Digital BW, The Print

Some of you maybe interested to learn that John Dean has created a user guide for Lightroom here:

http://theagnosticprint.org/lightroom/

I've been keen on LR since v. 2, it just keeps getting better.

I now have LR 4 Beta RC loaded on an Acer Aspire netbook, Win 7 64 bit pro, 4GB RAM, and 7200 RPM WD-HD, dual core 1.3 ghz AMD C60 cpu and the develop module runs like a top. Import and convert to DNG is very quick also.

How well a large catalog will perform is yet to be determined. Since this is a beta RC I don't suggest committing a large number of images since the final release may crater the beta catalog.

Anyway, kudos to Adobe for their public beta strategy. It benefits the user community enormously.

As for the LR/PS synchronicity of the current version (LR 3.6/PS-CS5) I couldn't be happier. I was not very happy with PS-CS4 but Adobe seems to have turned over a new leaf with new useful features and updates which they should for what they charge!

Anyway +1 so far for LR4 Beta.

I wish Capture 1 supported DNG and DNG camera profiles; I think it is a great product also but I only have patience and disk space for one image editing app. Competition is a good thing for everyone. 

Don Bryant

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john" <deanwork2003@...> wrote:
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> The whole point of using a Lightroom workflow it to be able to accomplish a wide range of activities within one program.