The headline addition to Lightroom is Masking, and wow, what a game-changer! You may have already seen Adobe’s sneak peak video a few weeks ago, so we’ll just cover the highlights in this blog post. Lightroom Classic 11.0 has full sync compatibility for masking. Macs released since 2012 as long as they’re running macOS Mojave), and can still sync with the cloud, however Lightroom Classic 10.4 won’t understand any masking adjustments done using the newer mobile apps. Lightroom Classic 10.4 still runs on older computers (e.g. To continue syncing, you must use Lightroom Classic 10.4 or later. Windows 10 v1909 or later, or Windows 11.ĭue to the new Masking feature, the cloud database format has been updated.The minimum system requirements for Lightroom Classic 11.0 have been updated: UPDATE – this is addressed in 11.0.1, now available using the usual update procedure. There’s a couple of reports of catalogs failing to upgrade which is being investigated, but it’s fairly rare.In most cases, updating the graphics card driver from the manufacturer’s website solves this issue.

There are some reports of crashes when using Select Sky or Select Subject.The entire Lightroom cloud-based ecosystem has also been updated today too. many mobile and Lightroom Cloud-based improvements, as well as smaller features.10.4 (August 2021) – Duplicate Collection Sets, Nikon Tethered Live View support.10.3 (June 2021) – Native Apple M1 chip support, Super Resolution, Preset changes.10.2 (March 2021) – Performance improvements, Beta Nikon tethering support.10.1 (December 2020) – macOS Big Sur compatibility.Of course, new features have been released every few months, rather than having to wait for a single x.0 release. Adobe tend to update the main version number annually around the time of Adobe Max and this year is no exception.

As Lightroom is subscription software, this isn’t a 11.0 in the conventional sense.

Lightroom Classic 11.0 has been released today.

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