Adobe today released version 2.1 of the Lightroom CC cloud-based desktop application, along with Lightroom CC iOS 4.1 and Android 4.1. These received minor new features, support for new cameras, new lens profiles, and a myriad of bug fixes. An update to Lightroom Classic was also released - see my Lightroom Classic article for details [...]
Watch my free video tutorial below to learn how to upgrade to Lightroom Classic CC from Lightroom 6 and earlier versions. It's usually a very smooth process, but I'll prepare you to handle any glitches that may occur along the way, such as Lightroom Classic CC not finding your old catalog. [...]
As of the end of November, 2018, the Map module will no longer work in Lightroom 4, 5, 6, CC 2015, and Classic CC 7.x. (You'll receive an "Oops" message: "This page didn't load Google Maps correctly. See the JavaScript console for technical details.") To use the Map module you'll need to upgrade to Lightroom Classic CC [...]
It's not uncommon for people to leave applications open on their computers for days at a time or even longer. If it's not hurting the performance of the application you're using, then why not, right? Please don't do this with Lightroom - remember that you'll only get the prompt to back up your Lightroom catalog when [...]
With albums in the cloud-based Lightroom and collections in Lightroom Classic, Lightroom 6 and earlier versions, one usually drags photos to them to assign those photos to them. Dragging takes time and can be a hassle if you have to scroll to your album or collection. Now we have functionality in both applications to quickly [...]
If your iPhone 7+, 8+, X, Xs, Xs Max or Xr camera is set to capture depth information, now in Lightroom Classic CC v. 8 use Depth Range Mask within the graduated filter, radial filter and adjustment brush to confine your edits based on distance to the camera. For instructions on how to capture images [...]
As Adobe's annual MAX conference starts today, Adobe has released Lightroom Classic CC version 8.0. Unlike previous ".0" releases, this one is a relatively small update with a few new features, plus support for new cameras, new lens profiles, tethering for additional Canon cameras, and bug fixes. I've been conditioned to expect big things in ".0" [...]
Adobe today released version 2.0 of the Lightroom CC cloud-based desktop application, along with Lightroom CC iOS 4.0 and Android 4.0. An update to Lightroom Classic was also released - see my Lightroom Classic article for details on this. Lightroom CC Desktop 2.0 requires Windows 10 v1703 or later, or macOS 10.12 Sierra or later. [...]
In the cloud-based Lightroom desktop app as well as in Lightroom Mobile, we now have a People function that identifies people in our photos and allows us to name them. Watch my video tutorial below, or read on below the video for details on how to use People. (Note that the cloud-based Lightroom was called [...]
Now in Lightroom Web you can format the display of Lightroom Classic collections and Lightroom CC albums that you plan to share with friends or clients. Divide the album into sections, change the theme and background color, add a background photo or add a hero shot at the top of the page, filter on pick [...]
Many of you know that I urge everyone to back up their photo library - photos and catalog - and all your other documents to one or more external hard drives and also to a cloud backup service. I have worked with two clients in the past week who were running Backblaze and Carbonite cloud backup [...]
Today many users of the cloud-based Lightroom CC application are reporting encountering the following message: "Uh-oh! Lightroom CC needs to be restarted. You've deleted your catalog." Don't panic - just restart the application, and all should be well. Adobe is looking into this - they initially believed that "this is being triggered by a Mac OS [...]
