Lightroom 5.7 now available as a free upgrade

[mickledore]

Just switched on Lightroom and have been given the 5.7 upgrade free of charge. Haven't worked out what improvements there are yet, but all will be come clearer in the next few days.

Why are Adobe doing this for free? Most unlike them!

 

[Sharky]

If you have LR5 standalone it'll be free as it's an incremental upgrade vs moving up to LR6. Adobe Cloud subs will get what ever the latest version is regardless.

Release notes, 7DII added to support amongst lots of others

https://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/2014/11/lightroom-5-7-now-available.html

 

[marksweb]

Hurrah 7D MkII support!!

Release Notes

Features

Updates to Synced Collections:

• Synced collections now show a more prominent share button at the top of the Toolbar. This allows you to quickly share your synced collection with friends, family, and clients using Lightroom web (http://lightroom.adobe.com).
• Comments and likes left on Lightroom web now sync to the Lightroom desktop catalog. Comments and Likes will be shown in the “Comment” panel for synced collections.
• Images with comments and likes will display a badge indicating that there are comments and a colored badge to indicate that there are unread comments.

Integrated a utility to import images from Apple Aperture and Apple iPhoto libraries into Lightroom:

• Previously available as a separate and downloadable plug-in, this utility has now been integrated into Lightroom 5.7

New Camera Support in Lightroom 5.7

• Canon EOS 7D Mark II
• Canon PowerShot G7 X
• Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
• Casio EX-100PRO
• Fujifilm X30
• Fujifilm X100T
• Fujifilm X-T1 Graphite Silver
• Leaf Credo 50
• Leica D-Lux (Typ 109)
• Leica M-P
• Leica V-Lux (Typ 114)
• Leica X (Typ 113)
• Nikon D750
• Olympus PEN E-PL7
• Olympus STYLUS 1s
• Panasonic DMC-CM1
• Panasonic DMC-GM1S
• Panasonic DMC-GM5
• Panasonic DMC-LX100
• Pentax K-S1
• Pentax QS-1
• Samsung NX1
• Sony ILCE-5100
• Sony ILCE-QX1

https://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/2014/11/lightroom-5-7-now-available.html

 

[neil_g]

incremental updates (i.e. - 5.1, 5.2, 5.3) have always been free. its the full version updates that cost (i.e. - 5, 6, 7)

 

[andrewc]

Its a service release for an existing product you've bought. I'd expect it to be free - but I expect to have to pay for LR6.

 

[Flashman]

Tethered support for Nikon D4S and D810.... FINALLY! Months behind the competition, I switched to Capture One Pro for tethering as I couldn't wait for Adobe to catch up!

 

[danny_bhoy]

Is it known if the Adobe Cloud subs likely to increase with the release of Lightroom 6?

 

[Nikon_Nick]

Is it known if the Adobe Cloud subs likely to increase with the release of Lightroom 6?

I hope not.

 

[danny_bhoy]

I hope not.

If they increase drastically I'll probably stick with 5 - can't see how much more they can do that I'd actually need tbh.

 

[Nikon_Nick]

Ive only been a subscriber for a couple of months, o havent experienced any major upgrades with them yet. Is an increase something they are likely to do?

 

[danny_bhoy]

I only switched to subs a few months ago as well mate - I'd be interested to know too. Unless Adobe keep it hush-hush until the last minute.

 

[Marc]

My subscription auto-renewed last month (no increase) so I've been a subscriber for over a year. As far as I'm aware, Adobe CC began with LR5 so we haven't actually had a full upgrade for LR yet so no precedent has been set but, tbh, I can't see them increasing the monthly payment by much, if at all, and it probably wouldn't take effect until your next renewal.

 

[SandyMcClure]

That's a relief, just updated and it didn't screw up my install of Paddy for LR. Would have been most upset if it had. Seems faster, might not even need to use Photo Mechanic now.

 

[NeilG40]

When Photoshop CC was updated to CC 2014 there was no increase in price if that's anything to go by, also I was watching a video with Steve Caplin on RetouchPro's youtube channel and he said that Adobe had told him they had no plans to put the price up.

 

[Brian G]

If anyone is curious about what new features have been added to LR5.7, they are listed here on the Adobe site.