Lightroom version 2 on April 2?

It sure is fun to guess but Jeff Schewe, who is certainly in the know, drops a very broad hint in this thread on the Adobe forums.

If a new version come out, current LR users will have to pay a upgrade fee?

>>Rendering out the raw file to run a Photoshop type plug-in on the gamma encoded file (making a tiff) is NOT the way I want to be dealing with raw files. Dodge/Burn, and optimal output sharpening can/should/will all be done right in the raw workflow. That would be the Lightroom way...

I like that. Bring on v2... but please, do some more release candidate testing this time. I'd rather wait a few additional weeks than see another 1.4 type mistake.

tomd wrote in post #5220755
If a new version come out, current LR users will have to pay a upgrade fee?

Most likely, yes for a version 2 product... doubtful for a 1.x release. I don't know that they ever had a history of a fee for a .x release.

But I'd be a <little, this is Adobe after all> bit surprised if version 2 came out before they finally released the full SDK... guess we'll have to wait and see what's up their sleeve come wednesday. I tell you, I will NOT be happy to have to pay an upgrade fee so early, especially when there are glaring problems, missed usability features that even ELEMENTS has, and the like.

I am with David. I think it is more likely that we will see a normal 1.x upgrade that may add a few new features to keep people interested in LR while they work on 2. It seems to early, even for a program that is in early stages of development, to being moving on yet. It would be more likely that we would see a beta before anything else imo.

But heck, what do I know .

Jeff's certainly not giving much away there is he?
I doubt it would be a 2.0 release even if there was one, probably 1.5, overstepping the pulled 1.4 maybe?
I agree with Riley, I think its too early in its life to go onto 2.0. That and I don't want to have to spend more money

Anke wrote in post #5221543
Jeff's certainly not giving much away there is he?
I doubt it would be a 2.0 release even if there was one, probably 1.5, overstepping the pulled 1.4 maybe?
I agree with Riley, I think its too early in its life to go onto 2.0. That and I don't want to have to spend more money

Yea, I will admit that to some degree, I am hoping I am right for that reason .

While it certainly could be another .dot release, it certainly is not out of the realm of possibility that version 2 will be released on Wednesday. Remember that the final version of Lightroom shipped on February 19, 2007 so its already been 13 months since release. And if you consider that it was in public beta for several months before the final version shipped, its quite possible to see a version 2 soon.

Back in late January Scott Kelby announced to the world that he had seen "the next version of Lightroom" (click on link to read article). That statement stuck me as rather odd but he probably was not under a non-disclosure agreement at the time. Based on several hints I've picked up browsing around forums, I have no doubt that Lightroom version 2 is in either alpha or beta testing right now.

Thanks for the information. I've yet to install Lightroom and am still using RawShooter Professional. But I am getting closer to finally just installing it. I'll wait and see what happens on April 2nd.

Man Jeff's post is really promising. I'll be hanging on the door for sure .

Thanks for the info!!

Does anyone know if Jeff reads on here? It'd be great to get more teasers

I think it is a little early in Lightroom's life cycle to have a paid upgrade already. I can see them releasing a new version but at no charge. Probably not all the feature enrichment that we might want but enough to keep us interested and to certainly reward the user community for the 1.4 debacle.

If they do charge for the upgrade it is then time for everyone to evaluate it and decide if it is for them. I own three licenses so it can start to get a little on the expensive side.

I'm definitely in for a feature bump, paid or unpaid! They never re-released 1.4 since that debacle so maybe theres some truth to this. Hoping for the world (or at least 1/5th of the features on the kelby list!) but not _expecting_ to be impressed. Jeff talkeding smack about Aperture is a good sign tho! Between new Nikon lens announcements and this one its going to be painful for me being on travel away from the 'net!

SSquared2000 wrote in post #5223906
Thanks for the information. I've yet to install Lightroom and am still using RawShooter Professional. But I am getting closer to finally just installing it. I'll wait and see what happens on April 2nd.

I loved to use Rawshooter Pro, and at first after I loaded my free copy of Lightroom (provided to me as a registered paying customer for Rawshooter), I resisted using Lightroom and would fall back to RSP. Now, however, I find no real reason to go back to RSP from Lightroom. While I do not like having to first 'register' images into the LR database (unlike the more free form 'edit any file you put into this folder' approach of RSP), I have not found any function which I would need to go back to RSP for that capability. You might want to finally install LR and get accustomed to it.

Thanks Wilt. Good recommendation.