This is actually one of the biggest releases for Lightroom Classic in a long time. For a while now, Adobe have been adding new features to Camera RAW that haven’t been in Lightroom Classic, and even Lightroom Desktop has been getting features not in Classic. This update addresses many (although not all) of these.
Some of the new features in Lightroom Classic 16 are as follows:
Glow: A new Glow effect allows you to simulate various types of glow, from diffusion to bloom to motion streaks. It’s actually pretty good and better than I was expecting
Vectorscope: Based on the video tool, this allows you to visualise where the colours are on the spectrum in your image
Colour Grading in the mask tool: You can now finally use the three-way colour corrector with masks.
Autofocus Point Overlay: This allows you to see where your focus point was when you took the photograph. Only some cameras are supported.
Import Filter: You can now filter your images on import by things like star rating.
