Lightroom inSights

LR3.4 and Camera Raw 6.4 RC updates posted

The release candidate (RC) versions of Lightroom 3.4 and Adobe Camera Raw 6.4 are now available at Adobe Labs. RC versions have been poked and prodded by beta testers and represent the step before a final release, generally within about two weeks. They're betas, but stable betas.

The LR3.4 RC adds support for seven cameras, including Canon's Rebel T3 and T3i models. It also adds 13 lens profiles for Canon, Leica and Nikon models.

Among the seven bugs fixed:

• A magenta cast that appeared in some Nikon D7000 images when making multiple exposures in the raw format.
• An occasional metadata problem that appeared after editing a Lightroom image with the Photoshop.com online program.

 

Keeping track of LR3 lens profiles

Adobe's constantly adding to its list of lens profiles supported in Lightroom 3 and Camera Raw 6. To keep track, check this link, which comes courtesy of a most excellent blog by John Nack of Adobe.

Why care about lens profiles? Because they enable Lightroom to automatically correct the optical flaws found in each profiled lens. To learn more, see pages 176-179 of my book. And now that I have a lens that's actually on the list, I hope to post a quick tutorial soon.