Lightroom CC 2015.12 now available

The goal of this release is to provide additional camera raw support, lens profile support and address bugs that were introduced in previous releases of Lightroom.

Today, we also released versions of Lr for iOS and Android that provide updated camera support.    Check them out here.

A few clarifications for this release:

What happened to Lightroom CC 2015.11/6.11?

Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw releases are tightly coupled as both products share the Camera Raw imaging technology.  As a product team, we decided to skip Camera Raw version 9.11 and instead use 9.12 due to the unfortunate events that occurred on that day. In keeping our version naming consistent, Lightroom is releasing CC 2015.12 / 6.12.

Will performance enhancements that I requested via the survey here be in this release?

Lightroom CC 2015.12 / 6.12 does not include performance improvements based on your survey responses.  We appreciate your candid feedback on Lightroom performance, and are working on several projects to address your concerns.

New Camera Support in Lightroom CC 2015.12/6.12

  • Canon EOS 6D Mark II
  • Canon EOS 200D(EOS Kiss X9, EOS Rebel SL2)
  • Leica TL2
  • Nikon D7500
  • Olympus Tough TG-5

New Lens Profile Support in Lightroom CC 2015.12/6.12

Mount Name
Canon EF Venus Optics Laowa 12mm f2.8 Zero-D
Canon EF-S Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/4-5.6 IS STM
Fujifilm X Fujifilm WCL-X100 Wide-Angle Conversion Lens
Fujifilm X Fujifilm WCL-X100II Wide-Angle Conversion Lens
Fujifilm X Fujifilm TCL-X100II Tele Conversion Lens
Nikon F Venus Optics Laowa 12mm f2.8 Zero-D
Pentax K Venus Optics Laowa 12mm f2.8 Zero-D
Pentax K Venus Optics Laowa 105mm f2 (T3.2) Smooth Trans Focus
Sony A TAMRON SP 15-30mm F/2.8 Di VC USD A012S
Sony A TAMRON SP 35mm F/1.8 Di VC USD F012S
Sony A TAMRON SP 45mm F/1.8 Di VC USD F013S
Sony A TAMRON SP 90mm F/2.8 Di MACRO 1:1 VC USD F017S
Sony FE Sony FE 12-24mm F4 G
Sony FE Sony FE 16-35mm F2.8 GM
Sony FE Venus Optics Laowa 12mm f2.8 Zero-D

This release adds new color matching camera profiles for the following

  • Nikon 1 V3: 5 Color profiles + Monochrome + Green, Orange, Red, Yellow Monochrome filter effects
  • Nikon D3400: Green, Orange, Red, Yellow filter Monochrome filter effects
  • Nikon D5: Green, Orange, Red, Yellow filter Monochrome filter effects
  • Nikon D500: Green, Orange, Red, Yellow filter Monochrome filter effects
  • Nikon D5600: Green, Orange, Red, Yellow filter Monochrome filter effects
  • Nikon D610: Monochrome + Green, Orange, Red, Yellow Monochrome filter effects
  • Nikon D7200: Green, Orange, Red, Yellow filter Monochrome filter effects
  • Nikon D750: Green, Orange, Red, Yellow filter Monochrome filter effects
  • Nikon D810: Green, Orange, Red, Yellow filter Monochrome filter effects
  • Nikon D810A: Green, Orange, Red, Yellow filter Monochrome filter effects
  • Nikon Df : Monochrome + Green, Orange, Red, Yellow Monochrome filter effect
  • Panasonic LUMIX DC-FZ80: Color and Monochrome profiles
  • Panasonic LUMIX DC-GF9: Color and Monochrome profiles
  • Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G7: Color and Monochrome profiles
  • Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G8: Color and Monochrome profiles
  • Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GX8: Color and Monochrome profiles
  • Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GX85: Color and Monochrome profiles

Customer reported issues resolved

An update on GPU Issues

Customers may still be experiencing crashing with earlier versions of AMD GPU drivers.  Please update to the AMD Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.7.1 to resolve this issue.

Installation Instructions

Please select Help > Updates to use the update mechanism in the Creative Cloud app.

Give us feedback

Once you’ve updated to the latest version of Lightroom, don’t forget to leave us feedback about your experiences.

Here are a few ways that you can send us feedback:

Report bugs and suggest features

Discuss workflow and get help with how-to questions or basic troubleshooting

 

Thanks for your feedback and continued support!

