Select Basic and then select the profile browser icon.
Last updated on
14 Feb 2025
Learn more about what's new in the February 2025 release of Lightroom Classic.
The Adaptive profiles help with image-adaptive adjustments in color, tone, and contrast of raw images. Follow the steps to apply an Adaptive profile:
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Select Adaptive and then select color or B&W according to your preference.
Select Color or B&W
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Once applied, you can adjust the intensity with the slider in the range of 0 to 200.
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To apply the Adaptive profile in a batch, select the raw images in the filmstrip (Auto-sync should be enabled) and select Adaptive Color or Adaptive B&W from the Profile drop-down menu under the Basic panel.
Select a profile of your choice.
Select a profile of your choice.
Adaptive profiles are most effective when used with raw HDR files. To learn more about profiles including Adaptive profiles, check how to work with image tone and color in Lightroom Classic.
The Lightroom Classic 14.2 update introduces substantial performance improvements for interactive editing tasks, delivering a smoother, faster, and more responsive experience. These enhancements are particularly advantageous for demanding operations that previously encountered speed and fluidity issues.
Key Improvements:
- Masking Enhancements: The brush tool for creating or refining masks now offers enhanced responsiveness, providing a faster and more intuitive experience.
- Crop Rotation Improvements: Angle adjustments have been optimized for smooth transitions, eliminating noticeable lag, especially on high-resolution or heavily edited images.
- White Balance Adjustments: The White Balance sliders (Temperature and Tint) now operate much more smoothly, improving responsiveness.
These updates address previous performance bottlenecks, enabling a more efficient and productive editing workflow, particularly when working with images involving extensive edits and multiple masks. The improvements are evident in the enhanced speed, precision, and fluidity of the editing process.
Watch this video and learn how Lightroom Classic 14.2 makes editing smoother and faster.
Lightroom Classic now supports the ability to select focus points by clicking anywhere on the tethered live view window for Sony, Canon, and Nikon cameras. You can capture stunning images with precision by choosing different autofocus modes directly from within the live view window, enhancing both functionality and user experience. View Tethered Camera Support to learn more.
Better manage your catalog backups with a new backup panel in Catalog Settings > Backup. You can now easily open backup locations, check backup size, or delete older backups. Additionally, you can remove single or multiple backup catalog entries from the list without deleting the actual backup files from their location. View Manage Backup Catalogs to learn more.
Find newly added cameras and lenses in the full list of supported profiles:
- Improved folder enumeration time during launch.
