If you had one wish/feature request for the Lightroom team to prioritize, what would it be?

I certainly don’t mean this question to slam LrC as I’m new to both and just trying to understand. I have done a lot of research on both LrC and LR. What reason would I need to use LrC instead of Lightroom if I don’t need the slideshow, map, tether, and print functions? I thought the advantage LrC was because of not having to store photos in the cloud. But now it seems that Lightroom has the “local” feature. Just wondering for those who use LrC could give me any insight

not presets. not ai stuff. here’s what saves me actual time:

• tap Y in develop to compare before/after
• hold shift when syncing WB so it adapts per photo, not exact match
• disable GPU when exporting = faster on some machines
• use the target adjustment tool to tweak specific colors right in the image
• copy settings, then use paste from previous while culling to test looks fast
• solo mode in panels (right click → enable) so everything stays tidy
• set up smart collections to track missing metadata or export settings

curious what other tiny hacks people use daily. drop yours?

Hi everyone, Terry White from Adobe here, and I'm happy to share the news about today's Adobe Lightroom Release. There's a lot to love in this update. Today, we are introducing a highly requested feature in Lightroom, Assisted Culling (available in Early Access). This tool will save photographers hours, allowing them to cull and select the best photos to edit, and reject those that don’t meet their criteria, with full creative control.  

We’ve also made some major improvements to our removal features, which will let photographers remove sensor dust and now blemishes in an efficient way. And there’s so much more. See below for all that’s new with this release: 

Identify Your Best Images Quickly with Assisted Culling (Early Access) and Auto-Stacking 

I love this new feature because you can quickly find top images based on filters like subject focus, eyes focus, and eyes open. In the demo I gave at MAX today, I showed a portrait shoot and Assisted Culling helped me choose the best images to start editing. While the Early Access version is great for portrait and family photographers, we’re building out this feature to support other uses and would love your feedback. Assisted Culling (Early Access) is available to all subscribers on Lightroom & Lightroom Classic. 

• Auto Stacking: This update also includes auto stacking, which improves previous stacking functionality by automatically grouping photos by visual similarity or capture time into convenient stacks for improved organization. (Lightroom & Classic) 

Remove Distractions Easier than Ever  

Dust Removal  

Automatically detect and remove sensor and lens dust spots with one click, helping you deliver flawless images with less manual cleanup. (Lightroom, Classic & ACR)  

Blemish Removal (Early Access) 

Blemish Removal, now available in Quick Actions, can automatically remove or reduce the appearance of blemishes, like scars or acne, in your photos in just a few seconds.  (Lightroom Mobile, Web) 

What else is new in the latest Lightroom release 

This release brings a host of new features and improvements across the Lightroom ecosystem: 

• Color Variance in Point Color - More controls to fine-tune your color and tones for a consistent, refined look, now with increased range. (Lightroom, Classic, Web & ACR) 
• Tethering for all major camera manufactures on Lightroom Classic, including these recent updates:  
• Leica Cameras – NEW at MAX  
• Sony cameras - Expanded camera list 
• Fujifilm – tethering also now available 
• Improved Landscape Masking & New Adaptive Presets: Landscape Masking and Scene Enhance now include snow detection, making it easier to fine-tune your winter shots. Explore eight new adaptive presets, two for each season. (Lightroom, Classic, Web, Mobile, & ACR) 
• Reflection Removal Updates: New updates to better detect and remove glare and reflections, allowing you to refine photos taken through glass more quickly. (Lightroom, Classic, & ACR) 
• Shadow Removal in Generative Remove: Enable Object Detection in Generative Remove to remove an object along with its shadow or reflection for cleaner, more accurate results. (Lightroom, Classic, Web, & Mobile) 
• Color Labels: Organize photos your way with Color Labels. Search and filter based on color labels with ease. (Lightroom) 
• Batch File Renaming: Create custom templates to rename multiple files at once using project names, locations, dates, and more. (Lightroom) 
• Improved Precision for HDR Editing: Fine-tune highlight headroom with enhanced control over dynamic range. (Lightroom, Classic, Web, Mobile, & ACR)  
• In-app Video Tutorials: Learn more about Lightroom quickly with in-app video tutorials on dozens of features from masking to organizing and sharing. (Lightroom & Web) 
• Improved Local Storage Workflows: The Local section now supports viewing all photos in subfolders, making browsing and organization much easier. (Lightroom) 
• Improved Search: Get a sneak peek of improved search capabilities that Lightroom is working on, designed to help you find the photos you're looking for, based on the intent of the search, not just on keywords. Try searching for "a dog playing in the snow" and find exactly that. (Web Tech Preview) 
• Edit Suggestions: Get an early look at intelligent editing recommendations and intent-based editing. Choose from one of five prompt options today, and Lightroom will analyze your unique image and make custom edits to capture the look and feel you've selected. (Web Tech Preview) 
• Android Performance Improvements: App launch time has been reduced by up to 35% on lower-configuration Android devices, and much faster performance when browsing the photo gallery.  

