You can choose to use the HDR Merge Preview dialog box to set Auto Alignment, Auto Tone, and the Deghosting strength. HDR Merge allows you to select a set of bracketed images, then merge them into a single HDR image. They didn’t disappoint in this version with the addition of Photo Merge, which offers the ability to merge multiple images into an HDR or Panoramic image without ever leaving Lightroom. I’ve been waiting for years for Adobe to incorporate High Dynamic Range (HDR) and Panoramic features in Lightroom. This feature is turned off by default, but once you enter the “People” view for the first time you’ll be prompted to turn the feature on. There will be many cases when you’ll want to manually tag a person by selecting the Draw Face tool and enter a person’s name.
Keep in mind, the algorithm’s ability to successfully and automatically tag people is improved as you build upon your face recognition database, so it’s usefulness to you will somewhat depend on your input into the system. I see Face Tagging as another great tool for helping me organize and retrieve images of people simply based on my ability to remember a face. As a professional, while I obviously can remember my daughter’s name and use it to search my keywords, it’s another thing to remember the name of a client whom I photographed years ago. While I’ve always been very diligent with using keywords and collections for organizing images of people, Face Tagging takes this ability to the next level by simplifying the process with a few clicks.Īs a father, I can see this being very handy when I want to sort images of my daughter for her high school graduation slideshow. But as I’ve used it more, I’ve really grown to love it. At first I questioned whether I would truly use this feature that was so popular among Aperture users. New to this version is the ability to tag faces and index people by name using Lightroom’s facial recognition algorithm.