Wish it was only 99 $ here. When I open Adobe.com, I'm automatically directed to the German site, where the upgrade costs 117.81 €.
Considering the exchange rate, this is about twice as much as in the States. I don't quite understand the difference -even without VAT, the German price would be 99 €, so it's not due to differences in taxes.
BTW, I'd be quite happy to use an English version. Does anybody know of a way I could legally buy the US version?
Laurenz
http://www.travelphoto.net/
2008/7/31 Don Roberts <droberts@xxxxxxxxxx>
I have LR 2 installed and have had no trouble. I am not an expert, indeed not even adept, at Photoshop or Lightroom but my first impressions are that it is an improvement. I am not sure it is worth the money though. There are some features that will probably be very useful but there is a learning curve as there seems to be with everything now and the documentation is lacking. It seems they want to sell books telling you how to use the software you have purchased also. Searching the web turns up some guides. The biggest things in my limited view are aimed at higher volume users than I am. You can export to CS3 Photomerge, pano and HDR, but you can just open CS3 and do the same thing. I am still puzzling it out. There is a Clarity tool that seems useful for quick fixes and red eye etc. I need more time with it before I can say it was worth the $99 upgrade cost.
Don
