7 New Lightroom + Camera RAW features – August 2026

Lightroom Classic and Adobe Camera RAW 2026 update, new features in August 2026 release of ACR and Lightroom. Colin Smith shows you all the new features

00:00 Intro
07:11 New Mask Adjustment in Lightroom
03:29 Render as DNG
05:08 Auto Blemish removal
06:22 Edge expand, Generative ai or non ai.
08:29 Bi Directional Gradient
12:26 Skin tones with Vectorscope

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