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Adobe Officially Announces Lightroom 5

Chris Gampat
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06/10/2013
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Last Updated on 06/10/2013 by Chris Gampat

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Adobe announced Lightroom 5’s beta a while back, and today they’re officially announcing the final product. The latest version of the software includes new changes such as a new advanced healing brush (finally), radial gradient for a strange creative effect, the upright tool to help get your photos perfectly straight, and much more such as smart previews.

The full version will retail at $149 while the upgrade will cost you $79. Members of the creative cloud will get Lightroom for free. It’s available now for purchase and download. More specs and details are after the jump.

Editor’s Note: Adobe Lightroom 5 can be (pre)ordered now

What’s New

Lightroom 5 offers photographers and enthusiasts many new features including:

  • Advanced Healing Brush allows customers to heal imperfections and remove distracting elements
  • Upright tool analyzes an image to automatically level horizons and straighten objects like buildings to correct a keystone effect
  • Radial Gradient tool creates off-center or multiple vignette effects
  • Smart Previews allow customers to edit images without needing the original raw file
  • Video slideshow enables customers to combine still images, video clips and music in a creative HD slideshow
  • Upgrades to the Book module enhancing the ability to create, customize and order elegant photo books using a variety of tailored templates

Features

Edit

  • •  LAB color readout
  • •  Keyboard shortcut to toggle between clone andheal modes
  • •  Duplicate local adjustments
  • •  Duplicate linear gradients
  • •  Aspect slider added to Manual Lens Corrections
  • •  Persistent clipping indicators between Lightroomsessions
  • •  Crop overlay aspect ratios

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  • •  Behance Publish Plugin
  • •  Visual indicator of Favorite book pages
  • •  Improved visualization of select book elements
  • •  Transparent buttons for improved Text creationin Books
  • •  More page text metadata options

Manage

  • •  PNG file support
  • •  True full Screen Mode
  • •  Configurable grid overlays
  • •  Windows HiDPI
  • •  Additional criteria for filters and smart collection
  • •  Lock zoom position preference settings
  • •  Keyboard shortcut to trigger tethered capture
  • •  Direction field in the EXIF metadata panel.
  • •  Persistent place in Collections
  • •  “Set as Target Collection” checkbox in CreateCollection dialogue
  • •  Drag photo directly to a Saved Location in theMap Module
  • •  Drag Saved Location to a photo in the MapModule
  • •  Integrity verification of DNG Files

Minimum Specs

Apple

  • Multicore Intel® processor with 64-bit support
  • Mac OS X v10.7 (Lion) or v10.8 (Mountain Lion)
  • 2GB of RAM (4GB recommended)
  • 2GB of available hard-disk space
  • 1024×768 display
  • DVD-ROM drive
  • Internet connection required for Internet-based services

Windows

  • Intel® Pentium® or AMD® Athlon® with 64-bit support
  • Microsoft® Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 or Windows 8
  • 2GB of RAM (4GB recommended)
  • 2GB of available hard-disk space
  •  1024×768 display
  • DVD-ROM drive
  • Internet connection required for Internet-based services

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.