Lightroom Beta 5 (unreleased)

[Andrew Stannard]

Hi,

For those that haven't spotted it, there is some information on the Adobe Labs Forums and also photoshopnews.com about the latest features to be added to Lightroom. The beta containing them is not released (and may not be), so don't get too excited. Features included....

- A new folders tab in Library Module (replacing Shoots?)
- Expanded Quick Develop (using tabs for more tools)
- Redeye Tool
- Improved Zoom Options
- Date Sort Filtering
- Spot Cleaning Tool
- Reworked Page Setup, Print Settings and Print in the Print Module

Sounding good.....

[Paul Spatafora]

Sounds like Adobe bought a copy of Bibble!!

Paul

[Andrew Rodney]

Its really nothing like Bibble.

[Jan Rifkinson]

there is some information on the Adobe Labs Forums and also photoshopnews.com about the latest features to be added to Lightroom. The beta containing them is not released (and may not be), so don't get too excited.
Is it your sense that Adobe is going to release v1 w/o further betas?

[Ken Tanaka]

Is it your sense that Adobe is going to release v1 w/o further betas?
Yes, I believe that will be the case. They've run this public beta program for nearly a year while Aperture has been on the market for the same time, although many would argue that Aperture was basically a paid beta program, too. It's time to get this puppy into the market. The various Internet "pundits" are already trying to make money form it.

My opinion is, of course, is belief rather than knowledge. But I would buy LightRoom beta 4.1 today, even with its missing features. I've found it to be wonderful and am perhaps more heavily invested into it (as a pre-release) than would seem prudent.