Adobe updates Lightroom, Camera Raw (Photoshop CS6 and CC) and DNG Converter

Adobe has released version 5.4 of Lightroom and version 8.4 of Adobe Camera Raw (for Photoshop CS6 and CC) and the DNG Converter applications.

The new version of Camera Raw fixes a number of issues and adds support for additional cameras and lenses. With version 5.4 of Lightroom there is now also an iPad version available. This new Lightroom Mobile synchronises your images with the desktop version and offers some (albeit limited) editing capabilities. Great for showcasing your work on the road and to perform some quick edits. The files used by Lightroom Mobile are actually the new smart previews that were introduced with LR5, meaning that your edits actually do get propagated to your (raw) images on your desktop computer as well, even on raw files!

Please note that if you're still on Windows XP or Vista or Mac OS X 10.6, you're out of luck; the new versions of the software do not supported on those platforms any longer.
Also note that not all functionality of the new ACR is available in Photoshop CS6, for full functionality you'll need Photoshop CC. A subscription to the CC program is required for Lightoom Mobile.

Use the update mechanism as provided in Photoshop to update to the latest version of ACR.
DNG converter 8.4 can be downloaded from the Adobe website: Mac / Windows.
Lightroom 5.4 can be downloaded from the Adobe website as well: Mac / Windows.

Adobe releases Camera Raw & DNG converter 8.2

Adobe has released an update for both Adobe Camera Raw and the DNG converter.

Version 8.2 of Camera Raw (for Photoshop CS6 and CC) and the DNG convertor contain the following enhancements and bug fixes (from the release notes).

New Features in Camera Raw 8.2:

• The Histogram is now interactive. This enables the ability to click and drag on the Histogram to adjust the Blacks, Shadows, Exposure, Highlights, and Whites sliders.
• A Color Smoothness adjustment slider has been added to the Detail Panel. This helps to reduce low-frequency color mottling artifacts.
• Added new “rectangle mode” to white balance eyedropper tool. Click-and-drag with the eyedropper tool to define a rectangular pixel area.  Upon releasing mouse, Camera Raw will use all the pixels within the marked rectangle to set the global White Balance.
• Workflow presets are now available and can be selected by context-clicking the workflow link.
• Presets have been added to the Save dialog box.
• Auto Exposure has been improved to be more consistent across images and across different image sizes.
• Refinements to the Spot Healing Tool:
  • New Feather control
  • Auto find source method now works better for images with textured areas like rocks, bark, and foliage
  • Auto find source method now prefers source areas within the crop rectangle
• Refinements to the Local Adjustment Brush:
  • Move brush adjustments by clicking and dragging on brush adjustment pins
  • Right Click (PC) / Control-click (Mac) on a brush adjustment pin to bring up a context menu to duplicate or delete
  • Control+Alt+Drag (PC) / Command+Option+Drag (Mac) on a brush adjustment pin to clone (duplicate) that adjustment o Alt+Click (PC) / Option+Click (Mac) on a brush adjustment pin to delete the adjustment

New Camera Support in Camera Raw 8.2

• Canon EOS 70D
• Canon PowerShot G16
• Canon PowerShot S120*
• Casio Exilim EX-ZR800
• Fujifilm FinePix HS22EXR
• Fujifilm FinePix HS35EXR
• Fujifilm FinePix S205EXR
• Fujifilm X-M1
• Leica C (Typ 112)
• Olympus E-M1*
• Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7
• Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ70
• Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ72
• Pentax Q7
• Pentax K-50
• Pentax K-500
• Sony DSC-RX100 II
• Sony A3000 (ILCE-3000)
• Sony NEX-5T

New Lens Profile Support in Camera Raw 8.2

Mount	Name
Sony	Sony E 35mm F1.8 OSS
Hasselblad	Hasselblad LF16mm F2.8
Hasselblad	Hasselblad LF18-55mm F3.5-5.6 OSS
Hasselblad	Hasselblad LF18-200mm F3.5-6.3 OSS
GoPro	GoPro Hero 3 Black Edition
GoPro	GoPro Hero 3 Silver Edition
GoPro	GoPro Hero 3 White Edition
Leica	Leica TRI-ELMAR-M 16-18-21 mm f/4 ASPH.
Canon	SIGMA 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM A013
Canon, Nikon, Sigma	SIGMA 120-300mm F2.8 DG OS HSM S013
Nikon	SIGMA 30mm F1.4 DC HSM A013
Olympus, Sony	SIGMA 60mm F2.8 DN A013
Pentax, Sony	SIGMA 17-70mm F2.8-4 DC MACRO OS HSM C013
Pentax, Sony	SIGMA 35mm F1.4 DG HSM A012
Nikon	Nikon 1 NIKKOR 32mm f/1.2
Sony	Sony DSC-RX1R

