Adobe: Lightroom, Camera Raw, DNG Converter release candidates

Adobe's logo. Click here to visit the Adobe website! Adobe: Lightroom, Camera Raw, DNG Converter release candidatesBy Michael R. Tomkins, The Imaging Resource(Tuesday, August 10, 2010 – 16:03 EDT)Adobe has this day published new release candidate versions of its Lightroom and DNG Converter applications, as well as its Camera Raw plugin.

All three updates add support for the same list of new camera models, and further improve support for a couple of existing models. The Lightroom 3.2 and Camera Raw 6.2 release candidates also add a massive selection of new lens profiles, and tweak three lens profiles due to quality issues with the previous versions. The Lightroom 3.2 RC further adds support for publishing pics directly to Facebook from the Library module, and repairs a lengthy list of bugs in the previous release, including four crash bugs related to video import, printing, image panning while loading, and slideshow video export, with the latter two bugs being specific to the Windows platform. Camera Raw 6.2 also improves scroll bar arrow performance.

Eagle-eyed readers will note that the Lightroom version number has skipped straight from 3.0 to 3.2, and Adobe explains the absence of Lightroom 3.1 as intentional so as to synchronize the minor release numbers of Lightroom, Camera Raw, and DNG Converter. This should make it more immediately obvious when the various software releases correspond in terms of Raw support.

Both Windows and Mac users can now access new Raw file formats from four manufacturers — Panasonic, Pentax, Samsung, and Sony. In addition, DNG format support for the Casio EXILIM EX-FH100 and Leica S2 has been improved in terms of color and noise profiles. The full list of newly supported cameras is as follows:

Panasonic DMC-FZ100

Panasonic DMC-FZ40 (aka FZ45)

Panasonic DMC-LX5

Pentax 645D

Samsung NX10

Samsung TL500 (aka EX1)

Sony A290

Sony A390

Sony Alpha NEX-3

Sony Alpha NEX-5

The new lens profiles cover a variety of lenses from eight manufacturers — Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Samsung, Schneider, Sigma, Sony, and Zeiss. In addition, the profiles for the Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM and EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM, and the Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D, have all been improved. In full, the list of newly added lens profiles is as follows:

Canon EF and EF-S mount lenses / Canon fixed-lens cameras Manufacturer Lens / Camera Name Canon PowerShot S90 Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM Canon EF 14mm f/2.8L II USM Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM Canon EF 300mm f/4L IS USM Zeiss Distagon T* 3,5/18 ZE Zeiss Distagon T* 2,8/21 ZE Zeiss Distagon T* 2/28 ZE Zeiss Distagon T* 2/35 ZE Zeiss Makro-Planar T* 2/100 ZE Zeiss Makro-Planar T* 2/50 ZE Zeiss Planar T* 1,4/50 ZE Zeiss Planar T* 1,4/85 ZE Nikon F-mount lenses Manufacturer Lens Name Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 16-35mm f/4G ED VR Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4G Sigma 17-50mm F2.8 EX DC OS HSM Sigma APO 70-200mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM Zeiss Distagon T* 2/28 ZF.2 Zeiss Distagon T* 2/35 ZF.2 Zeiss Distagon T* 2,8/21 ZF.2 Zeiss Distagon T* 2,8/25 ZF.2 Zeiss Distagon T* 3,5/18 ZF.2 Zeiss Makro-Planar T* 2/50 ZF.2 Zeiss Makro-Planar T* 2/100 ZF.2 Zeiss Planar T* 1,4/50 ZF.2 Zeiss Planar T* 1,4/85 ZF.2 Pentax 645 mount lenses Manufacturer Lens Name Pentax smc PENTAX-D FA645 55mmF2.8AL[IF] SDM AW Pentax smc PENTAX-FA645 33-55mmF4.5AL Pentax smc PENTAX-FA645 35mmF3.5AL[IF] Pentax smc PENTAX-FA645 45mmF2.8 Pentax smc PENTAX-FA645 45-85mmF4.5 Pentax smc PENTAX-FA645 55-110mmF5.6 Pentax smc PENTAX-FA645 75mmF2.8 Pentax smc PENTAX-FA645 80-160mmF4.5 Pentax smc PENTAX-FA645 MACRO 120mmF4 Pentax smc PENTAX-FA645 150mmF2.8[IF] Pentax smc PENTAX-FA645 150-300mmF5.6ED[IF] Pentax smc PENTAX-FA645 200mmF4[IF] Pentax smc PENTAX-FA*645 300mmF4ED[IF] Pentax smc PENTAX-FA645 300mmF5.6ED[IF] Pentax smc PENTAX-FA645 400mmF5.6ED[IF] Phase One / Mamiya AFD mount lenses Manufacturer Lens Name Phase One Schneider LS 80mm f/2.8 (For 645DF System) Samsung NX mount lenses / Samsung fixed-lens cameras Manufacturer Lens / Camera Name Samsung Samsung EX1 Samsung Samsung 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 OIS Samsung Samsung 30mm f/2 Samsung Samsung 50-200mm f/4-5.6 ED OIS Sony Alpha mount lenses Manufacturer Lens Name Sony Sony E 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 OSS (For NEX System) .

