Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Overview

Simplify photography from shoot to finish
Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® 2 software is essential for today's digital photography workflow. Now you can quickly import, process, manage, and showcase your images — from one shot to an entire shoot. With Lightroom 2, you spend less time in front of the computer and more time behind the lens.

What's new
Lightroom 2 Learning Center
Discover the powerful new features in Lightroom 2 with this free online resource from the experts at the National Association of Photoshop Professionals.

Lightroom 2 Worldwide Photo Walk
Join the Worldwide Photo Walk, a one-day social shooting event hosted by the NAPP. Bring your camera, make new friends, and see if you can win the prize for the best shot of the day.

Top new features

• Local adjustment brush
• Enhanced organizational tools
• Volume management
• Extensible architecture
• Multiple monitor support
• Flexible print package functionality
• Streamlined Photoshop CS3 integration
• Enhanced output sharpening
• 64-bit support for Windows® and Mac OS

Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® 2 offers powerful new and enhanced features across the entire program to help you streamline your digital photography workflow. Sort and find the photos you want faster, target specific photo areas for more precise adjustments, showcase your talent using more flexible printing templates, and more.

Local adjustment brush New
Enjoy more flexible, accurate enhancements by targeting a specific area of a photo for dodging, burning, and other local adjustments.

64-bit processing support New
Utilize the advanced memory handling capabilities on the latest Mac OS and Windows® systems.

Flexible print packages New
Quickly arrange a photo for printing multiple sizes on one or many pages with flexible and customizable templates to make the most of paper and ink every time you print.

Improved organizational tools Enhanced
Sort and filter large volumes of photos using powerful metadata filters to quickly find just the photo you want.

Nondestructive photo editing Enhanced
Adjust and enhance color, exposure, and tonal curves nondestructively on more than 190 camera raw file formats, as well as JPEG, TIFF, and PSD files.

Streamlined Photoshop CS3 integration Enhanced
Enjoy tight integration with Adobe Photoshop software for streamlined use of Smart Objects, panorama stitching, high dynamic range (HDR) functionality, multiple layer workflow, and more. See your edits automatically updated in Lightroom.

Multiple monitor support New
Add a second monitor and enjoy more room to work. Support for multiple monitors enables you to configure your workspace to manage image workflow and presentation more efficiently.

Extensible architecture New
Take advantage of the wide range of plug-ins to help you quickly and easily transfer images to your favorite sharing sites and photo labs.

Volume management New
Freely manage and organize your images across multiple drives, and continue to work with the high-resolution previews — even when your originals are offline.

Batch processing Enhanced
Quickly import large volumes of photos from cameras or camera cards and automatically rename files, organize them into folders, and make nondestructive adjustments.

Output sharpening Enhanced
Improve the appearance of your photos with enhanced algorithms that can automatically sharpen photos when you export files or output print and web creations.