Adobe has just released anew version of my favourite photo processing software, Lightroom 3 and it really kicks butt. I’ve been using it since Beta 1 came out and I can tell you that it is a big step forward. They have improved and streamlined the UI, improved performance, added new features like lens correction and a greatly improved watermarking facility, etc.But most important is the improvements in image quality. The new RAW processing engine (same as Camera RAW 6.1) is greatly improved and produces much better images. Better colour, better contrast, better sharpness. It also brings huge improvement to the sharpening and noise reduction modules, to the point that third-party specialized plug-ins are really no longer necessary. A very worthwhile upgrade.
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Free Lightroom 3 Learning Center
