As you may or may not know, Adobe release the beta version of Lightroom 2 last month. Everyone can download the beta from adobelabs for 30 days, but current Lightroom owners get to play with it until august and can also invite people to use the beta until august.

There doesn't seem to be a whole lot of new things, but the updates are exciting none the less. Maybe the most interesting new feature is the localized editing. Basically it lets you mask an area and apply adjustment there. So that's one less thing you'll need Photoshop for. It's actually very convenient especially on landscape photos you can mask the sky and darken it with ease if it's a bit overexposed. And there's also neat integration with Photoshop CS3. Also, the program feels a bit faster then Lightroom 1.x which is a good thing.

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btw... if someone who doesn't have Lightroom want's to try out the beta for longer than 30 days, note me your email and I'll invite you.