“Lightroom is the essential tool for busy professional and discerning amateur photographers, who are uncompromising in the pursuit for image quality or searching for artistic expression, “ said Winston Hendrickson, vice president of digital imaging products, Adobe. “The Lightroom 5 beta is highly valuable in ensuring the new features support and address the needs of our customers and we look forward to hearing feedback," added Hendrickson.
Lightroom 5 beta offers photographers and enthusiasts many new features including advanced healing brush, which allows customers to heal imperfections and remove distracting elements. The upright tool analyses an image to automatically level horizons and straighten objects like buildings to correct a keystone effect. The software also includes radial gradient tool; smart previews; video slideshow among others.