 

Lightroom Mobile July, 2017 updates: Brush and Details for iOS, New Interface for Android

Today, we’ve got lots of great updates for Lightroom for iOS and Android.

iOS

Available now through the iOS App Store, today’s release includes a new selective brush, a new details tab, and an improved interface for iPads. As always, Lightroom for iOS is free to use and can be downloaded here.

Selective Brush

One of the most requested features in Lightroom for iOS is now here—the selective brush. Using this tool, you can selectively paint in enhancements to any part of your image. If you’re using an iPhone that supports 3D Touch (such as an iPhone 6s or later), you can even vary the effect by just pressing softer or harder as you paint. And for iPad Pro users working with an Apple Pencil, you get the same capability—press harder to apply more of the effect, or softer to apply less.

We’ve also added in the ability to selectively erase both the linear and radial gradients, making them even more powerful than before.

Details Tab

Another often requested feature has been added in this release—global control over sharpening and noise reduction. These advanced tools are often used to add the finishing touches to photographs by controlling noise and enhancing image details.

New iPad Interface

With the introduction of the iPad Pro, and now the iPad Pro 2, the iPad has become a serious option as a laptop replacement for any photographer. To that end, we’ve worked hard to make a truly portable and yet powerful version of Lightroom that is designed for the larger touch-based interface of an iPad.


Android

We wanted to provide the best Android experience possible so we redesigned Lightroom for Android from the ground up to be faster, more efficient, and, well, more Android-y. Every screen has been redesigned with the goal of ensuring a natural, native Android experience while providing the highest quality, professional-grade mobile photo editing app ever.

Check out some of the new and updated interfaces below or just download this free update now by tapping here.

 

Updated Lightroom for Android Organize View

 

New Lightroom for Android Edit Experience

 

Improved Lightroom for Android Selective Edit Mode

Desktop updates:

We also released updates for Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw.  Check out all the details here and here!

Drop us a Line, We’re Listening!

As always, please let us know what you think about these updates, features you’re missing, and any other comments you’d like to share with us.

On Lightroom Performance

I would like to address concerns recently voiced by our community of customers around Lightroom performance, as improving performance is our current top priority. We have a history, starting with our first public beta, of working with our customers to address workflow and feature needs, and we’d like to take that same approach regarding your performance concerns. We already understand many of the current pain points around GPU, import performance, certain editing tasks and review workflows and are investing heavily in improving those areas.  Over the past year we’ve added numerous enhancements to address your performance concerns but we understand we will have a lot of work to do to meet your expectations.   If you have feedback or would like to work with the Lightroom team on your most pressing issues, please fill out this survey.

 

Regards,

Tom Hogarty

Lightroom CC 2015.10.1 now available

The goal of this release is to provide additional camera raw support, lens profile support and address bugs that were introduced in previous releases of Lightroom.

Today, we also released versions of Lr for iOS and Android that provide updated camera support.    Check them out here.

New Camera Support in Lightroom CC 2015.10.1 / 6.10.1

  • Panasonic LUMIX DC-ZS70 (DC-TZ90,DC-TZ91, DC-TZ92, DC-T93)
  • Sony A9 (ILCE-9)

New Lens Profile Support in Lightroom CC 2015.10.1 / 6.10.1

Mount Name
Sony FE Zeiss Batis 2.8/135


Customer reported issues resolved 

  • Edit in Photoshop Erroneous Message Fixed
  • Fixed issue causing color cast on images from some Fujifilm X series cameras shot in CH/CL modes.
  • Fixed issue where images taken on the Fujifilm GFX 50s with top 3 extended ISOs appear over exposed.
  • Fixed issue where some images converted to DNG from the Hasselblad H6 contained a color cast.
  • Fixed issue with Hasselblad X1D images losing highlight details at high ISOs.

Known Issues 

  • We have an issue where customers are unable to use the Develop module with GPU enabled.  This only occurs when using an AMD graphics card using driver Version 17.4.4 (released 4/23/2017) on Windows.  Please see this note for more details and workarounds.

Installation Instructions

Please select Help > Updates to use the update mechanism in the Creative Cloud app.

Give us feedback

Once you’ve updated to the latest version of Lightroom, don’t forget to leave us feedback about your experiences. Lightroom wouldn’t be what it is today without our passionate and loyal customers around the world. Giving us regular feedback helps us to find and fix issues that we may otherwise not know about. We are listening.

Here are a few ways that you can send us feedback:

Report bugs and suggest features

Discuss workflow and get help with how-to questions or basic troubleshooting 

Thanks!

