Updates for Camera RAW 5.6 & Lightroom 2.6

Adobe released updates for both Camera RAW 5.6 & Lightroom 2.6 yesterday. Lightroom users, you did install the Camera RAW update right? The following link to the camera raw support page provides the appropriate download links for both Mac & PC computers. Here are some additional tips when updating your software:

Camera RAW 5.6 – This update applies if you run Photoshop CS4, or Photoshop Elements 7 or 8. You’ll want to install this update if you also use Lightroom to ensure file compatibility.

Lightroom 2.6 – This update simply installs on top of your current version of Lightroom. There is no need to use your installation CDs UNLESS you’re upgrading from version 1 (but then where have you been?)

The latest camera support has been added to these updates, and a full list is available on the camera raw support page.

Known Issues According to the Read Me file:

• Burning exported images to disc is not available for the Lightroom 64-bit Windows application.
• Upgrading a Lightroom 1 catalog during a catalog import can create multiple temporary copies of the catalog while upgrading.
• Lightroom performance can be impacted when the Window’s Recycle Bin contains thousands of files.
• Lightroom may not automatically launch an import dialog when a memory card is attached to a Windows Vista computer. Please select the Import button in the Library and select the attached card reader to begin the import.
• Lightroom 2.6 will not automatically migrate plug-ins located in the following directory: C:\Program
• Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2\Modules\. Any plug-ins in this folder should be moved to: XP: C:/Documents and Settings/{your_username}/Application Data/Adobe/Lightroom/Modules/ | Vista: C:/Users/{your_username}/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Lightroom/Modules/

The Lightroom 2.6 update fixes known issues with Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) including visual artifacts in the Develop module, edit errors when handing files off to Photoshop, and the dreaded PowerPC problem that affected folks using LR 2.5.

In Twitter Years… I’m Dead…

Good evening & good day.

It’s been two months since my last blog post, a decade in blog time, and the last recorded tweet has me dead by the standards of social media. As a seasoned blogger I’m not all that concerned, back in the day the “blogging break” was all the rage, but as Shama Kabani says, “…social media marketing – it isn’t the first thing you do. It’s the last.”

For the loyal readers & inquiring minds, yours truly has been busy busy busy doing what he does best – teaching. I’m also working feverishly behind the scenes hoping to do a relaunch of this website, and launch new projects come 2010. I’ll be announcing a few contests shortly and I hope the faithful will help me get the word out. You can get a jump start on the contests by becoming Facebook fans of my work and my company.

Until then, keep your camera with you, and your lens cap in your pocket.