

Pricing and Availability

The Adobe Carousel apps will be available through the iTunes App Store and for Mac later this month. Through Jan. 31, 2012, Adobe plans to offer Adobe Carousel for a special introductory price of US$59.99/year or US$5.99/month. Anyone subscribing at that price will be able to renew at that same price for an additional two years. At the conclusion of the introductory offer, Adobe Carousel will be US$99.99/year or US$9.99/month. By subscribing, customers automatically receive any enhancements and updates to Adobe Carousel at no additional charge. Customers receive a complimentary subscription for up to 30 days and can purchase a monthly or yearly subscription at any time from their iPad or iPhone.

Customers can download and install the Adobe Carousel apps as many times and across as many devices as they want as a part of their subscription (no additional fees apply). For more information, including system requirements, visit www.photoshop.com/carousel.

Adobe has made release candidates available for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.5 and Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw 6.5

Lightroom Journal has the details.

Adobe has relased an update to the CS5 & CS5.1 Standard Multiplugin.

"The standard multiplugin update addresses a security vulnerability in the GIF file format, where opening a malicious GIF file would cause the application to crash. This update is recommended for anyone who opens GIF files in Photoshop."

English: Windows 32 bit | Windows 64 bit | Macintosh

Adobe has made Photoshop Elements 9 Editor (press release) available in the Mac App Store.

Adobe has released Bridge CS5 4.0.5.

"This update provides a solution for Facebook album upload issue."

English: Windows | Macintosh

Adobe has posted a page outlining Adobe Photoshop Lightroom performance optimization.

Adobe has released updates for Lightroom and Camera Raw:

Camera Raw 6.4.1 Update

This new version of the Camera Raw plug-in replaces the original one that was installed with Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 and Adobe Premiere Elements 9 software. Visit the Camera Raw page for a complete list of supported cameras.

English: Windows | Macintosh

Lightroom 3.4.1 update

The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.4 update includes these enhancements:

• Additional camera support for several new camera models including the Canon Rebel T3i, Nikon D5100 and Fuji FinePix X100

• Corrections for issues introduced in previous versions of Lightroom 3

The Lightroom 3.4.1 update includes an important correction for a bug introduced in the Lightroom 3.4 release

English: Windows | Macintosh

Lightroom Journal has posted the following warning:

Potential JPEG Bug in Lightroom 3.4 and Camera Raw 6.4

The Lightroom and Camera Raw team would like to inform you of a potentially severe bug that was introduced in the Lightroom 3.4 and Camera Raw 6.4 update. Please note that this bug only impacts customers who are saving metadata to JPEG files with a rare characteristic. (JPEG files must have an unusually large block of private camera data included in the file to be susceptible to the bug*) This scenario is so rare that we do not believe that it is necessary for customers who have already upgraded to revert to the previous version of Lightroom or Camera Raw. However, the bug could cause image corruption which falls within our highest severity category of bugs. The team believes it’s very important to notify you of the risk and provide an estimate of when we will be able to deliver a correction in the form of Lightroom 3.4.1 and Camera Raw 6.4.1. We intend to have these updates available by Friday, May 27th.

If you do work with a significant number of JPEG files in Lightroom or Camera Raw and routinely update metadata (keywords, captions, etc) it would be prudent to wait for the updated release of Lightroom and Camera Raw.

The team would also like to thank Doug Cooper who reported this issue on the Lightroom Feedback Portal. Rare bugs like this make it quite difficult to pinpoint the source of the problem or even create a reproducible scenario but thanks to Doug’s persistence we were able to track down this bug quickly.

* To date we’ve only found one camera that generates these large blocks of private data, the HP PhotoSmart R607.

Adobe has released Photoshop 12.0.4 Update for Photoshop CS5:

May 3, 2011

For convenience and reliability, we highly recommend that you apply this update directly from within Photoshop. To do so, choose Help > Updates in Photoshop CS5 and apply all of the updates listed under Adobe Photoshop CS5 in the Adobe Application Manager.

This update applies to all languages EXCEPT Middle Eastern, North African French and Greek.

The 12.0.4 update enables specially designed apps on tablets, smartphones, and PCs to communicate with and control interaction with Photoshop CS5 (Located in the File menu: Remote Connections). Now you can be creative on other devices and instantly incorporate what you create into Photoshop. You must install the 12.0.4 update to activate a remote connection between Photoshop CS5 and any apps that Adobe or third-party developers create to interact with Photoshop. For example, Photoshop CS5 must be updated to 12.0.4 to interact with three new iPad apps that Adobe has designed to work with it - Adobe Nav, Adobe Color Lava, and Adobe Eazel. Available on the App Store.