Camera Raw 9.10.1 now available

The goal of this release is to provide additional camera raw support, lens profile support and address bugs that were introduced in previous releases of Camera Raw.

New Camera Support in Camera Raw 9.10.1 

  • Panasonic LUMIX DC-ZS70 (DC-TZ90,DC-TZ91, DC-TZ92, DC-T93)
  • Sony A9 (ILCE-9)

New Lens Profile Support in Camera Raw 9.10.1

Mount Name
Sony FE Zeiss Batis 2.8/135

Customer reported issues resolved 

  • Fixed issue causing color cast on images from some Fujifilm X series cameras shot in CH/CL modes.
  • Fixed issue where images taken on the Fujifilm GFX 50s with top 3 extended ISOs appear over exposed.
  • Fixed issue where some images converted to DNG from the Hasselblad H6 contained a color cast.
  • Fixed issue with Hasselblad X1D images losing highlight details at high ISOs.

Known Issues 

  • We have an issue where customers are unable to open Camera Raw with GPU enabled.  This only occurs when using an AMD graphics card using driver Version 17.4.4 (released 4/23/2017) on Windows.  Please see this note for more details and workarounds.

Installation Instructions

Please select Help > Updates to use the update mechanism in the Creative Cloud app.

Give us feedback

Once you’ve updated to the latest version of Lightroom, don’t forget to leave us feedback about your experiences. Lightroom wouldn’t be what it is today without our passionate and loyal customers around the world. Giving us regular feedback helps us to find and fix issues that we may otherwise not know about. We are listening.

Here are a few ways that you can send us feedback:

Report bugs and suggest features

Discuss workflow and get help with how-to questions or basic troubleshooting 

Thanks!

Lightroom CC 2015.10 now available

The goal of this release is to provide additional camera raw support, lens profile support and address bugs that were introduced in previous releases of Lightroom.

Today, we also released versions of Lr for iOS and Android that provide updated camera support.  Check them out here.

New Camera Support in Lightroom CC 2015.10 / 6.10

  • Canon EOS M6
  • Canon EOS Digital Rebel T7i (EOS 800D, EOS Kiss X9i)
  • Canon EOS 77D (EOS 9000D)
  • Pentax KP

New Lens Profile Support in Lightroom CC 2015.10 / 6.10

Mount Name
Apple OOWA 15mm Wide-Angle Lens for iPhone 6 (JPEG only)
Apple OOWA 15mm Wide-Angle Lens for iPhone 6s (DNG+JPEG)
Apple OOWA 75mm Telephoto Lens for iPhone 6 (JPEG only)
Apple OOWA 75mm Telephoto Lens for iPhone 6s (DNG+JPEG)
Canon EF SIGMA 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM C017
Canon EF SIGMA 135mm F1.8 DG HSM A017
Canon EF Tokina AT-X 24-70mm F2.8 PRO FX (IF)
Canon EF-S Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II
Canon EF-S Tokina AT-X 14-20mm F2 PRO DX (IF)
Minolta SR Minolta MC ROKKOR-PF 85mm F1.7
Minolta SR Minolta MD ROKKOR-X 85mm F2
Nikon F Samyang 12mm f/2.8 ED AS NCS Fisheye
Nikon F SIGMA 135mm F1.8 DG HSM A017
Nikon F Tokina AT-X 14-20mm F2 PRO DX (IF)
Nikon F Tokina AT-X 24-70mm F2.8 PRO FX (IF)
Leica M Voigtlander VM HELIAR-HYPER WIDE 10mm F5.6
Leica M Voigtlander VM ULTRA WIDE-HELIAR 12mm F5.6 III
Leica M39 FED Industar-61 52mm f/2.8
M42 Helios MC 44-3 58mm F2
Sigma SIGMA 135mm F1.8 DG HSM A017
Sony FE Sony FE 85mm F1.8
Sony FE Sony FE 100mm F2.8 STF GM OSS

Customer reported issues resolved 

Known Issue

We have made progress in fixing the black panel issue as noted here and have reduced the chances that you will see the issue again.  Please do let us know if you see this issue in CC 2015.10 / 6.10.

Installation Instructions

Please select Help > Updates to use the update mechanism in the Creative Cloud app.

Give us feedback

Once you’ve updated to the latest version of Lightroom, don’t forget to leave us feedback about your experiences. Lightroom wouldn’t be what it is today without our passionate and loyal customers around the world. Giving us regular feedback helps us to find and fix issues that we may otherwise not know about. We are listening.

