Lightroom 4 is now shipping!
I received my copy yesterday and installed it. It's easy to figure out if you are familiar with Lightroom 3 already. A couple of new modules have been added: a Book module and a Map module. This should make laying out Photobooks really easy. The new map module works with Google Earth so that you can easily find where your photos were taken, provided you have implemented a GPS with your camera.
Overall, Lightroom 4 seems to add a more powerful processing engine. Controls seem able to make wider swings when the sliders are moved. This should allow for some heavy duty modifications to fix images. But because the new processing engine is more capable, computer system requirements are now more stringent too. For Windows users, XP is no longer supported. You need either Windows Vista or Windows 7 on your computer. And for MAC users, your OS must be 10.6.8 (64-bit) or higher.
The nicest part though is that Adobe has drastically reduced the price of this software! It is now available for only $159. The academic discount version is only $79!! Because I want my students to learn how to fix their images, I've dropped my training on Lightroom to $125. And for continuing education students, it's available for only $60 for a two hour session. We'll concentrate only on the Library and Develop modules during that time... the two modules that will likely be the most used. And, for a limited time, I have the training at an even lower price! Contact me for that!
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