Adobe announced today that Photoshop Lightroom 2 is now available. The application is a toolbox for photographers that make managing, adjusting, and presenting lots of digital images easier to do. The new version of Lightroom adds support for dual monitors, streamlined search, and non-destructive image enhancement.

Lightroom 2 is the first Adobe application to support 64-bit Mac OS X 10.5 and 64-bit Windows. The application can organize images across multiple hard drives. Images can have keywords associated with them and helps make intelligent suggestions for keywords to make searching easier. Lightroom 2 is available now for $299 or $99 for users upgrading from the original version.

"One of the big reasons why Lightroom has become such a phenomenon among serious photographers is that Adobe built it with the input of a very vocal user community," said Scott Kelby, president of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP). "Adobe really listens to the issues and challenges today's photographers face and they've built a complete solution that not only meets the needs of photographers; it really feels like it was made just for us. The enhancements to Lightroom 2, combined with the power of Photoshop, give photographers the ultimate freedom to produce professional images quickly."

Via Adobe