The 12.0.4 update also fixes liquify performance, type related crashes, and other top customer issues. The most significant fixes include the following:

• A number of potential security vulnerabilities have been addressed.

• Liquify save mesh now works as expected.

• An issue with Sharpen crashing has been fixed.

• An issue with Quick Selection crashing has been fixed.

• The Orphea Studio File Info issue has been resolved.

English: Windows | Macintosh

Adobe has released Photoshop Elements 9.0.3 Update.

"The Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 9.0.3 update will install a patch on top of Adobe Photoshop Elements 9. It provides a fix for certain broken workflows involving the use of PSE 9 with Wacom tablets. This update is applicable to Photoshop Elements 9 running on a Windows as well as Mac OS."

In a long press release, Adobe has announced that Creative Suite 5.5 is now shipping.

"Major Upgrade to Creative Suite Product Family Delivers Breakthroughs in HTML5 Authoring and Mobile App Development

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the immediate availability of the Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 product family. Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 delivers important advances in HTML5 and Flash authoring, enabling designers and developers to create compelling content and applications. Creative Suite 5.5 products also feature significant innovation in the areas of video production and editing. Finally, Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 delivers exciting new capabilities in the exploding area of digital publishing. With Creative Suite 5.5 content authors worldwide can deliver high-impact work to multiple platforms, operating systems, Web browsers, smartphones and tablets – including Android, BlackBerry Tablet OS, and Apple iOS devices."

Get the Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 products at B&H, Amazon.com (? might need to click "Go" on the search box for proper products to show) or Adobe.

Camera Raw 6.4 Update

This new version of the Camera Raw plug-in replaces the original one that was installed with Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 and Adobe Premiere Elements 9 software. Visit the Camera Raw page for a complete list of supported cameras.

English: Windows | Macintosh

Lightroom 3.4 update

The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.4 update includes these enhancements:

• Additional camera support for several new camera models including the Canon Rebel T3i, Nikon D5100 and Fuji FinePix X100

• Corrections for issues introduced in previous versions of Lightroom 3

English: Windows | Macintosh

 
Lightroom Journal has a list of fixes and new support found in the updates.

DNG Codec preview 3 — A codec that enables Windows Vista users to view DNG files in the Windows Explorer and Photo Gallery.

DNG Profile Editor preview 3 — A new color rendering package that contains the DNG 1.2 spec, camera profiles, and a utility to edit them.

Adobe Lens Profile Creator preview 3 — A utility that enables the easy creation of lens profiles for use in the Photoshop family of products.

Adobe has posted a Photoshop CS5 Performance White Paper designed to maximize your CS5 experience.

Adobe has introduced Creative Suite 5.5 (press release).

Adobe Photoshop CS 5.5 (press release) will be the application of most photographer interest.

Adobe Labs has made Lightroom 3.4 and Camera Raw 6.4 available as release candidates.

Included in these version is support for the Canon EOS Rebel T3i / 600D DSLR and Canon EOS Rebel T3 / 1100D DSLR along with additional Lens Profiles and bug fixes.

For more details, visit Lightroom Journal.

Adobe has made Premiere Elements 9.0.1 Macintosh Update available.

This update improves stability and consists of the fixes for some of the issues as reported by the users through various forums. Also, this update provides an improved importing of media on Mac. It resolves the following issues:

1. Crash on Exit after Full Screen view
2. Crashes on launch from Standard user.
3. Provides fix for "Import from iPhoto"
4. Other Bug Fixes

Adobe Photoshop Elements 9.0.2 Update (Mac Only) is now available for download.

"The Adobe Photoshop Elements 9.0.2 Update will install a patch on top of Adobe Photoshop Elements 9. It provides fixes for "Import from iPhoto". This update is ONLY applicable to Photoshop Elements 9 running on a MAC OS."

The Adobe Photoshop 12.0.3 update fixes a number of high priority bugs including tool tips on Windows XP, painting performance and type-related issues. This update is recommended for all Windows users.

