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Adobe adds impressive new AI technology to its Lightroom ecosystem

 
 

Adobe has announced significant updates to its entire Lightroom ecosystem, including the popular Lightroom on desktop, Lightroom Classic, and Adobe Camera Raw applications.

Many new features rely upon improved artificial intelligence (AI) technology, which has been a major focus of Adobe's for a few years now, with all...

Video: 7 Lightroom tips and tricks you might not have known

 
 

Adobe Lightroom Classic is an extremely popular all-in-one raw photo editor for many reasons, not the least of which is its diverse range of image editing tools. Lightroom uses intuitive sliders for many basic editing tasks and even includes AI-powered masking tools. However, even though many of Lightroom's features are...

Video: This hidden Lightroom tool can transform your photo editing

 
 

We've spoken many times about the utility of the "Select Sky" masking tool in Adobe Lightroom. The AI-powered feature lets you select the sky in your shot with a single click and make precise, localized adjustments that affect only the sky – or everything but the sky, if you want to invert the mask. However, you can take...

Video: How pro wildlife photographer Kristi Odom edits her image in Adobe Lightroom

 
 

Professional wildlife photographer and Nikon Ambassador Kristi Odom's excellent wildlife photography video series for B&H wrapped up last week, finishing the four-part series with Odom's post-processing and wildlife photo editing workflow. If you've missed the previous three videos, you can catch up via the links below:

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Adobe reveals redesigned masking and selective adjustment tools for Camera Raw and Lightroom

 
 

The Adobe Camera RAW (ACR) team has announced a 'completely redesigned and reimagined way to mask selective adjustments in Adobe Camera RAW, Lightroom and Lightroom Classic that we now collectively refer to as masking.' The new masking tools will be available in ACR, Lightroom (on desktop and mobile) and Lightroom...

How to use local editing tools in Adobe Lightroom and why you may want to avoid using sliders

 
 

Adobe Lightroom, both the Classic and newer CC versions, are very user friendly for a variety of reasons. One of the most intuitive and accessible way to process and edit your raw photos is through the user of sliders, such as exposure, contrast and saturation sliders, just to name a few. Photographer Thomas Heaton does...

A complete portrait retouching workflow inside Adobe Lightroom (or Adobe Camera Raw)

 
 

Photoshop is often considered must-have software for portrait retouching, but there is actually a lot which can be accomplished using only Lightroom Classic. Technically, the tutorial below also applies to Adobe Camera Raw within Photoshop, but inside Lightroom, you can smoothen skin and whiten teeth/eyes with ease.

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Adobe’s new AI-powered Enhance Details feature promises up to 30% more resolution for raw images

 
 

Adobe has announced an update to the entire Adobe photography ecosystem, including Adobe Camera Raw, Lightroom Classic CC and Lightroom CC. The primary focus of the update is the new Sensei-powered Enhance Details feature, which utilizes a brand-new approach to demosaicing raw images. Demosaicing is an important part of...

How to edit your landscape images in Lightroom in under 5 minutes

 
 

Photographer and educator Attilio Ruffo has kicked off a new three-part video series aimed at beginner photographers. In this first video, featured below, Ruffo shows us five adjustments he makes to every one of his landscape images using Adobe Lightroom. If you aren’t advanced with Lightroom, don’t worry, as the tips...

One Tool, Three Ways: Selective editing in Lightroom helps these three pros bring their artistic vision to life

 
 

Much like different photographers will approach any given scene in their own unique ways, photographers also edit and process their digital files in their own way, with their own personal touch. In fact, more than any other part of the photographer's workflow, the editing of images is what sets photographers apart the...

Panoramas from start to finish: Using Adobe Lightroom to stitch a stunning panorama

 
 

While on a trip to the Faroe Islands, photographer Nigel Danson had an equipment malfunction with his wide-angle lens. As a landscape photographer, it's an oft-used lens, so what was Danson to do?

To replicate the field of view of his broken wide-angle lens, Danson utilized a simple and elegant solution, shooting...

Rocking music festival photography tips from professional photographer Nesrin Danan

 
 

Photographer Nesrin Danan has been shooting music photography for the last six years and has shot many concerts, tours and festivals over that time. The 22 year old photographer from Portland, Oregon may be young, but she has a lot of photographic experience and know-how. Through Adobe, she has shared with us some...

Adobe releases new “Profiles” feature to Lightroom and ACR plus other Lightroom updates

 
 

Adobe has released a series of updates to their suite of Lightroom software and Adobe Camera Raw. Let's take the updates one at a time, starting with perhaps the biggest change, the new "Profiles."

Camera Profiles, which have been in Lightroom Classic and Adobe Camera Raw, are no more, they've been replaced with...

7 easy edits you can perform in Adobe Lightroom CC to correct common photography mistakes

 
 

Adobe Lightroom CC is a very powerful photo editor. Sure, it can help you organize and manage your image library too, but there are many photographers, professionals and amateurs alike, who utilize Lightroom for all or nearly all of their image edits. Nathaniel Dodson of tutvid has a new video tutorial focused on seven...

Is Adobe’s new Auto button in ACR and Lightroom worth using? Pro puts it to the test

 
 

Earlier this week, Adobe updated their entire suite of Lightroom software, including a big improvement to the "auto" editing functionality. Blake Rudis of f64 Academy has published a new video about the updated "Auto" button. Is Adobe's new algorithm any good? Is it worth using the "Auto" button in Adobe Camera Raw and...

Getting started with Lightroom CC? Learn how to get the most out of the cloud-based photo editor

 
 

The industry is still abuzz following Adobe's series of major announcements last week, including Lightroom CC, their latest version of Lightroom. The cloud-based Lightroom may be missing some features users know and love from the newly-rebranded Lightroom Classic CC, but it offers a streamlined and unified user interface...

How do you create a moody image? From capture to editing inside of Adobe Lightroom

 
 

There is something special about a dark and moody image. They are more difficult than you might expect to capture and process, however. It can be tricky to determine when to purposefully underexpose an image to reflect the mood and it is also hard to get the white balance right. However, by shooting a black and white...

Is this Lightroom Classic CC’s best new feature?

 
 

While this week's Adobe announcements were met with mixed reactions by photographers, there are still some really neat new features in the Creative Cloud suite of photography software. For my money, the coolest addition is luminosity masking in Adobe Camera Raw and Lightroom Classic. You've been able to perform...

Confused about Lightroom CC and Lightroom Classic CC? Learn about the differences here

 
 

Adobe has announced Lightroom CC and Lightroom Classic CC and it can be a bit confusing to fully understand how the Lightroom experience changes and what Lightroom CC offers compared to Lightroom Classic CC, so let's break it down.

If you haven't yet read about Lightroom CC, the gist of it is that the software is a new...

Adobe announces Lightroom CC: A streamlined cloud-based experience across desktop, web & mobile

 
 

A big change is coming to Adobe Lightroom. Adobe has announced three major new products: Adobe Lightroom CC, Adobe Lightroom Classic CC and Adobe Photoshop CC. To learn about Lightroom Classic CC, click here. For more on Adobe Photoshop CC, click here. This article is all about the new Lightroom CC product and...