Adobe updates professional video / photo editing software for Mac and Windows

Apr 8, 2014 09:14 GMT  ·  By

Following the release of a mobile Lightroom app for iPad users, Adobe today updated its Premiere Pro and Lightroom software for desktop computers, delivering tons of tweaks and improvements for OS X and Windows customers alike.

Premiere Pro CC 7.2.2 addresses issues with audio dropping out during playback, red frames on export (particularly with XDCAM HD 422 smart rendered exports), old AMD GPUs showing performance degradation, and erratic playhead behavior when scrubbing in the Timeline under OS X Mavericks.

XDCAM HD 422 QT files should decode properly now, multi-camera previewing should no longer go black in Program Monitor, Timeline clips’ FX badge popup menu should be easy to open now, source settings should be accessible from a Merged clip created from an R3D / RED video clip, and smart rendering Canon XF files should no longer result in stalls during the export.

Numerous other code corrections are mentioned for both Mac and Windows users. Existing customers can download Adobe Premiere Pro CC 7.2.2.33 for Mac / download Adobe Premiere Pro CC 7.2.2.33 for Windows for free immediately.

Lightroom 5.4 brings new camera support, including Canon EOS 1200D (REBEL T5, KISS X70), Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark II, Casio EX-100, DJI Phantom, Fujifilm X-T1, Hasselblad H5D-50c, Hasselblad HV, Nikon 1 V3, Nikon COOLPIX P340, Nikon D3300, Nikon D4S, Olympus OM-D E-M10, Panasonic LUMIX DMC-ZS40 (DMC-TZ60, DMC-TZ61), Phase One IQ250, Samsung NX mini, Samsung NX30, Sony Alpha a5000 (ILCE-5000), Sony Alpha a6000 (ILCE-6000).

The update further adds Camera Matching color profiles for numerous Fujifilm cameras, as well as new Lens Profile support for Apple’s iPhone 5c, the GoPro GoPro Hero3+ Black Edition, several mirror-less devices, and various lenses from Canon, Fujifilm, Nikon, Sony, and other high-profile vendors. A lengthy list of addressed bugs is included in the official release notes. We’ve gathered some highlights for you below.

• When switching to the Book module with images selected, a ‘Gathering Photos’ message would appear and stay persistent. • On Mac Lightroom activity, such as an export, did not prevent the computer from sleeping. • In the Develop Module, the ‘Settings > Crop as Shot’ menu item did not properly reset orientation. [...] • Syncing of spot removals was not consistent from image to image. [...] • Sharpening/Noise Reduction were applied inconsistently depending on crop and export image size. • Luminance of exported file differed noticeably after crop.

As with Premiere Pro, existing users can download Adobe Lightroom 5.4 for Mac / download Adobe Lightroom 5.4 for Windows for free on any compatible Macintosh or Windows configuration.