Lightroom 3.3 has been available as a release candidate for some time now, and user feedback has shown it to be the most stable 3.x release so far. It’s now available as a final release. So what’s new?
As usual, there is new camera support:
- Canon PowerShot G12, S95
- Nikon D7000, D3100, Coolpix P7000
- Olympus E-5
- Panasonic DMC-GF2, DMC-GH2
- Pentax K-5, K-r
- Ricoh GXR, GR LENS A12 28mm F2.5
- Samsung NX100, TL350 (WB2000)
- Sony A560, A580
There’s a long list of additional lens profiles too.
And finally, Adobe couldn’t be much more open about their bug lists… the list of bugs fixed in this release is another loooooong one. Some of the bugs that I’ve heard most on the forums:
- Numerous cloning or healing spots could have caused Lightroom to become unresponsive
- Edit in PS CS4 from LR 3.2 did not give option to render to TIFF/PSD (which meant you had to set CS4 as a secondary editor to get the lens corrections applied using Edit in…)
- Lightroom 3 could fail to launch Photoshop CS5 if Photoshop CS4 was uninstalled after the Photoshop CS5 installation
- Choosing the Limit File Size option in the export dialog could have stripped certain EXIF fields from the exported file
- The Targeted Adjustment Tool may have performed slowly in the Lightroom 3.3 release candidate
- The application of color noise reduction at low color temperatures (e.g., tungsten or candlelight) could have provided results below our quality standards (yes this means that previous processing of those photos may now appear slightly different)
- An error could be generated when sorting by “User Order” in Collections
- The Smart Collection criteria “Folder starts with” was not working properly
So next time you open Lightroom, check for updates to download 3.3 and ACR 6.3 or head straight over to the Windows LR 3.3 /Mac LR 3.3 / Windows ACR 6.3 / Mac ACR 6.3 links to download right now.
For those of you wondering whether there’s a book update for 3.3, the answer is ‘not right now’ as there are no feature or behavior changes requiring an update, but I’m busy gathering requests for the LR4 version as well as any minor corrections, so feel free to send me an email if you have any suggestions.
VB – you are an absolute star! I wasn’t aware of these other third-party galleries – I shall go and explore!
Many thanks,
David
Hi Victoria,
Lightroom 3.3 is a terrific product. But being British I’d like to focus on the negative points only – haha! I find there is a much longer delay when clicking on the crop and rotate tool in the development module than there used to be – in Lightroom 2 there was no discernible delay if my memory serves me correctly. Flash exposure compensation is still not displayed (though you explained to me previously that this is probably due to it not being core EXIF data – all I’d say in response is that Aperture does display it). More significant is the poor choice on non-Flash based web galleries available on export – an increasing number of iPad and iPhone users come to my website and they can’t view my galleries. I’ve had to provide them with links to public galleries on my Facebook photography page. What’s the word on the street about this situation?
All the best,
David
[Very British! 😉 Have you looked at some of the third-party galleries that are around for Lightroom? There are some really nice HTML ones by Tim Armes, Turning Gate, Sean McCormack and others that would be worth a look. As far as exposure compensation goes, put in an Official Feature Request/Bug Report Form – the more people who request it, the more likely it is to reach high priority. – VB]
Good night! Here in Brazil is already night. I have a Mac OS X 10.5.5 and can not install Lightroom 3.3 at all. Last year I installed the trial version 2 and it worked. Used for a month. But now I can not. I’m desperate. Can you help me?
Thank you.
[Are you perhaps trying to install Lightroom 3 on a PowerPC Mac, such as a G5? If so, that would explain the problem – LR3 is now Intel only. You might be able to find a retail copy of LR2 if you’re not planning on upgrading your machine yet. – VB]