Lightroom 2.0 Release for Android

Lightroom 2.0 for Android has been released - Offering some nice improvements.

• An in-app camera, supporting the capture of images in DNG raw format
• Shoot-through presets, also available within the in-app camera, enabling previewing and capturing images with a series of built-in presets providing non-destructive editing
• Dehaze tool to adjust haze and fog in an image
• Split Toning enhancement, enabling the addition of a color cast to the highlights and shadows of an image, creating a uniquely stylized color image or replicating the look and feel of a traditional toned black and white image
• Target Adjustment Tool functionality in the Color/B&W editing tool, providing direct, on-image editing controls
• Point mode in Curve tool providing complete control over the tonality and contrast of an image
• Enhanced sharing with one-tap access to Adobe Premiere Clip for crafting video stories.

Open on the Play Store to Update Adobe Premiere Clip has also been updated. (my favorite Android video editor)

• Improved output quality -export at 1080p
• Support for files larger than 1GB
• Improved performance and stability - I have already found it to be very stable - more than any other android video editor I have tried.

New Bonus for Patreon Members - Lightroom Performance Tips

Wish Lightroom was a bit faster? As a bonus to Patreon support members we've got a new guide for performance tips to get you going. As a bit of a sneak peek, most people don't realize Lightroom can be sped up with just a few clicks.By running Optimize Catalog in Lightroom (File > Optimize Catalog) the program takes the time to go through the catalog and do a bit of clean up. Small catalogs won’t see much of an improvement, but larger ones with thousands of files will start to see decent gains for the couple minutes it takes to run an optimization. Just like defragmentation on a hard drive, this gives Lightroom the chance to clean house and get back to a proper working order. 

Lightroom Edit- Making Fall Colors POP!

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Lightroom CC Updates / New Features

June updates to Adobe CC Photography - Shop the Adobe Creative Cloud Photography Planhttps://youtu.be/BCzMWJ2or-ULightroom CC 2015.1 and Lightroom 6.1 are now available on Adobe.com, Creative Cloud subscribers can update using the Creative Cloud installer program or go to Lightroom, Help > Updates.The goal of this release is to provide additional camera raw support, lens profile support and address bugs that were introduced in previous releases of Lightroom. Lightroom on iOS v1.5 is also now available. Bug fixes, Tethered capture, new camera and lens support updates are available in both Lightroom 6 and Lightroom CC.Additionally Lightroom CC on the desktop gets a new feature

Dehaze

• Many outdoor scenes have some amount of haze due to atmospheric conditions. Dehaze is a new feature for removing/adding haze and fog from pictures.
• The user can control how much haze to remove by adjusting a new slider in the Effects panel in the Dehaze section. This feature can also be used in the other direction to increase the amount of haze.Recommended Workflow – Adjust the white balance of the image before applying the Dehaze control.

Local White and Black Adjustment Sliders

• Available with all 3 local adjustment tools: Gradient Filter, Radial Filter and Local adjustment brush
• Useful for fine-tuning tonality near the brightest and darkest parts of the picture. For instance, they can be used to increase the contrast of highlights.
• Recommended Workflow – Make your global adjustments first and then use the local adjustments to fine tune. Use the clip warning indicator to help avoid clipping highlights and shadows.

Easy move tool from Photoshop Elements to Lightroom

• Transferring your photos from Photoshop Elements to Lightroom on your desktop is easier than ever.
• Information from your Elements catalogs, including photo ratings and people tags, stay preserved in Lightroom.

What else is new in the Creative Cloud?iOS Lightroom Mobile

• Video support:  You can now import, and sync your iPhone and iPad created videos from Lightroom on iOS to the web and desktop.
• More adjustment tools
  • Vignettes
  • Adjust the Color channel and B&W mix
  • Tone Curve

No word on the Android version of Lightoom mobile but Adobe did release several new Android apps that have been in beta for the last few months: Adobe Photoshop Mix, Adobe Color, Adobe Shape, Adobe Brush CCNew Camera and Lens Profile Support - 

• Fujifilm X-T10
• Nikon 1 J5
• Nikon D810A
• Panasonic DMC-G7
• Pentax K-S2
• Pentax K3 II (*)