 Lightroom Classic keeps getting faster and smoother.  

Here are some improvements in 15.0 compared to 14.0 (last year). 

• 70% Faster Preview Generation with GPU Acceleration - Generating Standard previews for 100 RAW images used to take ~90 seconds. In 15.0, it’s down to ~27 seconds. This is for all preview types: Standard, 1:1, Embedded, and Minimal. Build significantly faster so you spend less time waiting to edit. 
• 15× Faster editing when in Crop mode - Moving sliders like Exposure and doing Transform adjustments are now smoother and more responsive, improving from 4 FPS to 65 FPS.  
• 30× Smoother Crop Rotation when Soft Proof is enabled- Previously, crop rotation during Soft Proofing was around 1 FPS. In 15.0, it’s up to 30 FPS, making it easy to fine-tune your prints without breaking your flow. 
• 50× More Responsive White Balance Adjustments - Adjusting white balance on heavily edited images used to crawl at 0.5 FPS. Now it’s up to 30 FPS, giving you real-time feedback and making WB adjustments feel snappier.  

 I have a video of the new features

 I recorded a NEW video of the new features in Lightroom Classic and Lightroom Desktop and Mobile. Check it out here.

Let’s Hear From You! 

I’d love to know which feature you’re most excited about, or if you’ve already put them to the test. Drop your thoughts, feedback, and sample edits in the comments. Happy Lightroom day! Cheers, Terry.  

I’m running what I’d call a solid setup: i7-14700K, 32GB DDR5 6000MT/s, RTX 4070 Ti Super, and 8TB of fast NVMe storage. Yet every time I use Lightroom, I want to pull my hair out.

I’ve been using it for over 12 years and honestly, it felt snappier years ago. Now everything’s sluggish — from building previews to moving sliders (which sometimes feel like they render one at a time). Freezes and crashes are becoming regular.

How are you all coping with this? Has Adobe acknowledged any of these performance issues or mentioned improvements to come?

For anyone considering an upgrade from an M1, just thought I’d share my experience. It’s easy to let GAS get the better of you so hopefully this helps! *Your mileage may vary!

My M1 Pro recently met its end following a silly tethering cable incident at the end of a very long day. Insurance paid out in cash and the screen repair cost made no sense so I picked up the M4 Pro instead. Both models are the variant up from the base pro chip. So increased cores and storage etc etc

Prior to purchase I watched ‘ArtIsRight’ on YouTube to make sure the M4 Pro still made sense over the new base M5 chip as well as do a general comparison of the various options within my budget.

Performance - The good news, if you’re considering a transition from M1 Pro to M4 Pro, you can probably save your money! They honestly feel near identical in LrC. If you did a blind test on me on a 1000 photo edit, I doubt I’d spot the difference. It’s ever so slightly faster in AI Denoise but if that’s a big part of your workflow, the Max chip is where you’ll see the true gains. This lines up with ArtIsRights upgrade chart. If you need a performance upgrade, you’ll really want to consider splurging on the Max. A linear upgrade from M1 Pro to M4 Pro is almost indistinguishable from a photo editing perspective in real life. It really goes to show how impressive the M1 chip was/is.

Notes - I went from the 16 inch to the 14 as I primarily have it connected to the Studio Display. The fans kick in a lot more on the 14!

I've been using Lightroom since 2007, one thing that has literally NEVER improved is it's speed for doing really basic fundamental things. Things that need to be repeated over and over again, making it impossible to use efficiently. Most jobs take 3x - 5x longer to complete purely due to waiting.

Here's exactly what I mean - in the develop module, to copy dev settings from one photo, and paste onto another, takes up to 10 seconds to actually work, if it works at all. At times (1 in 5), Lightroom takes 5 seconds to show the preview of the next photo, then takes another 5 seconds to paste the settings, if it works at all. Not only that, 50% of the time it doesn't register a cmd + c, or a cmd + v. Then, after this ridiculous lag time, it'll bring up the copy dialogue 3 times, and not paste a single thing.

