Adobe has released a major upgrade to its popular RAW image-editing software options, Lightroom CC and Lightroom Classic CC. At the heart of the update is the change to the Camera Profiles feature, which are now known simply as Profiles.
There’s a good chance you may never have used profiles, which has been moved from the Camera Calibration panel to the Basic panel and also added into Lightroom CC (on Macintosh, Windows, iOS, Android, and Chrome OS) at the top of the edit panel.
Users can now quickly access six new Adobe Raw profiles and more than 40 fresh Creative profiles. The new Profile Browser enables photographers to quickly compare and select different profiles for your images, offering a preview so you can see the effect without selecting it.
Making Profiles easier to access may change the way you use Lightroom.
Adobe used their blog to explain what each new profile, which are also now available in Adobe Camera RAW, can do for your RAW file:
Adobe Color: ‘designed to greatly improve the look and rendering of warm tones, improving the transitions between certain color ranges, and slightly increasing the starting contrast of your photos. Since Adobe Color is the new default (but only for newly imported photos), it was designed to work on the widest range of photos and ensures that regardless of the subject, your photo will look great. ’
Adobe Monochrome: ‘carefully tuned to be a great starting point for any black and white photograph, resulting in better tonal separation and contrast than photos that started off in Adobe Standard and were converted into black and white. ’
Adobe Portrait: ‘optimized for all skin tones, providing more control and better reproduction of skin tones. With less contrast and saturation applied to skin tones throughout the photo, you get more control and precision for critical portraiture. ’
Adobe Landscape: ‘designed for landscape photos, with more vibrant skies and foliage tones. ’
Adobe Neutral: ‘provides a starting point with a very low amount of contrast, useful for photos where you want the most control or that have very difficult tonal ranges. ’
Adobe Vivid: ‘provides a punchy, saturated starting point. ’
Adobe is working with creatives to introduce more Profiles.
The move also signals a change in direction for Adobe as the brand has stated they're working with photographers to add additional profiles to the software; ‘we’ve also started working with a number of top preset creators to enable them to create their own unique profiles, some of which are available today. ’ Adobe has already named creatives such as Matt Kloskowski, Nicolesy and Brian Matiash as artists making free and paid-for profiles available.
Other changes in the big Lightroom update also included the Dehaze feature, which can add clarity to hazy scenes, moving up to the Basic tab so it is easier to access. In Lightroom Classic CC, the face-tagging algorithms has also been optimised to be more accurate during the detection of faces.
Profiles enables photographers to achieve stylish effects in seconds.
. digitalrev.com2018-4-6 03:00
