LRB Exhibition updated to version 1.1

LRB Exhibition from Sean McCormack of Lightroom Blog has been updated to version 1.1. Feature additions and bug fixes include:

1.1
Added Top Gap
Added Numbers checkbox
Added body image check box.
Fixed repeat
Changed less for fewer
Change UI colours
Added a Switch to the galleries to hide the menu and force all images into Gallery 1, acting as a single gallery rather than a website.
Added Number Height slider
Added Menu Gap slider
Menu gallery swap
Menu and Identity Plate transparency choices
Added Flickr code and made icon.
Body Height added
Fixed spacing in Gallery numbers for Gallery 4, 5, & 6.
Add tiles for number colour and hover colour.
Changed copyright date
Fixed bug that caused error code to be visible when someone enters a period (.) in a number box.

Current users can update using their download link, and this counts as one of the 9 downloads they purchased. It's not compulsory to download, unless you need the features and bug fixes here. The 9 downloads can be used as the user sees fit. For those interested in the plugins features and purchase information, you can access the main LRB Exhibition Page.


Update:
Some folk seems to be having update issues, this is because e-junkie has locked customers that I gave a partial refund to when the discount code didn't work initially. If you forward the link address to me, I'll fix this.

Update #2:
There's a minor bug in 1.1's mail file. Fix instructions are here: http://lightroom-blog.com/2010/03/lrb-exhibition-11-minor-bug.html

LRB Portfolio 2.51 update available.

LRB Portfolio has now been updated to version 2.51. This update has substantial under the hood changes to overcome the way Lightroom generates CSS. Now when you export (or Preview in Browser), LRB Portfolio creates a new CSS file from internal settings, but based on a template CSS file. It's taken a while to get it right.

In addition there are some new features:

A Text Width slider that allows the user to set the width of the text in the Home, About, Contact and Blank pages.
An ID Plate Offset Slider that allows the user to nudge the ID Plate for better alignment
The non Gallery pages now use a separate header file to prevent an error in IE.
The code is now W3C valid. For the record, it's possible to have useless valid code, but as some people are bothered by this, it's done.
Fixed an IE bug where the ID plate could be hidden by the menu.

There are a few other bits and pieces changed, but mostly internal stuff. This was particularly hard work, with not a lot to show for it on the surface, but it was all still needed.

New customers can purchase the plugin from the LRB Portfolio Website. Current users can get the plugin from their download link, which they were encouraged to save on purchase. Support is available at the Lightroom Forums LRB Portfolio thread.


Update: Just pushed out 2.51 with layout fixes for the mail.html file page, which had orphaned CSS. I hate it when stuff like that happens.

MInor error fixed in 2.4

A typo in the mail.html file of LRB Portfolio 2.4 can cause an error message to appear in Lightroom. A fix has already been uploaded. Simply redownload the file or edit the mail.html file, line 74 to read <% if model.nonCSS.menuBottom then %><% includeFile ('menu.html') %><% end %>
Apologies for the error. I didn't work on the file, so I'm surprised to see this, but fortunately it seems fine now.

LRB Portfolio updated to 2.4

Normally updates to LRB Portfolio are monthly, but this time I've had 2 code setbacks, meaning I had to go back twice and restart the update. I'm currently trialing a versioning system to prevent this from happening in the future. Mixed with a lot of other commitments, including new plugins and galleries, it's been tough to get this one out there. Hopefully I haven't introduced other bugs in the process of fixing the ones here.

Fixed issue where the menu offset could force the gallery to the right with Cmotion in Safari.

Fixed IE issue where there would be a gap at the bottom of images. (further work may be needed)

Changed Contact form so you no longer need to edit mail.html to get the correct email address)

There are other minor changes, but these are the main ones.

As with all updates, these are free to current 1.x & 2.X users of LRB Portfolio via the download link they received on purchase. New customers interested in buying this plugin can do from from the LRB Portfolio Website.

The updated User Guide is with the plugin, but can also be downloaded from the website.

LRB Portfolio now at 2.3

Version 2.3 of LRB Portfolio has been uploaded. The main change with this version is the addition of controls to have the menu over or under the main area, along with an offset to control the exact location of the menu.
It's a requested feature and while it might seem like a small addition, it took a lot of rewriting under the hood.

In addition a new Web Template 'Wintershade' has been added to show an example of the menu up to with an offset to help it sit in line with the Identity Plate.

As with all updates so far, this is free to current users, via the download link you received via email on purchase. Because this is a small change to the plugin, you may decide to skip this version if you're happy with the menu on the bottom!

