has meant several features
have been removed – including
the ‘Move’ and ‘Eject card
after import’ options – while
other familiar controls are now
hidden under a settings menu.
Comments ranged from
enraged: “You really spit
in the face of your current
customers”; to sarcastic:
“Adobe has given us ‘Lightroom
for Dummies’ ”; and in some
cases, rather sensible: “Adobe
needs to reinstate the classic
import immediately and, if
they want, have it as an option,
or as an ‘advanced’ mode, if
they want to keep the simple
interface for new users.”
Hogarty responded: “The
simpliication of the import
experience was also handled
poorly... These changes were
not communicated properly
or openly before launch... In
making these changes without
a broader dialog, I’ve failed
the original core values of the
product and the team.”Painful lessons
While Adobe have got it right
in that the Import experience
in Lightroom bombards
beginners with options at
the very moment they areprobably thinking “Why can’t
I just open my pictures?”,
they’ve committed the cardinal
sin of alienating their core user
base. It raises the question
of whether a subscription
to Creative Cloud is the best
option if it means putting up
with all updates. Adobe’s since
conirmed that the original
Import dialog will be restored.NEW: PHOTOSHOP FIX IS HERE
Following
on from
Adobe’s unveiling
of Photoshop
Fix during
September’s
iPad Pro launch,
the app is now
available to use.
If you have a
Creative Cloud
subscription and
an iPad or Android
tablet, you candownload it from
the Apple or Play
stores now.
Fix is primarily
a retouching
app for altering
portraits and
ixing marks or
blemishes in
your photos.
Intelligent facial
recognition locks
onto eyes, lips
noses and chins,making it easy to
achieve efects
like tweaking a
smile, tucking
in a jawline or
enlarging eyes,
should you wish.Adobe claimed that the Lightroom users it spoke to were bewildered by the old Import dialog box