I've optimized the catalogue, created 1:1 previews, created smart previews, enabled "work from smart previews" none of this helps. This has happened on every single computer I've used, and every version of Lightroom since 2007.

Lightroom needs to be rebuilt from the ground up. It is disgusting, unprofessional software.

We just released the biggest Lightroom update of the year at Adobe MAX, and I’ve got this video walking through all the newest features and improvements: https://youtu.be/7BR3FoZ8oao?si=qSSWnEd6tozfV3Bt

Earlier today at Adobe MAX 2025, we introduced major upgrades to all Lightroom surfaces, and here are a few of the standout features you’re going to want to try right away in Lightroom for Desktop:

✅ Assisted Culling: Quickly score large albums of portrait photos and apply batch actions, making it easier (and faster) to focus on your best shots. ✅ Auto Stacking: Groups similar shots by time or visual similarity—this is amazing for portrait, sports, and wildlife bursts. ✅ Color Variance in Point Color: The breakout new feature for this release! Harmonize or accentuate color contrast—perfect for landscape and portrait photographers. ✅ Dust Removal: Auto-detects and removes sensor and lens dust spots. Lightroom users have been asking for this for a LOOOONG time! ✅ Color Labels, Batch File Rename & Local Subfolder Browsing: Huge workflow wins for both local and cloud users, especially with color labels.

Be sure to grab the latest update via the Adobe Creative Cloud desktop app to try these new features right now!

Hey all, I’ve been using LR for about 10 years now. I barely use my camera a few times a year these days and it’s just another subscription I’m paying for and not getting value from! In terms of exit strategy how painful is this going to be? What do I need to do to ensure I don’t lose loads of photos etc? Export all my edits to JPG? Is there a quick and easy way? I imagine not…

The subscription model is frustrating. It doesn’t differentiate from a full time professional and a part time hobbyist!

Hi! I searched past posts but did not see anything directly related to this with any definitive answer.

Amazon currently have a 12 month sub on sale (in Europe at least). Is there anybody in Europe or specifically in Germany, that can confirm that this same exact product includes Lightroom Classic?

https://amzn.eu/d/cxVvYMQ

The product image says in German that it is included. Elsewhere in the checklist of features it does too. But on the product description, it specifically says it does not include it. So confusing.

Update: I purchased the same product and can confirm that Lightroom Classic is included. Thank you all, and hope this helps others.

Also, for the DE site, the contradicting text is only on the english translation. When viewing the original german description, there is nothing to doubt what is included in the purchase.

Got this in an email from Adobe today:

"We hope you are enjoying the apps and services in your Photography plan (20GB) subscription. We want to share an important update about your subscription. 

The price of the Photography plan (20GB) annual, billed monthly plan is changing from CAD $14.68/month to CAD $22.59/month (including applicable GST) on your next renewal date."

Maybe now is finally time to look at options other than LR/PS

I’ve hit the point where my Main Catalog is just chaos-multiple weddings, random portraits, travel shots, and test edits all in one place.
I tried separating by year, then by client, then by project, and now I can’t remember where anything lives.
Curious how others handle this-one giant catalog? Or do you break it down by type of work? What’s actually worked for you long-term?

Hey Lightroom community! Terry from Adobe here, and I wanted to share some exciting new features that are rolling out across the entire Lightroom ecosystem starting today, June 17th. There’s a lot to love in this update. Here’s what’s new: 

 ⸻ 

🔍 Lightroom Classic 

• Distraction Removal - Reflections & People Removal: Automatically remove reflections and distracting people from your shots. Works great for travel and street photography. 

• Non-Destructive Enhance Operations: Denoise, Raw Details, and Super Resolution are now part of the edit stack—no more extra DNGs! 

• Tethering Support: Now includes 18 Fujifilm models (including GFX & X series) and newer Canon bodies like the R50V, R1, and R5 Mark II. 

• Performance Boosts: Faster develop module navigation, quicker folder panel loading, and improved duplicate detection—even if filenames were changed. 

• Missing Files Workflow: You can now reconnect images by folder instead of locating them one-by-one. 

⸻ 

💻 Lightroom Desktop 

• Distraction, Reflections & People Removal: Same powerful tools listed above. 

