Lightroom Updates - December 2018

Adobe has just released the December updates for all of the Lightroom products, including Camera Raw, Lightroom Classic CC and Lightroom CC for Mac & Windows, together with mobile versions for Android, ChromeOS, and iOS.

This release cycle includes:

Lightroom Classic CC 8.1

Lightroom CC 2.1 for desktop

Lightroom CC for mobile 4.1 (iOS and Android)

Camera Raw 11.1

New Camera Support 

 

Lightroom Classic highlights

-Customize the order of the panels in the Develop module to reflect the way you work.

-Auto-import to collection from a watched folder.

-Snap to grid in the Book Module

-Performance improvements

A new quit dialog has also been introduced. If you ever found yourself wanting to keep Lightroom running because you forgot something it was only possible to skip the backup and then re-launch the application.

With the new dialog it’s simple enough to hit return to continue to quit or to click the cancel button to keep the application open. You can also hide the new dialog if you don’t wish to see it again.

Lightroom CC highlights

-Set as Target Album; now available under the three dots menu (top-right) and currently as a right-click option. Click on my video link below.

-Album sharing improvements enabling filtering and control of what is being shared.

-People View now has the ability to sort by first name or last name from the three dots menu. In the keyword panel you can hover over the list of faces to see the corresponding face region highlighted.

 

 Play Video - Set Target Album

https://youtu.be/kt_dbiWQaYo 

To update to the latest version, launch Creative Cloud desktop and go to the apps tab. If you don’t see any available updates click top-right on the three dots and choose Check for app updates. That should refresh everything.