Noise, Noise, Noise!

I had the pleasure of writing an article for Photoshop User magazine’s July/August 2010 issue. The topic is the new noise reduction technology in Lightroom 3. If you aren’t familiar with Photoshop User magazine, it is published by the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) and is sent to all members. The magazine is also available at major book stores. Click here for a PDF of the article and enjoy!

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Import – Where It All Begins

Lightroom 3 is finally here! It’s been a long ride full of adventure and discovery from Lightroom 3 Beta through Lightroom 3 Beta 2 to Lightroom 3. Along the way we all made suggestions and requests. Adobe listened. If one of your suggestions didn’t make it into this version don’t worry. This won’t be the last version of Lightroom. I am confident that we have a lot of new and exciting things in the future. For now, let’s get comfortable with Lightroom 3!

As with any version of Lightroom it all begins with Import. And this time around we have an entirely new and improved import feature. While this has been the source of some consternation and controversy, once you dig in and look at what’s new here I think you’ll be on board.

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