Lightroom 3 Beta available

Get the Beta and see if you like it. Might as well use it as its free, then upgrade later.

Just as long as you know LR 3 is in beta so you are playing Russian Roulette with your images as things can go wrong. With that said I've been using it steadily since it was available on 1000+ image jobs and all seems to be good. So yea just use the beta for now and save your money for the real thing.

A couple of points. Firstly, you don't know what the price of LR3 will be when it's released. Second, the price of the upgrade from 2 to 3 will certainly be less than the full version of 3 - so why not buy version 2 now and upgrade when the time comes? That way, you'll have the benefits of LR immediately. You could, as you say, download LR3 Beta and use it until the full version is released but I believe that it is not recommended that you should use it as your main program - it is, after all , a beta version.

DStanic wrote in post #9146674
I LOVE that it shows the sharpening at screen size (instead of zooming to 100%). Before I never really knew what it was going to look like until exported.

If you make a 1:1 preview in LR2, it will show sharpening at screen size in the Library module...
http://www.getcolorman​aged.com/general/light​roomforweb/

tupper wrote in post #9150130
Get the Beta and see if you like it. Might as well use it as its free, then upgrade later.

Johnny V wrote in post #9150139
Just as long as you know LR 3 is in beta so you are playing Russian Roulette with your images as things can go wrong. With that said I've been using it steadily since it was available on 1000+ image jobs and all seems to be good. So yea just use the beta for now and save your money for the real thing.

Thanks!

Roy Mathers wrote in post #9150145
A couple of points. Firstly, you don't know what the price of LR3 will be when it's released. Second, the price of the upgrade from 2 to 3 will certainly be less than the full version of 3 - so why not buy version 2 now and upgrade when the time comes? That way, you'll have the benefits of LR immediately. You could, as you say, download LR3 Beta and use it until the full version is released but I believe that it is not recommended that you should use it as your main program - it is, after all , a beta version.

The thing is, there is no student discounts for upgrades. There is only the $100 full version in LR2's case.

So essentially, I could pay for the student version now for LR2 and pay the NORMAL price for the upgrade when LR3 is released. Or I could forgo LR2 altogether and pay for the student discounted version of full LR3 whenever it comes out..

With the second option, I would use LR3 as my "main" program and DPP as a secondary, or back up. I still have 11 or so days until my LR2 trial expires to figure it out, but thank you for your input! I'll keep reading and hopefully more people with chime in to help with this decision.

tupper wrote in post #9149659
When will we see Luminance slider come into play though.. I want to try it..

Noise Reduction for me is nothing impressive at all. Noise Ninja is still light years ahead.

Agree on Noise Ninja.

Tim I don't want to rain on the LR2 parade, but you should be aware that compatibility between the LR3 Beta and the final release of LR3 is not guaranteed, and by the same token there is not compatibility between LR3 Beta and LR2, It's suggested that you only work with LR3B in a "testing mode'. I'd say that if you are doing a volume of work and your editing needs to be preserved, the safest route is to spend the $100 on LR2. I'm not sure if Adobe has this policy, but some companies will actually upgrade an app for free if you bought to previous version in a window of time just prior to the release of the new release -- you might check that out.

tonylong wrote in post #9150559
Tim I don't want to rain on the LR2 parade, but you should be aware that compatibility between the LR3 Beta and the final release of LR3 is not guaranteed, and by the same token there is not compatibility between LR3 Beta and LR2, It's suggested that you only work with LR3B in a "testing mode'. I'd say that if you are doing a volume of work and your editing needs to be preserved, the safest route is to spend the $100 on LR2. I'm not sure if Adobe has this policy, but some companies will actually upgrade an app for free if you bought to previous version in a window of time just prior to the release of the new release -- you might check that out.

Thank you Tony, I'm going to shoot them an email. I'll update here if they respond.

Johnny V wrote in post #9147179
Betas are usually slower than the final release as there's extra developers' code that will eventually be deleted.

System.out.println("In​side sharpenPhoto()\n");

ssnxp wrote in post #9150585
Thank you Tony, I'm going to shoot them an email. I'll update here if they respond.

Turns out they allow a 30 day time frame for upgrades; Meaning, if I bought LR2 today, and LR3 was released within 30 days, I would be able to upgrade for free. Too bad LR3 isn't going to be released within this month..

ssnxp wrote in post #9158399
Turns out they allow a 30 day time frame for upgrades; Meaning, if I bought LR2 today, and LR3 was released within 30 days, I would be able to upgrade for free. Too bad LR3 isn't going to be released within this month..

Well, if it was me and I oculd afford the $100 now, I'd probably go for LR2 now. LR3 has a few improvements over LR2, but the biggest advantages of LR over DPP are in LR2, IMO. It'll take a bit for LR3 to stabilize as well. Typically it takes one or even two upgrades to stabilize a release, which means about 6 months after the first release LR3.2 should come out (three month cycle for minor upgrade releases).

In the meantime you have the full use of LR2 from now 'till you are ready to spring another $100 for LR3. And, at $200 total, you are still paying less than those of us without a student discount!

I know the LR3 is beta, but here is some questions:

1. I cannot see previews when my camera connected directly to PC via USB

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gnnbtrn wrote in post #9185127
I know the LR3 is beta, but here is some questions:

1. I cannot see previews when my camera connected directly to PC via USB

They are imporeted ok, but no previews. Do you know why?

That's a camera driver issue.

How are you replacing the photo?

Double check that, and if it still happens, report it, as that sounds like a bug.

3. In Library in Survey mode, if I hi-light one photo and enter "1" - then ALL selected photos are rated. In LR 2.5 only hi-lighted photo.
Do you know how to rate just one, and not all in Survey mode?


I've just checked, and that doesn't happen with mine.

Victoria Bampton wrote in post #9187464
How are you replacing the photo?
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Anytime I do changes in already published photo, it is up to be updated. This is the same as "replace" function in Flickr. Once it's updated, the Flickr gives to it the new file name and all old links are no good.