Lightroom Classic 9.4 and Cloud 3.4 have been released today. This is an interim release, so these are primarily for bug fixes and new camera support, but there are a couple of small changes to Classic.
Built-In Lens Corrections
For some new cameras (mirrorless and compact) added in 9.4 and later, the built-in profile now shows as Camera Settings in the Profile pop-up and can be turned off. This does not apply to existing cameras, which still show as Built-in Lens Profile Applied.
Import Dialog (Classic only)
A Done button has been added to the import process.
The three settings are:
- Done – this closes the Import dialog but remembers the settings for the next Import.
- Cancel – cancels the import settings changes and dismisses the Import dialog.
- Import – saves the settings and performs the Import.
New camera support:
- Canon EOS R5
- Canon EOS R6
- Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III S
- Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV
- Panasonic LUMIX DC-G100 (DC-G110)
- Skydio 2
- Sony ZV-1 (DCZV1/B)
New Lens Correction Support:
- Canon RF
- Canon RF 85mm F2 MACRO IS STM
- Canon RF 100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
- Canon RF 100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM + EXTENDER RF1.4x
- Canon RF 100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM + EXTENDER RF2x
- Canon RF 600mm F11 IS STM
- Canon RF 600mm F11 IS STM + EXTENDER RF1.4x
- Canon RF 600mm F11 IS STM + EXTENDER RF2x
- Canon RF 800mm F11 IS STM
- Canon RF 800mm F11 IS STM + EXTENDER RF1.4x
- Canon RF 800mm F11 IS STM + EXTENDER RF2x
- Fujifilm
- Viltrox PFU RBMH 85mm F1.8
- Nikon F
- Rokinon SP 14mm f/2.4
- Pentax
- HD PENTAX-D FA* 85mm F1.4 ED SDM AW
- Skydio
- Skydio 2 (JPEG+DNG)
- Sony FE
- Samyang AF 35mm F1.4
- Sony FE 12-24 F2.8 GN
- TAMRON 28-200mm F/2.8-5.6 Di III RXD A071
- Viltrox PFU RBMH 85mm F1.8
Click to view the full list of supported cameras
Bug fixes
As usual this release also includes bug fixes. Adobe only publishes the ones that were reported by users.
- Classic: Develop settings applied to TIFF disappear after editing the original.
- Classic: Cannot display 44 megapixels images in the Library Loupe view except in Fit view.
- Classic: Zooming very large images shows gray box.
- Classic: Lightroom Classic crashes after certain locations are added in the Map module.
- Classic: Sets color labels with incorrect case in the label name, affecting filters.
- Classic: Auto-complete text in Keyword Tags field.
- Classic: Develop sync not working properly.
- Classic: GPU issues.
- Classic: Save To File doesn’t clear IPTC fields.
- Classic: HSL/Color / B & W TAT activation adds Convert to Black & White No/Yes to the History panel.
- Classic: Graduated Filter history issue.
- Cloud: Magenta cast on thumbnails or on exported images (Mac only).
- Cloud: Missing Lens Profiles from thumbnails or exported images.
- Cloud: Storage full error when the location for originals is on NAS.
- Cloud: Pasting only Tone Curve Settings deletes gradients and brushes settings on destination photo.
- Cloud (mobile): Noise reduction isn’t applied to exported images.
- Cloud (Android): Lightroom on Android auto imports HEIC files when only Raws are selected.
- Cloud (Android): Syncing photos taken with the Android phone LR app to LR Classic desktop.
- Cloud (iOS): Camera highlight clipping stopped showing.
- Classic & Cloud: X100V Camera Profile White Balance Shift.
If you find another bug, click here to learn how to report it to Adobe.
How do I update?
To update, go to Help menu > Updates or click the Update button in the CC app. The update servers take a while to push the updates around the world, to avoid overloading the servers. You can also open the Creative Cloud app, go to the Updates tab, click the … icon (top right) and select Check for Updates to give it a nudge.
Is the book updated?
The eBooks for Adobe Lightroom Classic – The Missing FAQ has been updated for the August 9.4 changes. There were no changes for the cloud version this time, but Adobe Lightroom – Edit Like a Pro was updated for the June changes. Both books can be downloaded immediately after purchasing. If you’re already a current Premium Member, the updated eBooks are available for download in your Members Area.