The full list of bugs fixed in the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.2 release candidate is as follows:

Develop module:

A custom aspect ratios get rounded to nearest standard ratio when adjusting crop overlay

A history say is incorrectly added after creating a preset that includes a graduated filter or lens profile correction

In the crop mode the X key sets a pic to reject instead of rotating the crop (Windows only)

Lens profile corrections were synced even when they were not selected in the sync dialog.

The escape key incorrectly applies a crop after a CTRL/CMD right arrow with the crop tool enabled

The local adjustment brush could have a very slow first stroke when exposure is the selected adjustment

The Live Loupe view on a second monitor could become unresponsive when switching images in the Develop module

General: Certain menu items were missing from the Windows version of Lightroom

Help Documentation:

Inaccuracies and translation errors were corrected throughout the help documentation

Import:

Copy as DNG selection not remembered for subsequent imports

For some devices the import dialog did not grant directory browsing

Import image number sequence is not incrementing properly

Panels in the import window fail to scroll via the mouse wheel in some multiple monitor configurations

The EXIF renaming token was not available

Windows could crash when attempting to import video files

Library:

Sub-optimal preview rendering performance could impact application performance

If a directory tree is collapsed prior to closing Lightroom it will appear expanded after re-launching the application

1:1 preview generation could appear to repeat itself for DNG files

Importing keywords causes a catalog to hang when imported keywords already exist in the catalog

Attempting to drag and drop a folder when multiple folders are selected removes a folder

Cancelling a catalog back-up can require an excessive wait time before the cancelation is complete

Cancelling a catalog export process could require an excessive wait time

An internal error could occur when published smart collection conditions are updated

Choosing to apply recent keywords in a keyword set would cause the recent keywords to reorder

Clicking the metadata flag on an image in the filstrip acts incorrectly on the selected image in the grid view

Failed publish comments remain in the comment box across different images

Flickr Publish Collection publishes to a Photostream in the reverse of the expected order

Grid scrolling in a publish collection with the hand tool could fail (Windows only)

Importing from a catalog fails when both catalogs contain images from the same folder

In Smart Collections a hyphen (“-”) Is now treated as a word delimiter for “contains words”

In the IPTC Date Created field the seconds could be incorrectly removed on writing to XMP

Lightroom 2 search criteria “+abc” meant “starts with abc” and “abc+” meant “ends with abc”. This was reversed in Lightroom 3

Moving a stack to another folder only moves the top image and unstacks the remaining images

Panning an image at 1:1 while the image is still loading can cause Lightroom to crash (Windows only)

Ratings and Labels were not propogated to a TIFF or PSD file created for an Edit in External Application workflow

Saving metadata on a folder is inccorectly labelled as “undoable”

Scrolling or louping through many pics can cause Lightroom to begin paging aggressively

Setting “Caption is Empty” in a smart collection failes for some images

Setting “Rating is Zero” incorrectly includes all images in a catalog

Setting rating “is not” in a smart collection fails to include unrated photos

Smart collection exposure time incorrectly limited to 1,000 seconds instead of 100,000 seconds.

The “metadata for this pic has changed” dialog box lacks clarity

The keyword list will fail to display properly if there are database integrity problems

The save metadata command was incorrectly available when a video file was selected

There is no warning when incorrect data types are entered into IPTC fields

Updating DNG Previews and Metadata is incorrectly labled as “undoable”

Upgrading a Lightroom 2 catalog via the import catalog function will fail if duplicate files are present

Using an exclamation point in search criteria fails to work properly

Print:

A faulty or corrupt print template could cause a “nil” error message when changing templates

Image loses “pan” position when placed in cells that are not huge enough

Lightroom could crash while preparing a print

The Print to JPEG save dialog box resets for every save

SDK:

A URL could fail to open properly in a web browser (Mac only)

Calling info.publishedCollection:getName() from within updateCollectionSettings() causes “can only wait within a task” exception.

copyrightState was not documented (Will be corrected when documentation is posted with the final release)

Errors during collection or collection set update callbacks are not recognized when a collection or collection set is created

Function “withPrivateWriteAccessDo” lacks clear behavior documentation (Will be corrected when documentation is posted with the final release)

Lightroom does not respect the default system web browser (Windows only)

Per comment URLs were incorrectly included in the documentation (Will be corrected when documentation is posted with the final release)

Plug-in error reports “nil” instead of proper filename

Renaming a publish collection dissasociates it from collectionSettings

setEditedFlag does not work as intended

The publish icon size was incorrectly documented as 26 pixels instead of 24 pixels wide

Slideshow:

Exporting a video that will overwrite an existing video that is currently being played will cause Lightroom to crash (Windows only)

Tethered Capture:

The develop settings text was misaligned (Windows only)

Web:

In-line editing of Site Info stops working if a number is entered

Setting “sequence” as the title or caption fails to work properly

Certain galleries do not handle accented characters properly

For more details, visit the Lightroom 3.2 RC and Camera Raw 6.2 RC / DNG Converter 6.2 RC pages on Adobe Labs.

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