Update for Lightroom CC 2015.6 and Lightroom 6.6

Adobe has announced today the above releases of Lightroom including raw file support for recent camera models:

Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark II

Leica M-D (Typ 262)

Nikon COOLPIX B700

Panasonic DMC-GX85 (DMC-GX80, DMC-GX7MK2)

Subscribers to the Creative Cloud version get the new Guided Upright feature offering a more targeted method of correcting perspective distortion. This can be found under the new Transform tab grouped with the previous buttons which have been moved from the Lens Corrections tab.

Full details of the changes and bug fixes can be found in the Lightroom Journal.

Summary of What’s New in Each Release

 
Update Lightroom from the CC Desktop App or from the Help Menu when Lightroom is already launched. In case of difficulty use the direct download link.

Adobe Evangelist Julieanne Kost has two video presentations demonstrating how to use Guided Upright.

Guided Upright in Lightroom CC 2015.6

Guided Upright in Camera Raw 9.6

Update on QuickTime for Windows

Adobe announces that the timeframe for native support has been accelerated.

Adobe Update on Progress with Apple

My Original Blog Post 18 April 2016

 

Adobe Slate comes to the Desktop

Turn your words and pictures into a beautiful visual story. In minutes. It's free and easy to create beautiful newsletters, a photo slideshow, reports, invitations and other presentations.

Originally an iPad app, Adobe Slate is now also available on the web! You can now create and edit projects from your desktop – no download required – it works from your browser. Simply sign-in.

On trend, with parallax-scrolling. Parallax sites are great for telling stories. You scroll down, down, down, taking in the text and the beautiful photography as the story unfolds.

With Lightroom integration - images and captions can be pulled in quickly. Create a title, choose a template, add photos, text and publish. It’s automatically hosted for free by Adobe. Simply send the link to share with anybody.

Now part of Adobe Spark

-Spark Page (formerly Slate)

-Spark Post

-Spark Video

 

Get it here for Windows or Mac

YouTube Video Preview 

Also Available for the iPad 

App Store 

 

Adobe Announces DeepFont in London

Photoshop is to use artificial intelligence to help users identify typefaces they have seen elsewhere.

Adobe describes its DeepFont feature as "Shazam for fonts" - a reference to the song-recognising app.

BBC News