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Here some news of the world of Adobe !
Today, Adobe released the final version of Photoshop Lightroom 2 !

I am sure that some people will tell me What is this thing ? Others will say that they already knew Photoshop Lightroom 1 and the beta 2.0 !
Well, for Internet users who have never heard of Photoshop Lightroom, here is a little summary :

Photoshop Lightroom is asoftware of cataloguing, research and archiving , which is destined at the base for the photographers.
In sum, it is a veritable digital photo lab designed to help streamline and accelerate workflows of photographers.
How ? Thanks to:

-The import of photos directly from the memory card or the camera connected to the PC
- An organization by album, by collection : we can apply keywords, legends ...
-The changeover to other software such as Photoshop
- The possibility of working in raw file ...
- The creation of galleries for the web without programming ...

The latest version of Photoshop Lightroom improves and supplies news features such as :

- Automatically organize photos using Smart Collections
- Work with high-quality previews of offline images from multiple libraries and drives
- Expand your workspace across multiple monitors
- Target specific areas of a photo for dodging and burning
- Etc. (complete list here)





Ah yes, I was going to forget something very important : available on operating systems Windows XP, Windows Vista and Mac OS X, this application is also the first of Adobe to be compatible with the architecture 64 bits on Mac OS X 10.5, equipped with Intel processors, and Windows Vista.

For those who want to test Photoshop Lightroom 2, know that the software is available in free trial version for 30 days (of course, you must create an account on Adobe), otherwise you can still to order the upgrade or the complete version of Photoshop Lightroom and there are two options : immediate download or expedition of the complete version from 1 August 2008.