Lightroom 6 will ship on March 6. The French store fnac.com leaked all info about the new LR6:
- Windows Compatibility: Windows 7, 8, 8.1
- Mac OS Compatibility: Mac OS X v10.8, v10.9 or v10.10
- Designed for both amateur photographers and professionals
- Merge to HDR
- Fusion panoramas
- Performance gains
- Facial recognition
- Sophisticated video slideshows
- Optimized web galleries
- Filter brush
found via CanonWatch.com.
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If they add panorama and HDR, then it’s perfect. Than 99% of the times Lightroom can do the trick
That cover image is “Trolltunga” in English “Troll’s tongue” in Norway.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolltunga
yeah it´s fake.. i am a betatester… there is no facial recognition in LR6
How come thenthat they are advertising this on the official adobe website?? http://www.adobe.com/be_en/products/photoshop-lightroom.html
a screen grab from Belgium English page
didnt you sign an NDA?
The only thing fake is YOU. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:MR6rLRpSJtIJ:www.adobe.com/be_en/products/photoshop-lightroom.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us scroll down to Facial Recognition, “Easily find photos of family and friends. Select a specific face in one photo, and Lightroom 6 uses Facial Recognition to find that person in all your other images.”
Good stuff. I’ve been waiting for panny and HDR which seem like obvious additions to LR. And having got use to facial recognition on other systems I’m looking forward to using it to make my tagging a lot easier.
I wonder if they will start supporting their own latest PSD format 😐
i have no problems with PSD´s in LR…. using CC2014.
Try to save the PSD without maximizing compatibility and see if it works
why should i do that?
to save a few MB space?
then i have not only problems in LR but other programs who can not read PSD layer structure.
i have 36MP files and i don´t care about harddrive space.. if i need more i buy another harddrive.
LOL
Capture One ftw
I second that! Sony + native tethering in C1 for the win!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3yJa2P0Aus
So CO sharpens the photo more than LR in default settings. This video is a joke. It’s not just a direct export, LR, and I guess CO does it too, adds default settings (like luminance noise reduction set to 25 and no sharpening in LR).
Correct me if I’m wrong.
So there it is. There is not one face-off where I prefer the LightRoom images. And in at least one case, it suffers a catastrophic loss. It also fails to win on features, and hugely on support, not counting the threat to Adobe users of being railroaded into a cloud-rental only program. Do you understand why I jumped ship?
http://www.dearsusan.net/2014/07/02/242-showdown-1-lightroom-vs-capture-one/
For me, the more I work with it the more I’ve grown to appreciate the areas where it excels and the customizability it offers. These benefits were enough to make me switch to Capture One Pro as my primary raw processing tool with Lightroom playing only a secondary role in certain select situations. Despite my initial reservations and objections, it’s superior image quality and other benefits ultimately won me over.
https://fstoppers.com/originals/lightroom-or-capture-one-pro-which-raw-processor-best-24769
It seems that Capture One as a standalone (no integration with Lightroom) has the worst chance right?
Well not quite and this might surprise you, Capture One is actually my number one convertor at the moment, and I do LOVE optics 9.5 from DxO but with model photography it just can’t beat some of the things I have with Capture One, in the end it all boils down to a few things I have in Capture One that I don’t have in DxO or Lightroom and that make my life a LOT easier and editing a LOT faster.
http://www.frankdoorhof.com/site/2014/06/which-raw-software-dxo-vs-capture-one-vs-lr/
Especially for Sony users who can get the Pro version for 30eur.
How could you say no to that? (unless you own other brands as well)
And, last but not least, those color tools in C1 are just boss.
Has anyone seen how much shadows and highlights you can really get from your compressed Sony files? If you only used Adobe’s tools…then I am sure you havent.
Is Capture One really as good as Lightroom? I don’t know if I should wait for LR6 or give CO a shot
i hope they worked on demosaicing too….
FAKE
Hope it has better noise reduction, LR5 just smears the image. Something like DxO PRIME would be awesome.
If this is a leak then it’s a fake “leak.” If it’s fake, then this is the most boring thing to waste time misleading anyone over. Adobe’s glorified photo organizer gets a couple new options? Wow. Any update on the new version of Microsoft Word while we’re at it?