Here are a few ways that you can send us feedback:

Report bugs and suggest features

Discuss workflow and get help with how-to questions or basic troubleshooting 

Thanks!

ACR 9.10 now available

Camera Raw 9.10 is now available through the update mechanism in Photoshop CC and the Creative Cloud application.

The goal of this release is to provide additional camera raw support, lens profile support and address bugs that were introduced in previous releases of Camera Raw.

New Camera Support in Camera Raw 9.10

  • Canon EOS M6
  • Canon EOS Digital Rebel T7i (EOS 800D, EOS Kiss X9i)
  • Canon EOS 77D (EOS 9000D)
  • Pentax KP

New Lens Profile Support in Camera Raw 9.10

Mount Name
Apple OOWA 15mm Wide-Angle Lens for iPhone 6 (JPEG only)
Apple OOWA 15mm Wide-Angle Lens for iPhone 6s (DNG+JPEG)
Apple OOWA 75mm Telephoto Lens for iPhone 6 (JPEG only)
Apple OOWA 75mm Telephoto Lens for iPhone 6s (DNG+JPEG)
Canon EF SIGMA 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM C017
Canon EF SIGMA 135mm F1.8 DG HSM A017
Canon EF Tokina AT-X 24-70mm F2.8 PRO FX (IF)
Canon EF-S Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II
Canon EF-S Tokina AT-X 14-20mm F2 PRO DX (IF)
Minolta SR Minolta MC ROKKOR-PF 85mm F1.7
Minolta SR Minolta MD ROKKOR-X 85mm F2
Nikon F Samyang 12mm f/2.8 ED AS NCS Fisheye
Nikon F SIGMA 135mm F1.8 DG HSM A017
Nikon F Tokina AT-X 14-20mm F2 PRO DX (IF)
Nikon F Tokina AT-X 24-70mm F2.8 PRO FX (IF)
Leica M Voigtlander VM HELIAR-HYPER WIDE 10mm F5.6
Leica M Voigtlander VM ULTRA WIDE-HELIAR 12mm F5.6 III
Leica M39 FED Industar-61 52mm f/2.8
M42 Helios MC 44-3 58mm F2
Sigma SIGMA 135mm F1.8 DG HSM A017
Sony FE Sony FE 85mm F1.8
Sony FE Sony FE 100mm F2.8 STF GM OSS

Customer reported issues resolved 

  • Fixed an issue where Hasselblad H6D-50c files won’t load in Camera Raw.
  • Added camera matching color profiles for the Panasonic FZ1000, Panasonic GH4, and Panasonic LX100 cameras.
  • Fixed a bug where we see unexpected behavior change: Local exposure + negative Clarity.
  • Fixed a crashing issue which occurred when reading JPEGs with Bridge-hosted Camera Raw.

Installation Instructions

Camera Raw 9.10 – Please select Help>Updates to use the update mechanism in the Creative Cloud app.

Please note – If you have trouble updating to the latest Camera Raw update via the Creative Cloud application, please refer to the following plugin installation:

http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/multi/camera-raw-plug-in-installer.html

DNG Converter 9.10 download links:  Win | macOS

Thanks!

Lightroom CC 2015.9 now available

The goal of this release is to provide additional camera raw support, lens profile support and address bugs that were introduced in previous releases of Lightroom.

New Camera Support in Lightroom CC 2015.9

  • Canon PowerShot G9 X Mark II
  • Casio EX-ZR3200
  • Casio EX-ZR3700
  • Fujifilm GFX 50S
  • Fujifilm X100F
  • Fujifilm X-A10
  • Fujifilm X-T20
  • Leica M10
  • Olympus E-M1 Mark II
  • Panasonic DC-FZ80
  • Panasonic DC-GF9
  • Panasonic DC-GH5
  • Panasonic DMC-TZ82
  • Phase One IQ3 100MP (“S” compression mode not supported)

