Lightroom Classic CC 8.1 has been released today. As well as performance improvements, bug fixes and new camera/lens support, the engineering team have spent this release cycle focusing on some long-term requests. The entire Lightroom CC ecosystem has also been updated.
Customize Develop Panel Order
By popular demand, you can now rearrange the order of the Develop module panels to suit your own workflow. For example, if you always use the Detail panel last for improved interactive performance, you might want to move that to the end.
To do so, right-click on the header of a right-hand Develop panel and select Customize Develop Panel. Drag the panels into the order of your choice, then restart Lightroom to apply the change.
Book Module—Snap to Grid
When moving image or text cells in a book, you can now turn on Guides panel > Grid Snap (also called Snap to Grid) to accurately align cells to the background grid or other cells.
Show Partially Compatible Presets
When Adobe released the updated preset mechanism in April 2018, they introduced some degree of confusion. Develop presets can apply profiles, but not all profiles are applicable to every file type. For example, there’s no Adobe Color profile for JPEG’s, and you can’t apply Olympus raw profiles to iPhone images. Rather than applying the preset and just skipping the profile, Adobe chose to hide presets that were only partially compatible for the selected photo, causing many photographers to wonder where their presets had gone.
You can now check Preferences > Presets tab > Show Partially Compatible Develop Presets. With this checked, the partially compatible presets display in the Presets panel as italic/dimmed text, and can be applied to any photo, as they could in earlier Lightroom versions.
Duplicate Presets
When creating a new preset, if you type the name of an existing preset in the same group, Lightroom now asks whether to replace the existing preset, duplicate the name (bad idea, as you end up with two different presets with the same name) or rename the new preset.
Cancel on Exit
Have you ever hit the Quit Lightroom shortcut by accident, or immediately changed your mind? There’s a new Do you really want to quit? dialog for these occasions, but if you don’t want to see it, you can just click Don’t Show Again.
Photo Merge Improvements
When Photo Merge was introduced, it required identical dimensions, focal length and orientation. These limitations have now been removed.
The single-step HDR/Panorama merge introduced in the October 2018 release now also works on smart previews if the originals are offline/ missing.
To allow easier comparison between the different merge options, the previews are now cached, so you can switch back and forth faster.
Other Improvements
- When using Auto Import to automatically import photos dropped into a watched folder, you can now automatically add the photos to a collection.
- You can now apply a color label to a folder even if the folder is offline/missing.
- You can now migrate Photoshop Elements 2019 catalogs.
New camera support:
- Apple iPad Pro 11-inch (2018 model)
- Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2018 model)
- Apple iPhone XS
- Apple iPhone XS Max
- Apple iPhone XR
- Canon PowerShot SX70 HS
- Google Pixel 3
- Google Pixel 3 XL
- GoPro HERO7 Black
- Huawei P9 Lite
- Leica D-Lux 7
- LEICA M10-D
- LEICA M10-P
- LG G7 ThinQ
- Nikon COOLPIX P1000
- Nikon D3500
- Nikon Z 6
- Samsung Galaxy Note 9
- Samsung Galaxy S6
- Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
- Sony DSC-HX95
- Sony DSC-HX9
- Click to view the full list of supported cameras
Tethering for new cameras:
- No new tethering in this release.
- Click to view the full list of cameras supported for tethering
New lens profiles:
- Apple
- Apple iPad Pro (11-inch) back camera 3mm f/1.8 (DNG+JPEG+HEIC)
- Apple iPad Pro (11-inch) front camera 2.87mm f/2.2 (JPEG+HEIC)
- Apple iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (3rd generation) back camera 3mm f/1.8 (DNG+JPEG+HEIC)
- Apple iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (3rd generation) front camera 2.87mm f/2.2 (JPEG+HEIC)
- Apple iPhone XR back camera 4.25mm f1.8 (DNG+JPEG+HEIC)
- Apple iPhone XR front camera 2.87mm f/2.2 (JPEG)
- Apple iPhone XS back camera 4.25mm f/1.8 (DNG+JPEG+HEIC)
- Apple iPhone XS back camera 6mm f/2.4 (DNG+JPEG+HEIC)
- Apple iPhone XS front camera 2.87mm f/2.2 (JPEG)
- Apple iPhone XS Max back camera 4.25mm f/1.8 (DNG+JPEG+HEIC)
- Apple iPhone XS Max back camera 6mm f/2.4 (DNG+JPEG+HEIC)
- Apple iPhone XS Max front camera 2.87mm f/2.2 (JPEG)
- Canon EF
- Lensbaby Velvet 85mm f/1.8
- SIGMA 40mm F1.4 DG HSM A018
- SIGMA 60-600mm F4.5-6.3 DG OS HSM S018
- SIGMA 105mm T1.5 FF HIGH-SPEED PRIME
- TAMRON SP 15-30mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2 A041E
- Canon EF-M
- Canon EF-M 32mm f/1.4 STM
- Google
- Google Pixel 3 Rear Camera (DNG+JPEG)
- Google Pixel 3 XL Rear Camera (DNG+JPEG)
- GoPro
- HERO7 Black (Raw+JPEG)
- HERO7 Silver
- Hasselblad
- Hasselblad XCD 1,9/80mm
- Hasselblad XCD 2,8/135mm + 1.7x
- Leica M
- Voigtlander VM 40mm f/1.2 Nokton Aspherical
- Voigtlander VM 50mm f/1.2 Nokton Aspherical
- LGE
- LG G7 ThinQ Front Camera (DNG+JPEG)
- LG G7 ThinQ Rear Main Camera (DNG+JPEG)
- LG G7 ThinQ Rear Wide Camera (DNG+JPEG)
- Nikon F
- Lensbaby Velvet 85mm f/1.8
- TAMRON SP 15-30mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2 A041N
- Samsung
- Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Rear Camera 26mm F1.5-2.4 (DNG+JPEG)
- Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Rear Camera 52mm F2.4
- SIGMA
- SIGMA 60-600mm F4.5-6.3 DG OS HSM S018
- Sony E
- SIGMA 56mm F1.4 DC DN C018
- Sony FE
- Lensbaby Velvet 85mm f/1.8
- Samyang AF 24mm F2.8
- Sony FE 24mm F1.4 GM
- Voigtlander NOKTON classic 35mm F1.4
- Zeiss Batis 2/40 CF
- Click here for the full list of available Adobe Lens Profiles
Bug fixes:
There are loads of bug fixes, but Adobe only publishes the ones that were reported by users:
- Import
- Library/Map
- Develop
- Artifacts at Edges of Galaxy S7 raw/DNG Files
- Red and blue artifacts randomly appear on previews and exported photos
- Cannot apply Vignette with some profiles
- Some Develop presets not available on some photos
- Update to current process gives unexpected error if process is already updated
- Update to process version 5 causes adjustments badge to disappear
- Book
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, click the … icon (top right) and select Check for Updates to give it a nudge.
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Is the book updated?
The eBooks for Adobe Lightroom Classic – The Missing FAQ are already updated for these changes, and can be downloaded immediately after purchasing. If you’re already a Classic Premium Member, the updated eBooks are available for download in your Members Area.
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