Brief Hands-On Report--Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.3.1 Update

Adobe released Photoshop Lightroom 1.3.1 update, Adobe's workflow application for digital photographers. It is available for download from within the application, MacUpdate or this Adobe Web page. The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.3.1 update includes these enhancements:

• Additional camera support for the Canon 1Ds Mark III, Nikon D3, Nikon D300, Olympus E-3, and more
  
• Updated Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard support

Here are the details from the ReadMe file:

• The Lightroom 1.3 Print Module could previously cause the application to crash on either OS X 10.5 or 10.5.1 during template usage.
  
• On Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.5.1, the import process from a card reader or other device into Lightroom could fail to import all or a portion of the selected images.
  
• A decrease in Develop slider responsiveness introduced in Lightroom 1.3 has been corrected.
  
• The Lightroom 1.3 Develop module could cause the application to crash if adjustments were made in quick succession.
  
• Compressed raw files from the Nikon D100 were read incorrectly in Lightroom 1.3.
  
• A possible artifact in raw file support for the Olympus E-3 has been corrected.
  
• The Lightroom FTP Plug-in provided as sample code with the Export SDK did not function properly if the password was not saved with the selected FTP preset.
  
• Editing or creating a new FTP preset immediately prior to using the FTP plug-in provided as sample code with the Export SDK would cause the FTP process to fail.
  
• Using the Export as Previous option did not work with the FTP plug-in provided as sample code with the Export SDK.

We downloaded the update from within Lightroom 1.3 and applied the updater. No problems were encountered in updating our library and during brief use. [Bill Fox]