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Source: George Jardine on Lightroom and Digital Photography
Author: George Jardine

Amidst all the attention for the new 1.3 update, we forgot to post a link to another new Lightroom video tutorial by George Jardine. This one offers some more great tips on working with the Library module and some of the less well-know aspects of photo synching behavior in Lightroom.

Photograph © 2006 George A. Jardine

“A new tutorial that covers the Sync command, and a few ins-and-outs of working with Lightroom’s selection logic.”

In this tutorial I outline the basics of Lightroom’s Synchronize command. You’ll learn how to apply Develop settings across multiple photos, in both the Library and the Develop modules. I also cover some of the new selection logic in Lightroom that is required to make working with large numbers of files, well…. logical!”

Duration: 11:56

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Source: Computer-Darkroom.com
Author: Ian Lyons

So, here we are at Lightroom version 1.3 and the question most users will be asking is - what’s new? On the surface very little, but just like an iceberg there’s lots beneath the surface.

As I hinted in my introduction there are few if any obvious visual changes in in this new release. Lightroom 1.3 is primarily about fixing as many bugs as possible whilst also putting in place infrastructure improvements for the future. The following is a summary of the main issues that Adobe have addressed in 1.3:-

Source: Lightroom Journal
Author: Tom Hogarty

The Lightroom 1.3 and Camera Raw 4.3 updates have been posted to the following locations: Lightroom (Mac, Win), Camera Raw (Mac, Win). The updates include support for the following new camera models:

Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III
Canon PowerShot G9
Nikon D3
Nikon D300
Olympus E-3
Olympus SP-560 UZ
Panasonic DMC-L10

Lightroom 1.3 also provides improved support for the OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system.

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