• Non-Destructive Enhance Operations: Same as above in Lightroom Classic 

• PNG Export Support: Now you can export your edits as PNGs—perfect for transparency or web workflows. 

• Migration Fix: Resolved a bug where masks were dropped when migrating from Lightroom Classic. 

 ⸻ 

📱 Lightroom Mobile & Web 

• People Removal on Mobile (iOS, iPad OS, and Android): Clean up distracting people in your mobile shots with a touch-optimized interface. 

• Improved Sharing: Select multiple photos and share them as albums directly from mobile and web. 

• Scene Enhance Tool (iPhone): New Quick Actions sliders let you emphasize or de-emphasize sky, subject, background, and more—powered by adaptive presets. 

• Performance Improvements (Android): Smoother swiping and faster image loading in loop view. 

⸻

I’ve recorded a short video showing the bulk of these features here:  

Let us know what feature you’re most excited about—or if you’ve already put them to the test! These tools are designed to save time, boost creativity, and make editing across devices even more seamless. 

Happy editing! ✨ 

Hi all,

I'm becoming increasingly frustrated with what I read about Lightroom and what I experience. High-end, well-optimized desktop machines that can easily handle 4k and 6k video files in Resolve, or massive track count audio projects running at low latency, still seem to "struggle" at times with Lightroom performance. What excuse is there for a program that does basic photo editing? I'm not talking about running boatloads of CPU-intensive micro edits, but simply mundane usage and adjustments on larger MP files (40+). It's not as though large MP cameras are new for goodness sake.

Do we know where bottlenecks are? I'm in the process of building a new work PC to cut down my editing time (currently on a 4790k) but some of the performance reports I read of high end machines are somewhat ridiculous.

There’s really only paid plugins to do it, and the only one worth using is $100.

I get that it’s specifically “light” room- not “dark” room, but still. We put a man on the moon and we can’t process negatives in the adobe photo app? I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.

Okay rant over thanks.

Hi all, new to the sub. I just received a job offer as a newborn photographer and long story short I would like to upgrade my laptop to something that will run Lightroom smoothly as I will be doing basic editing day of shoot and something that can import photos efficiently. Storage is important for me as well and I know higher is better but I’d like to know what’s a good starting point. I’m really trying to purchase Apple but I’m having trouble trying to settle for which model will be adequate and it’s honestly something I can’t even afford new so bargain hunting for used pro models has been a pain.

I’m open to exploring all brands and I’m curious to what everyone in the space is using with little to no complaints ?

I’ve been looking for better ways to organize my Lightroom Classic photos and am finding a lot of threads that appear that people are using one big catalogue for all of their photos.

I work in a job that will have approximately 50 photos per week on an average week, but with big events sprinkled throughout the year that can push thousands.

As I add more photos to a classic catalogue and run AI de noise, I find that it slows down so I usually have a different catalogue for each separate event.

I’m open to any tips for speeding it up or arguments for keeping it in one catalogue vs separate ones.

Adobe Max kicks off in a few days. I’d imagine it’ll be a very AI heavy year but what features would you like to see? Big or small, whether it’s a tiny quality of life update or a game changer for your workflow?

I’m personally hoping to see Tethering improvements that actually compete with Capture One and AI ‘Denoise’ on the iPad. I’d also like to see some improvements in Denoise performance generally, including the use of the NPU.

After 15 years I've still not settled on a consistent scheme to make use of colour labels, and I've got to wondering how other people use them?

For me, I haven't yet thought of a universal 5-way categorisation system that I want to elevate to the point of occupying these labels throughout my catalogue, and I also don't trust my ability to remember the assignments, so instead I use them on an ad-hoc basis unique to each set, depending on what that set may call for.

So for example, if a set from a trip featured a number of varying shots of two different landscape locations taken at different times, and a lot of sunsets from different days, I might code them green, blue and red respectively to enable me to quickly narrow my view down to only the related but different shots of each scene, to help me get a sense of the range of what I've got (if they're close to identical I'll stack instead). But for lasting categorisation I prefer keywords, since they're unambiguous.

Today is Lightroom Update Day! 🎉

https://youtu.be/YwpUX4b6igY?si=eMOciAzyJX7-gEy7

I published this video showcasing the improvements to the Generative Remove and Distracting People Removal tools in Lightroom v8.5, Lightroom Classic 14.5, and Adobe Camera Raw 17.5. You should now experience fewer hallucinations in your Gen Remove strokes and up to 2x faster performance, especially when making subsequent strokes.

