Adobe lightroom - beta 4 now available

[_Belial]

Just got an email to tell me that a new beta of lightroom is now available

Dear Lightroom Beta participant,

We're pleased to announce that Adobe Photoshop Lightroom beta 4 is now ready for you to download and use. This is the first release to reveal the full name we are giving to the product, as Lightroom takes its place as the newest member of the Photoshop family of digital imaging and photography software.

Beta 4 is our biggest milestone to date, with several enhancements and additions, including the achievement of full feature parity between the Windows and Mac OS versions of Lightroom. No matter which platform you prefer, you can now bring the full power of Lightroom beta to your photos.
Lightroom Beta 4 also features:

* Groundbreaking changes in the way tone curve adjustments are made and displayed, giving you the highest quality results in an interface that's easier to use than ever before.
* More streamlined and elegant user interface - We've made several changes to the look and feel based on your feedback in the earlier beta releases.
* Customizable interface - You can now display only the controls you want to be visible.
* Precision white balance selection tool
* Facility to easily rename and convert files to DNG after they've been imported to the Lightroom library
* Increased interaction between Lightroom library organizational structure and the underlying file system
* Filter and search presets to more quickly find the photographs you want
* Better performance and improved interface for the Web module features
* Develop control improvements based on community feedback, including comments from the Pixmantec user community (welcome!)

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/lightroom/

[slartibartfast]

What's it like ?

I haven't got around to signing up to download it yet, I tend to do most of my conversions with PS or C1 Pro.

[_Belial]

Yeah it's not bad slarti,

It's a little slow, possibly down to it being in beta, and i think the interface although looks super sexy has some annoying bits, like not letting me pick from existing keywords to give photos and having to retype them each time, and not being able to filter images by multiple keywords either.

But who knows, they may listen to my feedback emails and change that

But certainly it's gonna be a great product once released.