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.
For me, the most exciting part of this release is that we’ll be providing a preview of the Export SDK on Labs.adobe.com. The Export SDK is a glimpse into what’s possible with a workflow SDK. (Think direct export from Lightroom to Flickr/Smugmug/FTPHosts/etc) I categorize Lightroom’s extensibility into two different SDK opportunities: Workflow and Image Processing. There are expectations around an Image Processing SDK given Photoshop’s plug-in history. But Lightroom will focus on a workflow SDK initially to enable better interoperation between Lightroom and other tools or services before providing the ability to add an image processing plug-in like a lens correction plug-in or noise/grain plug-in. The Lightroom Export SDK preview is the Lightroom product team’s first opportunity to engage the developer community. While this preview SDK functionality is limited to the Export dialog, the discussion should be expanded to include any functional area that a developer would like to build upon.
The SDK can be found here:
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/lightroomsdk/ Join the discussion and tell us what you think.
Don’t forget rule #5!
Update 11/17
For those experiencing difficulities reaching the Lightroom download links above, please use the following:
Mac:
ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/lightroom/mac/1.x/LTRM_WWEFG_mac_1_3.dmg
Win:
ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/lightroom/win/1.x/LTRM_WWEFG_win_1_3.exe