We’ve incorporated this new feature into our workflow for any photo that is composed with strong vertical or horizontal lines. The Auto function helped improve images without exaggerating perspective about 90% of the time. The Vertical and Full options tend to produce worse looking photos (lines correct but awkwardly manipulated, or quite cropped). There’s also an option for Auto which is what we’ve found the most useful.

You have options to level the photo, correct for vertical perspective distortion (like shooting buildings from a low angle) or full distortion correction (if you’ve taken a photo from off centre). You’ll find the new feature under the Lens Correction panel. Below the photo on the left has no correction, while the photo on the right has the Auto correction applied. With one click you can now have Lightroom analyze the image for vertical and horizontal lines and automatically straighten the image and correct perspective distortion. Here’s what’s new! What’s new in Lightroom 5?įor a quick look at what’s new check out the video below: We’ve been using Lightroom 5 since the public beta was released so we’ve had a chance to really test things out. The underlying programming for the adjustment sliders remains the same as in Lightroom 4 (process version 2012). Because of this, Lightroom 5 feels like a lighter update than usual with only a handful of minor new features. This new version of Lightroom marks a new release strategy by Adobe, focusing on yearly updates (instead of every two years).

If you subscribe to Adobe Creative Cloud, Lightroom is included. Lightroom 5 is available for US$149 or as a $79 upgrade from previous versions of Lightroom. Lightroom 5 is the latest version of Adobe’s powerful photo editing program! With Lightroom you can easily change a photo’s exposure, contrast, white balance, sharpening, and a ton of other corrective adjustments.

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