I have the latest editions of Photoshop and LR and, since I’m not a PRO, I still edit most of my photos in Fastone Inage Viewer. You can work on a photo while it takes up the *entire* screen. For other stuff I like using GIMP because it’s easy and it makes walking away from Adobe’s $50 a month pay-for-everything-they-make scam. (Unless you just want 1 of their 30 programs, it’s $20 or $30 a month.) Deallll!
At least in Germany we have a 10 € abo for LR&PS. Thats 120,- per year. And since you get all updates and versions for free I think it is absolutely worth it.
Compared to the previous upgrade licensing system it is in overall cheaper.
I agree that, depending on one’s personal likes, it is possible to “survive” with freeware.
However adobe still has a very big advantage over other software – there are thousands of useful tutorials available and if one needs specialised presets you can also find lots of those.
Yep – definitely worth the cost for what you get. Add in nik plugins and it’s a great package…
It is not cheaper than a one time buy license.
Since you are renting the software (OK, let’s say, 120eur a year) you cannot have “gap” releases in between software. Say you want to skip a year (not unheard of) so at the previous price of around 700, you would be more or less in a slight advantage to the current rent price.
But those 70 or so eur that you save do not come back to you 7 years down the line and offer you a free drink at your local michelin restaurant. However, the problem lies with the fact that you are not the keeper of the software. Imagine if Apple wanted a 5eur a month for OS X 10.8 and whatever is after that. Or if Office was only available on a monthly subscription. Businesses would go mental with that because the basis of good business is investment, and investments need return and the danger of not owning the tools that give you your return is like constantly investing. One day you may find a better tool for your job that won’t be made by Adobe. Those layered PSD files you made to save space from TIFFs may not be backward compatible to CS6…maybe your organization with Lr catalogs was not good and now you can’t see your changes (I know many greatly talented photographers who are not great day-to-day organised individuals) or recover the images and edits you made. then you have a problem because you would need to jump back into a monthly commitment just to recover those catalogs, edits, changes, retouches or layers.
It is cheaper if you compare apples with apples.
I understand what you are trying to say. Being choiceless besides subscription or no subscription may be (and apparently was) a noGo for many users.
A version upgrade of PSE was around 500 euros. a version upgrade of LR around 70 euros.
Adobe renewed every 18-24month. So lets consider 4 years between three major releases.
That makes 480 euros for subscription equivalent vs. 570 euros version upgrade.
I agree with you that it is critical to be fully depending on the subscription if you want to be up to date having no possibility to pause a version.
As long as adobe is providing the updates free for subscribers that remains ok.
But I fear that in the not so far future, once CS6 becomes a no option anymore, they are going to have to subscription options – the free upgrade and a pro upgrade for a one off or maybe a higher rate.
But in the end that is or becomes “business as usual” nowadays.
“Business as usual” is only business as usual if we let the business do that.
There is always an option and it is up to each customer’s will power and decision making to either be on the permanent lease track, or opt out for a one time purchase.
Capture One has both, and both work best if you want to cater to those who cannot afford an up front purchase, and those who want to own what they use. Why could Adobe not offer both?
You may boycott Adobe for their way of doing SW business. Fact of the matter is that this trend is not stoppable at all.
I mentioned that it is up to personal preference which way you go.
Of course there are options – we were stating here our points regarding the question whether subscription is cheaper or not.
For me it is, because I am an “updater to latest versions”. This made me having almost no compatibility problems in the past and is adapted to my work and life style.
Again – it is a question of personal preference.
Why is that trend not stoppable? Adobe will still sell many subscriptions, because of their market power. But on the other hand, I know several professionals (including myself) who have refused to accept Adobe’s new subscription model. The main reason is, that new versions have very little to offer and you can do your job perfectly with an older version of Photoshop/Lightroom/etc.. Remember, as soon as you stop paying your subscription, all your Adobe CC software is gone. It’s up to the customers to accept that or not. There are not only silent lambs who think everything what big companies do, is inevitable.
A photographer could download Adobe’s free DNG Converter, batch convert the raw files to DNG then use any version of Photoshop or Lightroom.
