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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 8:58 pm
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Great free photo manipulation program

This seemed like the best place to post this.

Adobe (maker of Photoshop) is distributing free copies of a new program called Lightroom. It works with almost every digital photo type, including RAW from a variety of cameras (works great with my Canon 10d). It is a far more powerful photo maintenance and printing program than other offerings that are out there. It will organize photos, has an incredibly powerful "develop" mode, which is, essentially, a complete digital darkroom with an amazing amount of control over the image -- corrections as or more powerful as what can be done in Photoshop are available. It can print, do proof sheets and all sorts of useful functions. Best of all, the program is geared towards pros/advanced amateurs -- no cutsey interface or condescending metaphors. Despite this, it is very intuitive and easy to use -- all corrections, which can always be backed out, are controlled via sliders.

It requires registration with Adobe, but nothing more than your email and very minor background info (how you heard about it, whether you're a beginner, amateur, pro, etc.).

Here's the URL:

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

Enjoy!
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