Mount	Name
Canon	Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM
Canon	Canon EF 400mm f/4 DO IS II USM
Canon	Tokina AT-X 11-20mm f/2.8 PRO DX
DJI	PHANTOM 3 FC300S (RAW + JPEG)
DJI	PHANTOM 3 FC300X (RAW + JPEG)
Leica	Voigtlander VM 15mm f4.5 Super Wide Heliar III Aspherical
Nikon	Nikon 1 NIKKOR VR 10-100mm f/4-5.6
Nikon	Nikon 1 NIKKOR VR PD-Zoom 10-100mm f/4.5-5.6
Nikon	Nikon AF NIKKOR 85mm f/1.4D IF
Nikon	Tokina AT-X 11-20mm f/2.8 PRO DX
Pentax	HD PENTAX-DA 18-50mm f/4-5.6 DC WR RE
Pentax	HD PENTAX-DA L 18-50mm f/4-5.6 DC WR RE
Pentax	HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm f/4.5-5.6ED DC AW
Sony Alpha	Sony 16-35mm f/2.8 ZA SSM II
Sony Alpha	Sony 24-70mm f/2.8 ZA SSM II
Sony Alpha	Sony 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G SSM II

Lots of bug fixes. See the complete list. Adobe also introduced their own Stock Photo/Image service and updated several other apps including Premier.

Assignment Critique for May - Cropping

A broad story with a fraction of the image https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzERZ4M25_c

Raw Doctor EP3: Perfect Dark Exposure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0JaNyMHJi8 In this episode Toby takes you through a dark landscape edit, a smoky blue club scene and makes minor edits to a beautiful hummingbird.  Learn about perfecting your black and white points for better contrast and why that is often a better approach than the contrast slide, how to increase certain colors while keeping the overall look of your image natural and loads more tips.Would you like to submit a raw file for a future Raw Doctor Episode? Visit http://photorec.tv/rawdoctor to submit a raw file.  

Lightroom 6/CC Hands-on, New Features

I walk through the new features in Lightroom 6 - giving you a brief over view of the changes and a discussion of Lightroom 6 vs Lightroom CC. What new feature or features are you most interested in?CC subscription is $9.99/mo but B&H is offering a SPECIAL Deal - $99/year just $8.25/mo gives you access to Photoshop, Lightroom, Lightroom mobile and Web Galleries!  Click here for the B&H $99/yr deal

Overview of the new features in Lightroom 6/Lightroom CC:

Panorama Merge: Stitch together multiple images, including raw files, to create stunning panorama shots.HDR Merge: Create natural-looking or surreal images from extremely high-contrast scenes. Using HDR merge, you can easily combine multiple shots taken with different exposure settings into a single high dynamic range image.Filter Brush: Precisely control which parts of your image are affected by the Graduated or Radial filters. Now you can use a brush to edit the filter’s mask, adding or subtracting filter effects wherever you want.Advanced video slideshows: Combine still images, video and music with professional effects like pan and zoom and match transition to beat.Significant improvements in performance - note, I am not seeing huge differences at this time, but still testing.Facial Recognition: Easily find and organize photos of family and friends with new Facial Recognition features in Lightroom CC.

Lightroom CC / 6 New Features

Now Official  - Scroll down for stand alone pre-order links or just buy in CC subscription. Your update will just auto-magically happen today. CC subscription is $9.99/mo but B&H is offering a SPECIAL Deal - $99/year just $8.25/mo gives you access to Photoshop, Lightroom, Lightroom mobile and Web Galleries!  Click here for the B&H $99/yr deal There will be two versions Lightroom CC (bundled with Photoshop at $9.99 a month and provides access to mobile apps and web galleries) and to the relief of many, a standalone version for $149.00.   It will be released today.   All features listed except the mobile apps and web sync are available in both versions.

New Features in Lightroom CC and Lightroom 6

Panorama Merge: Stitch together multiple images, including raw files, to create stunning panorama shots.HDR Merge: Create natural-looking or surreal images from extremely high-contrast scenes. Using HDR merge, you can easily combine multiple shots taken with different exposure settings into a single high dynamic range image.Filter Brush: Precisely control which parts of your image are affected by the Graduated or Radial filters. Now you can use a brush to edit the filter’s mask, adding or subtracting filter effects wherever you want.Advanced video slideshows: Combine still images, video and music with professional effects like pan and zoom and match transition to beat.Significant improvements in performanceFacial Recognition: Easily find and organize photos of family and friends with new Facial Recognition features in Lightroom CC. Specific Updates to CC - Better sharing/sync to the web/mobile applications

Lightroom on mobile

• Android Tablet Support: Previously only available on Android phones, now you can sync, edit, organize and share on Android tablets as well.
• Native DNG support on Android: Android 5.0 (aka “Lollipop”) now allows you to shoot photos in raw, and saves them as DNG files. You can now import those DNG files directly from your Android device.
• Android SD card support: You can now specify local storage to an SD card rather than internal device storage.
• TIFF support on iOS: If you’re creating TIFF files on your iOS device, you can now import and edit them using Lightroom.
• Improved crop experience on iOS: We simplified the number of tiles in our crop UI so you can now easily find aspect ratios, and we added an auto-straighten function, directly leveraging the Upright technology.

