The Lightroom cloud ecosystem has been updated today, with updates for Windows & Mac (4.0), iOS & Android (6.0) and Web. (Lightroom Classic has also been updated.)
System Requirements
The system requirements have been updated.
The minimum Windows 10 supported is v1903 or later.
The minimum macOS now supported is 10.14 (Mojave).
RAM has also increased to a minimum of 8GB, with a recommendation of 16GB.
Color Grading
The big news in this release is the new Color Grading feature. It replaces and expands upon the previous Split Toning controls, allowing much finer control.
In addition to the pre-existing Hue and Saturation controls for Highlights and Shadows, you can now also apply a tint to the Midtones, and you can play with the Luminance of each tint. The existing Balance slider remains, and it’s now joined by a Blending slider, which controls how much the tones blend into each other. Color Grading is still fully compatible with your old Split Toning settings and presets, you just have to set Blending to 100 to replicate the old Split Toning effect.
Whereas the White Balance and HSL tools are primarily used for color correction, Color Grading is designed for color effects, such as those frequently used by video editors.
Read all about the new color grading direct from the lead engineer, Max Wendt, on Adobe’s blog.
Graphic Watermarks
You can now add your own graphical watermark or signature as a PNG file, and it’s automatically synced to the Windows, Mac, iOS and Android apps.
Zoom enhancements
Zooming is now more flexible and instead of fixed percentages, if you click on the downward arrow next to 100% in the toolbar underneath the photo, you can select different percentages. Fit, of course, fits the entire photo into the preview area.
There are two new Zoom tools—Box Zoom and Scrubby Zoom.
Hold the Ctrl (Windows) / Cmd (Mac) key to show the Box Zoom cursor and click and drag on the image to draw a rectangular marquee. Lightroom zooms in to fill the preview area with the selected area of the photo.
Hold the Shift key to show the Scrubby Zoom cursor (currently only with GPU enabled) and then drag left<>right to zoom in/out continuously.
Auto Versions
Lightroom now automatically saves a Version when you move to a different photo when using an Edit tool, in addition to the Named Versions that were added in the last release.
Best Photos (iOS/Android/Web)
Best Photos is an Adobe Sensei-based artificial intelligence which analyzes your photos and tries to figure out which it thinks are your best photos. It’s been available as a tech preview on Android and Web for some time, but it’s now been improved and brought to iOS too.
Selective Auto Add (Android)
On the Android app, you can now choose whether to automatically Import from all locations, or select specific device folders for Auto Add.
Updated Desktop Photos Panel
The left handle panel of the Windows/Mac apps has been updated, with the buttons disappearing from the left hand toolbar and the panels being combined into a single long scrolling panel. You’ll still find everything quite easily!
Updated Desktop Shortcuts
The shortcuts for Edit in Photoshop, Export and the new Export with Previous Settings have been updated, so we’ve updated our Shortcuts table, which is a free download.
New Camera Support
When a new camera is released, standardized formats such as JPEG, TIFF and DNG are supported immediately. Proprietary raw file formats are not standardized, so they must be individually added in a Lightroom release. Most cameras are supported within 2-3 months of their release. Raw file format support has been added in this release for:
- Fujifilm X-S10
- Panasonic LUMIX DC-S5
- Sony A7s III (ILCE-7SM3)
- Sony A7C (ILCE-7C) (preliminary support)
- Click to view the full list of supported cameras
New Lens Profiles
Many compact and mirrorless cameras have built-in lens profiles, but other cameras use lens profiles to correct for lens defects such as barrel/pincushion distortion and vignetting. New profiles are added with each Lightroom release. Click here for the full list of available Adobe Lens Profiles.
Bug Fixes
This is a major update so lots of work was put into the new features but it did also include bug fixes. Adobe only publishes the ones that were reported by users:
- [Desktop] Syncing Issues when Originals are stored on a NAS (hopefully!)
- [Desktop] Export creates duplicates when saving.
- [Desktop] Moving to the next photo clears previous photo edits.
- [Desktop] Copy and paste overwrite Selective Adjustments.
If you find a bug, click here to learn how to report it to Adobe.
How do I update?
To update on the desktop, 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, click the … icon (top right) and select Check for Updates to give it a nudge. To update on mobile, visit the App Store (iOS) / Play Store (Android).
Is the book updated?
The eBooks for Adobe Lightroom – Edit Like a Pro are already updated for these changes, and can be downloaded immediately after purchasing. If you already have a current Lightroom Cloud Premium Membership, the updated eBooks are available for download in your Members Area.
A new version of the paperback has also been produced that includes all of the above features including the October updates. We’re currently waiting for a proof copy to come to us (usually a couple of weeks) then it’ll be available for printing and shipping. If your order includes a paperback copy it will be placed on backorder until available.