Bugs Corrected in Camera Raw 8.2

• JPEG decoding produced a red color cast.
• Bridge always recomputed cropped image thumbnails when lens profile corrections are enabled rather than when necessary.
• Feathering for healing brush operations were not the same strength as feathering for circular spot removals.
• When selecting and adjusting multiple images, the Crop adjustment was not applied to the most selected image.
• Local adjustment brush pin were not redrawing properly after moving from one location to another.
• When using Camera Raw as a Filter in Photoshop CC, pressing the “Cancel” button on a Smart Object would rest the Smart Object to default settings.
• There was no visual for the Heads-Up Display when control-dragging to resize a healing brush.  This only occurred when the “Show Overlay” option is turned off.

Installation instructions

You install the Camera Raw 8.2 update using the Update Mechanism found in Photoshop CC and Photoshop CS6.

DNG converter 8.2 can be downloaded from the adobe website: Windows | Mac

Camera Raw 8.1 and DNG Converter 8.1

Together with the new Lightroom 5, Adobe today also released updates for Camera Raw and the DNG converter.

Camera Raw 8.1 provides support for HiDPI capable displays (e.g., Mac Retina displays), additional camera and lens support as well as fixes for bugs that were introduced in previous versions of Camera Raw. Camera Raw 8.1 is available for Adobe Photoshop CS6 (and CC).

If you have a previous version of Photoshop, you can make use of DNG Converter 8.1 to add raw file support for the new cameras.

Bugs Corrected in Camera Raw 8.1

• Occasionally the Fill Light adjustment introduced artifacts. This only occurred when processing an image using the PV2010 process version.
• When using the Red Eye removal tool, setting red eye darken to 100% would lighten the adjustment instead of darkening it.
• Reduced the default amount of sharpening applied to images taken with the Fuji X100s camera.

New Camera Support in the Camera Raw 8.1

• Hasselblad H5D-60
• Olympus PEN E-P5
• Olympus PEN E-PL6
• Phase One IQ260^*
• Ricoh GR
• Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G6
• Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LF1

^*denotes preliminary support

New Lens Profile Support in the Camera Raw 8.1

Lens Name	Lens Mount
Canon PowerShot G1 X	Canon
Canon PowerShot G15	Canon
Hasselblad HCD 4.8/24	Hasselblad
Nikon Coolpix A	Nikon
Nikon Coolpix P330	Nikon
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 80-400 mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR	Nikon
HD Pentax-D FA645 Macro 90mm F2.8ED AW SR	Pentax
HD Pentax-DA 560mm F5.6ED AW	Pentax
Sigma 30mm F1.4 DC HSM A013	Canon, Sigma
Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4 DC Macro OS HSM C013	Nikon
Sigma 19mm F2.8 DN A013	Olympus, Sony
Sigma 30mm F2.8 DN A013	Olympus, Sony
Zeiss Apo Sonna T* 2/135 ZE	Canon
Zeiss Apo Sonnar T* 2/135 ZF.2	Nikon
Zeiss Touit 1.8/32	Sony
Zeiss Touit 2.8/12	Sony

Download Links

• Camera Raw 8.1 – Use the update mechanism in Photoshop CS6
• DNG Converter 8.1 – Mac OS X & Windows

Adobe releases Lightroom 4.4, Camera Raw 7.4, and DNG converter 7.4 updates

Adobe has just released an update to its raw converters. The update provides support for additional cameras and lens profiles as well as fixes to bugs present in previous versions of the converter.

If you're not using the latest version of the software (i.e., Lightroom 4, Photoshop CS6, Photoshop Elements 11), you can make use of the DNG Converter 7.4 application to get raw file support for the newly added cameras.

To update:

• Lightroom 4.4 – Please use the update mechanism of the software
• Photoshop CS6 – Please use the update mechanism of the software
• Photoshop Elements 11 – Please use the update mechanism of the software
• DNG converter 7.4: Download Mac / Windows

Below is the complete list of changes (from Adobe).