Adobe Systems has announced the public beta of Adobe® Lightroom™ software for the Windows platform, a digital imaging workflow solution for professional photographers. Now available for both the Windows and Macintosh platforms, Adobe Lightroom beta is the efficient new way for professional photographers to import, select, develop and showcase large volumes of digital images. Windows-based photographers now have the opportunity to assist with the development of Lightroom by testing this new beta download and submitting feedback to the Adobe Labs forums at http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/lightroom.
We have taken to this package for most of our image adjustments, cropping and web portfolios.
Here is an example web portfolio from a recent shoot: Plein Air Day - Carrick Hill.
It is free for the moment, and great for recovering highlights in RAW files amongst other things.