MAX 2019 Photography Releases

Today we’re pleased to announce updates for all of the Adobe photography products. Read on to learn about all the powerful updates, including new interactive tutorials to boost your photography skills, workflow and technology enhancements to increase your productivity, performance improvements, and much more.

Lightroom for Windows and Mac

Guided tutorials and interactive edits

First made available on Android, ChromeOS, and iOS, guided tutorials and interactive edits are two new ways to learn how to edit photos and get inspired by professional photographers from around the world. You can find the tutorials by tapping on the home icon on the left side of the Lightroom interface. Within, you’ll find filters and other ways to find interesting content, all of which are updated daily, with new authors and new content being added all the time.

Advanced export

Export now provides a lot more control. In addition to exporting as the original format with settings as well as JPEG, you can now also export as a TIF file, and additional options have been added to let you choose the output resolution, compression, metadata, file naming, output sharpening, and color space.

GPU accelerated editing

Lightroom for Windows and Mac can now take advantage of powerful graphics cards (GPUs) while editing, providing a smoother and more responsive experience. GPU acceleration is more pronounced with larger resolution monitors (4k and above) as well as with more powerful GPUs.

Panorama Fill Edges powered by Context-Aware Fill

Now, in addition to the Boundary Warp and Auto Crop tools previously found in the Panorama Merge dialog, a new option called Fill Edges can now be selected to auto-magically fill in the edges using Content-Aware Fill technology.

Print to White House Custom Color

We’ve partnered with professional print house White House Custom Color to create a new Connector within Lightroom for Windows and Mac, making it easier than ever to get professional quality prints made and delivered to you or your client directly. This new connector lets you send your images directly from the Lightroom servers to the WHCC servers, saving time in the process.

Migrate from Photoshop Elements

Photographers looking to migrate from Photoshop Elements to Lightroom can take advantage of the new migrator found in Lightroom for Windows and Mac.

You can use the new Photoshop Elements Migrator to move your original and edited images, along with their associated organizational metadata (such as star rating, flags, keywords), directly into Lightroom.

Lightroom for Android, ChromeOS, and iOS

Advanced export

Lightroom for Android and ChromeOS

Lightroom for Android and ChromeOS (with iOS coming soon) also received updated export options, providing the ability to export multiple photos as original, JPEG, or TIF files, along with control over metadata, watermarking, file naming, output sharpening, and color space.

Contextual help

Lightroom for Android, ChromeOS, and iOS

Contextual help was added to Lightroom for Windows and Mac in May and can now be accessed at any time while editing a photo on mobile devices. Tap on the ? icon at the top of the screen to bring up a new help menu that lets you search for information about editing controls with examples and helps to find tools within the app.

Batch Editing

Lightroom for iOS

Batch Editing, made available for Windows and Mac in 2018 and for Android and ChromeOS in August of this year, is now possible on iOS devices. Enter select mode either by long-tapping on a photo in the grid or by tapping on the three-dot menu at the top-right of the grid and choosing Select. You can copy the set of edits from a single photo and select a series of photos to paste those edits to.

Lightroom Classic & Camera Raw

Panorama Fill Edges

Lightroom Classic, Camera Raw

Panorama Fill Edges can also be found within Lightroom Classic and Camera Raw, providing another way to fill in empty areas of a merged panorama, in addition to the Boundary Warp and Auto Crop tools. Fill Edges auto-magically fills in the edges using Content-Aware Fill technology.

Multi-Batch Export

Lightroom Classic

Professional photographers often need to export the same series of photos for different purposes, such as one set for an online portfolio, another for print, and yet a third for the client. Now, you can select a series of photos, navigate to File > Export and select the different export presets that you’d like to use to export your photos with. You can use the default export presets or even create your own.

Export Presets and Preset Groups

Lightroom Classic

Develop presets make it easier for photographers to quickly apply their custom editing style to photos consistently and you can now export and share your presets and preset groups more easily.