The final version has just been released!

http://lightroom-news.com/2008/07/28...p-lightroom-2/


Now do I upgrade straight away or do I wait for the smugmug uploader to be updated?

Originally Posted by jogle The final version has just been released! http://lightroom-news.com/2008/07/28...p-lightroom-2/ Now do I upgrade straight away or do I wait for the smugmug uploader to be updated?

There is a current SmugMug plugin for LR2 already. If you are using LR you should be using Jeffrey Friedl's SM Plug-in.

It is all I use to upload to SM from LR2.

Don

Originally Posted by DonRicklin There is a current SmugMug plugin for LR2 already.....

Doh, I should have known it would have already been sorted!

Originally Posted by jogle Doh, I should have known it would have already been sorted!

Well, is it worth dropping $99 on the upgrade?

That is what I would like to know as well! I am highly interested in the selected editing part!

The localized correction brushes alone are worth $99, yet you get so much
more than that with this upgrade. Definitely worth it.

Upgraded, painlessly

Originally Posted by cmason Well, is it worth dropping $99 on the upgrade?

Why not try downloading the 30 day trial?

Anthony.

Is Lightroom 2 worth getting if I already have Aperture 2?

Originally Posted by Moogle Pepper Is Lightroom 2 worth getting if I already have Aperture 2?

THe only way you will know for sure is to try the 30 day Trial! Go for it!

Don

Does anyone know if the localized edits in LR2 go with the XMP? (or in my case DNG) Meaning that if I make localized edits in LR to either a CR2 or DNG would those changes carry with the files? I know that the edits would not show up if you then used another RAW converter on the files, but what about ACR (once it gets updated) ? Is it going to have the same localized edits capability? My guess is it will not.

So assuming this is the case if I am using CR2 files then I would guess the localized edits will not go with the files. What about DNG? Because it has a full size embedded preview would the localized edits show up on the preview image which is what I use for printing a lot of my basic prints anyway.

If I needed to create a new thread for this please do so! This question has been hanging around my head since I heard LR2 was going to have this feature, and I need to get it figured out so I know whether or not I should use them.

For people's information I use Lightroom only for the initial RAW conversion. Here is my basic approach:

1) Import CR2 files into LR
2) Make all basic RAW edits
3) Export changes to XMP
4) Convert CR2 to DNG files
5) Remove files from LR Library
6) Import DNG files into IDImager
7) I print from IDImager as long as the image doesn't need further editing. This uses the full embedded preview for printing, which is generally good enough since it is of the "developed" RAW data.
8) If I need to do further editing I open the DNG in ACR, make any edits, then open in Photoshop'
9) I save the edited file as a tif and import into IDImager as a version. I then use this as the print version from IDimager.

Thanks you!!

Pretty sure ACR 4.5 can show the edits. It must be ACR 4.5, though -- earlier versions don't support the LR 2.0 enhancements.

Originally Posted by CatOne Pretty sure ACR 4.5 can show the edits. It must be ACR 4.5, though -- earlier versions don't support the LR 2.0 enhancements.

And PSCS3! for Edit in Photoshop! AFAIK

Don

Originally Posted by CatOne Pretty sure ACR 4.5 can show the edits. It must be ACR 4.5, though -- earlier versions don't support the LR 2.0 enhancements.

Hmm, ok, so if this is the casel especially with DNG files, then I guess I can assume the embedded preview is going to show the edits as well, since the preview created based on all of the edits in the XMP files when the DNG is created.

And if that is the case since IDImager uses the embedded preview of DNG files for both display and printing that should work perfectly!!

NAPP users should check the discounts page to save a little.

There is also a 15% coupon code available for both the full and upgrade version here...

http://www.couponheaven.com/merchant.cfm/macromedia

Good till July 31st...

Cheers

Originally Posted by barryw There is also a 15% coupon code available for both the full and upgrade version here... http://www.couponheaven.com/merchant.cfm/macromedia Good till July 31st... Cheers

Thanks, but looks like you have to buy both Lightroom and CS3 to qualify...durn

Originally Posted by cmason Thanks, but looks like you have to buy both Lightroom and CS3 to qualify...durn

No - you don't - if you click in the link for the LR 2.0 (full or upgrade, see the discounted prices) you go to a page that loads your cart - check the price there. The other stuff about CS3 and what not is purely marketing trying to get you to purchase more.

Barry

Originally Posted by cmason Well, is it worth dropping $99 on the upgrade?

I bought the upgrade and like the LR 1, I'm not impressed.
Here is a place to get a 15% discount, good till 7/31/8

I think if you liked LR 1, you will continue to like it. If you didn't, then nothing in LR 2 will change your mind. As for the local editing feature. I watched the tutorial and tried it out a few times and find using the PSE's selection tool much easier/faster/more powerful. So I'm not happy with my decision to upgrade. Oh well.

http://www.digitaleditor.com/adobe?k...rrw&redirect=1

As someone that has never had lightroom, and only switched to full CS3 last fall, and shoots sports...is this a better spend than new glass would be? I'd like to find a way to batch change WB/temp and maybe a couple other mods, then edit one by one. I am spending ALOT of time now doing basic edits to 4 gigs of game photos.

Thanks!

ann