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Adobe Lightroom 1.2 and Camera Raw 4.2 Available
Adobe has released Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.2 and of course the updated Camera Raw 4.2.

Lightroom and Camera Raw Update Downloads:
Lightroom 1.2: Macintosh | Windows
Camera Raw 4.2: Macintosh | Windows

Lightroom 1.2 includes corrections for the following issues:

  • Lightroom 1.1 catalogs with user-specified sort order could not be imported into another catalog

  • Lightroom 1.1 for Windows could at times display gray boxes instead of image thumbnails

  • The preference to write XMP metadata automatically in Lightroom 1.1 could attempt to write metadata indefinitely for offline images causing significant performance problems

  • Images could be dropped from the Quick Collection upon reordering of the source folder

  • Catalogs could not be exported to drives smaller than 250MB

  • The Web Module was not accessible in Lightroom 1.1 on the Macintosh platform when Lightroom was installed on case-sensitive volumes such as the Case Sensitive HFS+ (Journaled) volume

  • Errors occurred exporting to a Linux SMB network volume

  • Scroll position in the grid view was not maintained when changing the view option using the J shortcut key

  • The tokens for image number and image count were not displaying properly in the Slideshow module

  • The metadata panel could display incorrectly on Windows

  • Slideshows on the Macintosh platform did not display properly when a 256MB ATI graphics card was connected to 30" LCD

  • The Lightroom 1.1 Web module export did not position the copyright tag in the same location displayed in the preview

  • The auto-eject functionality on Windows ejected the card reader device in addition to the card

  • Noise reduction adjustment for all cameras with Bayer Pattern sensor: The base point noise reduction applied at the demosaic stage of raw processing has been reduced. The resulting effect is that images with zero luminance noise reduction applied in Lightroom 1.2 will contain more noise than the identical settings in Lightroom 1.1 but less noise than identical settings in Lightroom 1.0.

  • 1:1 previews were not discarded according to the timing set in the Lightroom preferences

  • 1:1 previews are not built for an entire set of images when requested after import


Camera Raw 4.2 Notes and Corrections:

  • Camera Raw 4.2 does not support the Canon EOS 1D Mark III SRAW format at this time.

  • Lightroom and Camera Raw will be updated together to ensure raw format and settings compatibility

  • Noise reduction adjustment for all cameras with Bayer Pattern sensor: The base point noise reduction applied at the demosaic stage of raw processing has been reduced. The resulting effect is that images with zero luminance noise reduction applied in Camera Raw 4.2 will contain more noise than the identical settings in Camera Raw 4.1 but less noise than identical settings in Camera Raw 4.0. (This Applies to Lightroom 1.2 as well)


Newly Supported Raw File Formats:

  • Canon EOS 40D

  • Fuji FinePix IS-1

  • Leaf Aptus 17

  • Leaf Aptus 54s

  • Leaf Aptus 75s

  • Olympus EVOLT E-510

  • Panasonic DMC-FZ18

  • Pentax K100D Super

  • Phase One P 20 +

  • Phase One P 21 +

  • Phase One P 25 +

  • Phase One P 30 +

  • Phase One P 45 +

  • Sony Alpha 700

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  Posted by oVan on Friday, September 14, 2007 | PermaLink | 0 comments
Removing Apple Bonjour Service from Adobe CS3 & Vista
Here's my definite guide to removing the (annoying) Apple Bonjour service from your Windows Vista.

You'll find that it has been installed silently by a.o. Adobe CS3 installations (Photoshop CS3, Illustrator CS3, etc), because Adobe feels it is necessary for the Version Cue functionality (even for stand-alone functionality).


  1. Identify if Bonjour is installed:



    From the Start menu, select Control Panel, and then type services. Click on the View local services link in the Administrative Tools group.


    If the first line in the list of services looks similar to ##Id_String2.6844F930_1628_4223_B5CC_5BB94B879762##, you have Bonjour on your system. You may now close the Services window.

  2. Open a command prompt with Administrative privileges:
    In the Start menu, type cmd and press Control-Shift-Enter!



    You'll have to confirm this operation:



  3. Execute the following commands:



    • cd "\Program Files\Bonjour"

    • mDNSResponder.exe -remove

    • ren mdnsNSP.dll mdnsNSP.old



  4. Finally...
    Close the command box and restart the computer, then delete the Bonjour folder from the \Program Files\ folder.
    Goodbye Bonjour!


Note from Adobe: Removing Bonjour prevents Version Cue clients (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash, Bridge) from automatically discovering Version Cue Servers and Version Cue projects in your local network. You will need to connect manually using Connect to Server and the URL or IP address of the machine running Version Cue Server instead.

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  Posted by oVan on Thursday, September 06, 2007 | PermaLink | 0 comments
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