New customers can purchase LRB Portfolio from the LRB Portfolio Website for €15. Not bad considering you can create an entire website from this product. More information is available at the website.

There will be a tutorial video to go with this release coming shortly, as time allows.

Update: 2.31 has been pushed out to solve an issue with the generated mail.php file.

LRB Portfolio updated to version 2.2

LRB Portfolio, the website plugin for Lightroom 2, has been updated to version 2.2. Along with bug fixes, there have been a number of additions to the program. The key addition allows a gallery index page with thumbnails slices of gallery images to link to the galleries. A sample of this in action in a real website can be seen at http://musofoto.com. This brings to 3 the number of options that can be used as the home page: A home page with a single photo (with optional text), A gallery index page, or a gallery page.

Other additions include removal of the image on the blank page to allow for video links etc. Text on the non gallery pages can be aligned left, right, or justified. Images can also be aligned, in this case, left, centre or right. A regular request is to have the names of the form titles changeable in the Contact form has been granted.

Finally an annoying bug that broke Gallery 1 only, has been fixed. Although internally the number 20 is used, Lightroom displays the number as 20.00 in the "number of images" for the gallery. This prompted a number of users to enter a decimal point when changing the default. Due to the way Lightroom handles text input, this was then interpreted as a string and caused the gallery to fail with an error. Other galleries were not affected as internal maths forced Lightroom to see it as a number. This issue has now been corrected. Lightroom still shows the decimal point, but it no longer matters if the user enters the decimal. This was actually hard to pin down, because it only affected the first gallery. I had tested the decimal point in other galleries, but not the the first one. A mix of Jorge Parra and finally Atma Singh lead to testing Gallery 1 again, revealing the error.

The UI has been updated with the changes and additional material, including more hints and tips, have been added to the User Guide. I will be creating a video to go along with this shortly.

All further information about the gallery, including purchase information and User Guide can be found at LRBPortfolio.com. Current users can download this update from their download link. As mentioned previously, this update also comes with a price increase to €15 to cover the ongoing costs of producing the additional features and bug fixes.

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Update: If you're getting a error relating to com.lightroom-blog.lrbportfolio, try downloading again

LRB Portfolio 2.13 now available

LRB Portfolio has been updated to 2.13. Bug fixes include live update issues, facebook linking. New features include Twitter/Facebook/MySpace buttons, and the ability to remove the Cmotion ‘End of Gallery’ message. I've also added a 'Pinks & Purples' sample template.

New users can purchase from the above link, while current users can obtain the current version from their download link.

Lightroom 2.4 available.

Despite a number of premature postings yesterday, leading to a 2.3 download, Lightroom 2.4 was launched at 9.01 PST last night (WIN | Mac). In case people have missed the connection, pretty much every Lightroom related release happens at this time.

Along with support for the following cameras:
Canon EOS 500D (Digital Rebel T1i/EOS Kiss X3 Digital)
Canon PowerShot SX1 IS
Epson R-D1x
Hasselblad CF-22
Hasselblad CF-22MS
Hasselblad CF-39
Hasselblad CF-39MS
Hasselblad CFH-22
Hasselblad CFH-39
Hasselblad CFV
Hasselblad 503CWD
Hasselblad H2D-22
Hasselblad H2D-39
Hasselblad H3D-22
Hasselblad H3D-31
Hasselblad H3D-39
Hasselblad H3DII-22
Hasselblad H3DII-31
Hasselblad H3DII-39
Hasselblad H3DII-39MS
Hasselblad H3DII-50
Kodak EasyShare Z980
Nikon D5000
Olympus E-450
Olympus E-620
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1
Pentax K-7
Sigma DP2
Sony A230
Sony A330
Sony A380

This release also fixes the following bugs:

Web galleries with a Collection Title of six characters would not export or upload
The crop aspect ratio could revert to the last selected ratio even when reset to original
The crop aspect ratio in Quick Develop could be lost after a crop adjustment
The crop aspect ratio lock could be lost after an orientation switch
Images could preview incorrectly when imported using the MTP/PTP USB protocol
Sony .ARW files may not have been recognized by Lightroom’s import dialog
The Japanese language configuration of Lightroom on Mac OS X 10.5 could fail to switch to the print module if the HP B9180 was set as the default printer
Metadata options that are intended for use were dimmed incorrectly when exporting DNG files
The Japanese language configuration of Lightroom on Mac OS X was missing a shortcut for “Zoom Out”
Several translation and shortcut corrections were made for the eight additional languages introduced with Lightroom 2.3


Camera Raw 5.4 is also available (WIN | Mac). This is needed for Edit in Photoshop commands, to allow a file to open without creating an intermediate file. The DNG spec is also updated to 1.3.

