Adobe has released Lightroom Classic 9.4, cloud-based Lightroom desktop 3.4, and Lightroom Mobile for iOS and Android 5.4. These small updates include support for new new cameras, new lens profiles and bug fixes. Lightroom Classic also now has a Done button in the Import dialog to allow you to save your Import settings without importing, and both Lightroom Classic and the cloud-based Lightroom desktop app now allow you, for a small number of new mirrorless cameras, to turn off the embedded lens profile. Read more about these new features below.
Owners of my latest Lightroom 5, 6 and Classic: The Fundamentals & Beyond video series (within your initial period of free updates or having renewed): I have updated two videos in the series with instruction on the small new features. I am almost finished setting up a Member Area on my website where you will be able to download the updated video series or just the updated files, and watch all videos online. I will be in touch within the next week with instructions on how to log in and access all video series resources.
Not yet an owner of this Lightroom 5, 6 and Classic CC: The Fundamentals & Beyond video series? Whether you’re a beginner or experienced learner, you’ll be amazed at how much you learn! The series is now up-to-date through Lightroom Classic 9.4.
In This Article:
- When and How to Update
- New Cameras Now Supported
- New Lens Profiles
- New Feature: Turning Off an Embedded Lens Profile
- New Lightroom Classic Feature: Import “Done” Button
- Resolved Bugs
(The above links to sections below may or may not work depending on what device and system you are using. If they don’t work, scroll down.)
When and How to Update
When to Update:
I don’t have any indication that things won’t go smoothly with these small updates. That said, it couldn’t hurt to wait a week or two to see if others experience issues. If you install it and then encounter bugs that you can’t live with, you can use the Creative Cloud app to revert to the previous version.
If I hear of serious issues with this release I will post them here in this section – please check here rather than emailing me.
Click here to check for bug reports and to report bugs or issues that you encounter.
If you had previously chosen to auto-update, open Lightroom Classic and go to Help>System Info to verify that you are now using 9.4. If not, or if you hadn’t chosen to auto-update, go to Help>Update, and the Creative Cloud app will open. Click on Update next to Lightroom Classic. If the update is not listed in the CC app then go to Help>Check for Updates. If it’s still not there, click on the three dots next to Lightroom Classic, choose Other Versions, and see if 9.4 is listed there. Otherwise if it’s the day of release, then try later.
This update process is covered in my video tutorial below:
If you’re updating from Lightroom Classic 9.2 or earlier, it may take an hour or two after updating for your system to change the Lightroom icon in your dock or taskbar or on your desktop to the newer version.
Your operating system must support the update to Classic 9. When updating, Lightroom Classic will upgrade your catalog, you’ll need to get your dock/taskbar icons squared away and clean up old files. I recommend watching my video tutorial below on this:
How to Update the Lightroom Desktop App
If you previously were prompted to agree to auto-update Lightroom and if you agreed, then when you open Lightroom for the first time after the update is available, go to Help>System Info to verify that you are now using version 3.4. Otherwise to update to 3.4, go to Help>Updates, and in the Creative Cloud app, on the Updates tab click on Update next to Lightroom (cloud-based photo service; not Lightroom Classic or Lightroom CC 2015.)
Find the Lightroom app in the Apple App Store or Google Play Store and tap on Update.
New Cameras Now Supported
Lightroom Classic and the entire Lightroom ecosystem now support the following new cameras:
- Canon EOS R5
- Canon EOS R6
- Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III S
- Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV
- Panasonic LUMIX DC-G100 (DC-G110)
- Skydio 2
- Sony ZV-1 (DCZV1/B)
Click here for a list of all cameras supported by each version of Lightroom (and Camera Raw).
New Lens Profiles
These new lens profiles are available in Lightroom Classic and throughout the Lightroom ecosystem:
New Feature: Turning Off an Embedded Lens Profile
Generally speaking, lens profiles are applied automatically for mirrorless and compact cameras- they are built-in, and you’ll see a message to this effect in the Lens Corrections panel in Lightroom Classic and the Optics panel in the cloud-based Lightroom desktop app. These profiles can’t be turned off. Now in these desktop apps, for certain new cameras the built-in, or embedded, lens profile can be turned off or modified (with the Distortion and/or Vignetting slider). This is only for new cameras for which the camera manufacturer includes lens correction information in image metadata. Right now this is just for a few cameras, including the Panasonic DC-G100. (I’ll provide the full list here once I obtain it.) For images from these cameras, you’ll see “Enable Lens Profile” checked by default, and the profile is listed as “Camera Settings” – you will not see a “Built-in lens profile applied” message. Uncheck Enable Profile Corrections to turn off application of the profile.
Lightroom Classic New Feature: Import “Done” Button
Now in the Lightroom Classic Import dialog, there are three buttons in the bottom right: Done, Cancel and Import:
- Done (new): Saves your import settings but does not import the selected files
- Cancel: Doesn’t save your settings or import the files
- Import: Saves your settings, imports the files
The new Done button will be especially handy when I’m teaching you to set up your imports, but you’re not ready to actually import. (You can learn all about importing in my Lightroom 5, 6 and Classic: The Fundamentals & Beyond video series, or in a private online session with me.
Resolved Bugs
Many bugs have been fixed or otherwise resolved, including the following customer-reported ones:
- Fuji X100V camera profile white balance shift – resolution: fixed
- In Lightroom 6, after editing metadata preset, dropdown reverts to None – resolution: won’t be fixed
- Can’t display 44 megapixel images in Library
Loupe except in Fit – resolution: fixed - Win 10 Wacom Tablet Slow/Delayed Screen update when adjusting curves – resolution: can’t reproduce
- Lightroom Classic sets color labels with incorrect case in the label name, affecting filters – resolution: fixed
- Auto Complete for Keywords is not disabled even after disabling the settings in preferences – resolution: fixed
- Auto sync/sync not working properly – resolution: not a bug
- Develop settings applied to TIFF disappear after Edit in PS > Edit Original – resolution: fixed
- Edit in PS as SMart object causes VRAM hogging and artifacts in Develop Module – resolution: no longer applies
- Save To File doesn’t clear IPTC fields – resolution: fixed
- Save Metadata To File doesn’t clear IPTC fields – resolution: fixed
- Rename on import is not maintaining the correct original name – resolution: fixed
- 1:1 Library Previews cannot be built with files over a certain pixel dimension – resolution: fixed
- French translation improvement – resolution: fixed
- [Win Only] Import from Catalog previews are not displayed at first – resolution: fixed
- Additional history step is created when clicked on graduated filter pin – resolution: fixed
- “Get started with Lightroom” is shown instead of AdobeID identity plate for users with no access to sync
- Sync tool tip is shown to China user
- Extraneous “Convert to Black & White No” history step when selection HSL TAT tool on an old JPEG that lists Embedded as its profile – resolution: fixed
- LrC crashes while clicking the Import button
- UserCrash: Access violation in cr_optimized OptCopyArea16
- Lightroom 9.3 map module stops working after adding Monaco or Kosovo as location – resolution: fixed
Where can I get a book for the new Lightroom 3.3 or 3.4?
Hi Rick, check out Victoria Bampton’s Edit Like a Pro book – it covers more than just editing.