Petapixel reports on a new Plug-in to manually add EXIF Metadata to Lightroom for manual/old lenses. Created by Dirk Essl, it solves the issue that EXIF data from manual/old lenses won’t be recognised by Lightroom. Previously you had to use EXIFTool to enter such information.
Adobe have made a version of Lightroom 4 available on the North American Mac App Store (MAS). If you are familiar with how the MAS works, this is a version of Lightroom where you buy the software on the store and it is licensed to your iTunes account. Updates, for the time being, will be free and served by the MAS) but this is considered a standalone product so isn’t cross compatible with the boxed version or Adobe’s own ESD version.
For the full skinny visit Tom Hogarty’s blog, and to buy Lightroom, current price $149.99, visit the Mac App Store.
Adobe Camera Raw 6.7 and the DNG Converter have now been released. This is the last release which will support Photoshop CS5.
New Camera Support
For more information and links to downloads, check out Lightroom Journal.
As mentioned previously, the new Release Candidate of Lightroom 4.1 has introduced a new Chromatic Aberration reduction feature. At first sight it seems quite a complex tool as it has double handles on a slider, which is a Lightroom first! But this new feature is very powerful.
Lightroom 4.0 and Lightroom 4.1 RC2
The Local Adjustment and Gradient tools now include the new functionality as well.
The new controls are mainly found in the Lens Correction panel in the new ‘Color’ section.
A comprehensive description of how this all works has been posted by Eric Chan who is one of the Camera Raw engineers on the Lightroom Journal blog and it is well worth a read. The examples given show just how good this tool is.
Adobe have released a second Release Candidate of Lightroom 4.1 on Adobe Labs.
This release contains some new camera support. A new Defringe command to help correct Chromatic Aberration, and HDR files in 16, 24 and 32 bit are now supported, as well as numerous bug fixes.
Camera Support
Whenever a new software release happens most users want to know what’s in it for them. The same is true for Photographers, and they above anyone ask the question about a new release of Photoshop. To answer this question Bryan O’Neill Hughes, Senior Product Manager for Photoshop, has a guest spot on Scott Kelby’s Photoshop Insider which is well worth reading.
As announced earlier in the week a Release Candidate of Lightroom 4.1 has been posted to Adobe Labs.
There is one new camera supported, the Canon 5D MkIII and this release contains the following fixes:
Please download it and provide any feedback on the Lightroom Forum
Following many Sneak Peeks, for the first time Adobe are releasing a Public Beta of the class-leading imaging app Photoshop CS6 and it is available right now on Adobe Labs.
Containing UI refinements, numerous JDIs (Just Do Its) and of course, new features, such as:
Adobe recommends that you check out the videos from Russell Brown and the Kelby Learning Center, then download and play with the new version.
Sean McCormack has posted an article about Lightroom 4 and Geotagging using the iOS app, Geotagr. Its ability to save the GPX tracklog to Dropbox is certainly a handy feature.
Previously I have posted about the more convoluted workflow you had to follow with Lightroom 3. With the previous version, you had to use an app, such as Trails (the one I featured), HoudahGeo (or PC equivalent) to merge the tracklog with the images, and only then could you use location with Lightroom.
Trails can be substituted for Geotagr, and it works very well, you have to email the tracklogs to yourself to use them, but it sounds as though Geotagr with its Dropbox integration may be a winner!
Adobe have posted a list of issues which have arisen from the release of Lightroom 4. They are working to fix then but wanted to bubble up that they are aware of the problems some users are experiencing.
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