To coincide with the Adobe Max event in Los Angeles this week, Adobe has released an update to Lightroom and Lightroom mobile.
****WARNING – the general consensus is that this release might be a little premature and there are a few bugs to be worked out. I am not recommending downloading right away – There have been reports of crashes on Mac’s, a few performance issues and the new import dialog may be confusing to some users. (I believe you can disable that and use the legacy version)
I will be testing and using the new update over the next few weeks and will post findings and conclusions.
One of the best things so far is that the new Dehaze slider which used to be just a global adjustment is now a Local Adjustment. Not sure why it wasn’t this way right from the beginning. Great to be able to add and reduce “haze” from selected parts of an image using the graduated filter, radial filter and adjustment brush YEA!!! (CC version only)
They have revamped the Import Dialog box – which may or may not be a good thing.
- Select a Source: There is a new “Add Photos” screen which scans to identify the potential locations for photos on your hard drive. You can also easily select from a folder, a connected camera (via USB cable), a memory card, external hard drive, or Photoshop Elements catalog.
- Select images: The Import Dialog has been redesigned. Your source will already be selected (you choose it in step 1) so you can specify which images to import.
- Choose any import settings (optional): While there isn’t a need to change the default settings, you can open the gear icon (on the top right) to adjust and change import settings.
- Hit the import button.
- Click to view the full list of supported cameras
- Click here for the full list of available Adobe Lens Profiles
- Library
- When migrating from Photoshop Elements, Lightroom included face regions which were previously either rejected or deleted in Elements.
- Develop
- Photo Merge
- HDR and Pano Merge have been improved.
- Slideshow
- All exported JPEGs in Slideshows have the same slide text.
- Images rendered as swapped blocks within the Slideshow module. (Windows machines with AMD graphics cards only.)
- Lightroom CC Slideshow Module takes over selected display monitor until LR is closed. (Windows machines with AMD graphics cards only.)
- Export
- Other Fixes
- A range of AMD cards appeared as unsupported on Windows but you’ll need to install the AMD 15.8 beta driver, which is available here.
- Map, Book, Publish, Sync were not working for Creative Cloud Enterprise customers on Mac OSX 10.10.
At the Grand Canyon workshop you predicted that Dehaze would be added to local adjustments. Did it happen sooner than you expected? New version sounds worth having but I think I'll wait to upgrade for a while. I'm working on a couple of projects (books) and I don't want to take a chance on messing them up.
Bob Ryden