The official release of Lightroom 3.0 is now available after a long public beta testing round. There’ve been a number of interesting changes from the public beta version, and this final release looks like it will be a great tool for photographers with significantly more features than in v2.0 that would be worth upgrading for.

More after the jump.

You can download the 30-day trial here.

The official announcement from the Adobe Blog lists the following changes between the final and beta releases:

• Profile-based lens correction that addresses:
  • Geometric lens distortion(i.e., barrel or pincushion)
  • Chromatic aberration
  • Vignette effects
• Manual geometric lens correction
• Horizontal and vertical perspective correction
• Improved Web templates for updated color and design options
• Additional Print templates to utilize the new creative layout options
• New develop presets for creative B&W and Color adjustments
• Focal length filtering available in the metadata filter
• Updated SDK with publish collection functionality and access to collection and keyword metadata
• Improved interactive responsiveness
• Ability to upgrade Lightroom 1, Lightroom 2 catalogs as well as Lightroom 3 beta or Lightroom 3 beta 2 catalogs
  • Images edited in Lightroom 3 beta or Lightroom 3 beta 2 will migrate to Lightroom 3.0 with little to no visual adjustments. Minor sharpening adjustments may appear.
• Ability to migrate Photoshop Elements 6, 7 or 8 catalogs to Lightroom 3
• Updated print resolution limits of 720ppi for local printing and 1200ppi for printing to a JPEG file.

There’s also a great Getting Started with Lightroom 3 video from Adobe TV here: