Operation Manual

What's new

Last updated 11/30/2015

Local adjustment controls in Lightroom now include Whites and Blacks sliders. These controls let you selectively adjust

the white and black points in photos. For example, you may want to enhance the color of the tires on a vehicle using

the Blacks slider.

These sliders are available when you use the Adjustment Brush, Graduated Filter, or Radial Filter in Lightroom.

For more information, see Apply local adjustments.

Updates to Lightroom on mobile

New in this release of Lightroom

iOS (version 1.5.1)

• Import videos and sync them with web/desktop

• Adjustments: Tone Curve, Color Mix, and Vignettes

Android (version 1.2)

• Copy and paste: Edit images faster by copying image adjustments and pasting them onto another photo

• Segmented view: Easily find your favorite images! The new Segmented view in Collections gives you a different way

to view and engage with your photos.

• Crop improvements: Crop the perfect photo with a redesigned experience that enables you to quickly adjust, align,

and auto-straighten.

For more information, see Work with Lightroom on mobile .

Lightroom CC 2015/Lightroom 6

GPU-related enhancements

New in this release of Lightroom

Lightroom now provides a new preference that lets you use your computer's graphics processing unit (GPU). For

optimal performance, many Develop module operations can now make use of the GPU.

Select Preferences > Performance, and then select Use Graphics Processor.

Note: Lightroom requires a GPU with OpenGL 3.3 or later. If you're running Lightroom on Mac OS X, you can use the

GPU on Mac OS X version 10.9 or later.

For more information, see the Lightroom GPU troubleshooting and FAQ .

Face recognition

New in this release of Lightroom

Lightroom lets you quickly organize and find images using facial recognition technology. Lightroom scans your image

atalog to find potential faces for your review and confirmation.

In the Library module, switch to the People view, a

nd then choose to find faces in your catalog.

For more information, see Face recognition.