Adobe has released a public beta of Adobe Photoshop® Lightroom® 2.0. The beta program will run through August of 2008. According to their website, the following enhancements are included in the beta release:

• Localized Corrections — Enhance specific areas of an image for unsurpassed nondestructive flexibility and control reminiscent of the traditional darkroom dodge and burn experience.
• Improved Organizational Tools — Find the images you need quickly and easily.
• Multiple Monitor Support — Add an additional monitor to efficiently manage photographic workflow and presentation.
• Flexible Print Package Functionality — Create custom layouts containing multiple sizes of a photograph on a single page.
• 64-bit Support — Lightroom 2.0 now takes advantage of the latest hardware architectures with improved memory handling and performance.

You can read the official Release Notes for more details and to see read about the known issues. Visit the Adobe Labs Photoshop Lightroom 2.0 Public Beta page at Adobe Labs to download and install the beta release.

NOTE: The Lightroom 2.0 beta program is available for use by all current Lightroom customers. If you don't already own a copy of Lightroom you can download the beta and try it for thirty days. If thirty days is not enough time, Lightroom customers can invite friends to try the beta with them for the full length of the program.