Thanks for the as always detailed summary of the fixed issues.
If possible, could you please turn Adobe’s attention to the following issue:
https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/9-3-update-apparent-bug-with-healing-tool
It’s a serious issue that breaks not only new edits but also existing ones.
9.4 is a second update with the healing brush broken. One has to revert to 9.2.1 for it to work as expected and thus depriving us of all of the fixes and new features of 9.3 and 9.4.
As one user on the forum suggested the idea is to push for a 9.4.1 hotfix, otherwise it’s at least another 2+ months before it can be fixed (and knowing adobe even that is not a guarantee).
Thank you.
Adobe have confirmed they are aware if it and that the bug report will be updated as soon as there is a fix.
Adobe have confirmed/acknowledged it straight away after 9.3 release and yet have not done anything to fix it in 9.4 (two freakin’ month not being able to revert a couple of dev. commits…). Request was to raise more attention in order to have it fixed in a timely fashion like it’s supposed to be (imho it should have been fixed in 9.3.1) and not to wait 4+ month for a yet not guaranteed fix in v10.0+ October release. This policy of having only bi-monthly releases (with occasional x.x.1 hotfixes) is not enough considering poor bugfix prioritization. As a developer to me it looks like LR is being outsourced to another country with 10 self-back-patting managers per developer and virtually non-existent regression testing. Portion of the bugs should have been caught during proper QA. Sometimes it feels like they haven’t event launched the app, as some bugs are reproducible in under a minute on all configurations. And as I’ve stated before, this is a critical bug, that breaks important tool and existing edits. It’s not a glitch you can ignore or have a workaround for (like many smaller bugs in LR) until it’s fixed. This is a reasonable expectation from a major software developer considering their promise of more updates warranted by subscription model.
I have checked into it, and while I can’t share specific details, I would expect it to be fixed in 10.0.
The fix required comes under the Camera Raw team, who just released their new user interface with at the same time as 9.3, which will have put additional pressure on their bug fix prioritization, so it has taken a little longer than I’d usually expect.
However, rolling back to 9.2.1 is a reasonable workaround for most affected Lightroom users in the meantime.
Thank you for the info. That put’s it to rest for me until October. I could see how rolling back to 9.2.1 would be reasonable for some people, unfortunately not for me (I use new local HSL and need some of the fixes + camera/lens support that 9.3-4 bring). Not having a 9.3.1 would be understandable, but 9.4 should have had it fixed. It looks like a purely managerial issue at this point. I’m sure, if such a task was assigned, a fix could be done in half an hour (plus ~1hr for compiling the product) by any of experienced CameraRaw engineers (create a hotfix branch, revert the code commit that broke it, compile and release a hotfix, no full QA needed). No one has to take away days of work from the next release effort. But unfortunately this is what monopoly and lack of competition leads to. Anyways, thanks again for looking into it, really appreciate it.
Parametric tone curve seems to no longer be independent from point tone curve. Is this a bug?
They are separate. Use the gray circle to select Point Curve, the one next to it with the two lines through to select Parametric.
The UI changed in 9.3:
https://www.lightroomqueen.com/whats-new-in-lightroom-classic-9-3/
In LR V 9.4 there is a bug affecting Stacking. I’ve spoken with “senior” support team at Adobe and they can reproduce the problem. At this time there isn’t a workaround.
The Problem:
Select a group of images for stacking, use auto-stack. Instead of stacking only the selected images, LR 9.4 is stacking the entire folder of images.
Unstacking still works properly but isn’t a viable workaround when working with folders of 100’s or 1000’s of images per shoot.
Adobe support has bumped this up to the “engineers”.
I used to be that to apply a setting, like a star or Pick to a group required the use of grid view. Highlighting a group in the filmstrip and trying to set all to 2-star would only work on one frame. Lately I have noticed, I can highlight multiple items in the film-strip and apply the rating, label, pick etc. to All the highlighted items. I am using MacOS, but PC using “pen pals” report not being able to do this. We are all using LR Classic, Subscription version, latest version. Has anyone else experienced this behavior?
Check whether Metadata menu > Enable AutoSync is checked. That would explain it.