Adobe Updates Lightroom to 6.3, Restores Old Import Screen

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Lightroom CC 2015.3 and Lightroom 6.3 are now available on Adobe.com.  The goal of this release is to provide additional camera raw support, lens profile support and address bugs that were introduced in previous releases of Lightroom.  This release also restores the Import experience available prior to Lightroom 6.2.</p>
<p>Thank you for all your feedback and passion for Lightroom.</p>
<p><strong>New Camera Support in Lightroom CC 2015.3 / 6.3</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Canon EOS M10</li>
<li>Canon PowerShot G5 X</li>
<li>Canon PowerShot G9 X</li>
<li>Fujifilm X-T1 IR</li>
<li>Leica SL (Typ 601)</li>
<li>Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>New Tethered Camera Support in Lightroom CC 2015.3 / 6.3</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Canon EOS 5DS</li>
<li>Canon EOS 5DS R</li>
<li>Canon EOS T6i / 750D</li>
<li>Canon EOS T6s / 760D</li>
</ul>
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<p><strong>New Lens Profile Support in Lightroom CC 2015.3 / 6.3</strong></p>
<table width="541">
<tbody>
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<td width="176"><strong>Mount</strong></td>
<td width="361"><strong>Name</strong></td>
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<td width="176">Apple</td>
<td width="361">iPhone 6s back camera 4.15mm f/2.2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Apple</td>
<td width="361">iPhone 6s front camera 2.65mm f/2.2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Apple</td>
<td width="361">iPhone 6s Plus back camera 4.15mm f/2.2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Apple</td>
<td width="361">iPhone 6s Plus front camera 2.65mm f/2.2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Canon EF</td>
<td width="361">Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Canon EF</td>
<td width="361">Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Canon EF</td>
<td width="361">Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM +1.4x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Canon EF</td>
<td width="361">Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM +2.0x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Canon EF</td>
<td width="361">Canon EF 400mm f/2.8L IS II USM</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Canon EF</td>
<td width="361">Canon EF 400mm f/2.8L IS II USM +1.4x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Canon EF</td>
<td width="361">Canon EF 400mm f/2.8L IS II USM +2.0x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Canon EF</td>
<td width="361">Canon EF 400mm f/4 DO IS II USM +1.4x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Canon EF</td>
<td width="361">Canon EF 400mm f/4 DO IS II USM +2.0x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Canon EF</td>
<td width="361">Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Canon EF</td>
<td width="361">Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM +1.4x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Canon EF</td>
<td width="361">Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM +2.0x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Canon EF</td>
<td width="361">Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Canon EF</td>
<td width="361">Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM +1.4x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Canon EF</td>
<td width="361">Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM +2.0x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Canon EF</td>
<td width="361">Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Photo</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Canon EF</td>
<td width="361">SIGMA 20mm F1.4 DG HSM A015</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Canon EF</td>
<td width="361">Zeiss Milvus 1.4/50 ZE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Canon EF</td>
<td width="361">Zeiss Milvus 1.4/85 ZE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Canon EF</td>
<td width="361">Zeiss Milvus 2/35 ZE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Canon EF</td>
<td width="361">Zeiss Milvus 2/50M ZE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Canon EF</td>
<td width="361">Zeiss Milvus 2/100M ZE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Canon EF</td>
<td width="361">Zeiss Milvus 2.8/21 ZE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Canon EF</td>
<td width="361">Zeiss Otus 1.4/28 ZE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Canon EF-M</td>
<td width="361">Canon EF-M 15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">DJI</td>
<td width="361">ZENMUSE X3 HG310 (RAW + JPEG)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">DXO</td>
<td width="361">DxO ONE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Leica M</td>
<td width="361">Voigtlander VM 35mm f/1.7 Ultron</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Nikon F</td>
