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daniell11223644
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October 9, 2023
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P: Restore the (previous) Edit UI as an option on Lightroom Mobile

  • October 9, 2023
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Lightroom has switched itself to the "streamlined"ui, mentioned here: https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2023/07/26/adobe-photoshop-lightroom-has-new-mobile-interface-make-editing-even-easier-on-go and the option to turn it off no longer appears, the option previously appeared. I don't want to be forced into this interface change, it is honestly worse as a ui and I can't even change my images to the correct profile with it (the default Adobe Color profile is way off and is inaccurate).

 

Galaxy S9 Ultra

Lightroom 9.0.0

Android 13

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    Wurstkrapfen
    Wurstkrapfen
    Inspiring
    October 12, 2023

    Not to forget that looking aspect ratio (that shouldn't be unlocked by default anyway) now requires 2 more tabs per image (1: opening submenu in crop tool, 2: locking 3: confirmation to leave submenu back to crop menu).

     

    Question remains: is anyone from the team actually using/testing this software? 

     

    There are so many things needed to make it easier like:

    - mulitple photo autoadjustments

    - 90 degree rotation of multiple photos

    - calculation of copied ai masks

    - auto level on multiple photos

     

    Instead you make the software less efficient.

      swrobel
      swrobel
      Inspiring
      October 11, 2023

      The new edit UI also doesn't support landscape orientation

        R
        Richard32802027fwg7
        Participant
        October 11, 2023

        The flag and rating section has been moved into the back menu. It's now harder to reach. Please bring it back. 

          robine26242374
          robine26242374
          Known Participant
          October 11, 2023

          Oh, also the inability to turn off haptic feedback on adjustment sliders?

            robine26242374
            robine26242374
            Known Participant
            October 11, 2023

            And what about the rest of the issues (luminance histogram missing, lag when cropping, option to opt out of this new UI, ability to roll back update)?

              daniell11223644
              daniell11223644Author
              Known Participant
              October 9, 2023

              Bring this option back immediately,  the new "streamlined" interface is not streamlined at all, it requires additional taps and is less efficient. It is an absolute joke to remove access to many functions/features and then lock out people from changing back.

               

              I have had to uninstall Lightroom and sideload the version 8.5.2 apk from a third party source just to be able to continue working again which means I lost the locally stored data which has to be downloaded again.

               

              To re-iterate even if the missing functions are added into the ui, it is still a bad ui and we should have the option of using the "old" ui. Streamlined - "having been made simpler and more efficient or effective.". The new ui is not streamlined, burying functions behind sub menus requiring additional taps is less efficient and effective and requires more work. Making the ui simpler by removing functions is not the same as making something simpler by making it more efficient (requiring additional taps/clicks is less efficient if this isn't clear enough)

                robine26242374
                robine26242374
                Known Participant
                October 10, 2023

                I have a lot of issues with the recent update in regards to UI (for example, it takes three clicks now to get to "vignette" where before it was one, the "lock ratio" option in cropping is now buried in an additional menu, etc.) but what has really made this update unusable for me is the insane amount of lag when cropping. I'm on a current-year flagship phone, there is no reason I should be experiencing such intense lag when cropping a photo in this app. I actually cannot crop my photos the lag is so bad. 

                 

                Additionally, there is now haptic feedback when using adjustment sliders, and I see no way to turn that off. It's incredibly distracting. 

                 

                This update to make the UI look "cleaner" in my opinion has actually made it look much worse, with the added bonus of disrupting workflow because everything is buried in more and more menus.

                 

                Can anyone tell me if there's an option to roll back my app version? 

                  daniell11223644
                  daniell11223644Author
                  Known Participant
                  October 9, 2023

                  Functions/features that have been removed: Profile (changing raw profiles, NB: 'presets' are not profiles), Rate and Review, Info, Lens correction CA and lens profiles and geometry options etc. 

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