Saturday 4 February 2012

Lightroom 4 BETA in action



I've just stumbled across a great Youtube video showing some of the great new toys that are part of the new Lightroom 4 BETA release !



drool, drool, drool.

Lightroom 4 BETA - Catalog Upgrade Message

Lightroom 4 BETA Catalog Upgrade message

I've just done some background reading, and the LR4 catalog upgrade message is only a concern with the BETA version.

Important notes from Adobe are (Primary Known Issues):
  • Lightroom 4 beta is not complete but please provide feedback on the available enhancements.
  • Lightroom 4 beta will not upgrade Lightroom 1.x, Lightroom 2.x or Lightroom 3.x catalogs.
    The beta is intended to be used for testing and feedback purposes. Lightroom 1.x, 2.x, 3.x and 4 beta libraries will be able to be migrated to the finished version of Lightroom 4.
  • While data loss is not expected, this is an early ‘beta’ quality build and you should always work on duplicates of files that are securely backed up.
  • Lightroom 4 beta will not overwrite or interfere with a machine that currently has Lightroom 1, Lightroom 2 or Lightroom 3 installed.
  • Develop settings applied in Lightroom 4 beta are not guaranteed to transfer correctly to the final version of Lightroom 4.
  • The Lightroom 4 beta will expire after Lightroom 4.0 is available

    In the link from Adobe : http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/2012/01/lr4betanowavailable.html

    On that page, there's a rather extensive list of improvements, ranging from better brushes, robust video support, photobook creation to name just a few.

    I love it already just for the brush enhancements !