Lightroom 2. Worth it?

[Greg McCary]

What does Lightroom 2 have that the first edition don't have and is it worth the 100 dollar upgrade?

[drg]

Greg,

I will refer you to the PR Adobe Lightroom 2.0 Review from last August that I wrote for several of the 'details'. From added cameras with each version (currently 2.5 with a release candidate 2.6 for Nikon D3S cameras) to continued fixes and refinements the Lightroom product is positively evolving.

With Lightroom 3 around the corner (looks like after the first of the year now) being on ver 2 would probably save you another $200 dollars or so as the upgrade path is cheaper with Adobe.

Lightroom 2 added a lot of tools and functionality in the editing process including some brush functionality, gradients for adjustments and new and expanded meta-data implementation.

If there is something specific you want to know or the article does not point you in the right direction for, let me know!!

[BlueRob]

Can´t be of much help since I never used the previous edition, but Lightroom 2 which I currently use I think is a great simple piece of software. Some features are more straight forward than in Photoshop.
What I tend to do this days is do the "complex" stuff like Masks, painting with light, Etc. with PS and final small tweaks with LR...great combo.

[Greg McCary]

Greg,

I will refer you to the PR Adobe Lightroom 2.0 Review from last August that I wrote for several of the 'details'. From added cameras with each version (currently 2.5 with a release candidate 2.6 for Nikon D3S cameras) to continued fixes and refinements the Lightroom product is positively evolving.

With Lightroom 3 around the corner (looks like after the first of the year now) being on ver 2 would probably save you another $200 dollars or so as the upgrade path is cheaper with Adobe.

Lightroom 2 added a lot of tools and functionality in the editing process including some brush functionality, gradients for adjustments and new and expanded meta-data implementation.

If there is something specific you want to know or the article does not point you in the right direction for, let me know!!

Thanks DRG. I am mostly interested in the gradients, how it works and how well.

[SmartWombat]

Lightroom 2 for me as the fist one that worked.
Lightroom 1 would crash while processing folders of 1000 or more images.

[draymorton]

drg beat me to the punch on several points. Definitely worth it, in any case.

[gahspidy]

yep, absolutely a worthwhile upgrade. The selective adjustments alone was worth it for me but it is a much better funtioning software on the whole than the LR1.
I'm really looking forward to 3 now for improved RAW conversion and also a much improved printing module.

[Greg McCary]

Thanks all for all of the help. I just upgraded.