I am back from my Japan Wildlife Photo Tour. It will take me a while to catch up on things while I was away and process the photos. So far behind on my editing. This is already my third tour of 2017 and I have another one coming up before the end of March. You can follow my travels on Facebook and Twitter. See my equipment bag and works on MichaelDanielHo.com
From Adobe :
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As of January 9, 2017 Creative Suite is no longer available for purchase.
Adobe added a new View Mode called Reference View in the Develop Module which enables users to compare 2 different images to make them visually consistent. This is helpful when making a group of images from a single event look similar or setting the white balance appropriately in mixed lighting conditions.
To get started,
Go to the Develop Module
Click on Reference View. Its on the Toolbar, and you may need to show the Toolbar if hidden
Drag and Drop your Reference Photo onto the left pane. You can change your Reference Photo by either dragging a different image onto the left pane or using the “Set as Reference Photo” context menu in the Library Module.
Edit the active photo. Use the Reference Photo to guide your editing decisions.
Performance Improvements
Lightroom CC (2015.8) / 6.8 includes ‘under-the-hood’ changes designed to improve the responsiveness of your Lightroom experience. You should notice improvements in image editing responsiveness when background tasks (such as Preview Generation) are running, moving files between folders, running catalog backups.
Fit/Fill Improvements
You can now zoom to fit and zoom to fill. Particularly when using ultra high-resolution (i.e. 4K and 5K) monitors, prior versions of Lightroom would not completely fill the Loupe window.
Additional Features
Ability to filter or create a Smart Collection for images that have Snapshots associated with them.
Export a Collection Set as a new catalog.
New Camera Support in Lightroom CC (2015.8) / 6.8
Canon EOS M5
Fujifilm X-A3
Google Pixel
Google Pixel XL
Hasselblad X1D
Leica TL
Nikon D5600
Olympus E-M1 Mark II (*)
Olympus PEN E-PL8
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ2500 (DMC-FZ2000 and DMC-FZH1)
Pentax K-70
Samsung Galaxy S7
Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
Sony Alpha a6500 (ILCE-6500)
Sony Alpha a99 II (ILCA-99M2)
Sony DSC-RX100 Mark V
* denotes preliminary support
New Tethered Shooting Support in Lightroom CC (2015.8) / 6.8
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
New Lens Profile Support in Lightroom CC (2015.8) / 6.8
MountName
AppleMoment Macro Lens for iPhone6
AppleMoment Macro Lens for iPhone6 Plus
AppleMoment Superfish Lens for iPhone6
AppleMoment Superfish Lens for iPhone6 Plus
AppleMoment Tele Lens for iPhone6
AppleMoment Tele Lens for iPhone6 Plus
AppleMoment Wide Lens for iPhone6
AppleMoment Wide Lens for iPhone6 Plus
AppleMoment Macro Lens for iPhone6s (DNG + JPEG)
AppleMoment Macro Lens for iPhone6s Plus (DNG + JPEG)
AppleMoment Superfish Lens for iPhone6s (DNG + JPEG)
AppleMoment Superfish Lens for iPhone6s Plus (DNG + JPEG)
AppleMoment Tele Lens for iPhone6s (DNG + JPEG)
AppleMoment Tele Lens for iPhone6s Plus (DNG + JPEG)
AppleMoment Wide Lens for iPhone6s (DNG + JPEG)
AppleMoment Wide Lens for iPhone6s Plus (DNG + JPEG)
Canon SIGMA 12-24mm F4 DG HSM A016
Canon SIGMA 85mm F1.4 DG HSM A016
Canon SIGMA 500mm F4 DG OS HSM S016
Canon TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 A022E
SamsungSamsung Galaxy S7 Edge Rear Camera (DNG + JPEG)
SamsungSamsung Galaxy S7 Rear Camera (DNG + JPEG)
SigmaSIGMA 12-24mm F4 DG HSM A016
SigmaSIGMA 85mm F1.4 DG HSM A016
SigmaSIGMA 500mm F4 DG OS HSM S016
Customer reported issues resolved by new Lightroom version
Released a new set of Camera Matching Profiles for Canon 5D Mark IV.
Improved support for Canon 5D Mark IV dual pixel raw images. Please see this note for further details.
Lightroom would show an error dialog when attempting to open an image in Photoshop. Please note that this only occurred on Windows and only when selecting “Open in Photoshop” as a Post-Processing item in the Export dialog.
Fixed issues relating to the Point Curve as reported here and here
Fixed some memory leaks.
Library collection panel scrolled unexpectedly when you duplicate/rename/delete a collection set
Problem with watermark opacity in export slideshow
Will not export both portrait and landscape oriented pictures as a slideshow video in 720 or 1080
Slideshow not working, only getting black screen
Selected Published Folder or Collection is not deselected if a folder is selected
Background images in Slideshow sometimes appeared pixelated.
Allow image panning by holding down space bar and then swipe with two fingers when local correction tool (such as the Local Adjustment Brush or Radial Filter) is activated.
Resolved inconsistent preset sorting issue.
Resolved issues when importing from an Apple iPhone or iPad using USB.
Video files from Sony cameras were not being imported into Lightroom.
Opening photos in Photoshop from Lightroom using Edit In does not work correctly for some operations
Map and Web modules do not work correctly with 4K UHD monitor
Sort by capture time doesn’t always work on 2015.7 / 6.7
Adobe offers a video on tricks and tips of the new Photoshop CC 2017 to help improve productivity and workflow. Topics include enhancements to Export As, Artboards, Properties panel, Copy As SVG, SVG plus many more other features and functions.
Take a look at the video below on how to 'master' a few frequently used Photoshop techniques. The photo processing tips are aimed primarily for people who do a lot of wedding, portrait or people photography. If you want to skip ahead in the video, look for the approximate time stamp for the following topics :
Stacking Face Aware Liquefy Filters - 0:53
Color Lookup Tables - 4:30
Move a Selection / Transform a Selection - 8:07
Frequency Separation - 9:03
Calculations for Selecting Hair - 15:06
Selective Sharpening w/ High Pass - 20:46
Color Range on Live Mask - 24:12
Curves - 27:21
Combine Adjustment Layers with Blend Modes - 29:50
Camera RAW filter (Dehaze for interesting contrast) - 32:28
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