{"id":2140,"date":"2016-07-13T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/lightroomjournal\/?p=2140"},"modified":"2020-04-23T13:36:07","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T20:36:07","slug":"lightroom-mobile-july-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lrj.mattalbright.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/13\/lightroom-mobile-july-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightroom for Mobile July Releases"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two big updates\u00a0for Lightroom for mobile are now\u00a0available for download: Lightroom for iOS 2.4<\/a>\u00a0and Lightroom for Android 2.1<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Photograph by Elia Locardi of the valley in Meteora, Greece. Shot in raw on a Fuji XT-2 and edited on location with an iPad Pro with Lightroom for iOS.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lightroom for iOS 2.4<\/h2>\n

\"IMG_4385\"<\/a>In version 2.4, two major improvements have been added: a raw technology preview and the addition of local adjustment tools. In addition to these major improvements, we’ve also added the ability to use keyboard shortcuts with physical keyboards connected to iPads, the ability to add your copyright to all imported photos, functionality to turn on lens profiles (if your camera and lens combination are supported), as well as the usual bug fixes and improvements.<\/p>\n

Raw \u00a0Technology Preview<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Import<\/a>We’re sure it’s happened to you before: you’re out taking photos (in raw of course)\u00a0and you capture a real stunner that you can’t wait to share with the world. Until now, you had to either transfer a JPEG version of the file over or you had to wait until you got back to your desktop or laptop. With the raw technology preview, you’ll be able to import raw photos immediately to either your iPhone or iPad, edit them, and then share them, anywhere you’ve got a connection.\u00a0Our goal with Lightroom for mobile is to make it an indispensable part of your photography workflow, providing the tools that you’re familiar with and the quality you expect in a product that can be with you, no matter when inspiration strikes. With this technology preview, we want to push the boundaries of how photographers around the world work with their mobile devices.<\/p>\n

\"Raw<\/a>You get all of the benefits of raw, such as the ability to change the white balance, being able to recover blown out highlights, access to the full range of color information, as well as editing an uncompressed file, all using the exact same technology that powers Lightroom on your desktop. An added benefit is that the raw file that you’ve imported into Lightroom for iOS will be synced with Lightroom on your other devices, such as Lightroom for desktop or Lightroom on the web, along with any of the edits, star ratings, or flags that you added.<\/p>\n

Lightroom for mobile supports all of the same raw files that Lightroom for desktop as well as Adobe Camera Raw support, with the full list available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To transfer photos to your mobile device, you need to use either\u00a0the camera connection kit or the lightning to SD or USB kits from Apple to transfer your raw files over to your device, which will bring up the Import tab within the iOS Photos app. Importing the files will add them into\u00a0your camera roll, where you can then access and load in any raw file directly into Lightroom mobile.\u00a0It’s important to keep in mind that raw files are significantly larger (3-5 times larger) than JPEGs, meaning the raw files will take longer to import, upload, and take up more space on your device. Even as such, we found that the added\u00a0control and quality that the raw files afforded were so useful that it\u00a0outweighed the negatives.<\/p>\n

Just as when working with raw files that were synced from\u00a0Lightroom for desktop or Lightroom on the web, you’ll be able to perform raw-specific enhancements, such as changing the white balance with greater control and recovering clipped highlights, but unlike when working with raw files synced from Lightroom for desktop, you’ll have access to the full resolution file AND you can do it anywhere in the world, even from your iPhone!<\/p>\n

We’ve\u00a0run Lightroom for mobile through its paces on a number of different files, including the 50MP Canon 5DS\u00a0running\u00a0on an iPhone 6, proving that you really can edit nearly any photo anywhere. After playing with the app for a few months, we’ve found that it’s a really great way to take a few\u00a0of your favorite images from the day (or even that you just captured), review\u00a0to make sure you captured what you saw, edit, and then share them, all right away, and\u00a0with all of your edits carried through the rest of the Lightroom ecosystem.<\/p>\n

We had the pleasure of working with a number of photographers\u00a0while\u00a0creating\u00a0the raw technology preview, take a look at how travel photographer\u00a0Elia Locardi was able to put the technology to use while shooting on location in Greece.<\/p>\n