New Lens Profile Support in Lightroom CC 2015.9

Mount Name
Apple Moment Macro Lens for iPhone 7 (DNG + JPEG)
Apple Moment Macro Lens for iPhone 7 Plus (DNG + JPEG)
Apple Moment Superfish Lens for iPhone 7 (DNG + JPEG)
Apple Moment Superfish Lens for iPhone 7 Plus (DNG + JPEG)
Apple Moment Tele Lens for iPhone 7 (DNG + JPEG)
Apple Moment Tele Lens for iPhone 7 Plus (DNG + JPEG)
Apple Moment Wide Lens for iPhone 7 (DNG + JPEG)
Apple Moment Wide Lens for iPhone 7 Plus (DNG + JPEG)
Canon EF Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L III USM
Canon EF Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM
Canon EF Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS II USM
Canon EF TAMRON 10-24mm F/3.5-4.5 Di II VC HLD B023E
Canon EF TAMRON SP 70-200mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2 A025E
Canon EF TAMRON SP 70-200mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2 A025E +1.4x III
Canon EF TAMRON SP 70-200mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2 A025E +2x III
Canon EF-M Canon EF-M 18-150mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM
Canon EF-M Canon EF-M 28mm f/3.5 MACRO IS STM
DJI DJI Mavic Pro FC220 (DNG + JPEG)
Fujifilm X Fujifilm X100F
Nikon F TAMRON 10-24mm F/3.5-4.5 Di II VC HLD B023N
Nikon F TAMRON SP 70-200mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2 A025N
Nikon F TAMRON SP 70-200mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2 A025N x1.4
Nikon F TAMRON SP 70-200mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2 A025N x2.0
Nikon F Voigtlander SL II – S 58mm f/1.4 Nokton
Sony E Sony E PZ 18-110mm F4 G OSS
Sony FE Rokinon/Samyang AF 14mm F2.8 FE
Sony FE Voigtlander ULTRA WIDE-HELIAR 12mm F5.6 III
Sony FE Zeiss Loxia 2.4/85

Customer reported issues resolved

Installation Instructions

Please select Help > Updates to use the update mechanism in the Creative Cloud app.

Give us feedback

Once you’ve updated to the latest version of Lightroom, don’t forget to leave us feedback about your experiences. Lightroom wouldn’t be what it is today without our passionate and loyal customers around the world. Giving us regular feedback helps us to find and fix issues that we may otherwise not know about. We are listening.

Here are a few ways that you can send us feedback:

Report bugs and suggest features

Discuss workflow and get help with how-to questions or basic troubleshooting 

Thanks!

ACR 9.9 now available

Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve.  Lee Vining, CA.    © Chris Castleberry, Camera Raw QE and Master of Lens Corrections

Camera Raw 9.9 is now available through the update mechanism in Photoshop CC and the Creative Cloud application.

The goal of this release is to provide additional camera raw support, lens profile support and address bugs that were introduced in previous releases of Camera Raw.

New Camera Support in Camera Raw 9.9

  • Canon PowerShot G9 X Mark II
  • Casio EX-ZR3200
  • Casio EX-ZR3700
  • Fujifilm GFX 50S
  • Fujifilm X100F
  • Fujifilm X-A10
  • Fujifilm X-T20
  • Leica M10
  • Olympus E-M1 Mark II
  • Panasonic DC-FZ80
  • Panasonic DC-GF9
  • Panasonic DC-GH5
  • Panasonic DMC-TZ82
  • Phase One IQ3 100MP (“S” compression mode not supported)

New Lens Profile Support in Camera Raw 9.9

Mount Name
Apple Moment Macro Lens for iPhone 7 (DNG + JPEG)
Apple Moment Macro Lens for iPhone 7 Plus (DNG + JPEG)
Apple Moment Superfish Lens for iPhone 7 (DNG + JPEG)
Apple Moment Superfish Lens for iPhone 7 Plus (DNG + JPEG)
Apple Moment Tele Lens for iPhone 7 (DNG + JPEG)
Apple Moment Tele Lens for iPhone 7 Plus (DNG + JPEG)
Apple Moment Wide Lens for iPhone 7 (DNG + JPEG)
Apple Moment Wide Lens for iPhone 7 Plus (DNG + JPEG)
Canon EF Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L III USM
Canon EF Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM
Canon EF Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS II USM
Canon EF TAMRON 10-24mm F/3.5-4.5 Di II VC HLD B023E
Canon EF TAMRON SP 70-200mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2 A025E
Canon EF TAMRON SP 70-200mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2 A025E +1.4x III
Canon EF TAMRON SP 70-200mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2 A025E +2x III
Canon EF-M Canon EF-M 18-150mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM
Canon EF-M Canon EF-M 28mm f/3.5 MACRO IS STM
DJI DJI Mavic Pro FC220 (DNG + JPEG)
Fujifilm X Fujifilm X100F
Nikon F TAMRON 10-24mm F/3.5-4.5 Di II VC HLD B023N
Nikon F TAMRON SP 70-200mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2 A025N
Nikon F TAMRON SP 70-200mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2 A025N x1.4
Nikon F TAMRON SP 70-200mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2 A025N x2.0
Nikon F Voigtlander SL II – S 58mm f/1.4 Nokton
Sony E Sony E PZ 18-110mm F4 G OSS
Sony FE Rokinon/Samyang AF 14mm F2.8 FE
Sony FE Voigtlander ULTRA WIDE-HELIAR 12mm F5.6 III
Sony FE Zeiss Loxia 2.4/85

