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M10 Color - Update in Lr 6.8


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You can upgrade directly to 6 (6.8) from 5 for $100 if you don't want the CC subscription.

It's actually $80 for the upgraded perpetual license (stand-alone version). Go to:

 

https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-lightroom.html

 

Select the full version, click on Buy Now and add it to your shopping cart, then click on the “Full” to bring a drop-down list, change it to upgrade. You also have to select which version you're upgrading from from the drop-down list that pops up.

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I agree with jaapv and always end up with my own profile.  

 

I now have a profile for the Lr 6.8.  It is just a starting point for this new camera.  I increase Saturation about +10 to +15 depending on the scene and reduce Tint by about -3.  

 

Try this on your own and decide for yourself.  This is not going to be my end point.  Andy where are you?

 

@dkmoore  Thanks for that post of the skin tones.  Now others can see why I asked if I had the latest ver. of Lr.  I upgraded from 5 to 6, but didn't do the update from 6.0 to 6.8.   :p 

 

 

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Rick, I posted this in another thread but can't find it now; do you (or anyone else) know if I'll have to update to Lightroom 6 (Creative Cloud) when my M10 arrives? I'm currently using Lightroom 5. 

 

Thanks,

 

Mike.

 

 

Hi Mike.

 

Just one point.  When you update to Lr 6 , Adobe does not provide the latest version of Lr 6.  You need to download Lr 6 and install then, go to the Help tab and check for updates.  It will direct you to update to Lr 6.8.

 

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As discussed elsewhere, Adobe has been making it increasingly difficult for perpetual license (standalone) users to upgrade LR, both within and between major iterations.  The obvious ploy is to encourage folks to migrate to CC (10 bucks per month for Photoshop and LR).  

 

To make matters worse, starting with LR 6, Adobe stopped including major new features (e.g., various local adjustment tools, etc) within interim upgraded versions of LR (6.1, 6.5, etc) for standalone users, unlike the CC version, which includes access to all benefits upon enrollment.  Instead, standalone users get 'minor' (although potentially important) updates like these profile changes, new lens profiles, etc.... but have to wait until the next major release for other features.

 

The likely implication is that sooner or later (maybe with LR 7), the perpetual license/standalone version will be dropped.

 

Jeff

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As discussed elsewhere, Adobe has been making it increasingly difficult for perpetual license (standalone) users to upgrade LR, both within and between major iterations.  The obvious ploy is to encourage folks to migrate to CC (10 bucks per month for Photoshop and LR).  

 

To make matters worse, starting with LR 6, Adobe stopped including major new features (e.g., various local adjustment tools, etc) within interim upgraded versions of LR (6.1, 6.5, etc) for standalone users, unlike the CC version, which includes access to all benefits upon enrollment.  Instead, standalone users get 'minor' (although potentially important) updates like these profile changes, new lens profiles, etc.... but have to wait until the next major release for other features.

 

The likely implication is that sooner or later (maybe with LR 7), the perpetual license/standalone version will be dropped.

 

Jeff

Its last earnings report said Adobe was planning to do $2.5 billion in share buy-backs this year. The cash has to come from somewhere.

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Hi Mike.

 

Just one point.  When you update to Lr 6 , Adobe does not provide the latest version of Lr 6.  You need to download Lr 6 and install then, go to the Help tab and check for updates.  It will direct you to update to Lr 6.8.

 

Rick

 

Ha, Problem solved. Other users have said that when you try to check for updates LR just says you are 'up to date'. Googling the question 'OS requirements for LR6' I see that to get beyond 6.1 your Mac OS has to be at least 10.9 – whereas I prefer to stay with Mountain Lion for other reasons.

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To make matters worse, starting with LR 6, Adobe stopped including major new features (e.g., various local adjustment tools, etc) within interim upgraded versions of LR (6.1, 6.5, etc) for standalone users

Adobe didn’t change anything in this regard; for new features you always had to wait for the next major (paid) upgrade. Interim updates were for adding support for new cameras and for bug fixes, just as they are now. Only now you can get access to new features earlier if you go for the CC option. If you do not then it’s just like it used to be.