The most significant fixes in the Photoshop 12.0.3 update include the following:

Windows XP tool tip font issue introduced by 12.0.2
A number of potential security vulnerabilities have been addressed
Top type and font crashers found in the field have been addressed
A number of performance issues have been addressed
Crash opening 3D layers has been addressed
Color Engine crash has been resolved
Intermittent file format issues addressed
Shift scrolling bug fixed
Sharpen crasher fixed
Marching ants not seen at certain zoom levels fixed
Metadata focus distance issue addressed
File info bug addressed for Orphea Studio jpg's
TWAIN crashers fixed
Brush cursor bug fixed
Histogram progress bar issue fixed
Droplet issues addressed

Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 9.0.1 update is now available for download.

The Adobe Photoshop Elements 9.0.1 update will install a patch on top of Adobe Photoshop Elements 9. It provides a fix to the Spot Healing Brush when used in Content Aware mode. This update is only applicable to Photoshop Elements 9 running on a Windows OS.

Adobe Photoshop CS5 12.0.2 update

December 7, 2010

The Adobe Photoshop 12.0.2 update fixes a number of high priority bugs including painting performance and type-related issues. The most significant fixes in the Photoshop 12.0.2 update include the following:

• A number of potential security vulnerabilities have been addressed
• Top type and font crashers found in the field have been addressed
• A number of performance issues have been addressed
• Crash opening 3D layers has been addressed
• Color Engine crash has been resolved
• Intermittent file format issues addressed
• Shift scrolling bug fixed
• Sharpen crasher fixed
• Marching ants not seen at certain zoom levels fixed
• Metadata focus distance issue addressed
• File info bug addressed for Orphea Studio jpg's
• TWAIN crashers fixed
• Brush cursor bug fixed
• Histogram progress bar issue fixed
• Droplet issues addressed

Multiple languages: Windows | Macintosh

 
TWAIN Plug-in update

December 7, 2010

The TWAIN plug-in update includes fixes for multiple document scanning and a crasher when attempting a second scan.

 
Camera Raw 6.3 Update

December 7, 2010

This new version of the Camera Raw plug-in replaces the original one that was installed with Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 and Adobe Premiere Elements 9 software. Visit the Camera Raw page for a complete list of supported cameras.

English: Windows | Macintosh

 
Lightroom 3.3 update

December 7, 2010

The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.3 update includes these enhancements:

• Additional camera support for several new camera models including the Canon PowerShot 95, Nikon D7000, Olympus E-5.
• Corrections for issues introduced in previous versions of Lightroom 3

English: Windows | Macintosh

More detailed information is available at Lightroom Journal.

This update includes several important bug fixes which will improve the stability and launch performance of Bridge.

Multiple languages: Windows (28.3 MB)  | Macintosh (30.5 MB)

Adobe has posted Photoshop Camera Raw 6.3 and Photoshop Lightroom 3.3 release candidates.

Click on the "Product Details" tab to see the list of new cameras and lenses supported in these software updates.

Lightroom Journal also has the scoop.

Adobe has unveiled Photoshop Elements 9 & Adobe Premiere Elements 9. Pick your press release - or read them all:

Adobe Photoshop Elements 9
Adobe Premiere Elements 9
Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 & Adobe Premiere Elements 9 Bundle

Get Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 & Adobe Premiere Elements 9 at Amazon.com or Adobe.com.

Adobe Pixel Bender Plug-in for Adobe Photoshop CS5 is now available for download from Adobe Labs.

Camera Raw 6.2 Update

This new version of the Camera Raw plug-in replaces the original one that was installed with Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 and Adobe Premiere Elements 8 software. Visit the Camera Raw page for a complete list of supported cameras.

Windows | Macintosh

Lightroom 3.2 update

The Adobe Photoshop® Lightroom® 3.2 update includes these enhancements:

• Additional camera support for several new camera models including the Panasonic DMC-LX5, Sony NEX-5 and Canon EOS 60D
• Numerous corrections for issues introduced in Lightroom 3.0
• Direct publishing to Facebook and over 120 new lens profiles

The Canon EOS 60D DSLR is now supported in these Adobe apps. Lightroom journal has more details.

Adobe Labs has posted Lightroom 3.2 rc and Camera Raw 6.2 rc.

Lightroom Journal documents the updates - inlcuding a long list of new Lens Profiles.

The Adobe Photoshop 12.0.1 update addresses a number of high priority bugs with 64-bit Mac, Performance, User Interface, Type, Content-Aware Fill, HDR, 3D, Painting, GPU and Liquify implemented after Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended (12.0.0) were released.

The most significant fixes in the Photoshop 12.0.1 update include the following:

• A number of issues that could cause slow performance have been addressed.

