Lightroom CC 2015.6 and Lightroom 6.6 have been released today, and the team have added a few new gems for CC subscribers, as well as the normal camera/lens support and bug fixes for everyone. (For the update links, skip to the end of the post.)
So what’s new?
- CC only – There’s a new Guided Upright tool, which allows you to correct perspective by drawing lines on the image.
- To use:
- Apply Lens Profile in Lens Corrections tab.
- Click the Guided button in the Transform panel.
- Click and drag 2-4 lines on the photo, along lines that should be vertical/horizontal.
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- Fine tune the results using the manual Transform sliders if needed, including shifting it left/right/up/down the canvas using the new X/Y Offset sliders.
- The Lens Corrections panel has been split into a simpler Lens Corrections panel and a new Transform panel for all users (but it’ll be missing the Guided button in the perpetual license version).
- Performance Improvements in Develop
- In CC 2015.6 / 6.6, Lightroom has become smarter about anticipating which photos you’ll edit next. When you’re working in the Develop module, it preloads the two photos either side of your current photo, so when you move on, it loads much quicker. This only applies when you’re working with originals, as smart previews are already quick to load.
- Merge panoramas using smart previews when the originals are offline.
- Until now, you could only do a panorama merge when the originals were available, but now it’ll work if you’re using smart previews too. A smart preview panorama is smaller than one created from originals, but it’s still useful when the originals aren’t available, if only for testing whether a merge will work well.
- A Keyword Count is now available for stock photographers who need to apply a minimum number of keywords to each photo. To view the count, hover over the Keywords field in the Keywording panel when it’s set to Enter Keywords, and the count appears in the tooltip.
- CC only – There’s a new Pending Sync Activity section in Preferences > Lightroom mobile tab, which documents sync activity to help track down any sync errors.
- CC only – Deleting synced data is now done from the web interface to avoid accidental deletion.
Updated instructions for these changes are already waiting in the Members Area for owners of my Lightroom CC/6 book.
New camera support:
- Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark II
- Leica MD (Typ 262)
- Nikon COOLPIX B700
- Panasonic DMCGX85 (DMCGX80, DMCGX7MK2)
- Click to view the full list of supported cameras
Tethering for new cameras:
- Canon EOS1D X Mark II
- Canon EOS 80D
- Canon EOS 1300D / Canon Rebel T6
- Leica tethering:
- On Mac 10.11 El Capitan, tethering the S2, M (Typ 240) and S (Typ 006) is still waiting on an update from Leica.
- S (Type 007) is supported using the plug-in available from the Leica Owner’s Area.
- Click to view the full list of cameras supported for tethering.
New lens profiles:
Canon EF Mount
- Canon EFS 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
- Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM +1.4x
- Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM +2.0x
- TAMRON SP 85mm F1.8 Di VC USD F016E
- TAMRON SP 90mm F2.8 Di MACRO VC USD F017E
Canon EF-M Mount
- Rokinon 10mm f/2.8 ED AS NCS CS
- Samyang 8mm f/3.5 UMC FishEye CS II
- Samyang 10mm f/2.8 ED AS NCS CS
- Samyang 100mm f/2.8 ED UMC MACRO
- Samyang 135mm f/2 ED UMC
DJI
- DJI PHANTOM 4 FC330 (RAW + JPEG)
Fujifilm X Mount
- Rokinon 10mm f/2.8 ED AS NCS CS
- Rokinon 100mm f/2.8 ED UMC MACRO
- Rokinon 135mm f/2 ED UMC
- Samyang 8mm f/3.5 UMC FishEye CS II
- Samyang 10mm f/2.8 ED AS NCS CS
- Samyang 100mm f/2.8 ED UMC MACRO
- Samyang 135mm f/2 ED UMC
Leica M Mount
- Lomography LOMO LCA MINITAR1 Art Lens 2.8/32
- Tomography Zenit New Jupiter 3+ 1.5/50
- Lomography Zenit New Russar+ 5.6/20
M42 Mount
- Fujifilm FUJINON 55mm f/2.2 M42
Minolta SR Mount