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Understood. It looks like the embedded profile is faulty though.

It might be but then I never did care that much about embedded profiles anyway. These embedded profiles are just two matrices while an Adobe standard profile (or a custom profile you create yourself) sports a much more powerful look-up table on top of the matrices. There are lots of corrections that are simply impossible to achieve with matrix multiplication alone.

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It might be but then I never did care that much about embedded profiles anyway. These embedded profiles are just two matrices while an Adobe standard profile (or a custom profile you create yourself) sports a much more powerful look-up table on top of the matrices. There are lots of corrections that are simply impossible to achieve with matrix multiplication alone.

Thank you for the interesting information. If I remember correctly, you have mentioned the same about the M9, and indeed, under some artificial light situations, the embedded profile used to produce very ugly results. However in my experience, this hasn't been the case since the 240 onwards. In fact, I rarely encounter a shot that looks better with the adobe standard. I do understand the Adobe profile is more sophisticated, but their color esthetics are a bit boring for my taste. As I mentioned earlier, I don't do my own profiles. I tried it in the past (with the canon 1Ds) and found it wasn't my cup of tea :)

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I was reading the RAWS are pretty beta based on analysis, so I'd think a big firmware upgrade is coming so which amy effect the issue. Electronic shutter also needs it?

 

There's a reason all these FF cameras have multiple WB settings ;)

 

I never had one that was always perfect...

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As discussed elsewhere, Adobe has been making it increasingly difficult for perpetual license (standalone) users to upgrade LR, both within and between major iterations.  The obvious ploy is to encourage folks to migrate to CC (10 bucks per month for Photoshop and LR).  

 

To make matters worse, starting with LR 6, Adobe stopped including major new features (e.g., various local adjustment tools, etc) within interim upgraded versions of LR (6.1, 6.5, etc) for standalone users, unlike the CC version, which includes access to all benefits upon enrollment.  Instead, standalone users get 'minor' (although potentially important) updates like these profile changes, new lens profiles, etc.... but have to wait until the next major release for other features.

 

The likely implication is that sooner or later (maybe with LR 7), the perpetual license/standalone version will be dropped.

 

Jeff

 

Apologies if this has been discussed elsewhere, but it seems that with the M10, Leica has stopped bundling a free download for the current standalone version of Lightroom (See photo no. 7 here: http://leicarumors.com/2017/01/18/leica-m10-unboxing-additional-pictures-of-camera-and-accessories.aspx/), which is a shame.

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Apologies if this has been discussed elsewhere, but it seems that with the M10, Leica has stopped bundling a free download for the current standalone version of Lightroom (See photo no. 7 here: http://leicarumors.com/2017/01/18/leica-m10-unboxing-additional-pictures-of-camera-and-accessories.aspx/), which is a shame.

 

That's a bit of a surprise if it is true.  With the M10 there is a whole template included in each raw file for use in Adobe Camera Raw and Light Room processing, pointing to the routines that will be supplied by Adobe when the file gets there and recording how it was processed for future modifications to the final image.  In addition, unlike the SL's DNG files, the M10's do not include the nonlinear distortion correction terms that let any raw processor correct for distortion and lateral chromatic aberrations at the edges.  Presumably these were communicated to or developed by Adobe for only their customers' use.  I suspect that Leica gave more control to Adobe and got less benefit for Leica's customers this time around.

 

scott 

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Apologies if this has been discussed elsewhere, but it seems that with the M10, Leica has stopped bundling a free download for the current standalone version of Lightroom (See photo no. 7 here: http://leicarumors.com/2017/01/18/leica-m10-unboxing-additional-pictures-of-camera-and-accessories.aspx/), which is a shame.

 

Old news....that happened with cameras manufactured after April 1st last year (no April fools joke).  I think the current deal is a 90 day trial version of CC.  Hard to say if this was attributed to Leica alone, or due to Adobe (as another ploy to encourage CC subscriptions).

 

Jeff

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I decided to change the Adobe Standard profile for the M10 and saved my changed as default. Now I would definitely want to go back to the Adobe Standard profile without my changes. Is there a way to do this although I have overwritten the profile. I should never have done that...

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