More details are available from the official announcement at Lightroom Journal.

LRB Portfolio 2.12 update now available

I've updated LRB Portfolio to 2.12. As with all other versions, this is available at your download link. To update, redownload the file.
This is a bugfix release with the following fixes:

• Fixed a Firefox issue where it puts borders around the menu images when images were selected.
• Deleted an erroneous file called " head.html", which was being read as "head.html" on PC.
• Fixed a bug which broke the new charset options

For more info about LRB Portfolio, check out the LRB Portfolio Website.

LRB Portfolio Update to 2.11

I've just posted LRB Portfolio v2.11 to e-junkie.

This is mostly a bug fix version.

Gallery 6 link fixed
IE issue with normal gallery fixed (I can only confirm this for IE7, so if IE8 users have issues, please let me know)
IE8 Google CSS code is now optional. The code is supposed to fix IE8 CSS issues. There is one IE8 bug that could affect the normal (not Cmotion) scroll gallery.
I accidently left out the option to change the Contact Page Name and URL in the 2.1 UI change. This is now back in.
Added Auto Scroll, Keep Scrolling on Mouse Out and End of Gallery controls to the Cmotion section.
Em.. I can't remember the rest. In the 3-4 weeks since the last version, there's been bits added as I go.

I'm in the process of building a HTML version of my own website with this.

Current users can access the update via the download link they received on purchase. New customers are reminded to keep this link safe.

YAU: Yet another update. LRB Portfolio up to version 2.1

The 24 minute long video demonstrating Version 2.1 of LRB Portfolio, has resolution in the form of an update to LRB Portfolio.
Since the video was created I've added a few small changes: Twitter, Facebook and MySpace contact options, along with a user field. I've also changes the code to allow those using Windows Servers to see their images! These servers block access to folders called bin, and the default image folder for Lightroom is called... bin.
Compared to Version 2.0, there is a massive UI change in this version.
Finally: You can have however many images you like in any gallery. Yep.. the slider is gone and you deal with it on a gallery by gallery basis. The only catch is you HAVE to use consecutive galleries.
To Download, please use your Download link if you are a current user, you know, the one that was emailed to you when you bought and were told to keep safe? Yes that one. New customers can purchase from the LRB Portfolio website.

Please direct support questions to the support thread.

Lightroom 2.3 and Camera Raw 5.3 Final Release

Lightroom 2.3 and Camera Raw 5.3 Final Release is now available from Adobe.com.
Beyond the following list of bug fixes and existing camera support for the D3X and Olympus E-30 there is also preliminary support for the Epson R-D1x raw format.

Lightroom 2 Bugs - Fixed

In the Windows 64-bit version of Lightroom an sFTP upload process could cause Lightroom to crash.

Slideshows could return to the first image randomly during playback.

A memory leak could cause Lightroom to crash while attempting to process files with local adjustments.

Canon EOS 5D Mk II sRAW files could process with artifacts in Lightroom 2.2.

Lightroom 2.2 could cause disc burning to fail for Windows customers.

Attempting to undo(CTRL-Z) a single step in Lightroom 2.2 on Windows could cause a series of previous actions to be undone.

Lightroom 2.3 also adds additional languages:

Chinese (Simplified)

Chinese (Traditional)

Dutch

Italian

Korean

Portuguese (Brazilian)

Spanish

Swedish

Via Lightroom Journal

Lightroom 2.3 available as Release Candidate

Lightroom 2.3 is now available as a Release Candidate on Adobe Labs. It fixes the memory leak issue, CD burning on Windows issues, and a few others. In addition this version now has additional languages available: Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Dutch, Italian, Korean, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish and Swedish.

To coincide a new version of Camera Raw is available. Both Lightroom 2.3 and Camera Raw 5.3 add support for the Nikon D3X and the Olympus E-30.

More information can be had at the link pages and from Lightroom Journal.

Lightroom 2.2 available

Lightroom 2.2 is now available. (Mac, Win). Among the cameras added to this release are the Canon 5DMkII and the G10. There were quite a few bugs fixed, including one that was affecting my galleries: the 150 character limit on text. I don't know what the new limit is, but I'll endeavour to find out. I had to revert to older, undocumented, code in the meantime, so I'll be happy to bring everything up to date vis the SDK.
One final thing about this release is the addition of non beta Camera Profiles, which are now part of the package.

