Once faces have been tagged in the keywording section of the application, Lightroom will attempt to automatically identify that same person in successive images. Lightroom 6 grabs another feature from its consumer stablemate: face recognition. Now, at last, Lightroom users won't need to export their images to a different application to build a panorama. It's been a stalwart of both Photoshop and the consumer-grade Photoshop Elements for many years, as well as a feature found on smartphones such as the iPhone. Panorama stitching automatically builds wide, sweeping landscapes from a series of overlapping photos. HDR allows photographers to merge multiple images with different exposures to boost the dynamic range of their photos, helping them to pop off the screen. Lightroom 6 borrows two new editing features from Photoshop: HDR and panorama stitching. Originally a tool largely designed for organising a photo collection, Lightroom has gradually added more and more editing tools over the years.
Lightroom 6 is the first major update to the photo processing packing in two years, and is available on both a subscription and standalone basis.
Adobe has released Lightroom 6, with a selection of new editing features that were previously reserved for Photoshop users.