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Pursue your passion for photography with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2

Every serious photographer, amateur or pro, knows the feeling. It's that feeling of pleasure and satisfaction you get when you're looking at a great shot, and you know you created it. Every feature and function of Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® 2 software is designed to get you there — quickly, powerfully, seamlessly.

Lightroom 2 is an intuitive digital darkroom and digital assistant in one complete package. Easily manage your growing photo collection. Experiment fearlessly with nondestructive editing tools that help you create incredible images. And showcase your work elegantly in print layouts, slide shows, and web galleries.

How much would you love to have one complete package that lets you bring out the best in your photography?

Try Lightroom 2 for free and see.

Key features for passionate photographers

Get your digital photography essentials in a single package

Take your images to the next level with software designed by the makers of Photoshop in partnership with leading photographers around the world. Lightroom has just what you need to manage and showcase your photos and edit nondestructively.

Extend your creativity from the camera to the computer

Improve the quality of your photographs — or get cool new looks from the same photo — in a nondestructive environment that encourages creative exploration. Plus, take advantage of intuitive approaches to image management and presentation that make every step easy and enjoyable.

Get exactly the look you want — fast

Forget about trying to learn and remember all the steps in complex image-adjustment tasks. Handy presets — many included and many more available from the Lightroom community online — enable you to apply a series of favorite adjustments in a single click.

Benefit from a vast community of users

Get tips, ideas, and creative inspiration from the thriving worldwide community of photographers who use Lightroom.

Quickly import and organize your photographs

Import from cameras or camera cards, automatically rename files, and easily catalog your photographs using the elegant organizational tools in Lightroom, including Smart Collections.

 

Take advantage of superior image processing

Process your raw, JPEG, and TIFF images using Adobe's most advanced image-processing engine, which features the same powerful technology that has helped make Photoshop the industry leader in digital imaging.

Enjoy blazing-fast performance with 64-bit support

Process images quickly thanks to support for the advanced memory-handling capabilities on the latest Mac OS and Windows® systems.

Enhance groups of photos at once

Get great results as quickly as possible. Once you've adjusted a single photo to your liking, you can easily apply the same changes to other photos you select.

Easily find and access your photos

Harness the power of metadata to sort and search for photos using any number of characteristics, including keywords, ratings, camera used, and ISO speed. Freely manage and organize across multiple drives — even when your originals are offline.

Get amazing results with a tool the pros use

Pursue your passion without getting bogged down learning software. Designed to help professional photographers do their jobs better and faster, Lightroom is also accessible and intuitive enough for you.

 


Getting started videos on Adobe TV

Learn the basics of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 with these video tutorials. Many more Adobe TV Lightroom videos are available, including additional tutorials, demos, tips and tricks, inspiring behind-the-scenes photographer profiles, and more.


Resources, training, and support

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Lightroom Community Help

Find tutorials, user forums, troubleshooting, online help, and more.

Lightroom Journal

Read this blog with tips and advice straight from the Lightroom product team at Adobe.

Supported cameras for Lightroom 2

Verify that Lightroom 2 supports your camera's raw files.

Julieanne Kost's Lightroom tutorials

Check out these tips, tricks, and tutorials from Adobe digital imaging evangelist Julieanne Kost.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips

Find useful shortcuts, tips, and insights from the National Association of Photoshop Professionals.

Lightroom videos on Adobe TV

Visit Adobe TV for Lightroom demos, tips, and step-by-step tutorials.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Classroom in a Book

By the Adobe Creative Team

The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book for Digital Photographers

By Photoshop author and expert Scott Kelby

The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book: The Complete Guide for Photographers

By photographer and author Martin Evening


 



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