Great news for those of us that use Lightroom or Photoshop – Adobe has just released the final versions of Lightroom 4.1 and Camera RAW 7.1 that finally add Fuji X-Pro1 support! It took a long time for the X-Pro1 support to become available and I am happy that I can now go back and replace all JPEG images from my Lightroom catalog with RAW files. I am also planning to update my Fuji X-Pro1 Review with some RAW samples sometime this week.
In addition to a boatload of bugfixes from previous Lightroom beta releases, here is the list of new features and enhancements:
- The ability to process HDR TIFF files (16, 24 or 32-bit TIFF files)
- Additional Color Fringing corrections to help address chromatic aberration
- Save photobooks created in the Book Module to JPEG
- Publishing photos to Adobe Revel is now accessible via a Publish plugin
- Additional camera support for several new cameras including the Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Fujifilm X-Pro1, Nikon D800, and Olympus OM-D E-M5
- Corrections for issues introduced in previous versions of Lightroom
I am hoping that Adobe has fixed some performance issues of Lightroom 4 and some annoying known bugs that have been there since the Lightroom 4 came out. The latest release of Lightroom (4.1 RC2) had some serious issues with displaying photographs when using multiple screens – changing a photograph would not update the preview on the second monitor. Both Lola and I use a dual monitor setup and this has been a very annoying bug that has caused a lot of frustration for both of us. Looks like Lightroom 4.1 finally resolves this particular issue.
And here is the full list of new cameras that are now fully supported for RAW conversion by ACR 7.1:
- Canon EOS 1D X
- Canon EOS 5D Mark III
- Canon EOS 60Da
- Canon PowerShot G1 X
- Canon PowerShot S100V
- Fuji X-Pro1
- Fuji FinePix F505EXR
- Fuji FinePix F605EXR
- Fuji FinePix F770EXR
- Fuji FinePix F775EXR
- Fuji FinePix HS30EXR
- Fuji FinePix HS33EXR
- Fuji FinePix X-S1
- Leaf Credo 80
- Leica M Monochrome
- Leica X2
- Nikon D3200
- Nikon D4
- Nikon D800
- Nikon D800E
- Olympus E-M5
- Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF5
- Pentax K-01
- Samsung NX20
- Samsung NX210
- Samsung NX1000
- Sony Alpha NEX-F3
- Sony Alpha NEX-VG20
- Sony Alpha SLT-A37
- Sony SLT-A57
And here are the download links for both:
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That’s great news. Liked it a lot even before.
My trial epired, so does anybody have any info when LR4 will become part of the Creative Cloud solution? LR4 is the only missing piece I need (and many others) from Cloud.
I think Adobe is planning to launch LR4 in CC later this year. There is no set date, but towards the end of the year is my best guess…
This is good news. Hopefully they fixed the crashes I’ve been experiencing with RC2
Daniel, so far so good for me! Looks like many of the bugs did get addressed, so I am quite happy with LR4.1
How do I install Camera RAW 7.1 on LR4?
Thanks!
Clarence, you don’t install Camera RAW on Lightroom. Camera RAW 7.1 is for Adobe Photoshop CS6 only. If you have the latter, just download the file, unzip it and launch the installer.
I second Clarence’s question: How do I install Camera RAW 7.1 on LR4?
Thanks. I hope some knowledgeable person replies soon.
Please see my response above – CR 7.1 is not for LR4…
The links are only good for windows.
Allan, thanks for letting me know – not sure how I missed that. The article has been updated with links to Mac versions as well.
i have CS5 and and i got LR4 when i open a photo in PS from lightroom it gives me a warning, it says somthing like “u do not have the latest camera raw plugin do u want to open the photo anyway or render it with LR? or somthing like that, what does this mean? thanx
The update worked fine for me. I see some major performance improvements.
Hi Nasim, some users are complaining that Fujifilm x-pro1 raw conversion in LR4.1 is not good, they have noticed smearing of details/colors, so a big downside on the image quality once raw files are converted to jpegs, can you please shed some light on this matter? I think the jpeg out of x-pro1 looks great but I would like to see the raw conversion files of it.
Thanks as always
Souvik
Nasim,
I have been learning Lightroom 3 over the last few months leading up to the release of Lightroom 4. Am I better to upgrade to new version and continue learning on the latest upgrades or am I fine to continue using and learning on 3. I would hate to find out when I finally learn L3 I will be way behind on L4 and have to start my learning curve all over again.
Any thoughts?
John,
You are not far behind on the learning curve. LR is not difficult. There are plenty of on line resources to use. While LR4 has more modules and an improved engine, it is still basically the same tool. I am happy I upgraded from LR 3 to 4, so have fun with the upgrade – it is worth it.
Allan