Lightroom Classic V16
p.1 #1Lightroom Classic V16
LR Classic V16 just came out few days ago. It comes with some pretty cool features. Personally, I really like that it shows where the focus point is. I recently started to learn to do more focus bracketing and there is a learning curve to master the number of shots needed and the space between the shots for different subjects. Sometime, I thought the camera would capture everything from near to far but it didn't, the frames of the distant part didn't look sharp at all, probably because the focus bracketing wasn't set up properly to capture every thing in the frame. So being able to see where the focus point is in each shot could give me an idea if all the shots in the sequence was correctly focused on. The glow tool in the new LR version looks like fun to play with too.
What's your favorite feature(s) of the new LR?
What's your favorite feature(s) of the new LR?
Nov 11, 2026 at 09:46 AM
p.1 #2Lightroom Classic V16
How do you get it show focus point?? I have a plug in that does this... but having in LrC will be great.
Nov 11, 2026 at 09:54 AM
p.1 #3Lightroom Classic V16
Donzo98 wrote:
How do you get it show focus point?? I have a plug in that does this... but having in LrC will be great.
Near the bottom of the screen, right above the strip, you can see "focus point", you need to check it. The words "focus point" are barely visible, you have to look hard for it.
How do you get it show focus point?? I have a plug in that does this... but having in LrC will be great.
Near the bottom of the screen, right above the strip, you can see "focus point", you need to check it. The words "focus point" are barely visible, you have to look hard for it.
Nov 11, 2026 at 09:56 AM
p.1 #4Lightroom Classic V16
Douglas L wrote:
Near the bottom of the screen, right above the strip, you can see "focus point", you need to check it. The words "focus point" are barely visible, you have to look hard for it.
Perfect!! Got it...
Donzo98 wrote
How do you get it show focus point?? I have a plug in that does this... but having in LrC will be great.Perfect!! Got it...
Nov 11, 2026 at 09:59 AM
p.1 #5Lightroom Classic V16
I like the the way it's displaying things outside of the crop box too... blurred out.That's nice!
Nov 11, 2026 at 10:01 AM
p.1 #6Lightroom Classic V16
I am doing some 90-95% of my PP using the LR Cloud on my iPad. But the ability to regenerative canvas expansion in LR Classic is really a great feature for me. Sometimes, I compose my shots too tightly to max out the sensor real estate and after the perspective correction, the outer part of the image might get chopped off. The added features in LR Classic in the last several months were enough for me to discontinue the subscription of PS. Sorry, Adobe...not 🫢😜.
Nov 11, 2026 at 10:05 AM
p.1 #7Lightroom Classic V16
https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/desktop/viewing-photos/view-focus-points-in-photos.html
Finally I saw this post and went and updated and enabled this.
Been wanting this forever!!
Thank you adobe!
Finally I saw this post and went and updated and enabled this.
Been wanting this forever!!
Thank you adobe!
Nov 11, 2026 at 10:47 AM
p.1 #8Lightroom Classic V16
Donzo98 wrote:
I like the the way it's displaying things outside of the crop box too... blurred out.That's nice!
Where/how are you seeing that?
I like the the way it's displaying things outside of the crop box too... blurred out.That's nice!
Where/how are you seeing that?
Nov 11, 2026 at 11:16 AM
p.1 #9Lightroom Classic V16
I'm just happy they have a profile for the Voigtlander APO-Lanthar 28 and Viltrox 14.
Nov 11, 2026 at 02:28 PM
p.1 #10Lightroom Classic V16
Douglas L wrote:
LR Classic V16 just came out few days ago. It comes with some pretty cool features. Personally, I really like that it shows where the focus point is. I recently started to learn to do more focus bracketing and there is a learning curve to master the number of shots needed and the space between the shots for different subjects. Sometime, I thought the camera would capture everything from near to far but it didn't, the frames of the distant part didn't look sharp at all, probably because the focus bracketing wasn't set up properly to capture every thing...Show more →
Thank you for the info about focus point, I did not notice it myself. Very handy.
