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Sorry for the lack of updates and progress. I have been busy with learning and making iphone apps, building and using my timelapse dolly, and a few other things. I am starting to work on the templates again and have fixed a bunch of stuff that was posted in the forum. I’ll continue to work on them for the next few weeks to make some more good progress. In the mean time check out my timelapse from last weekend at mono lake.

Mono Lake Dolly Shot from SCIENTIFANTASTIC on Vimeo.

If you have not already heard, Lightroom 3 is out now and its truly amazing! I suggest everyone go out and upgrade or buy the new version if you can.

I’m starting work on the templates again after a break. I have been busy with a few other projects, mainly building a timelapse moco dolly rig, shooting starlapse shots, and building some iphone apps. Im ready to finish up these templates now that LR 3 is finally out. Thanks to the forum members who have been testing and giving me bug lists to work through.

You can now download the upcoming version of the templates, now called LRG TotalSite, for alpha/beta testing. I have created a new forum called Public Beta Tester Forum Where you can download the files and post bug reports. You MUST use the latest LR3 Beta that was just released for testing as the templates do not work with previous versions.

PLEASE remember that this is an alpha/beta release and not everything is working 100% and some things not at all, but, I think its good enough to release for public testing.

I look forward to working with everyone to get these templates to a full release!

A new version of LR Beta is out and it supports my new galleries! We need some more beta testers for the upcoming galleries so I encourage you all to download the new beta and help us with some testing. I will polish up the templates a bit and post them on the site for download. I will also create a new forum in the forums for public beta tester to post there testing results. I also have a private beta tester forum, but thats for a different group.

Download the new beta here

I have set up a twitter account for LRG where i will be posting random things and progress updates and thoughts on the new templates. Here is the link http://twitter.com/lrgalleries
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I also set up a Vimeo account to post some video tutorials when the time comes.

We are in the process of redoing the entire site, and the first thing ready for release is the new LRG Forums. The old forum software was such a pain and was getting hit with alot of spam, so we decided to go with paid forum software from vBulletin. Your old forum username and password will not work with this new forum so you will have to register again. I will keep the old forums up in case you need to refer back to any posts that were there. I will at some point take the old forums down.

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This new forum software is pretty complex as far as configuration, setup, and permissions. If you have ANY problems at all please let me know asap.

You will notice a Paid Support forum on the new forums, but it is not active yet, and will not be active until the release of the totally new, built from scratch LRG Total Site 1.0 template package. For now, if you have any questions about current templates please post them in the Current LRG Templates forum.

We have some BIG changes to the site and templates coming in the near future so stay tuned! Although things have been quiet around here, we have not stopped development of new templates. I have been working very very hard and want to provide the best product possible, so please be patient.

New Support Forums: http://www.lightroomgalleries.com/support

Old Forums: http://www.lightroomgalleries.com/forum/index.php

Thanks!
LRG

The Lightroom team is proud to introduce the third public beta program of our application designed by and for digital photographers. We’ve come a long way since our very first public beta on January 9th 2006 at MacWorld.(We didn’t even have a crop tool in the first release!) For this latest release we went back to the drawing board and revisited what we believe are the fundamental priorities of our customers: Performance and Image Quality. Lightroom has been stripped down to the “engine block” in order to rebuild a performance architecture that meets the needs of photographers with growing image collections and increasing megapixels. The raw processing engine has also received an overhaul right down to the fundamental demosaic algorithms that now allows unprecedented sharpening and noise reduction results.

Revisiting the success of the first Lightroom public beta, we want to provide photographers with early access to this new technology so that we have adequate time to respond to feedback. While we’re not going all the way back to a 14 month, 4 version public beta like we did for Lightroom 1, we do want more flexibility than we had in our public beta for Lightroom 2. Here are a few key details on what we’re looking for feedback on:

Import
We’ve redesigned the Lightroom import experience to make it much easier to visualize how Lightroom allows you to manage your files. You’ll be able to see exactly where you’ve asked Lightroom to copy your files off your card and then use import presets in compact mode to get fast repeatable results every time. You can also quickly browse your hard drive to find exactly the right file you need to work on.

