Adobe has announced Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 beta for Mac OS X and Windows. Available as a free public download from Adobe Labs, Lightroom is a digital photography workflow solution designed to help amateur and professional photographers import, manage, enhance and showcase their images.

Lightroom 4 beta is a preview of new features and capabilities that will be offered in the final release of Lightroom 4, expected in early 2012. The beta features refined technology for superior shadow and highlight processing, expanded management capabilities including enhanced DSLR video support and the ability to create beautiful photo books from within Lightroom, says Winston Hendrickson, vice president of Digital Imaging Products, Adobe.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 beta is available immediately as a free download at http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/ . Customers can submit feedback on the community powered feedback site: http://feedback.photoshop.com .