I've been playing with glow and lens blur. Not sure when the latter came out but I just tried it out. It opens a few new venues of creative possibilities. It's a little unsettling, though, as it seems to replicate way too well what would take a skilled photographer and select equipment to capture on the original image. Feels like a hop and a skip away from GenAI.
Edited on Nov 12, 2026 at 09:19 AM · View previous versions
LR Classic V16 just came out few days ago. It comes with some pretty cool features. Personally, I really like that it shows where the focus point is. I recently started to learn to do more focus bracketing and there is a learning curve to master the number of shots needed and the space between the shots for different subjects. Sometime, I thought the camera would capture everything from near to far but it didn't, the frames of the distant part didn't look sharp at all, probably because the focus bracketing wasn't set up properly to capture every thing...Show more →
Thank you for the info about focus point, I did not notice it myself. Very handy.
I've been playing with glow and lens blur. Not sure when the latter came out but I just tried it out. It opens a few new venues of creative possibilities. It's a little unsettling, though, as it seems to replicate way too well what would take a skilled photographer and select equipment to capture on the original image. Feels like a hop and a skip away from GenAI.
Edited on Nov 12, 2026 at 09:19 AM · View previous versions
Nov 11, 2026 at 02:32 PM
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p.1 #11Lightroom Classic V16
I wish LR could process focus stacking itself so I don't need to send them to Photoshop or other third part apps.
Nov 11, 2026 at 03:47 PM
p.1 #12Lightroom Classic V16
Douglas L wrote:
I wish LR could process focus stacking itself so I don't need to send them to Photoshop or other third part apps.
You are right, that's one feature that I would like to see in LR Classic and I think it is a matter of time...
I wish LR could process focus stacking itself so I don't need to send them to Photoshop or other third part apps.
You are right, that's one feature that I would like to see in LR Classic and I think it is a matter of time...
Nov 11, 2026 at 03:49 PM
p.1 #13Lightroom Classic V16
MikeEvangelist wrote:
Where/how are you seeing that?
Just use the crop tool like normal... the areas outside the crop is now blurred out.
Donzo98 wrote
I like the the way it's displaying things outside of the crop box too... blurred out.That's nice!Just use the crop tool like normal... the areas outside the crop is now blurred out.
Nov 11, 2026 at 08:26 PM
p.1 #14Lightroom Classic V16
Douglas L wrote:
Near the bottom of the screen, right above the strip, you can see "focus point", you need to check it. The words "focus point" are barely visible, you have to look hard for it.
One thing I noticed... I use the XS/ Small spot...
The focus point is shown bigger... not the actual size of the spot you use.
Not a huge deal... but interesting nonetheless.
Donzo98 wrote
How do you get it show focus point?? I have a plug in that does this... but having in LrC will be great.One thing I noticed... I use the XS/ Small spot...
The focus point is shown bigger... not the actual size of the spot you use.
Not a huge deal... but interesting nonetheless.
Nov 11, 2026 at 08:28 PM
p.1 #15Lightroom Classic V16
Tried out v16, and have the same complaint. I seriously wish they'd fix the performance issues on Windows. It's been going on many years and it's still frustrating how much smoother photo editing is on my M1 Pro Macbook, an ancient machine compared to my beefier PC.
The focus point is a very nice addition, though it seems to be mostly a good approximation. The focus box size doesn't really match what I see in my camera and the box location isn't even consistent when toggling from the Develop and Library module in many of my photos.
The focus point is a very nice addition, though it seems to be mostly a good approximation. The focus box size doesn't really match what I see in my camera and the box location isn't even consistent when toggling from the Develop and Library module in many of my photos.
Nov 12, 2026 at 07:34 PM
p.1 #16Lightroom Classic V16
AGeoJO wrote:
I am doing some 90-95% of my PP using the LR Cloud on my iPad. But the ability to regenerative canvas expansion in LR Classic is really a great feature for me. Sometimes, I compose my shots too tightly to max out the sensor real estate and after the perspective correction, the outer part of the image might get chopped off. The added features in LR Classic in the last several months were enough for me to discontinue the subscription of PS. Sorry, Adobe...not 🫢😜.
