Lightroom 2.0 Beta Released

[DonRicklin]

Lightroom Journal

Tom Hogarty:

Lightroom 2 beta Available

Version 2 of Lightroom is now available as a public beta, allowing the the photographic community to provide feedback on new features and workflow enhancements. It's hard to believe that Lightroom 1.' was released just over a year ago and Lightroom 1.1 shortly thereafter. It really feels like the beta process never stopped and we've received a ton of great feedback through the feature request submissions, customer conversations, forum discussions, tradeshows and targeted customer visits. We're glad to continue the process by releasing this version before it's final to get your opinions on our progress. This is different from the previous Lightroom beta in that we'll be targeting feedback on new enhancements and aiming to release the final version sooner than we did in the previous year-long beta. I've provided a few key notes below but I strongly recommend reading the entire Release Notes document available on Labs.adobe.com.

More atLightroom Journal.

Lightroom 2.' Beta Forum

Long list of changes: http://www.victoriabampton.com/lightroom2'beta1whatsnew.htm

Updated shortcuts sheets:
Windows - http://www.victoriabampton.com/lightroom/lightroom_shortcuts_win_2'.pdf
Mac - http://www.victoriabampton.com/lightroom/lightroom_shortcuts_mac_2'.pdf

Don

 

[DonRicklin]

Some additional Notes and Gotchas:

Lightroom 2.' beta will not upgrade Lightroom 1.x libraries. The beta is intended to be used for testing and feedback purposes. Lightroom 1.x and 2.' beta libraries will be migrated to the finished version of Lightroom 2.'.
While data loss is not expected, this is a very early ‘beta’ quality build and you should always work on duplicates of files that are securely backed up.
Lightroom 2 beta will not overwrite or interfere with a machine that currently has Lightroom 1.3.1 installed.
Develop settings applied in Lightroom 2.' beta are not guaranteed to transfer correctly to the final version of 2.'. This is particularly true for localized corrections.

Thank you Matthew,

Don