Still, no answer to the question. Why not offer both?
Phase One does it, and their market is almost strictly professional in its entirety. It is only recently with C1 express that they wanted to reach the amateurs with easier tools and now that version is free for Sony users. Again, why can’t Adobe offer both solutions, rent and buy, to professionals? Simple, they want the money. That’s it. No real advantage. DNG converter allowed anyone with any older version of Lr or Ps to use latest gear with their version of the software. While that solution is still available today, I suspect it won’t be in the future.
You are right, I’d gladly pass LR5 as it brought almost nothing (for me) over LR4.
However, in the end I ended up paying for it anyway because LR4 wouldn’t work with my A7 RAW files.
The real problem is when you need LIghteoom, Photoshop, and, gasp, just one more program like Premiere– you go straight back to $50 a month.
It is good to have the Adobe CC full package. All the goodies for 30 bucks a month only.
Good for you if you consider paying 360 $ every year as cheap. Sorry, but nobody wants to hear your awkward advertising.
Yeah. The moment Lightroom becomes rental only. Is the moment I dont have further need for new versions of it. I hope I never ever have to resort to Adobes rental sorftare.
Here here!
That’s promo pricing and applies only to students, former owners of CS3 and above, (for 1 yet), or someone that can figure out a way to misrepresent student status. I could stomach $30 easier than $50, but they so eagerly bill and give no discounts to casual or semi casual users. I also don’t know why they don’t offer packaged suits like Production Premium, Web Premium, Graphic Design Premium like they used to. Who in the world could possibly use all the software they are forced to purchase?
Good to know how to use other tools or you’ll be paying $600 a year for the rest of you’re life. (Worth it for some, no doubt, but the rather one size fits all strategy is moronic.)
hey guys… this is sony rumors… if you have a sony camera capture one pro 8 is 30$ …. TOTAL : )
I see 4 options for individuals: https://creative.adobe.com/plans
If you just need it for Photography it is only $9.99. If that is still too expensive I’m sure Captain Blackbeard could find you a copy.
“All the goodies”? What do you do with your software? Create cookbooks and illustrate children’s novels? 🙂
With adding all the new stuff every release I start to appreciate a post-production factor that shows how much the raw file was changed. this factor will be written into the metadata. I don’t have anything against post-processing, but It’s riduculus what some people share as a “nice shot”.
It’s all part of the art, same as back in the days when the photographer processed images in a darkroom. One can choose to participate in that process or not. Judging a photo by how much the photographer has processed it is silly. Their vision and final image is what is important. It doesn’t matter how that vision was realized.
It would be great if images were recorded in my camera the exact same way I see them in my head, but forces beyond my control rarely let that happen.
As I said, nothing against photoshop in all manners. I do that too and it’s big fun.
But with such information in the metafile it inspires doing photography not photoshoping.
Again, nothing against beeing creative, but these processes are getting so easy and good, that it’s getting more and more important to know about, when judging pictures. It’s okay using 4 pictures for doing one. It’s also okay using the brush tool and effects. I only want them to be declared. Like all information from the shoot too like shutterspeed or flash use. If I like a picture I’ll look at them to learn something.
The processes only see easy to those that don’t have the skills to use them properly and are intimidated by the complexity of Photoshop. The same was true when darkroom processing was the current workflow.
Cover is taken from Trolltunga in Norway.
http://www.visitnorway.com/se/Product/?pid=149585
While I love Lightroom and Adobe’s products in in general, I miss one thing that Aperture made so fun to use. The hovering / floating menus you could overlay to the fullscreen mode. So you could develop in fullscreen and move the menu around (and just show what you wanted to show). I miss that feature in Lightroom. Yes you can have a nearly fullscreen mode and make the menu disappear on the right, but it’s just not the same.
Tried Capture One 8, didn’t like it as much. Gotta say though the color tool is genius (for skin tones and other features) and I like the different clarity variants.
I hope LR6 really can make use of the GPU while developing. 50MP raw files are on its way and Adobe needs to push the performance.
“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”
If I’m reading that correctly that means GPU support. If so then this isn’t a simple refresh… It’s going to be game changing in terms of workflow and speed