Adobe just announced a major change for the upcoming versions of Lightroom and Camera Raw which is a complete redesign of the gradients and paint brushes that we currently know. They call it “Masks 2.0”.
According to Adobe this is the biggest structural change to the Lightroom engine since years and I subscribe to that.
And of course, this will also have effect on LRTimelapse. After all, LRTimelapse makes extensive use of Gradient adjustments – not only by animating the gradients that you use for your timelapse editing, but also by utilizing hidden Gradients for certain types of internal adjustments, like the Visual Deflicker and the Holy Grail Wizard.
Fortunately I had early access to betas of the new Lightroom, and so I could already work on this in the last months. It was challenging, because I had to cover many scenarios: not only the editing of new sequences with the new Masks, but I also wanted to allow the reediting of old sequences by migrating the old gradients to the new masks. And last but not least, I wanted to maintain compatibility with older Lightroom versions even though I heavily recommend to use the latest Lightroom Classic – the performance for timelapse editing is so much better in comparison to the old Lightroom 6.
I cannot disclose too many details yet, but I wanted to assure you that I have found solutions for all of the challenges mentioned above and will be publishing LRTimelapse 5.7 with support for Masks 2.0 on the same day Adobe publishes the new Lightroom Classic (estimated on October 26th, 2021).
The transition for you will be easy: In the same step where you upgrade your Lightroom you also upgrade LRTimelapse to 5.7 and the Adobe DNG Converter. Then you need to go to the LRTimelapse settings and set the Mask Mode to “2.0”. That’s it.
I will also be releasing a Video tutorial on the whole topic where I will show and explain more details – also how to reedit sequences in the old format and convert them to the new Mask version.
Personally, I think it’s great to see Adobe putting so much effort into our favorite Raw Converter to provide us with new and more powerful tools – even if that means a lot of work for me.. 😉
What do you think? Let me know in the comments below!
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I couldn’t reproduce the isseus yet with LR12, but it remains to be seen. I still didn’t get much feedback from my users that already upgraded if LR12 show issues on their setups. You should try it on your own. Make sure to backup your catalog, just in case you need to go back.
And of course, this will also have effect on LRTimelapse. After all, LRTimelapse makes extensive use of Gradient adjustments – not only by animating the gradients that you use for your timelapse editing, but also by utilizing hidden Gradients for certain types of internal adjustments, like the Visual Deflicker and the Holy Grail Wizard.
Hi
any issues with Lightroom 12 yet?
should I load it with LRTL 6?
let me know
Thanks
Rudy
I couldn’t reproduce the isseus yet with LR12, but it remains to be seen. I still didn’t get much feedback from my users that already upgraded if LR12 show issues on their setups. You should try it on your own. Make sure to backup your catalog, just in case you need to go back.
I used to use range masks, now I can’t figure out how. It’s got to still be there…
Yes, just use one of the LRT predefined Masks and add the range mask there.
Update: the new versions are public now!
Very Impressive to see the work you have already put in.