Customer reported issues resolved

  • Fixed an Upright bug where the “Update” button is incorrectly enabled when Upright is unable to find a correction.
  • Fixed a bug where Lens Profile Auto Matching is not working for Zeiss Batis 85mm lenses.

Installation Instructions

Camera Raw 9.9 – Please select Help>Updates to use the update mechanism in the Creative Cloud app.

Please note – If you have trouble updating to the latest Camera Raw update via the Creative Cloud application, please refer to the following plugin installation:

http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/multi/camera-raw-plug-in-installer.html

DNG Converter 9.9 download links:  Win | macOS

Thanks!

Lr Mobile Update: Raw HDR capture mode for iOS and Android

New Raw HDR Capture Mode

We’re excited to announce that Lightroom Mobile now has a new raw HDR capture mode that lets you achieve a dynamic range on your mobile device that was previously only possible shooting with an DSLR or mirrorless camera.

This new HDR mode harnesses the power available in the latest mobile hardware on both Android and iOS. These updates, version 2.7 for iOS and version 2.3 for Android, were released today and make the HDR mode available for free. The updates for both Android and iOS can be downloaded by tapping here.

The new HDR mode works by automatically scanning the scene to determine the correct exposure range and then capturing three DNG files which are then automatically aligned, merged, deghosted, and tonemapped in the app. You get a 16-bit floating point DNG, with all of the benefits of both an HDR and a raw photo, which is processed by the same algorithms with the same quality as the HDR technology built into Adobe Camera Raw and Lightroom.

Previously, capturing an image in HDR either meant using a DSLR or mirrorless camera, capturing multiple exposures, copying to your computer, and then merging in an application like Photoshop, Adobe Camera Raw, or Lightroom. Alternatively, you could capture an HDR JPEG on your phone, though those images normally used only two shots and often failed to capture the full range of tonality in difficult lighting scenarios. By capturing three raw shots and merging on the phone, you get a greatly increased dynamic range with the ability to edit and share right away. Creative Cloud members get the additional benefit of automatically syncing with their desktop, ensuring that the photo, plus all of the edits that were made to the photo, are backed up and available in the desktop version of Lightroom.

Our very own Russell Preston Brown has created a great tutorial for using this new HDR capture mode within Lightroom Mobile, check it out!

HDR Processing & Supported Devices

When we started working on HDR for Lightroom Mobile, we realized that adding desktop-caliber, pro-quality processing algorithms to mobile devices is no easy task. Our team was able to make some pretty amazing breakthroughs that eventually made it possible.

For iOS users, the HDR mode requires a device that can capture in DNG, such as an iPhone 6s, 6s Plus, 7, 7 Plus, iPhone SE, or iPad Pro 9.7″.

For Android users, at this point only the Samsung S7, S7 Edge, Google Pixel, and Pixel XL are supported. So that we’d adhere to our stringent quality and reliability requirements, our primary goal was to ensure the stability of the app while enabling the algorithms to provide the highest possible quality. Thanks to the processing and memory available on the Samsung S7 and Google Pixel devices, we were able to achieve the quality and capabilities required by these incredibly powerful algorithms. The team is working hard to support additional devices as quickly as possible.

Other features in these releases

In addition to the new raw HDR capture mode, iOS and Android users get the following new features:

iOS

Export Original, enabling you to export the original files, including DNGs captured in the camera as well as raw files imported through Lightroom Mobile and Lightroom web (Lightroom Desktop does not upload originals to the server):

Gestures to rate and review in the Rate & Review mode, greatly speeding up your review process:

New Force Touch and Notification Center widget, making it even easier and faster to launch Lightroom’s camera:

As well as a new option available in settings, Prevent From Sleep, which will keep the screen from locking as long as the phone is plugged into power, improved synchronization stability and speed, and general bug fixes, performance enhancements, and UI tweaks.

Android

For Android Creative Cloud members, the Radial and Linear Selection tools are now available:

As well as general bug fixes and speed improvements.