Do you know if Lightroom for iPad also supports LUMIX S5 raw files? I can’t seem to find any info that’s iPad specific.
I can’t open S5 raw files natively in iPad OS yet so it makes me think that I won’t be able to with Lightroom for iPad either.
Thank you.
Yes, the latest release should do, it was added in the October release.
I’ve just upgraded Lightroom Classic on my Windows 10 PC to Version 10.0. Now it fails to create Smart Previews when importing images. It does however successfully create Smart Images if I select an imported image an request it to create one. I have tried removing the SmartPreviews.lrdata folder as suggested in earlier thread and same problem exists.
Any suggestions welcome…
Hi
Check the sister post to this one that covers Lightroom Classic, it’s listed as a known issue on there.
https://www.lightroomqueen.com/whats-new-in-lightroom-classic-10-0/
Thanks Paul. Online version of Lightroom is normal and unaffected by the upgrade, so Lightroom (desktop cloud) is the only application affected. There’s something definitely broken with the app. In apparently attempting to reach the internet, it doesn’t seen to be able to find it the cloud services. Very discouraging sloppiness by Adobe.
Are you definitely updated to 4.0? And if you click on the cloud icon, does it say “unable to connect to network”? There was a related bug that was fixed in 4.0, but you might be hitting a different variation. It would be worth reporting as I’m not hearing lots of similar complaints. Here’s instructions on how to report it to Adobe: https://www.lightroomqueen.com/send-bug-report-feature-request-adobe/
Yup, definitely on 4.0. Everything was normal before the upgrade.
Reported and dealing with a frustrating support experience with an Adobe Administrator.
Got a link to hand? I’ll follow up
https://feedback.photoshop.com/conversations/lightroom-desktop-cloudbased/lightroom-desktop-unable-to-connect-to-the-network/5f99c9f972a09d709bdf10a1
Thanks for the link. I know tech support can be frustrating, especially when you’re the only person reporting an issue, but Rikk is THE best guy to have on the case. I’ll have a proper read through that thread a bit later and follow up on that same thread if I have any more bright ideas, but I’m betting he’s covered all the bases.
Thanks Victoria. Some more activity in the thread this morning after working out the syncing issues yesterday. Now we have to resolve the network connection issue with Lightroom Desktop 4.0.
After the latest incremental upgrade, it’s no longer an issue We didn’t end up reaching a solution to the original problem, which concerns me, but it ended up working out.
Well, after the upgrade, EVERYTHING I was syncing from Lightroom Classic no longer shows up in the desktop Lightroom app, Lightroom Classic is fine, but Lightroom is screwed. Does anyone know what’s going on?
This is the first report we’ve heard of this. We’d suggest go to lightroom.adobe.com and check the status of your photos on the web interface, to determine if this is a cloud issue of the desktop app.
Is there any further restriction on the GPU? Will Adobe ever give a true hardware requirement or recommendation list?
Adobe won’t give a list of GPU’s (or any other hardware) as that would mean testing dozens of combinations and endorsing specific manufacturers. However, they do update the minimum requirements – here’s their list (updated for yesterday’s updates):
https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/lightroom-classic/system-requirements.html
I just implemented the new version on Windows 10 and the cloudy Lightroom appears to be rather buggy in spots. The biggest issue has been not displaying keyboard input when creating new albums, folders, versions etc, What I type does not display the keystrokes as I type and I have to go on faith that they are correct. Once create is clicked they show up but if I need to rename them again the input is impaired. There also seems to be some performance issues around image management like when duplicating images or adding photos to new albums. I also now have one image that is stuck in unending synch. If I click the the cloud icon for a status update it always says 1 photo synching, but if I click VIEW when it does the search for synching images then I get the black hole message. — holding my breath that implementing this update now was not a mistake, I should know better than to be an early adopter. Hopefully these issues will be fixed quickly, that said I think I like the Auto Versions though but it is a real head scratcher why “Best” was left out of the desktop version of cloudy LR but I would probably not be happy with its choices anyway 🙂
Best Photos just hasn’t made it over to the desktop yet, but I’m sure it will in due course.
For sync, check the web interface to see if something is stuck uploading from one of the other devices. That would expect a black hole message.
Your performance issues would be worth reporting so the engineers can investigate. https://www.lightroomqueen.com/send-bug-report-feature-request-adobe/
The problem I had with keystrokes not showing has cleared up and as far as I know Lr cloudy hasn’t been updated so I am going to say it was a personal problem not an Adobe problem. The stuck synching photo has cleared up as well but not sure what may have caused the issue or what caused it to clear but its been ok for a couple weeks now. I did run a backup using Adobe Lightroom Downloader but can’t say if it was related to fixing the synch issue or not.
That’s good!