Copy the contents of the Lightroom installation CD. Or, download the latest update installer to the location from which you intend to install the product for example a local hard disk or server. Navigate to the location where you copied the files in Step 1, then go into the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom subfolder.
Note: Some of the folders below are hidden. By default, Windows Explorer does not display hidden files and folders. To show these hidden folders, see Show hidden files, folders, and filename extensions. In addition to deploying the application, it's necessary to deploy the registration file to all the computer systems. To create the registration file, launch Lightroom on one machine and enter your licensing serial number. Once the serial number is accepted, quit Lightroom.
But the company didn't stop there. There are a lot of new feature in this release. Recently we attended Adobe's conference calls with Senior Product Manager Tom Hogarty on both the beta with , downloads and the final release versions to get a handle on what's new in Lightroom 2.
This review is based on our experience over the last few days with the gold master version of 2. That beta expires Aug.
And at the same time help support our efforts. On the Mac, Lightroom 2 distinguishes itself for its rather modest system requirements compared to Apple's Aperture, its main competitor.
We're able to run both on our rather modest PowerBook G4 with its 1. On Windows, the choices for applications that can handle import, cataloging to a database, non-destructive editing of Raw and JPEG images, bit channel editing and output to print or HTML are limited to Lightroom 1. A few programs do some of that, but nothing is quite in the same league.
Both platforms also support bit memory addressing. On Windows, either the bit or bit version will be installed depending on the version of Vista running. The program will use up to eight cores. Before installing Lightroom 2. Installation from the gold master CD was trouble-free and quick.
When first launched, Lightroom 2 asked if we wanted to upgrade the Lightroom 1. We created a new catalog, which is still written in SQLite format. After that the program was ready for us, but it's wise to review the Preferences panes before actually doing anything. There are a lot of options to tailor to your own needs hidden away there. While Lightroom 2 represents a major effort to make the application's tools easier to find, the program still offers a dazzling array of options through its six-paned Preferences dialog window.
They really can't be ignored. General preferences take you to the new Catalog Settings. Those settings include options for catalog location, backup behavior and catalog optimization to improve performance in its own General pane.
The File Handling pane sets preview size and quality as well as when to discard previews, plus import sequence numbers. Finally the Metadata pane enables the new suggestion behavior and clears suggestion lists, enables storing edits in metadata for file formats other than DNG and enables automatically writing changes into XMP sidecards.
You an also direct Lightroom 2 to write date or time changes into Raw files. Import Settings. We save a lot of time by having Lightroom write our copyright to the Exif header of our images during the import process. The Import preferences has not changed, but it remains among the most important to review.
It also enables the creation of DNG images from Raw files on import. External Editing preferences remains the same, with settings for Photoshop CS3 and an external editor, plus external file naming options. File Handling preferences now includes a section to select the Camera Raw Cache settings, limit the cache's size and purge the cache. Those preferences hint at a few new features like suggestions but you won't need any hint to tell Lightroom 2 from 1.
The interface that greets you has been substantially reorganized. The Five Rules. You play the game the same way -- according to the five rules in the Help menu -- navigating the program's five modules Library, Develop, Slideshow, Print and Web as necessary and controlling the modules by the left and right panels.
You still navigate your photo collection using the filmstrip along the bottom and not, as tempting as it is, by the main display in the middle panel. And the essential key commands haven't changed.
Key commands, detailed in the pulldown menus, are power user tools, essential to improving productivity in Lightroom. Oh, that fifth rule is pretty essential, too: "Enjoy. Cleaner Interface. It may look the same from a distance but click to explore the new arrangement, particularly the left and right panels and the new filter bar above the middle panel.
But what you see in 2. Adobe's Phil Clevenger has continued his work on the interface, which he describes in this interview with Frederick Johnson about the 5 minute mark. Left Panel. The Left panel in 2.
That not only saves on eyeball rotation, it means you can close the panel once you've loaded the image collection you want to work with. While the Navigator still sits on top of the left panel, the Library section has been replaced by a Catalog section showing all your photos, all your quick collections or albums and the last import. Smart Collection. Define some rules and Lightroom will build a 'smart' collection automatically.
Folders is now a volume browser, showing the name of your device, whether or not it's online, the folders you've imported from it and the available space and its size. The new information helps you manage your devices. The Collections section now includes a Smart Collections group. Smart Collections populate themselves based on criteria you define when you create them. Filter Bar. Adobe has dropped the Find section in favor of a new Library Filter bar above the main panel. In this case, we've set four criteria based on Exif metadata.
Text resembles the old Find section with a popup of searchable fields, another for criteria like "Contains All" and finally the field for the search terms. By default, Metadata provides four columns from each of which you can select any of 22 criteria to filter your collection.
By default the panels are assigned to and display the Dates including the Day name , Cameras, Lenses and Labels of the current selection. You can add or remove the columns by clicking at the right side of their label bars and you can select a different criteria by clicking on the criteria name, which pops up the whole list. None is the equivalent of Select All, disabling any filters so you can see the whole collection again. Custom Filter can save your settings as a preset, turn them all off, restore the default columns, show flagged images only and more.
Location, Location, Location. Click that button mentioned above and you can see where the shot was taken. Right Panel. The Histogram still sits on top of the right panel with the Quick Develop settings right below it. The Keywording section below them has the Keyword Tags, tag display and entry section as well as the Keyword Set section, but in between them it adds a Keyword Suggestions section.
There's also a Keyword List from which you can quickly filter the selection based on keyword by clicking on the keyword in the list or entering it in a text box. Immediately, the Filter bar will display the keyword filter and the selected images will be displayed. The Metadata section includes GPS data with a click box that will open your browser and show you the location of the image at Google maps.
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