Lightroom 2 Is Live!

July 28, 2008

Lightroom 2!

Lightroom 2!

For the last several years, I’ve been honored to be able to mix the two great interests of my life: software development and photography. I get to work with some amazingly talented people who all enjoy the same things. The fruits of our latest labors are out there for you to enjoy! Lightroom 2 became available a few minutes ago. That’s me in the first line of credits.

My efforts have been primarily centered around making it possible for third-party developers to extend Lightroom with plug-ins. If you’re interested in exploring the new SDK, have a look at the just-updated Lightroom Developer Center.

Some of my favorite new goodies:

  • smart collections
  • new filtering interface
  • new keywording interface
  • localized corrections (they rock! — many of the recent photos in my photostream have benefitted from them)
  • post-crop vignetting
  • export post-processing actions

There’s a lot more, of course, but these are the ones I find myself using day in and day out.

{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

Keron 07.28.08 at 10:24 pm

Congratulations, Eric! You guys are on a roll……professionally and personally! Couldn’t happen to better people. K

Chris 07.28.08 at 10:44 pm

Hey, congratulations! I look forward to using the new LR with my photos!

Larry 07.28.08 at 10:49 pm

The beta was my first exposure to Lightroom, and it’s been great. I’m looking forward to getting the 2.0 release.

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