Publish Collections
We live in a connected world so you need direct access to publish your photos on your favorite sharing site from directly within the Lightroom Library. In the Lightroom 3 public beta we’re providing direct access to the Flickr photo sharing site so that adding images to your Photostream is as simple as a drag and drop. You can see all of your uploaded images and if you make any changes to those images you can have them updated on Flickr automatically.(Pro accounts only) When a visitor comments on your images, Lightroom can pull that comment right back into the Library so that you can see feedback on your files where it belongs, next to the image in your Lightroom library. We’ve built this functionality with the same extensibility designed for our Export Plug-ins so if Flickr isn’t your cup of tea we’re working hard to support developers who can create connections to any of the popular photo sharing sites. Publish collections can do more than just publish to a photo sharing site. You can have a publish collection that allows you to publish images to my iPhone sync folder with drag and drop simplicity.

Image Quality
Sharpening and Noise Reduction
In the Develop module we’ve focused on tuning our raw processing algorithms to extract incredible detail and quality from your images. Capture sharpening and Color Noise Reduction improvements work together to give you incredible noise reduction results without losing that fine detail. We’re only halfway through our noise reduction efforts but believe that you will be very pleased with the results so far. We’ve actually disabled the previous Luminance Noise Reduction so that you can focus on evaluating the Color Noise reduction implementation.

Grain
While Lightroom’s improved noise reduction will give you incredibly smooth images, sometimes you want a little texture or grain in your images. We’ve added a grain tool that can add a natural film-style grain to your images to get that perfect look for your photo.

Vignette
The Lightroom team received quite a bit of feedback on our post-crop vignette tool in Lightroom 2 that allows photographers to apply beautifully styled vignettes after cropping is applied. While the tool was received quite well, we found that photographers wanted a more natural vignette that utilized an exposure or brightness effect rather than just painting black and white on the edges of images. We’ve added two vignette modes in Lightroom 3 beta, Color Priority and Highlight Priority that attempt to provide the natural vignette that photographers have requested. Let’s not get hung up on the technical details of these models but rather focus on which you prefer for your images and why.

Process Version
The changes above are so significant that for the first time since the Camera Raw plug-in was introduced in 2003, we’ve needed to add the concept of a process version. The process version specifies which version of certain Camera Raw image processing elements should be used when rendering and editing files. Process version can affect raw, DNG, TIFF, JPEG, and PSD files. The process version is incremented only when major changes to the raw processing or features are changed. In Lightroom 3, the demosaicing, noise reduction, sharpening, and post crop vignette were all updated. Depending on what is applied to the image, different image characteristics will change more dramatically than others (i.e. sharpening should change sharpening characteristics etc.), but the demosaic changes apply across the board, so there will always be some change. By default, we’ll leave your images just as they were but if you want to take advantage of the latest processing technology, just update to the current process version. You can update to the latest process version by selecting the notification triangle that includes an exclamation point above the left hand side of the histogram. (Or from the Settings -> Process Version file menu available in the Develop module) By default, all new files in Lightroom 3 beta will receive the latest process version.

Slideshow Export
One of the most elegant ways to present your images is in a slideshow accompanied by music. But until now, you could only share that slideshow with music when playing it directly from within the Lightroom application. But with Lightroom 3 we’ve added the ability to export high quality movie files that include your detailed layout and the music track you’ve selected. By utilizing the popular H.264 movie format you can share these movies on many popular video sharing sites or optimize it for mobile media!

Custom Print Package
Lightroom 3 adds a new custom layout option for photographers who need complete control over their print layouts. Add as many different images in whatever configuration you desire on a single or multiple pages.

Watermarking
Lightroom 3’s new watermarking function lets you embed your identity or other information in your images themselves. You can apply text or graphic watermarks to a photograph with adjustable size, position, and opacity. Available in the Print and Web modules as well as the Export dialog, your identity can now travel with all of your images.

What’s Next?
We’re not even close to finished in terms of features, performance or image quality but we want early feedback on our improvements so that we have time to make sure Lightroom 3 is your ideal workflow assistant.