<td width="361">Nikon AF NIKKOR 24-85mm f/2.8-4D IF</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Nikon F</td>
<td width="361">SIGMA 20mm F1.4 DG HSM A015</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Nikon F</td>
<td width="361">Zeiss Milvus 1.4/50 ZF.2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Nikon F</td>
<td width="361">Zeiss Milvus 1.4/85 ZF.2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Nikon F</td>
<td width="361">Zeiss Milvus 2/35 ZF.2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Nikon F</td>
<td width="361">Zeiss Milvus 2/50M ZF.2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Nikon F</td>
<td width="361">Zeiss Milvus 2/100M ZF.2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Nikon F</td>
<td width="361">Zeiss Milvus 2.8/21 ZF.2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">Nikon F</td>
<td width="361">Zeiss Otus 1.4/28 ZF.2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">PENTAX</td>
<td width="361">Asahi PENTAX Super-Takumar 28mm f/3.5 M42</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">PENTAX</td>
<td width="361">Asahi PENTAX Super-Takumar 50mm f/1.4 M42</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">PENTAX</td>
<td width="361">SIGMA 18-300mm F3.5-6.3 DC MACRO OS HSM C014</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">SONY A</td>
<td width="361">SIGMA 18-300mm F3.5-6.3 DC MACRO OS HSM C014</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">SONY</td>
<td width="361">Sony DSC-RX1RM2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">SONY FE</td>
<td width="361">Zeiss Loxia 2.8/21</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="176">SIGMA</td>
<td width="361">SIGMA 20mm F1.4 DG HSM A015</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><strong>Fixed Bugs:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Fixed several instability, functionality and performance issues introduced in Lightroom CC 2015.2.x/6.2.x.</li>
<li><a href="http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/lightroom-cc-2015-1-1-develop-module-doesnt-detect-external-changes-to-original-file" target="_blank">Fixed a bug that caused edits made and saved in Photoshop or 3<sup>rd</sup> party plug-ins to not appear in the Develop module.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/lightroom-cc-2015-1-1-develop-module-doesnt-detect-external-changes-to-original-file" target="_blank">Fixed a bug related to user default for Chromatic Aberration Correction no longer honored after new Import option was removed<u>.</u></a></li>
<li>Fixed several bugs related to Panorama Merge.</li>
<li>Fixed a bug so that Rotated photos will correctly show as rotated when in Full Screen view.</li>
<li>Fixed a bug that caused a performance slowdown when creating Standard sized previews on high resolution monitors.</li>
<li><a href="http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/lr-2015-6-2-preview-thumbnails-are-black" target="_blank">Fixed a bug that caused image previews to be incorrectly displayed as completely black after import if “Auto Tone” is on in preferences<u>.</u></a></li>
<li><a href="http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/lr-2015-6-2-preview-thumbnails-are-black" target="_blank">Fixed a bug that caused crash when using the Radial or Graduated Filter.</a></li>
<li>Fixed a bug that caused Palette, a 3rd party hardware device, to stop working with Lightroom.</li>
<li><a href="http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/lightroom-map-module-doesnt-handle-hdpi-correctly" target="_blank">Fixed a bug that caused the Map module to appear pixelated and photos to be  dropped in the wrong place when using hi-dpi monitors on Windows.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/lightroom-map-module-doesnt-handle-hdpi-correctly." target="_blank">Fixed a bug related to Full Screen that prevented you from exiting Full Screen view while using the Spot Healing Tool<u>.</u></a></li>
<li><a href="http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/lightroom-flickr-publish-service-incorrectly-handles-multi-word-keywords-in-2015-2-1" target="_blank">Fixed a bug that caused the Flickr Publish Service to improperly publish multi-word keywords.</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Installation Instructions</strong></p>
<p>Please select Help > Updates to use the update mechanism in the Creative Cloud app.</p>
<p>For customers that started using Lightroom in 6.2, please click <a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/how-to/import-photos.html" target="_blank">here</a> for an orientation to Import.</p>
<p>Direct Download:  <a href="http://swupdl.adobe.com/updates/oobe/aam20/win/AdobeLightroom-6.0/6.3/setup.zip" target="_blank">Windows</a> | <a href="http://swupdl.adobe.com/updates/oobe/aam20/mac/AdobeLightroom-6.0/6.3/setup.dmg" target="_blank">Mac</a></p>
 
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JonAustin said:
I'm not a Lightroom 6 user (still on v5.7), but it's nice to see that Adobe listened to real users about the import function. Lots of bugs squashed, too.

