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 [...]
Adobe announced this morning the availability of an update for both the standalone Lightroom 6 software, and the Creative Cloud (CC) subscription. The update includes support for new cameras, bug fixes and lens profiles. It does not include any new features. To update, if Lightroom doesn't prompt you to update when you open it, go to [...]
Tonight in Lightroom CC 2015.1 (for subscribers only), Adobe has released a new Dehaze feature and local black and white controls. Watch my video tutorial below for a full lesson and tips on these new features. In addition to the basics of Dehaze, I show you how it can boost reflection shots, and what to [...]
Adobe tonight announced the release of an update to Lightroom CC and 6 for desktop, as well as new features for Lightroom mobile for iOS (iPad and iPhone). For Lightroom Desktop, both subscription CC and stand-alone 6, the update includes new camera support, bug fixes, additional lens profiles, and tethering support for the Canon 70D. In [...]
Adobe released the new version of Lightroom today! Officially there are two versions, "Lightroom CC 2015" for Creative Cloud subscribers, and "Lightroom 6", which is the stand-alone perpetual-license version. (you'll read almost no mention of 6 in the Adobe press release, but it is available.) As always, CC subscribers have access to syncing with Lightroom [...]
Here’s a complete list of all the new features and changes in Lightroom CC / 6. For video tutorials explaining all the features and changes, visit (this Lightroom 6 resources page). Photo Merge HDR Designed to merge multiple exposures to increase dynamic range. It is not designed to give creative HDR looks, that plug-ins such as [...]
Adobe has released a small update to Lightroom 5.7.1, with new camera support for the Sony ILCE-A7M2, a bug fix to address chromatic aberration issues specific to the Samsung NX1, and new lens profiles. New Lens Profiles Mount Name Canon EF Canon EF 24-105mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM Canon EF Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM Canon EF [...]
Lightroom 5.7 was released tonight. For those of you waiting for support for the Canon 7D Mark II, the Nikon D750, and other new cameras, as well as those of you with the Nikon D4S and D810 waiting for tethering support, this will be great news. For the rest of us, there are bug fixes, new [...]
Adobe has announced the immediate availability of the release candidate of Camera Raw 8.7 and an update to the DNG Converter - both are available at labs.adobe.com. The DNG converter in particular can be useful for Lightroom users who have purchased one of the new cameras below - until support for these cameras is available in [...]
Adobe has announced that Lightroom 5.6 is now available. This is a free update to Lightroom 5, with new camera support, new lens profiles, and bug fixes. If Lightroom doesn’t prompt you to update when you open it, go to Help > Check for Updates (or download the update directly from the links provided at the [...]