Wish – Synonymns – Use ’em or Drop ’em

Lightroom 1.x has long had synonyms that can be entered as part of the keyword structure. However, synonyms, while they can be exported with images and libraries, cannot be used in searches. This holds true in Lightroom 2.0 beta. Synonyms help keep the keyword list smaller. In fact, synonyms are… 

Wish – Add Cropping to the Custom Develop Presets

Cropping is a very important part of image development and while Lightroom (both the 1.4.1 and beta 2.0 versions) allows for many variations in cropping, only five items can be saved as custom cropping sizes. For many photographers, this is not enough. Think of the simple home photographer that wants… 

Wish – Alt Key Override in Spot Removal

Adobe Lightroom uses an automatic placement when removing spots in an image. The placement of the sampled area in the image can be adjusted, but for images with a large amount of work, this is very tedious and inefficient. This idea would make spot removal as easy as it is… 

Wish – Slideshow Export to DVD or Quicktime

Adobe has made significant advancements in the Beta version of Lightroom 2. One weak area of the program is the Slideshow module which has received a lot of attention during this beta test. The discussion has centered around ways to create better slideshows outside of Lightroom so that they can… 

Wish – Print to Email in Lightroom 2 Beta

I think adding the addition to print to a jpeg is a fantastic idea! Wouldn’t it be great to simply add an item allowing us to print to an email? Since we are on a multi-platform with Lightroom, it could simply call the operating system’s email client and prepare the… 

Wish – Detail Panel needs more flexible adjustment for screen size

Lightroom 2 Beta has a new Detail panel under the development module. The panel has been redesigned in an extremely positive way. We now have a small zoom window that is already at 1:1 so that we can view noise and sharpening changes without adjusting our main view. Also added… 

Lightroom 2 Beta Release 439142 Wish List

Adobe Lightroom 2 Beta has greatly enhanced the workflow and efficiency for digital photography and Beta releases tend to have work that still needs done. Below I am starting my list of wishes based on this first public Beta release. Feel free to comment and keep watching, I’ll add more… 

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