- Minolta MC TELE ROKKORPF 135mm F2.8
Nikon F Mount
- TAMRON SP 85mm F1.8 Di VC USD F016N
- TAMRON SP 90mm F2.8 Di MACRO VC USD F017N
Nikon Coolpix
- Nikon COOLPIX B700
Olympus Mount
- Rokinon 10mm f/2.8 ED AS NCS CS
- Rokinon 100mm f/2.8 ED UMC MACRO
- Rokinon 135mm f/2 ED UMC
- Samyang 8mm f/3.5 UMC FishEye CS II
- Samyang 10mm f/2.8 ED AS NCS CS
- Samyang 100mm f/2.8 ED UMC MACRO
- Samyang 135mm f/2 ED UMC
Panasonic Mount
- Rokinon 10mm f/2.8 ED AS NCS CS
- Rokinon 100mm f/2.8 ED UMC MACRO
- Rokinon 135mm f/2 ED UMC
- Samyang 8mm f/3.5 UMC FishEye CS II
- Samyang 10mm f/2.8 ED AS NCS CS
- Samyang 100mm f/2.8 ED UMC MACRO
- Samyang 135mm f/2 ED UMC
Pentax HD Mount
- PENTAX D FA 15-30mm F2.8ED SDM WR
- PENTAX D FA 28-105mm F3.5-5.6ED DC WR
- PENTAX D FA 70-200mm F2.8 ED DC AW
Samsung NX Mount
- Rokinon 10mm f/2.8 ED AS NCS CS
- Rokinon 100mm f/2.8 ED UMC MACRO
- Rokinon 135mm f/2 ED UMC
- Samyang 8mm f/3.5 UMC FishEye CS II
- Samyang 10mm f/2.8 ED AS NCS CS
- Samyang 100mm f/2.8 ED UMC MACRO
- Samyang 135mm f/2 ED UMC
Sony E Mount
- Rokinon 10mm f/2.8 ED AS NCS CS
- Samyang 8mm f/3.5 UMC FishEye CS II
- Samyang 10mm f/2.8 ED AS NCS CS
Sony FE Mount
- Rokinon 100mm f/2.8 ED UMC MACRO
- Rokinon 135mm f/2 ED UMC
- Samyang 100mm f/2.8 ED UMC MACRO
- Samyang 135mm f/2 ED UMC
- Sony FE 50mm F1.8
- Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS
- Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
- Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter
- Sony FE 70-300mm F4.5-5.6 G OSS
- Voigtlander SUPER WIDEHELIAR 15mm F4.5 III
- Zeiss Batis 2.8/18
Click here for the full list of available Adobe Lens Profiles
Further user-created profiles can be downloaded using the Lens Profile Downloader (scroll down slightly, it’s at the end of the Resources section on that link)
Bug fixes:
There are loads of bug fixes. These are the main ones:
- Fixed – Unable to see the New Folder preview inside the Destination panel within the Import Dialog.
- Fixed – Lightroom would crash when using tethered shooting with certain Canon camera models.
- Fixed – Tethered shooting with Canon 5D did not work on MacOS 10.11 El Capitan.
- Importing Fuji files should display the thumbnails significantly faster.
- Photoshop Elements catalog import now works even if the photos are on a NAS.
Library
Map
- Lightroom no longer fills in the Sublocation field when reverse geocoding.
- Due to a change in Google’s Terms & Conditions, the Map module now works in Turkey.
Develop
- Fixed – Unable to export user-created / custom Develop presets (Mac only).
- Fixed – The “As Shot” White Balance showed different values when using the Adobe Standard color profile and other camera matching color profiles. (Affected specific cameras only: Canon EOS IDx MKII, Canon EOS 80D, Canon EOS Rebel T6).
Photo Merge
- Fixed – Unable to merge images after using the Recover Edges plugin for older cameras with incamera crop applied.
- Fixed – Unable to create panoramas or HDR images when merging from a collapsed stack of original files.
Export
- Fixed – Removing face tags causes photos to get stuck in “To Be Republished” state when using Publish Service Plugins such as Smugmug.
- Performance improvements in Export mean bulk exports should now be faster.
- Fixed – “Print to File” feature does not work if the default filename was changed by the customer. (Mac OSX 10.11.3 only)
Slideshow
Book
- Fixed – Scrollbars missing from book module. (Windows only)
Other
- Fixed – Inconsistent dialog behavior when using fullscreen mode in Mac OSX 10.11.
- Fixed – DNG Flat Field plugin would not work if the source image contained GPS metadata.
- Some additional graphics cards were blacklisted due to bugs in their drivers.
If you find another bug, click here to report it.
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 crashing the servers, but if you’re in a hurry to update, here are the direct links to the patches: Windows – Mac
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