Download Adobe Lightroom beta 2

Adobe has released beta 2 of Lightroom. Lightroom is a so-called image manager with which digital photos can be edited, sorted and processed in various ways. Lightroom works similarly to programs such as Apple Aperture and Google Picasa. Like the first beta version, this second one is only available for Mac OS X, and can be used after registration be downloaded. The first user experiences have been posted in this topic, but for now we have to make do with the following release notes:

Release Notes for Beta 2

• Available as a Universal Binary for compatibility with Intel-based Apple hardware
• Crop and Straighten tools included in the Develop module
• Ability to add music to slideshows
• White balance support for the Nikon D2X, D2Hs and D50 cameras
• Ability to create hierarchical keyword sets
• XMP Import and Export capabilities. (Please consult Known Issues list for details)
• Improved Edit in Photoshop capabilities
• Improved metadata handling