Lightroom-2 Simplifies Photography from Shoot to Finish

Last week I installed Lightroom-2 from Adobe.  Lightroom-2 allows you to quickly import, process, manage, and showcase your images — from one shot to an entire shoot.  I was amazed with some of the new features they introduced in this new version, which included a new adjustment brush, support for a second monitor, and support for 64-bit architecture.

Initially, it took me quite some time to orient myself with some of the tools.   This was due to the fact that Lightroom rearranged the layout from the previous version.  One of the changes was the crop tool which was on the right top section of the Developer module.

I am very impatient and have the habit to start working right away with most software without reading the manuals.   Once I found the location of the crop tool, I also discovered some other new tools in the development section, such as the new adjustment brush.   This is when I stopped working on the light room and started to read some documentation and watch training videos from Adobe website.   The more I learned the more impressed I became with Lightroom-2.

The new adjustment brush is simply amazing.    It offers non-destructive localized dodging and burning and various  controls with it.  With this new version of Lightroom I don’t have to go back and forth to Photoshop.  In fact, I like Lightroom’s adjustment brush more than  Photoshop’s dodge and burn tool.

One negative that I encountered with Lightroom was that as I worked with the Lightroom over the weekend,  I found out that it freezes too often.