I will stay on 5.7 until I am reasonably sure it is bug free. Adobe has had a track record of delivering faulty new major releases. 5.7 is working very well for my needs.
 
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I wish they would fix the bug in Bridge. I have one that when I batch rename files..it crashes. and some other times just reviewing images...crash.
But I am very excited about one fix in PS, Panoramas were ending up looking like it was a single image in a fisheye lens. Then milky way would merged into a straight line, warping the ground. So im going to go check this now.
 
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Right on Distant Star. This is almost certainly a stable release, particularly after the debacle that was 6.2. Adobe just couldn't afford to mess this one up. If you're a busy professional who can't afford a disrupted workflow, sit tight for a week and see what the feedback is like from those who have taken the plunge. Early indications are that it's all OK in the stability department. Check in with the Lightroom Queen http://www.lightroomqueen.com for news updates and sane, considered viewpoints.

-pw
 
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Just updated, so happy to see the old import back! I wasn't surprised Adobe tried to dumb that interface down, I teach LR and know that new users find the Import screen incredibly confusing, what shocked me about the introduction was they left no ability for the millions of users up to then to revert back to familiarity.

I do find it encouraging though that Adobe have actually listened to the feedback and stepped back, that is unlike them and a very welcome change.

I have changed a few preferences, optimised the catalog, thrown away the Previews and will leave the computer running overnight to rebuild the relevant 1:1 previews to see how the performance is. There is a lot you can do to improve the performance over the default settings, especially the cache size and location, so do make sure you sort all that out before slating it :)
 
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kaswindell said:
The upgrade went smoothly for me, but I didn’t experience any issues with the last one either. I just wish they had reverted the splash screen too, I hate the one in 6.2/6.3

You can make your own splash screen to replace the default one. See the article here:

http://petapixel.com/2014/12/03/neat-trick-customize-lightroom-5-splash-screen-image-less-minute/
 
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kaswindell said:
The upgrade went smoothly for me, but I didn’t experience any issues with the last one either. I just wish they had reverted the splash screen too, I hate the one in 6.2/6.3

You can make your own splash screen to replace the default one. See the article here:

http://petapixel.com/2014/12/03/neat-trick-customize-lightroom-5-splash-screen-image-less-minute/

SWEET! Thanks!

OK...I have to ammend this post....Actually I could not change my splash screen. I followed the tree of folders that was laid out for a Mac...and then did a search. There is no "Splash Screen" folder on my computer. I am running the new version 6.3 off of my machine. i.e. not the cloud version. (if that matters?).
Oh well.
 
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distant.star said:
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I'll be holding off on this one, thank you.

I was burned by the last "update," and will hold off several weeks, at least, to make sure the user consensus is positive, or maybe even until 6.3.1 comes out.
I will also wait until reports give me indication that the 6.3 is stable enough. The 6.2 crashed and freeze my Mac several times.
I had to uninstall LR and install it again from CD.
 
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I will not "upgrade" from LR 5.7 since i am denued CC features (like de-haze), if i were to purchase LR 6.3. CC is out of the question, won't ever go subscription/pay as you go route.

Adobe's reaction shows, just how powerful users are, if they write on forums ("totally useless" as many say), complain ("stop the whining", as many say), and stir up a massive S___storm ("will not even be noticed by the company", as many say). I say: people have the power. And in reference to Patti Smith's song ... we should NOT redeem the work of (Adobe) fools ... But teach them a lesson, refusing to pay monthly rent to them.
 
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JonAustin said:
I'm not a Lightroom 6 user (still on v5.7), but it's nice to see that Adobe listened to real users about the import function. Lots of bugs squashed, too.

There's not much to celebrate here. If they'd retained a culture of talking openly and regularly to senior users, they wouldn't have screwed up in the first place.
 
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