Personally I love these androidBuy Standalone Lightroom 6 from B&H Photo (no mobile access)CC subscription is $9.99/mo but B&H is offering a SPECIAL Deal - $99/year just $8.25/mo gives you access to Photoshop, Lightroom, Lightroom mobile and Web Galleries!  Click here for the B&H $99/yr dealLightroom for Beginners: our training materials will be updated with Lightroom 6 changes in the next few weeks. Buy now and you have access to future updates.

Raw Doctor //EP1 Lightroom Tips & Tricks, Fixing your Photos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S208DIMUH0I Welcome to the first episode of "RAW DOCTOR"  Where we take your raw photos and demonstrate Lightroom tips and tricks for improving the look.  Submit photos or just watch and learn, either way you will benefit and improve your post processing skills.New episodes each week. Submit your photos at http://photorec.tv/rawdoctorWant to master Lightroom? Check out our Lightroom for Beginners Series   

JPEG Compression - Can you tell the difference?

Lossless PNG Screenshots from files showing different JPEG Compression amounts. Which look best to you? What compression rate do you usually use? Quality 90: 1.3MBQuality 80: 843KBQuality 70: 601KBQuality 60: 335KB  Quality 90: 3.8MBQuality 80: 2.4MBQuality 70: 1.7MBQuality 60: 883KB   The answers are in the file names - showing the quality amount 60, 70, 80 0r 90. Episode 6 of our Lightroom series, out tomorrow, will have all of our tips about exporting intelligently!

Lightroom Series - For Beginners

Episodes  1 & 2 Get you started with Lightroom - explaining how Lightroom works, where to store your photos to stay organized and in episode 2 Christina Bernales, professional wedding photographer gives you the knowledge to master editing your photos. These two episodes provide 2+ hours of instruction and episode 2 includes 24 presets to make editing your photos painless.Reviews on Episodes 1 & 2Very good start to lightroom if you have never used it before. If you do use it the tips in this lesson will still help you keep your photo library organized. Most other lightroom videos are much more expensive. For the price of this complete series many other places would charge 10 tines as much. Michael Ricci – Mar 2, 2015This video is PERFECT for the Lightroom novice such as me to help bring my pictures to the next level. I think Christina has done an excellent job explaining and demonstrating the numerous Lightroom features in this video !! I also definitely appreciate the added bonus of the presets and keyboard shortcut templates ! Thank you EXCELLENT video.Rich – Mar 9, 2015 Would you like access to all of these videos for just $3/mo?[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][product sku="lightroomEP1Setup"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][product sku="lightroomEP2EditingBasics"][/vc_column][/vc_row]Episodes  3 & 4 take your editing to the next level and provide the tool to be a power user of Lightroom - make the program do the work for you, producing beautifully edited photos on import and make use of collections and other tools in Lightroom to work smarter, not harder.Reviews on Episodes 3 & 4If you are a seasoned professional or a beginner you can take something useful away from this course. I highly recommend this series.William Stone  – Mar 5, 2015Would you like access to all of these videos for just $3/mo?[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][product sku="lightroomEP3IntBasics"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][product sku="lightroomEP4PwrTools"][/vc_column][/vc_row] 

Lightroom Guide - EP1 Setup for Success

NOTE: Patreon Supporters ($3 and up/month) get FREE Access to this video and future videos. This would be a great time to become a supporter.This is part 1 of a series of Lightroom videos that will guide users of all levels and experience with the task of managing their photos using Adobe Lightroom.In this video, Toby provides you with a detailed, step-by-step description of how to create a catalog, where to store your catalog, how import photos from any media (including your hard drive) how to create an organization scheme for your photos to help you find them in the future, and how to use keyboard shortcuts to speed up your workflow.With the purchase of the video, you'll also be able to download and print your own keyboard shortcut cheat-sheet to help you through this first lesson. $2.50 gets you:

