Adobe has released version 4 of Lightroom software released. The new version of the photo editing application, in addition to new features such as soft proofing, intuitive lwa conservative operation, improved algorithms, and native support for video.
Lightroom 4 has a large number of changes and adjustments compared to the previous version. The most visible change is found in the Basic panel of the software. The sliders can now have both a positive and a negative value, and Adobe has the sliders for Exposure, and Brightness together. Also the internal scaling of the sliders is adjusted.
Adobe makes use of improved algorithms for the retrieval of image information in over – and underexposed parts in photos. The new routines know clipping of highlights to cut back further, according to a review of the software at DPReview. Adobe also has local adjustments for white balance, noise reduction, and moireé-reduction added.
Soft proofing is new in Lightroom 4. Thus, it is possible to, by using a known icc profile of a printer or other device, a simulated image of the final result on the screen. In addition, Adobe has added the ability to photo books to make. These have a large degree of opmaakvrijheid and can be printed via the onlinefotodienst Blurb or be saved as a pdf file to them on a different way to print.
In addition to the new Photo Book module Adobe Lightroom 4 also includes a new Map-module. This now uses Google Maps to visualize where the photos are taken. In addition to the automatic geotagging of photos is also possible to manually assign location information to add and pictures can be searched on the basis of the entered location. Lightroom 4 also has basic support for editing of video files added.
Adobe has Lightroom 4 also includes support for the new dslr cameras EOS 1D X from Canon, and D800 and D800E from Nikon, while in addition, support has been added for editing of raw files from the PowerShot G1 X, the PowerShot S100 and some of the FujiPix-compact cameras from Fujifilm. The full version of Lightroom 4 costs 109 euros, while users of the previous version for 62 euro to the latest version you can upgrade.
