One of the most common questions I get asked about Lightroom is what the difference is between presets and profiles. In June 2022 Adobe released more updates to Lightroom and Camera Raw, including the long overdue arrival of an Amount slider for presets, so it felt like the right time to explain it. Here I go through what each one does and how they differ, so you know which to reach for when you're editing your photographs.
As of December 2021 and the time of posting this, here’s the list from Adobe of the newly added cameras supported by Camera Raw / Lightroom…
Want a list of ALL supported cameras? Click the link below…
This short video from Adobe, presented by Pei Ketron, gives a sneak peek at the powerful and precise masking capabilities Adobe had been working on, and it's incredible. The features were coming to Lightroom across the board: Lightroom Classic, Lightroom in the cloud, Lightroom Mobile and Adobe Camera Raw. Adobe re-envisioned the workflow for selective edits and local adjustments, so you can make more complex and accurate selections using multiple masks, including colour and luminance masks, all powered by Adobe Sensei AI technology. Being able to mask and isolate areas of an image like this is a huge change.
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