• 1 hour of instruction separated by chapters for easy navigation
• Access to the PhotoRec Lightroom Support Group - get your questions answered!
• Future proof, buyers will have FREE access to updated Lightroom 6 content

Table of Contents:

• Brief intro to Lightroom
• Installation of Lightroom
• Creating a catalog or catalogs
• Recommended Organization
• Importing Image from Camera/Card
• Importing Existing Images
• Library Interface
• Efficiently Navigating Lightroom
• Overview of Lightroom Preferences

8 Episodes total in series with additional bonus content.  Purchasers of the content now will get free access to the updated Lightroom 6 Guide when released.Length: 56 minutesInstructor: Toby GelstonSoftware Required: Current version of LightroomAdditional Gear Suggested: NoneBuy Now[product sku="lightroomEP1Setup"]

Lightroom 6 - April 21st???

 Will we see Lightroom 6 announced tomorrow, April 21st?Lightroom 6 links have been leaked online in several locations. It looks like it will still be sold as a standalone program and has a few new features, one I find quite surprising!Episode 1-7 of our Lightroom Guide is out and for a limited time just $2.49 -Anyone purchasing the guide now will have free access to the updated Lightroom 6 videos when released.  More informationNew features in Lightroom 6

• Face Recognition- Quickly find pictures of loved ones, even without metadata tags. You select a face on the photo, Lightroom and search the person it belongs to all of your other shots. Sort and group your photos by faces. //I am quite surprised and did not think Adobe would include this, it feels very much like a consumer feature but that does support the idea that Adobe wants that market as well as the professional market.

• Merge to HDR- Create realistic or surreal images from high-contrast scenes. By merging HDR, you can easily combine photos with different exposures into a single HDR image. //We will be able to combine images in Lightroom to create HDR- previously this required 3rd party plugins or trips outside Lightroom.

• Fusion panoramas- Realize XXL ultradétaillés panoramas. Photomerge technology lets you merge multiple images, including raw files, to create panoramas out of the ordinary. //Sounds like the photomerge tool in Photoshop. I don't know if the "fusion" at the beginning makes it better, probably just marketing speak. "Hey Joe, what should we call the new panorama feature?" "Ummm Panorama tool?" "No that is boring, let's stick a word on the front that is really fancy for merge. . ."  Additional note- this is all translated from french, it is possible that they won't use the word fusion.  I will be sad :)

• Performance gains- Import and refine your photos in record time. Lightroom leverages compatible graphics process to get you better performance, especially when you edit your images in the Develop module.  //VERY WELCOME FEATURE. Lightroom is great but there are many little catching points that slow you down at times and I am hopeful we will see some real speed gains here.I have highlighted the portion here that points to where those gains are likely to come from.

• Sophisticated video slideshows- Create stunning slideshows combining still images, movies and music, and supplement them with pan and zoom effects, for example. //Sounds great - there is a slideshow module in Lightroom 5 but this looks to take it up a level or two with pan and zooms. After the Fusion Panramas I am surprised they only went with the word "sophisticated". 