Additional Details
General

On Mac, the ‘hit zone’ for the right scroll bar in the grid view has been expanded so that a closed right hand panel doesn’t automatically open too easily. The automatic panel opening experience has been modified so that it takes a longer amount of time for the panel to open in cases of overshooting the scrollbar. (Mouse towards the white triangle for instant opening) Please provide feedback on this new behavior so that it can be modified or added to the Windows version of Lightroom.
Images can be sorted by aspect ratio
The catalog selection dialog has been expanded and improved

Library
You can backup your catalog when you quit Lightroom instead of on launch
A volume can be ejected or un-mounted from your system directly from the volume browser in the Library module.
Collections can be created directly within a collection set by right-clicking on the collection set
Images can be sorted by aspect ratio
The name of a collection is displayed when an image is added to a target collection
Stack badges can now be toggled on or off independently in the filmstrip via an interface preference
Erasing with the spray paint tool now requires the use of the Alt key
Select a folder in the Library module and choose a new option “Import to here” to launch the import dialog with that folder preselected as the destination
The import dialog provides source folder and destination volume capacity information
The option to include items from subfolders has been included in the primary Folder panel drop down menu
Choose Library -> Show Missing Images to locate offline or missing files
A lock icon has been added to the metadata filter bar in the Library module to make filter selections “global” across folders or collections
An icon has been added to grid thumbnails to indicate that an image is part of a collection. Click on that icon to view and/or visit the collection
Favorite sources can be added to the filmstrip source pop-up menu for quick access to specific collections or folders
Flash state is now included as part of the smart collection filter criteria
When the ’spray can’ is used to add an image to a collection, the collection name is now displayed upon application
The optimize catalog feature is now available in the File menu
Lightroom now imports CMYK files. Any output, with the exception of export original, or adjustments to these images will take place in an RGB color space
Filters are now longer automatically “sticky” on folders or collections

Develop
Crop presets choices have been edited for clarity
A checkbox has been added to the toolbar to turn on/off overlay visibility
All adjustment brush and graduated filter sliders can be reset by holding down Option/Alt and clicking on Amount
The color setting for the adjustment brush and graduated filter clearly display an ‘x’ overlay when no color is selected
The Collections panel is now available in the Develop Module
The targeted adjustment tool is deactivated when switching to a new Develop panel
The local adjustment brush and graduated filter panel have been simplified to a single mode (Previously there was a button and slider ‘mode’)

Slideshow
The music selection in the Slideshow module has been decoupled from iTunes on the Mac
Click the track duration to sync the length of the slideshow to the length of the music track

Print
Black or a custom color can be selected for a print layout background
The Identity Plate can be moved in small increments by selecting it and using the arrow keys
Match photo aspect ratio is now a persistent option in the Cell panel

Export
The file extension case(UPPER/lower) can be selected in the export dialog

Full release notes are located here:
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/lightroom3/releasenotes.pdf

With the release of LR 2.4 came some problems for LRG Complete 2.4 users, mainly broken color pickers used for choosing your template colors. After many many hours of trying to figure this problem out I finally got some help from Adobe. This update will solve the broken color picker issue. We had to reorganize things a little bit, and you will notice that all color options now appear under the Appearance section.

DOWNLOAD THE UPDATE

You can download the update from HERE

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Remember, this is still a sort of Beta version, but it has address many of the issues in the forums.

Please read the UPDATE_INSTRUCTIONS_4.0_to_4.1.txt file that is included in order to upgrade your live site to 4.1

As always, please post bugs, comments, suggestions in the forums.

Many of you who use, or want to use LRG Complete, are from locations outside the US. I am having trouble coming up with a custom character set to use in the LRG Complete font files so that the most common languages and their characters are supported.

I have created a forum called Submit your language located here http://www.lightroomgalleries.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=48 for you to post the characters you require for your language. Please, ONLY post your characters, and what language they are for.

I will then try to add them to the font files that can be used with LRG Complete.

Thanks for your help!!