{"id":46181,"date":"2025-11-06T06:16:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T11:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=46181"},"modified":"2025-11-05T10:48:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T15:48:04","slug":"lightroom-2026s-new-features-showcased-by-3-digital-gurus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/46181\/lightroom-2026s-new-features-showcased-by-3-digital-gurus\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightroom 2026&#8217;s New Features Showcased By 3 Digital Gurus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46197\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LRC2026-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"416\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DfHl6MMuTlQ?si=iVzHx5kz_cMa2iqr\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tour Lightroom&#8217;s 2026&#8217;s new features with three digital gurus.<\/p>\n<p>First, Colin Smith shows you how to use new features in Lightroom.<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Intro<br \/>\n00:26 Assisted Culling<br \/>\n07:21 Shadow and reflection in Remove Object<br \/>\n08:18 Dust Removal<br \/>\n09:27 Updated Reflection Removal<br \/>\n10:28 Point Color Variance With landscape photos<br \/>\n11:49 Color Variance with Portrait photos<br \/>\n12:49 Snow in Landscape Masks<br \/>\n13:13 New Color Spaces<br \/>\n13:46 Video and Slideshows in 4K<br \/>\n14:06 Outro<\/p>\n<p>Second, Julianne Kost shows 15 new features.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dKXqg50v1sA?si=Als1fprAxUDIf00O\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Third, Matt Koslowski shows his favorite new features.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ztYXdlYoy_8?si=KP2gdQs0Kx290-Rb\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Find out more from Colin Smith at Photoshop Cafe.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/jkost.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View more from Julianne Kost.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/mattk.com\/blog\/\">Watch more from Matt Kloskowski here.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/workshops\/\">Learn more in my digital photography and digital printing workshops.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff Tour Lightroom&#8217;s 2026&#8217;s new features with three digital gurus. 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