What feature are you most excited about? What features would you still like to see? Leave a comment below or on the facebook post-Want to jump on the Lightroom Bandwagon? Purchase Creative Cloud today ($9.99/mo)and you will automatically receive the upgrade to Lightroom 6 when released.[yop_poll id="1"]The full product description is below (Translated from French)Product Overview Lightroom 6Master your digital photography workflowRanking, optimization and sharing - Lightroom together in one fast, intuitive application all tools dedicated to digital photography.Bring out the best of each photoTest your ideas freely with non-destructive tools - your original pictures remain intact. Lightroom lets you optimize every pixel of your photos, they were taken with a professional digital SLR camera or mobile phone.Key features of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6Environment nondestructiveUnleash your creativity in a nondestructive editing environment that allows you to test your ideas freely. The originals remain intact and you can easily cancel your edits or save multiple versions of a cliché.Advanced conversion feature black and whiteMonitor closely the tonal qualities so essential to the black and white photos. Combine precisely the information of eight color layers in the grayscale conversion.Development predefined settingsSave time by instantly applying the desired effect to your images.Just save develop settings as a preset and apply them to other photos in a click. If Lightroom includes dozens of presets, thousands more are offered by third parties.Face RecognitionQuickly find pictures of loved ones, even without metadata tags. You select a face on the photo, Lightroom and search the person it belongs to all of your other shots. Sort and group your photos by faces.Sophisticated Healing BrushGet best pictures with one touch. Set the brush size and move it according to specific plots. Unwanted items and other imperfections, including irregular shapes son type, magically disappear.Upright (Vertically)Straighten skewed images with a single click. The Upright tool (Vertically) analyzes the image and detects horizontal or vertical lines inclined. It can even recover images without horizon.Merge to HDRCreate realistic or surreal images from high-contrast scenes. By merging HDR, you can easily combine photos with different exposures into a single HDR image.Fusion panoramasRealize XXL ultradétaillés panoramas. Photomerge technology lets you merge multiple images, including raw files, to create panoramas out of the ordinary.Performance gainsImport and refine your photos in record time. Lightroom leverages compatible graphics process to get you better performance, especially when you edit your images in the Develop module.Sophisticated video slideshowsCreate stunning slideshows combining still images, movies and music, and supplement them with pan and zoom effects, for example.Optimized web galleriesPresent your work in the most elegant web galleries, more attractive and interactive. The new models of HTML5 compatible galleries are supported by many browsers and mobile devices work stations.Integration of online sharingEasily publish images on social networks and sites for such as Facebook and Flickr. On some sites, you can even view the online comments on your images directly from Lightroom Library.Creating photo booksCreate beautiful photo books. Lightroom includes a large number of user-friendly catalog templates that you can now customize. Load them then printing a few clicks. 

Create Panoramas with Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvn7aFmVL3Q[/embed]In just over 10 minutes, I teach you to create multi-image panoramas using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.

Lightroom Plugin- Focus Points

I am often asked about reviewing focus points in Lightroom, until now it hasn't been possible. Canon's own DIgital Photo Professional (DPP) does provide the feature but in general DPP doesn't provide nearly the power or efficiency that Lightroom provides.Chris Reimold has created a FREE plugin that now allows you to see focus point information.Download link for http://www.lightroomfocuspointsplugin.com/Can be useful for diagnosing focusing issues or satisfying your curiosity. A reminder that Adobe Photoshop & Lightroom Combo is just $9.99/mo.  Giving you access to the full featuresd, always up to date tools a photographer needs.

Lightroom 6 - Rumour Roundup

  UPDATE 2-19-15: Lightroom 6 will be out in March - Complete feature list here UPDATE 2-16-2015: Lightroom 6 will be arriving in March(latest rumors). The easiest solution is to buy the Photoshop/Lightroom Creative Cloud for Photographers at 9.99/mo. This will provide you the full version of Photoshop, Lightroom and Lightroom mobile. When Lightroom 6 is released you will automatically be upgraded.  Click here to purchase Creative Cloud for Photographers at 9.99/moUPDATE 1-15-2015: Lightroom 6 will require a 64 bit OSFrom the Adobe Blog

In order to leverage the latest operating system features and technologies, Lightroom 6 will require Mac OS X 10.8 or above, or a 64 bit version of Windows 7, 8 or 8.1. Focusing our work on more modern operating systems and architectures allows us to spend more time adding functionality requested by users, including additional advanced imaging features and improving general application performance.

If you are on Mac OS X 10.7, or a 32 bit version of Windows, you will continue to be able to install and run Lightroom 5 and use Lightroom mobile. However, you will not be able to install Lightroom 6 until you upgrade to a supported operating system.

If you are currently running Mac OS X 10.7, Apple offers a free upgrade (here) to a more current operating system. For Windows users, Microsoft has a how-to reference (here) to help you determine whether you are running a 32 or 64 bit version of Windows.

Original Post -Adobe Lightroom 6. I had thought we would get some info in June 2014 at Adobe's Creative Cloud announcements but all we heard was a reiteration of the mobile versions and how well they worked with Lightroom 5 (Technically 5.5 for all the mobile stuff). So when will we hear about Lightroom 6?Current information from the Cyberland site points to a October Beta with a full release in March 2015.What features will we get in Lightroom 6?Lightroom 6 features that were recently revealed by Cyberland are simple UI tweaks that makes things more streamlined compared to 5.5 but the biggest "features" are the stability and performance enhancements. With reports that Lightroom 6 has been greatly optimized running almost 70 to 100 percent faster than Adobe Lightroom 5.5!The other big question in my mind - will this be a standalone release or only available through the now permanent $9.99/mo plan that provides Photoshop and Lightroom.What features would you like to see in Lightroom 6?

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