Brief Hands-On Report--Adobe posted Photoshop Lightroom beta 4.1

Adobe just posted Photoshop Lightroom beta 4.1, an update to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom that is undergoing an extensive public preview period.

Photoshop Lightroom beta 4.1 includes the following updates not previously available in Lightroom beta 4:

• Resolves external editor conflict
  
• Corrects export orientation for constrained portrait images
  
• Resolves missing image error with large web galleries
  
• Provides Photo Binder platform compatibility on optical media

Those with Lightroom beta 4 should have received an in-product notification of the availability of the download as we did. Photoshop Lightroom beta 4.1 is also available for download from this Adobe Labs Web page. Registration or login is required to get the update at 14MB or the update with sample images at 121MB.

We downloaded Photoshop Lightroom beta 4.1 with sample images and worked with it for awhile. If you are not a photographer but use other Adobe products, consider downloading Photoshop Lightroom and checking it out to see how well Adobe's applications run as Unversal applications. [Bill Fox].