If you’ve been on the fence about buying Lightroom for quickly editing and touching-up photos, wonder no more as you can go download and try out the new Adobe Lightroom 4 beta for free. In addition to the usual enhancements and bugfixes, the new version offers DSLR video support for the first time.
One very interesting change to Lightroom 4 is much better support for video. DSLR video is now supported right in the application. You can playback video, trim the in-and-out points, easily export a still frame and—this is the biggie—do some actual color correction on video using some of Lightroom’s tools. It doesn’t look like it’s a full-blown color grading application (Adobe has Speedgrade for that now!) but it looks like a quick way to make a color correction and export that to a new video file or send it to a supported service like Facebook or Flickr.
Just head on over to the Adobe Lightroom site to download it and try it out. Post your findings in the comments below!
via Studio Daily Blog » Lightroom 4 Beta Is Alive and Ready for You to Download.
