Adobe Lightroom Beta 2

Last week Adobe announced the new version of Lightroom as a beta for anyone to try. Some of the new features look great like output sharpening, localized corrections like dodge and burn and probably one of the most requested features since the debut of Lightroom, dual monitor support.

This new version is not compatible with the current version meaning your libraries should stay separate since they don’t guarantee you will be able to upgrade them when version 2 is finished, but I’m still going to try it out with a few images to check out the new features.

You can get the trial at the Adobe Labs website

A good overview can be found at the Photoshop News website

Photoshop through the web

Adobe just released Adobe Photoshop Express, “an online version of Photoshop” which allows anyone to work on their photographs using just a web browser. The available tools are basic and are not really a full (or even simple) version of Photoshop by any means. They are however very useful for people that want to do some basic corrections to their images, store them online (they offer 2 gigs of storage) and also a way to use those images in other sites like Facebook.

After playing with it for a while I think it’s a good first version that will help many people who just want to do minor adjustments to their images when using any computer in the world. Great for vacation shots you might want to upload while traveling for example. Keep an eye out on this one since Adobe will be making improvements to it and adding more features.

Try it for free at the Adobe Photoshop Express site