Camera Raw 5.2 and DNG Converter Available

Tom Hogarty has announced Camera Raw 5.2, along with letting us know that Lightroom 2.2 will be along in December.
There's a list of new cameras supported including the new Canon 5D MkII. Panansonic files that need to be converted to DNG have a little caveat whereby they increase to 3 times the normal raw file size. This is because the 3 channels (red, green and blue) need to be added in linear form, allowing lens corrections from Panasonic to be included in the file. A future version of the DNG spec will change this back to normal size, allowing lens compensations to be stored in metadata in the DNG file.

(Via Lightroom Journal.)

LRB Portfolio updated to 1.01

LRB Portfolio has been updated to 1.01, fixing a width issue with the menu under IE, and changing the right click code to be compatible with WebKit based browsers like Safari and Chrome.
Additions include longer text fields for Home and About, a HTML Metadata Keywords box, Remove home page link, and a slider to set the distance from the top of the broswer. To avoid confusion with those seeing errors with not enough images selected, the Home, About and Contact pages show image 1. You will see the error on gallery pages with not enough images selected. I've added titles to each section for clarity.

Known Issues. On Mac, entering a number directly in the Image Per Gallery silder box doesn't force an update. Click on the slider to force the update. Using the Slider, or hovering over the number and dragging work as normal. I'm in touch with Adobe engineers to see why this code isn't working as normal.

To update, simply use the link you received on purchase to download the new version. Most of you have only one or 2 downloads, so you still have plenty left. Reply with the download link email if you run into trouble.

Lightroom 1.4 and Camera Raw 4.4

Lightroom 1.4 and Camera Raw 4.4: "
The Lightroom 1.4 and Camera Raw 4.4 updates have been posted to the following locations: Lightroom(Mac, Win), Camera Raw(Mac, Win).  The updates include support for the following new camera models:

Canon EOS 450D (Digital Rebel XSi/EOS Kiss X2)

Fujifilm S100FS

Nikon D60

Olympus SP-570 UZ

Pentax K20D

Pentax K200D

Sony A200

Sony A300

Sony A350

Lightroom 1.4 and Camera Raw 4.4 include corrections for the following issues:

• Previous camera profiles identified in the Calibrate panel of the Develop module may have displayed poor results at extreme ends of the temperature and tint ranges. A new camera profile identified as Camera Raw 4.4 is now available and will be applied by default to all images without existing Camera Raw or Lightroom settings. The creation of new default profiles will also include the updated Camera Raw 4.4 profile. Images edited in Camera Raw or Lightroom with earlier profiles will retain the earlier profile value and visual appearance.


• In previous grayscale conversions the Color Noise setting was disabled and this could result in an image with excessive noise when grayscale channel mixing is applied.  Both the tool and effect have been enabled in Lightroom 1.4 and Camera Raw 4.4 providing the ability to reduce noise in grayscale conversions.  In order to return to the prior visual appearance, Color Noise reduction can be set to zero.

Lightroom 1.4 includes corrections for the following issue:

• Compatibility with legacy printer drivers on OS X 10.5 (Leopard) has been updated. I'd like to thank everyone who commented on my earlier post regarding this topic. Some valuable feedback was provided and by working directly with Apple and Epson we are able to provide a resolution through this Lightroom update.

As always, don't forget rule #5!


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(Via Lightroom Journal.)

Updates of many natures.

As is common knowledge by now, Lightroom has been updated to 1.2. To keep compatibility with Photoshop, Camera RAW 4.2 has also been released. I would've made the announcement myself at release time, but I was away in London for a few reasons. One of them was to see Prince in concert. I'd love to show you some pictures processed in Lightroom but cameras were banned from the show!

There is an installer issues for those with non English regional settings, which can be solved with Andy Rahn's walkthrough on the official Lightroom blog: >Lightroom Journal.

1.2 for me has a great fix and small break: The base noise reduction at different ISO's has been reduced. This is great for concert images at ISO1600, which looked very painterly. Yes there was little noise, but unfortunately, there was also little detail. And no, I'm not confusing sharpened noise with actual detail. The break was with Import from Device, which no longer functions. If you auto import from card, you probably won't even notice it, but as I leave the card in and do multiple imports for different shoots, I do notice it. I have to eject and reinsert the card for each import set. Very annoying.
This actually reminds me of an old request I've made a few times. When we dealt with the Shoots concept in the Betas (where a mix of real and virtual folders), you could import different dates to different folders and apply different metadata, develop and keyword settings to each date. In the release versions you can only apply one set of each on import. I'd like to be able to apply the old way please!

My final update is to mention that I'm getting my nose to the grindstone in the writing of a Lightroom book. More details will follow as I find out how much I can say!