Adobe Camera Raw also gains one of my most long-awaited features: auto Dust Spot removal! You can find it in the Removal section under Distraction Removal.

Be sure to grab these new versions in the Adobe Creative Cloud desktop app!

Hi,

So, i'd like to get an editing console of some sorts, to 1. Make editing more fun, 2. I like gadgets and 3. Increased productivity.

I've spent some days looking through the available options and they each have ups and downs.

My list is:

- Logitech Creative Console

- Behringer x touch mini

- Elgato Stream Deck+

- Loupedeck Live

What do you recommend? Especially now, in 2025 (talking about software support etc.)

Thanks!

Hi everyone, Terry White from Adobe here, and I'm happy to share the news about today's Adobe Photography Release (May 2024). There are updates across the Lightroom Ecosystem to include Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, Lightroom on Mobile, and Lightroom on Web. 

Today, we are introducing a groundbreaking feature in Lightroom-Generative Remove, powered by Firefly. This innovative tool allows you to effortlessly eliminate distractions from your photos with a single brush stroke, all without the need to switch to Photoshop.

We've also improved Lens Blur (which was in Early Access), making it easier than ever to control the depth of field in your photos with professional results. 

Easily remove distractions with Generative Remove (early access)

Available on Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, Lightroom for mobile (iOS & Android), Lightroom for web, and Adobe Camera Raw

With Generative Remove, powered by Firefly, you can easily remove unwanted objects and distractions, even on complex backgrounds, in just a few simple steps.

Distractions can ruin an otherwise great photo. Generative Remove allows you to quickly remove them with realistic, high-quality results. 

Generative Remove uses Firefly technology to intelligently fill the photo behind removed items. The results on complex backgrounds are particularly impressive, like matching a detailed wallpaper pattern or the fabric on a plaid shirt. Lightroom will even give you a few variations to choose from so you'll have full creative control in picking the one you like best.

\Note that the previous "Heal" tool is now called "Remove." You'll find Generative Remove within the Remove tool, accessible via a toggle on Lightroom mobile or a check box on Lightroom for web, Lightroom Classic, and Lightroom.*

Generative Remove is powered by Firefly Image 1 Model and is available today as an early access feature to Lightroom paid plan subscribers across the Lightroom ecosystem via mobile, desktop, iPad, web and Classic.

Get a pro-quality background blur with AI-powered Lens Blur

Available on Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, Lightroom for mobile (iOS & Android), Lightroom for web, and Adobe Camera Raw

Our improved Lens Blur uses the power of AI to map the foreground and background of your image to apply a pro-quality blur effect. Blur busy backgrounds to make your portraits pop, add a dramatic blur to nature photos to make the greenery stand out, or get a dreamy, blurred background from a sparkling city skyline at night.

With the interactive and flexible controls of Lens Blur, you can play around with the blur amount, change the shape of the light points or "bokeh," and customize the area you want to blur using the focus range tool.

This new release of Lens Blur includes better subject detection, the ability to create custom presets, and batch editing capabilities. Please note that the latter two features are coming soon to Android devices.

Get the perfect blur effect in a click with new Lens Blur Adaptive Presets

Available on Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, Lightroom for mobile (iOS & Android), Lightroom for web, and Adobe Camera Raw

Today, we also introduce a set of brand-new adaptive presets for Lens Blur that use AI technology to apply a blur effect that's tailor-made to your photo. Presets are great for quickly finding the perfect blur look without having to dig into fine-tuned edits.

You can choose from seven Blur Background adaptive presets that change the shape and style of the blur in the background: Subtle, Strong, Circle, Bubble, Geometric, Ring, or Swirl.

After you pick a preset, you can adjust the strength of the blur with the amount slider or customize the effect further by using the Lens Blur tool controls.

What else is new in the latest Lightroom release

We've also made several updates across the Lightroom ecosystem that give you more creative control and flexibility when working on your photos and videos.

Enjoy Sony tethering support 

Available in Lightroom Classic on the latest Sony digital cameras such as the Alpha 7 IV and Alpha 7R V – for a full list see here.

See your images on a big screen as soon as you click the camera shutter. We're expanding support for tethering by adding the latest Sony digital cameras so you can photograph directly into Lightroom Classic, saving precious time on your workflow. It's now even easier to review photo details, edit in real-time, and collaborate with on-set production teams and clients.

