A virtual lightbox for digital photographers

If you're a digital photo buff there's no shortage of interesting software you can use to manage and edit your images. The latest offering in this crowded space comes from Adobe, in the form of a virtual studio lightbox. Chris Stevens at CNET.co.uk has been playing with the second beta of Adobe Lightroom, and he says it's worth taking a look at.

Lightroom is designed to replace the traditional studio lightbox: the stage where a film photographer checks their work for focus, composition, colour balance and a range of other fine details. Traditionally a film photographer would stare at prints on an illuminated box, using a loupe to magnify areas. Now that we're all switching to digital, there's no print to examine and physically organise, which is where Lightroom comes in.

If you want to have a go with Adobe Lightroom for yourself, you can download the beta here. It's currently Mac-only, but a PC version is being developed.