Download Photoshop Lightroom 5 for free today

Photoshop Lightroom is a sophisticated photo editing software that combines image cataloging. Today, Adobe announces the immediate availability of version 5 beta as a free download.

If you're serious about photography but on a tight budget then you're in luck. Today, Adobe announced the availability of Lightroom 5 beta for Windows and Mac as a free download.

Adobe Lightroom allows photography enthusiasts and professionals to enhance, organise and share photos. The new release offers a free, public preview of new features and tools that will be offered in the final release, expected later this year.

"Lightroom is the essential tool for busy professional and discerning amateur photographers, who are uncompromising in the pursuit for image quality or searching for artistic expression," said Abobe's vice president of digital imaging products, Winston Hendrickson. "The Lightroom 5 beta is highly valuable in ensuring the new features support and address the needs of our customers and we look forward to hearing feedback."

Adobe Lightroom 5 beta features a new advanced healing brush, which can easily remove elements from a scene.

The new release offers users many new features, including:

1. Advanced Healing Brush allows users to heal imperfections and remove distracting elements.
2. Upright tool analyses an image to automatically level horizons and straighten objects like buildings to correct a keystone effect.
3. Radial Gradient tool creates off-centre or multiple vignette effects.
4. Smart Previews allow customers to edit images without needing the original raw file.
5. Video slideshow enables customers to combine still images, video clips and music in a creative HD slideshow.
6. Upgrades to the Book module enhancing the ability to create, customise and order elegant photo books using a variety of
tailored templates.