Are you saying you can do regenerative canvas expansion directly in LR Classic? I can't find any way to do this other than workarounds sending files into the cloud and into LR Desktop or mobile or into Adobe Camera Raw.
I am doing some 90-95% of my PP using the LR Cloud on my iPad. But the ability to regenerative canvas expansion in LR Classic is really a great feature for me. Sometimes, I compose my shots too tightly to max out the sensor real estate and after the perspective correction, the outer part of the image might get chopped off. The added features in LR Classic in the last several months were enough for me to discontinue the subscription of PS. Sorry, Adobe...not 🫢😜.
Are you saying you can do regenerative canvas expansion directly in LR Classic? I can't find any way to do this other than workarounds sending files into the cloud and into LR Desktop or mobile or into Adobe Camera Raw.
Nov 13, 2026 at 05:25 AM
p.1 #17Lightroom Classic V16
arbitrage wrote:
Are you saying you can do regenerative canvas expansion directly in LR Classic? I can't find any way to do this other than workarounds sending files into the cloud and into LR Desktop or mobile or into Adobe Camera Raw.
Yes, and the last time I did was about a month ago. I went on a trip for over 3 weeks shortly after that and I haven't tried it again; as matter of fact, I haven't used my iMac to test that feature again since then since so far, I have done my editing only using my iPad. But I will do so later on and report back. Still having coffee....
AGeoJO wrote
I am doing some 90-95% of my PP using the LR Cloud on my iPad. But the ability to regenerative canvas expansion in LR Classic is really a great feature for me. Sometimes, I compose my shots too tightly to max out the sensor real estate and after the perspective correction, the outer part of the image might get chopped off. The added features in LR Classic in the last several months were enough for me to discontinue the subscription of PS. Sorry, Adobe...not 🫢😜.Yes, and the last time I did was about a month ago. I went on a trip for over 3 weeks shortly after that and I haven't tried it again; as matter of fact, I haven't used my iMac to test that feature again since then since so far, I have done my editing only using my iPad. But I will do so later on and report back. Still having coffee....
Nov 13, 2026 at 07:36 AM
p.1 #18Lightroom Classic V16
@arbitrage
Geoff,
FYI, my iMac is upstairs in the study room but I am using that less and less as I like the convenience of using my iPad and being able to take it anywhere. Anyway, I was mistaken, the ability to regeneratively expand the canvas is using the LR Cloud but only on the desktop version (iMac, in my case) and NOT in LR Classic. It uses their AI Firefly to pull that off and they deduct your AI point. You get 250 points on a monthly basis from your subscription. So far, I have used significantly less than that number. If you do that without the AI Firefly, and just regenerative surroundings, they don't deduct your point. It seems that Adobe is giving more features to that version over the Classic. I knew I did it briefly before I left in the second week of October and I was under the impression that it was using the Classic as I remembered that that feature was not available on the iPad. My mistake...
Geoff,
FYI, my iMac is upstairs in the study room but I am using that less and less as I like the convenience of using my iPad and being able to take it anywhere. Anyway, I was mistaken, the ability to regeneratively expand the canvas is using the LR Cloud but only on the desktop version (iMac, in my case) and NOT in LR Classic. It uses their AI Firefly to pull that off and they deduct your AI point. You get 250 points on a monthly basis from your subscription. So far, I have used significantly less than that number. If you do that without the AI Firefly, and just regenerative surroundings, they don't deduct your point. It seems that Adobe is giving more features to that version over the Classic. I knew I did it briefly before I left in the second week of October and I was under the impression that it was using the Classic as I remembered that that feature was not available on the iPad. My mistake...
Nov 13, 2026 at 09:43 AM
p.1 #19Lightroom Classic V16
And just to add to the crop info. You can now adjust the opacity of the area you are cropping away (opacity not blur). If you have the crop tool active and right click on the image (Win but I expect Mac to be the same) you can see Crop Mask options ranging from 0 to 100% which will change the area outside the crop.
Nov 13, 2026 at 10:42 AM
p.1 #20Lightroom Classic V16
And still no camera matching profile support for the A7R VI... 
Nov 13, 2026 at 11:06 AM