Adobe released Lightroom 6.5 and CC 2015.5 today. This is a free update to 6 and CC and includes the normal bug fixes, new camera support and new lens profiles. There are no new features in this update, but some of the bug fixes below can be interpreted as improvements. Classifying them as bug fixes allows [...]
Sometimes when you're preparing your photos for output, whether for print or for your website, you need all of them to be the same aspect ratio, such as 8x10, 5x7 or square. In my latest video tutorial below, learn how to crop them all to the same aspect ratio quickly. In a nutshell: In Grid [...]
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Adobe this morning released Lightroom mobile 2.0 for Android. This release gives Android users many of the same features previously released for the iPhone/iPad version: The point curve within the Curve tool, for precise control over brightness, darkness, and color cast of ranges of tones in your photos. Split toning, for adding color casts to your black and white and color [...]
Whether you are a Creative Cloud subscriber and want to know how to get started with Lightroom mobile or web or you are not a subscriber and are just curious about what you're missing, the video tutorial below will show you. In the Lightroom mobile portion of this tutorial I show you how to easily sync [...]
I am pleased to finally release my updated Lightroom CC/6 and 5: The Fundamentals & Beyond video tutorial series! In this series of 15 1/2 hours of training on 76 videos for everyone from beginners to experienced users, you'll learn how to organize and manage, fix and enhance, and share your photos and videos using Lightroom's [...]
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 [...]