Adobe Releases Lightroom 3.5 and ACR 6.5

Amin Sabet · #1 September 29th, 2011, 07:56 AM

Adobe has released Lightroom 3.5 and Adobe Camera RAW (ACR) 6.5, adding official support for the following Micro 4/3 cameras:

Olympus E-P3
Olympus E-PL3
Olympus E-PM1
Panasonic G3
Panasonic GF3

Download link for Lightroom 3.5 for Windows
Download link for Lightroom 3.5 for Mac OS
Download link for ACR 6.5 for Windows
Download link for ACR 6.5 for Mac OS

More information: Lightroom 3.5 and Camera Raw 6.5 now available « Lightroom Journal

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Armanius · #2 September 29th, 2011, 10:16 AM

I hope it's a quick download and install! Decided to finally try out the EP3. So it'll be perfect to try out the files on the updated LR.

Canonista · #3 September 29th, 2011, 10:51 AM

I've been running the Beta for a few weeks, and it's been solid. New release download was painless yesterday.

jlabate · #4 September 29th, 2011, 12:15 PM

There's a bug for me.

I run Macs with OS 10.6.8, use Adobe Bridge CS5 version 4.0.5.11. My work flow is to put a card in the computer, open Bridge and use "Get Photos From Camera" which opens Adobe Photo Downloader. I convert them to DNG's, put some copyright info in the metadata and write them to a folder of my choice.

Since I upgraded ACR to 6.5, when in Adobe Photo Downloader I try to chose a folder to write the files to, it freezes. I went back to using ACR 6.4 and the problem is gone. Fortunately I don't have a camera that needs 6.5 so I'm ok for now.

WT21 · #5 September 29th, 2011, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Canonista

I've been running the Beta for a few weeks, and it's been solid. New release download was painless yesterday.

Same experience here. It wrote over my old 3.0 copy, so I deleted 3.5RC, and now I've got the full 3.5 and ready to go.

jlabate · #6 September 29th, 2011, 06:48 PM

I reported the bug to Adobe a couple of hours ago and already have a reply from an employee who says they are looking into it. Fast work so far.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jlabate

There's a bug for me.

I run Macs with OS 10.6.8, use Adobe Bridge CS5 version 4.0.5.11. My work flow is to put a card in the computer, open Bridge and use "Get Photos From Camera" which opens Adobe Photo Downloader. I convert them to DNG's, put some copyright info in the metadata and write them to a folder of my choice.

Since I upgraded ACR to 6.5, when in Adobe Photo Downloader I try to chose a folder to write the files to, it freezes. I went back to using ACR 6.4 and the problem is gone. Fortunately I don't have a camera that needs 6.5 so I'm ok for now.

Rick Waldroup · #7 October 2nd, 2011, 03:59 PM

I use the original version of Lightroom and loaded the newest version the other day. So far, I am very pleased with it. Does anyone know if Adobe will offer a discount for users of their previous versions of Lightroom?

Also, does anyone know this? I currently run Silver Efex as a plugin on Elements 2.0. When I get the new version of Lightroom, I would like to put Silver Efex as a plug in on it. Is that possible? Will I need to delete Silver Efex first and then load it? Does Lightroom accept plug ins?

Canonista · #8 October 2nd, 2011, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Rick Waldroup

Does anyone know if Adobe will offer a discount for users of their previous versions of Lightroom?

Yes, as an upgrade. Amazon.com: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Upgrade: Windows: Software

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rick Waldroup

Does Lightroom accept plug ins?

Yes, but you should check to see if your plug-in app is compatible with LR.

crsnydertx · #9 October 2nd, 2011, 04:40 PM

I just brought everything up to date with 3.5: Lightroom 3, CS5 Extended, and Elements 9. Also upgraded to Color Efex 4. Easy install on iMac; much nicer experience than on my old PC.

Rick, Silver Efex Pro works fine as a Lightroom 3 plug-in, as it does with CS5 and PSE 9.