Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.0

As a long term Adobe user, I eagerly anticipated the introduction of another photo editing software from them, as Photoshop has been a fantastic tool in my academic career and at my general leisure, helping me to achieve A* at GCSE Art Graphics and A* in Photography. Adobe have listened to their customers, and created a more photographic orientated system with less gimmicky items and more professional developing options. Used by photographers such as David Molnar, it has many advantages over rival systems such as Gimp and Aperture on Mac. For starters, the attention to detail is brilliant. There is a spot and red eye removal which is essential if you are using ...  Read the complete review

As photography and digital images become more complex (RAW and high dynamic range for example), software will have to be developed to assist in the work flow, and to provide tools that will allow users to exploit the full benefits on offer. In a perfect world this could be done in as little time as possible without having to slave over images, and allowing photographers to spend more time behind the lens instead of in front of the computer screen. And so Lightroom 2 is born, software from Adobe that claims to be essential for today's digital photography work flow, allowing you to import, process, manage and show your images. The first edition of Lightroom was ...  Read the complete review