Lightroom 2

This academic edition has the same features and capabilities of the retail version, and is shipped to you in a factory sealed retail box. However, this version is able to be sold below the retail price because of an educational discount.

Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® 2 software is designed specifically for professional and advanced amateur photographers. It is an efficient, powerful way to import, process, manage, and showcase large volumes of digital photographs. Lightroom enables you to spend less time sorting and organizing images, so you have more time to actually shoot and perfect them.

Import, manage, process, and showcase your photographs — from one shot to an entire shoot — with Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® 2 software. Master your workflow with powerful sorting, selecting, and organizing tools. Target specific areas of your photos for precise adjustments, or enhance overall color, exposure, and tonal range nondestructively on more than 190 camera raw file formats, as well as JPEG, TIFF, and PSD. Then present your images in dynamic slide shows and interactive web galleries, or use flexible templates to create prints.

Top new features

• Local adjustment brush

• Enhanced organizational tools

• Volume management

• Extensible architecture

• Multiple monitor support

• Flexible print package functionality

• Streamlined Photoshop CS3 integration

• Enhanced output sharpening

• 64-bit support for Windows® and Mac OS

Local adjustment brush
Enjoy more flexible, accurate enhancements by targeting a specific area of a photo for dodging, burning, and other local adjustments.

64-bit processing support
Utilize the advanced memory handling capabilities on the latest Mac OS and Windows® systems.

Flexible print packages
Quickly arrange a photo for printing multiple sizes on one or many pages with flexible and customizable templates to make the most of paper and ink every time you print.

Improved organizational tools
Sort and filter large volumes of photos using powerful metadata filters to quickly find just the photo you want.

Nondestructive photo editing
Adjust and enhance color, exposure, and tonal curves nondestructively on more than 190 camera raw file formats, as well as JPEG, TIFF, and PSD files.

Streamlined Photoshop CS3 integration
Enjoy tight integration with Adobe Photoshop software for streamlined use of Smart Objects, panorama stitching, high dynamic range (HDR) functionality, multiple layer workflow, and more. See your edits automatically updated in Lightroom.

Multiple monitor support
Add a second monitor and enjoy more room to work. Support for multiple monitors enables you to configure your workspace to manage image workflow and presentation more efficiently.

Extensible architecture
Take advantage of the wide range of plug-ins to help you quickly and easily transfer images to your favorite sharing sites and photo labs.

Volume management
Freely manage and organize your images across multiple drives, and continue to work with the high-resolution previews — even when your originals are offline.

Batch processing
Quickly import large volumes of photos from cameras or camera cards and automatically rename files, organize them into folders, and make nondestructive adjustments.

Output sharpening
Improve the appearance of your photos with enhanced algorithms that can automatically sharpen photos when you export files or output print and web creations.

Windows

• Intel® Pentium® 4 processor
• Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise (certified for 32-bit and 64-bit editions)
• 1GB of RAM
• 1GB of available hard-disk space
• 1,024x768 display
• CD-ROM drive

Mac OS

• PowerPC® G4 or G5 or Intel based processor
• Mac OS X v10.4 to 10.6
• 1GB of RAM
• 1GB of available hard-disk space
• 1,024x768 display
• CD-ROM drive

Supported languages

• English
• French
• German
• Japanese