Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 public beta - already?

It seems like not so long ago I have been reporting about Lightroom 1 beta, and here I am writing about Lightroom 2 beta! That's right, today Adobe released via Adobe Labs public beta of Lightroom 2!

You can grab it here: Adobe Lightroom download.



It's an early beta, so things are pretty slow, but it's great being able to use software of tomorrow today :)
I encourage you to check it out - here's the release note (pdf), but if you want just the juice, read this post from Adobe Lightroom Team. You can also get up to speed by watching Julieanne's video tutorial.

Designer's life is now even cooler

Most of you probably already know Adobe's online software Kuler. It can be used to easily create, save, share and export colour schemes. Exported schemes are importable for applications in Adobe Creative Suite 2 and 3.

Here's what Adobe Kuler looks like:


You can use this free software at http://kuler.adobe.com

But why am I mentioning it right now? Kuler is old news...
It's because Adobe released updated version of Kuler's desktop AIP that now works with Adobe AIR Beta 3 (formely Apollo). You can download it from Adobe Labs. Don't forget to install Adobe AIR first :)

After you install and run it, take some time to admire how dark and pretty it looks :D



Then, you will probably feel dissapointed because you cannot create new sets in it, only browse through those already published.

But fear not! Adobe has found the way to swetten things.
Go to Adobe Illustrator, choose Window -> Adobe Labs -> kuler, and you will find yourself enjoying kuler panel:

Isn't it kul? :)