• 3D refractions, Ray Tracing and IBL workflows improved.

• Out of memory error opening some TIFFs has been addressed.

• A crash in Content Aware Fill has been addressed.

• Font related crashes have been addressed.

• Scroll wheel issue addressed.

• A number of user interface and workspace issues addressed.

• A number of painting issues addressed, including video layer issue.

• Droplet issues addressed.

Download: Windows | Macintosh

Adorama has Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 available for preorder for $94.95 (upgrade) or $279.95 (full version).

Adobe has made Lens Profile Creator Prerelease 2 available for download.

Adobe has Lightroom 3 available for immediate download. (thanks Jacob)

Lightroom Journal has published a list of Lightroom 3 resources.

Adobe has released Photoshop Lightroom 3. Here are some relevant links:

Adobe Press Release
Lightroom Journal lists feature improvements since the last beta

Preorder at Amazon.com (Upgrade Version)
Preorder at Amazon.com (Full Version)

Adobe has posted a GPS data panel for the Creative Suite 5 File Info dialog. Download the data panel here: Windows | Macintosh

Adobe has released Bridge CS5 4.0.2 Update. This update enables the Export panel and includes several important bug fixes.

Windows | Macintosh

This new version of the Camera Raw plug-in replaces the original one that was installed with Adobe® Photoshop® CS5, Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 and Adobe Premiere® Elements 8 software. Visit the Camera Raw page for a complete list of supported cameras.

Windows | Macintosh

Here is more information from Lightroom Journal:

Camera Raw 6.1 is now available as a final release on Adobe.com and through the update mechanisms available in Photoshop CS5. This update includes camera support for the following models:

• Canon EOS 550D (Digital Rebel T2i/ EOS Kiss X4 Digital)
• Kodak Z981
• Leaf Aptus-II 8
• Leaf Aptus-II 10R
• Mamiya DM40
• Olympus E-PL1
• Olympus E-600
• Panasonic G2
• Panasonic G10
• Sony A450

Release Notes

• Camera Raw 6.1 includes new lens correction functionality that can apply profile-based corrections to accommodate geometric distortions, chromatic aberration and lens vignette effects. Manual corrections for geometric distortion as well as vertical and horizontal perspective transforms are also available. A handful of lens profiles are included for automatic correction and more can be created by the community with the Adobe Lens Profile Creator. (http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/lensprofile_creator/)

• This release addresses a bug on the Mac platform that could cause Photoshop CS5 to quit unexpectedly when opening a file in the Camera Raw 6.0 plug-in.

• This release contains performance enhancements designed to improve the responsiveness of the controls and the scrolling mechanism relative to Camera Raw 6.0.

• The camera support provided in this release was previously provided in the Camera Raw 5.7 plug-in update with the exception of the Olympus E-600 which is new to this update. Please read the following blog post for an explanation of why redundant support has been released.

• Thank you to everyone who provided feedback on our Camera Raw 6.1 Release Candidate

Adobe Labs has posted Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw 6.1 Release Candidate.

Release Notes:

Newly supported camera models include the Canon EOS 550D (Digital Rebel T2i/ EOS Kiss X4 Digital)

Camera Raw 6.1 includes new lens correction functionality that can apply profile-based corrections to accommodate geometric distortions, chromatic aberration and lens vignette effects. Manual corrections for geometric distortion as well as vertical and horizontal perspective transforms are also available. A handful of lens profiles are included for automatic correction and more can be created by the community with the Adobe Lens Profile Creator.

This release addresses a bug on the Mac platform that could cause Photoshop CS5 to quit unexpectedly when opening a file in the Camera Raw 6.0 plug-in.

This release contains performance enhancements designed to improve the responsiveness of the controls and the scrolling mechanism relative to Camera Raw 6.0.

Adobe has announced that they are shipping Photoshop CS5.

Lens Profile Creator is also now available for download (free).

As seen in Adobe Photoshop CS5, lens correction is coming to Adobe Camera Raw 6 and Lightroom 3.

Lightroom Journal has posted a short description along with a video preview:

B&H just started taking preorders for Adobe Photoshop CS5.

Nice Adobe Elements deals at Amazon.com:

Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 for $49.99 delivered after $20 MIR

Adobe Premier Elements 8 for $66.09 delivered after $20 MIR

Or get both for only $73.98 after $30 MIR

 
You get a lot of functionality for the price with Adobe's Elements software versions.