Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Beta - 3.0b1

Lightroom 3 beta has been completely redesigned with under-the-hood efficiencies to better handle growing image libraries and improve responsiveness with a higher-quality processing engine, he adds. In the Library module, a rebuilt import system makes bringing photos into the software more intuitive, Connor says. Users can easily specify the source and destination of their images, and save common processing, metadata or destination settings as presets. The Library module also includes new capabilities to publish collections on popular photo-sharing sites. Flickr users now have direct access to their accounts from within Lightroom and can drag and drop images directly into their Photostreams. Flickr Pro account users can automatically synch their images and even view comments made on Flickr directly within the Library. This functionality can be extended to additional sites by adding them as new plug-ins once they become available.