Adobe have updated Lightroom to version CC2115.8 or 6.8 depending on which version you have. The latest update provides some bug fixes as well as new camera and lens profiles. It also adds a significant new feature called Reference View (Only available in the Creative Cloud version I’m afraid)

According to the official release notes:

Introducing Reference View Reference View is a new view mode available in the Develop Module that allows you to compare 2 different images in order to make them visually consistent. This is helpful when making a group of images from a single event look similar or setting the white balance appropriately in mixed lighting conditions.

Other improvements in this version include some performance improvements as well as some improvement to the way Lightroom works on 4K and 5K High Dpi monitors.

New Cameras supported in this release are as follows:

Canon EOS M5
Fujifilm X-A3
Google Pixel
Google Pixel XL
Hasselblad X1D
Leica TL
Nikon D5600
Olympus E-M1 Mark II (*)
Olympus PEN E-PL8
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ2500 (DMC-FZ2000 and DMC-FZH1)
Pentax K-70
Samsung Galaxy S7
Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
Sony Alpha a6500 (ILCE-6500)
Sony Alpha a99 II (ILCA-99M2)
Sony DSC-RX100 Mark V

Bug Fixes listed are as follows:

Released a new set of Camera Matching Profiles for Canon 5D Mark IV.
Improved support for Canon 5D Mark IV dual pixel raw images. Please see this note for further details.
Lightroom would show an error dialog when attempting to open an image in Photoshop. Please note that this only occurred on Windows and only when selecting “Open in Photoshop” as a Post-Processing item in the Export dialog.
Fixed issues relating to the Point Curve as reported here and here
Fixed some memory leaks.
Library collection panel scrolled unexpectedly when you duplicate/rename/delete a collection set
Problem with watermark opacity in export slideshow
Will not export both portrait and landscape oriented pictures as a slideshow video in 720 or 1080
Slideshow not working, only getting black screen
Selected Published Folder or Collection is not deselected if a folder is selected
Background images in Slideshow sometimes appeared pixelated.
Allow image panning by holding down space bar and then swipe with two fingers when local correction tool (such as the Local Adjustment Brush or Radial Filter) is activated.
Resolved inconsistent preset sorting issue.
Resolved issues when importing from an Apple iPhone or iPad using USB.
Video files from Sony cameras were not being imported into Lightroom.
Opening photos in Photoshop from Lightroom using Edit In does not work correctly for some operations
Map and Web modules do not work correctly with 4K UHD monitor
Sort by capture time doesn’t always work on 2015.7 / 6.7

It’s available now from the Creative Cloud updater, or form within the app for the stand alone version.

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