But since version 4.1, Lightroom has had the ability to work with 32-bit TIFF files. It’s that tone-mapping part that often leads to surreal and garish HDR effects.
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But that full dynamic range can’t be viewed on a monitor, so you have to do a second step, called tone mapping, to compress the tones into a usable range. You start by creating the 32-bit HDR image, which contains the full dynamic range of all the merged files. The new HDR Merge looks like a significant improvement over previous methods of creating HDR images, but to explain why we need a little background. Adobe has managed to add improved performance, functionality, and flexibility, yet keep the workflow simple. And I have to say that they’re well done. But of course I had to try these new HDR and panorama features to see how they worked. I don’t create many panoramas, nor do I use HDR very often because Lightroom is so good at handling high-contrast scenes with just one image. … and you can click or drag to paint over the previous spot.īut the biggest additions to Lightroom 6/CC are the ability to create HDR images and panoramas directly from Lightroom, without using Photoshop or another application. (There was a workaround in previous versions of Lightroom, though rather an awkward one: you could place a new spot outside any existing ones, then drag it over an existing spot. Though this seems like a small thing, the ability to add cloning or healing in layers, one step on top of another, is vital for any serious retouching job, and a significant improvement to Lightroom’s retouching capabilities. Press the H key to hide or reveal the circles (the Tool Overlay). There is, however, a new, unadvertised feature of the Spot Removal Tool that I stumbled upon, and find rather useful: you can now place new cloning or healing spots over old ones by hiding the tool’s circles. It would be nice to add a curve to only part of an image, for example, and the Auto Mask function of the Adjustment Brush has long needed improvement.Īlas, Lightroom 6/CC offers only small improvements to the Develop Module, like the ability to move and copy Adjustment Brush pins, and to modify Graduated Filter and Radial Filter selections with a brush.
I was hoping for improvements to Lightroom’s retouching tools, and to the Adjustment Brush. When I saw the list of new features, I have to say I was a bit disappointed. The new HDR Merge in Lightroom 6/CC did a great job with this high-contrast scene, producing a natural-looking result, and doing it with a completely non-destructive workflow.Īfter months of rumors, last week Adobe finally released Lightroom 6 and Lightroom CC. Swirling mist from Tunnel View, Yosemite.
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