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Introducing My Lightroom CC/6 Video Series for Beginners and Experienced Users

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 [...]

2017-06-28T18:10:59-07:00January 31st, 2016|Comments Off on Introducing My Lightroom CC/6 Video Series for Beginners and Experienced Users

Adobe Releases Lightroom 6.4 and CC 2015.4 with Boundary Warp Feature

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 [...]

2021-10-22T10:40:05-07:00January 27th, 2016|Comments Off on Adobe Releases Lightroom 6.4 and CC 2015.4 with Boundary Warp Feature

Now’s The Time to Create Your 2016 Copyright Preset

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 [...]

2017-07-09T17:33:25-07:00January 2nd, 2016|Comments Off on Now’s The Time to Create Your 2016 Copyright Preset

Most Popular Lightroom Articles of 2015

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 [...]

2017-06-28T18:11:46-07:00December 29th, 2015|Comments Off on Most Popular Lightroom Articles of 2015

Adobe Releases Lightroom Mobile 2.1 for iPad and iPhone

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 [...]

2017-06-28T18:11:57-07:00December 17th, 2015|Comments Off on Adobe Releases Lightroom Mobile 2.1 for iPad and iPhone

Adobe Releases Lightroom 6.3 with Restored “Classic” Import Experience

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 [...]

2021-10-22T10:40:05-07:00November 17th, 2015|Comments Off on Adobe Releases Lightroom 6.3 with Restored “Classic” Import Experience

Adobe Plans to Revert Back to Old Import Dialog

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 [...]

2017-06-28T18:12:16-07:00October 16th, 2015|Comments Off on Adobe Plans to Revert Back to Old Import Dialog

Adobe Product Manager Apologizes for 6.2 / CC 2015.2 Release

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 [...]

2017-06-28T18:12:30-07:00October 10th, 2015|Comments Off on Adobe Product Manager Apologizes for 6.2 / CC 2015.2 Release

Adobe Releases Lightroom Update to Address Crashes and Performance Issues

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 [...]

2018-09-27T15:25:35-07:00October 9th, 2015|Comments Off on Adobe Releases Lightroom Update to Address Crashes and Performance Issues

How to Roll Back to Lightroom 6.1.1 or CC 2015.1

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 [...]

2019-03-21T12:46:04-07:00October 6th, 2015|Comments Off on How to Roll Back to Lightroom 6.1.1 or CC 2015.1

Lightroom Mobile Updates and New Photoshop Apps Released!

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 [...]

2018-09-27T15:27:27-07:00October 5th, 2015|Comments Off on Lightroom Mobile Updates and New Photoshop Apps Released!

Lightroom Web Update Released with Direct Image Upload, Editing

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 [...]

2018-09-27T15:23:32-07:00October 5th, 2015|Comments Off on Lightroom Web Update Released with Direct Image Upload, Editing
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