Along with the public release of V3.4, the next level version V4 of the Focus Points plugin has been pre-released:

Why two new versions at once?

Version 3.4 is a regular feature update with minor improvements:
This version introduces interactive straightening with result preview and undo functionality, as well as a third column in the metadata viewer displaying the group (EXIF, XMP, MakerNotes, etc.) to which a tag belongs. It is also possible to significantly reduce the time it takes to open the Focus Point window.

Version 4 is the largest update since the project was revived. It fundamentally changes how Focus Point Viewer integrates with Lightroom. You can now keep the viewer open while continuing to work in Lightroom, choose between multiple rendering methods depending on your workflow, and benefit from significantly faster image display.

Running the plugin alongside the Lightroom application creates new possibilities and specific expectations about how the plugin should behave in certain situations. However, its interaction with Lightroom and its wide range of applications also places new demands on performance and stability. I anticipate receiving a wide range of user feedback to help achieve perfect integration.

While working on V4, I encountered the limitations of the Lightroom SDK. Currently, there are five open bugs at Adobe that need to be fixed to ensure optimal functionality on Windows and macOS.

For the reasons mentioned, I therefore expect there to be a "maturation phase" lasting several months before a V4 can officially be launched.

Still, V4 works really well, especially on Windows. It has been downloaded 125 times since its release a week ago, with no issues reported.

Unfortunately, the Adobe bugs mentioned above prevent the plugin from "running" on a second screen on macOS.
I appreciate every vote cast in the Adobe Community for the bug reports listed under "Known Limitations"!
All you need to do is click on a linked bug report, sign in with your Adobe credentials, then click on the 'Vote' button.

Anyone who'd like to check out V4 is more than welcome to do so!

Hint: both versions, V3.4 and V4 PRE, can be run in parallel with minimal effort—see the V4 release notes linked above for instructions.

Recently, a client informed me that they did not receive photos, so I checked my long list of 100 unorganized albums with few and inconsistent folders. In a panic that I had not submitted or edited the pictures, I hastily culled and edited their photos. Ultimately, the original link to the pictures ended up in the spam box, so it was no fault of my own, and it gave me the motivation to sort my albums into categories

I am in the process of organizing all my photos that I took from Apple photos so that I can get them into Lightroom classic. Someone here posted to watch the SLIM system by Scott Kelby. He recommends organizing all of your photos into separate folders on your SSD and then importing them as those folders into Lightroom. He said that it makes it easier to find your photos if you only have your SSD and not Lightroom. I was wondering if that was a good way to do that? Should I organize all of my folders on my SSD and then import them into Lightroom by the names of those folders or just that Lightroom rename those folders by year date and month when importing?

So I’ve dabbled in Lightroom and played with the included presets and profiles, and I have basic level knowledge of exposure/sharpness/contrast etc.

What resources have helped you learn how to fully utilize Lightroom and photoshop? I don’t want to buy presets someone else has made, I want to learn the software myself.

Appreciate any advice!

Finally getting all of my images from my phone and CDs all into Lightroom classic. Should I turn on “enable address look up”?

Is it just me, or is there absolutely no way to mark a rejected photo as "Select" in loupe view? In the grid view, I can right-click and mark as select to override the AI culling. But right-click in loupe view brings up no menu at all. So, in order to check focus and other things in detail I have to go into loupe view, then go back to grid view and right click. That is really tedious, and isn't good for workflow.

I have tried "P" and "U" in loupe view, and all they do is advance to the next photo without changing any tagging or marking. Am I missing something?

I have an HP Omnibook x flip with a core 5 ultra 226v and Intel arc 330v graphics. I know it's no powerhouse but it's what work gave me. It's almost unbearably slow in LRC even with only 30 brackets imported. I've enabled smart previews and done all the other things I could find but I'm just looking for anything I can do. I know 16gb of ram is limiting me but within performance settings I saw that the options to enable using my GPU are grayed out and it shows graphics acceleration is disabled due to an error. I've tried both Intel drivers and HP OEM drivers and setting within windows to use high performance graphics for lightroom. I've also cleared out the GPU setting config file with no luck. Does lightroom just not support my integrated arc graphics at this time?

Hi!

I need to buy a monitor for my macbook because my neck can’t handle the position I edit in anymore. I’m looking to buy a used one, what would you recommend? My initial thought was just some mac monitor but I’m not fixed on apple.

Thanks!