Everything You Need To Know About The New Adobe Lightroom 6/CC

Earlier today Adobe introduced the 6’th version of its popular Lightroom software as well as a long awaited Creative Cloud version of the software – we bring you a comprehensive look.

The above video is Laurra Shoe‘s take on some of the new features in Lightroom CC and Lightroom 6 – below you can find many more videos by Adobe and others looking at some of those in more depth.

Lightroom reach for the Cloud

Here is a list of some of the main features of Adobe Lightroom 6/CC (more on Adobe’s site):

GPU acceleration – Lightroom now support faster work using your graphics card – for supported cards (just use: Select Preferences > Performance. Now, select Use Graphics Processor).
Face recognition – lets you quickly organize, tag & find images using facial recognition technology.
HDR photo merge – Now you can merge multiple exposure-bracketed images into a single HDR image in Lightroom.
Panorama merge – Now you can easily merge photos of a landscape into a breathtaking panorama – including RAW images!
Fix pet eye effect – just like red eye but for pets.
Filter brushes – Now you can easily change graduated filter and radial Filter masks using brush controls.
Slideshow-related improvements – now it is possible to adjust the amount of panning and zooming using a convenient slider control, add up to 10 music tracks to slideshows, automatically synchronize slide transitions to music and more.
Creative Cloud support – share and exchange images and files between your computers and devices on Adobe’s Creative Cloud (only on Lightroom CC).

As for pricing The CC version will add to the Creative Cloud package (starting at $10/month) or you can by the Lightroom 6 as a stand-alone software for just under $150.

We collected a list of interesting videos from around the web looking at different features of the new Lightroom:

What’s New in the Develop Module in Lightroom CC & 6 with Laura Shoe

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92lxq7eVcUE[/youtube]

Colin Smith on HDR merge in Lightroom CC

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia_ioC7aZ30[/youtube]

A look at the new panorama merge in Lightroom CC

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy_HDGx3nWs[/youtube]

Using the new facial recognition in Lightroom CC

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45_zCZnqmqU[/youtube]

Some hidden gems in Lightroom CC

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GZErV1m1uQ[/youtube]

Terry White shares his top 6 favorite features in Lightroom CC

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPn-e_arXRA[/youtube]

How To Take Advantage of the Adobe Creative Cloud Photography Plan – with White

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSRGntJek9U[/youtube]

Bonus: Adobe also released the 9’th version of Camera RAW today with new RAW panorama capabilities

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzVVq0az3CY[/youtube]

You can check out more useful Lightroom guides and tips on our LensVid Lightroom section. You can watch more of Shoe’s video tutorials published on our site here.

Iddo Genuth

Iddo Genuth is the founder and chief editor of LensVid.com. He has been a technology reporter working for international publications since the late 1990's and covering photography since 2009. Iddo is also a co-founder of a production company specializing in commercial food and product visual content.