Adobe today released Lightroom 6.4 and CC 2015.4. In addition to the usual bug fixes, new camera and tethering support and lens profiles, are the following additions and improvements: Boundary Warp, for CC subscribers only Usually the Photomerge Panorama process produces a panorama that is not rectangular, and that therefore requires cropping (or Photoshop work). The [...]
I recommend adding copyright and contact information to your photos as you import them into Lightroom, so that when you share photos with the outside world, this data automatically tags along with them and people can get in touch with you if they come across your photos and want to use them. For photos already in [...]
Thank you for making this a great year here on this Lightroom blog! Readers from 219 countries visited. Check out these posts that were the most-read this year: Which Should I Buy, Lightroom CC 2015 or Lightroom 6? Shooting in Raw + JPEG Mode: Why Most of Us Shouldn’t, And How to Set Lightroom Preferences If [...]
Lightroom mobile 2.1 for iPhone and iPad users is now available. Here’s are the major features included in the update: The point curve has been added to the Adjust section, for precise control over brightness, darkness, and color cast of ranges of tones in your photos. Split toning has been added to the Adjust section, to add color [...]
Adobe this morning released Lightroom 6.3 (and CC 2015.3 for subscribers – referred to as 6.3 in this article). In addition to the typical new camera support, lens profiles, tethering support and bug fixes, Lightroom 6.3 has reverted to the import dialog that we had up through Lightroom 6.1.1. In 6.2 released October 5, Adobe introduced [...]
Tom Hogarty of Adobe announced tonight that in the next Lightroom 6 "dot" release (i.e. 6.3 & CC 2015.3), they will revert back to the old import dialog. The streamlined import process introduced in 6.2 suffered from stability issues, and drew consternation from Lightroom users (including myself) upset about many features that were removed. Timing of the [...]
In a post on the Adobe Lightroom Journal blog, Tom Hogarty, Senior Product Manager for photography products, apologized on Friday for the quality of Monday’s Lightroom 6.2 and CC 2015.2 releases. He acknowledges first that it was a mistake to ship the product before resolving the crash bug. In terms of why they made the Import redesign [...]
Adobe today released an update to address crashes and performance issues in the 6.2 and CC 2015.2 releases of this past Monday. The update is labeled 6.2.1 and CC 2015.2.1. I believe that this release has a lot of promise to address both the crashes (mostly on Mac) and the performance lags resulting from how Lightroom was [...]
For those users who missed my suggestion yesterday to not update to Lightroom 6.2 / CC 2015.2 or who decided to risk it, and have been experiencing crashes, here are my suggestions: UPDATE 10/9/15: a 6.2.1 / CC 2015.2.1 update has been released to address crash issue. Update to this, unless you are unhappy with the Import [...]
There’s lots to play with today on our mobile devices. Adobe today released Lightroom mobile 1.3 for Android, and Lightroom mobile 2.0 for iPhones and iPads. We also have some new and updated Photoshop apps for iPad and iPhone that are tightly integrated with Lightroom mobile: Photoshop Mix has been updated, and Photoshop Fix and Premiere Clip [...]
Along with updates to Lightroom Desktop and Mobile, Adobe has released an update of Lightroom Web. Lightroom web is available to Creative Cloud subscribers, at lightroom.adobe.com. If you don't have a subscription to sign in with, you can visit this same page, click on Try on Web, and sign in with an Adobe ID. This will [...]
Lightroom's spot removal tool with its incorporated advanced healing brush is great for getting rid of spots and some objects, as well as for retouching tasks such as reducing the appearance of wrinkles and softening skin. Watch the two video tutorials that Adobe asked me to make last year on how to use this tool. In the first video, [...]