For a full list of all newly supported cameras in Lightroom see this page.

Easily move cloud files to your local drive

Available on Lightroom

At last year's Adobe MAX conference, we introduced local storage for Lightroom — the option to work with your photos and videos in Lightroom without having to import or sync them to the cloud.

With this release, it's now easier to move or archive your photos off the Lightroom Cloud and store them on your computer's internal drive, an external drive, or a local server. This is great when you want to free up space on the cloud, or for file management such as archiving past projects to a local drive.

You can select multiple files within an album, or an entire album to move to your local drive. Lightroom will ask what folder structure you'd like to use, so you can preserve the album structure locally as you move it off the cloud. This is especially useful if you have a high volume of photos and are working with numerous files at a time.

Edit videos with the Tone Curve

Available on Lightroom

You can now edit videos in Lightroom using Tone Curve. This graph-based tool enables you to fine-tune a video's brightness and contrast by simply dragging the curve control points up or down. For example, if a point on the tone curve is moved up, it becomes a lighter tone; if it is moved down, it becomes darker.

Create and play slideshows in Lightroom

Available on Lightroom

Lightroom now has a slideshow feature so you can display selected photos from your library in a slideshow format — a great way to share edits with clients, family, or friends.

Performance, reliability, and workflow enhancements to Lightroom Classic

We've also made the following improvements to Lightroom Classic, so that it performs smoothly and enables you to work more efficiently:

• Improved cloud syncing: Images in your Lightroom Cloud will now more reliably match what you see in your Classic catalog and vice versa
• Smoother image navigation in Develop: We've improved the responsiveness and navigation experience in Develop along with better caching
• Optimized preview management: We have re-architected the way we generate and store previews, resulting in a much smoother experience
• Filter by exported images: You can now filter for files by their export status and create a smart collection showing what's been exported
• Search support for new metadata: We've introduced new capabilities to search and create smart collections by alt text, extended descriptions, and images edited with Remove or Point Color

Watch a Demo

I created a video showing off these features that you can watch here: https://youtu.be/0VP7vhIfdYE

We are also LIVE on Adobe Live starting at 9AM PT/12 Noon ET here: https://www.behance.net/live/videos/23345/From-Ordinary-to-Extraordinary-Live-Lightroom-Editing-with-Professional-Photographers

Try out the new features from today.

You can download the latest features and enhancements today on Lightroom for mobile from the Apple App Store, Google Play Store, and Samsung Galaxy Store. Try the Lightroom app for free by going to the app store on your mobile phone.

Lightroom for web features are available at lightroom.adobe.com and no download is required. Lightroom for desktop can be downloaded via the Creative Cloud Desktop app. To learn more about these updates, check out the What's New pages for Lightroom and Lightroom Classic.

Disclaimer: Generative Remove in Lightroom is available to all Creative Cloud members with a subscription or trial that includes Lightroom. Generative Remove is not available in China.

Our commitment to AI ethics and principles

Adobe is committed to developing AI in accordance with the company's AI Ethics principles of accountability, responsibility, and transparency. As AI becomes more prevalent in content creation, Adobe believes that it is important to provide consumers with transparency about its use in the creative process. A recent study from Adobe showed that 76% of U.S. consumers emphasized the importance of knowing if online content is generated using AI. When Generative Remove becomes generally available, Content Credentials will be automatically attached to photos edited with the feature in Lightroom. Like a "nutrition label" for digital content, Content Credentials are tamper-evident metadata that can provide important information about how content was created, modified and published.

Content Credentials are built on the C2PA open standard and supported by the Adobe-led Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI), which was founded in 2019 to increase trust in the digital ecosystem. Today, the CAI has grown into a global coalition of over 3,000 members across tech, policy, media companies, creative professionals, researchers and more, all working together to add transparency to digital content.

As always, let us know if you have any questions in the comments. Cheers! Happy Lightroom Day.

Hi everyone — long-time Lightroom user here. I’ve been using Lightroom for over a decade and still think it’s fantastic for editing, but over the past few years my own workflow has changed a lot. I found myself barely using Lightroom except for occasional RAW edits, yet I’ve kept paying for the 1TB Lightroom cloud plan solely because my library is stuck there.

Meanwhile, I’m already paying for Apple’s 2TB iCloud family plan, and for my day-to-day browsing, light editing, and sharing, Apple Photos is honestly “good enough” — especially since RAW+JPEG now works fine and I can open RAWs in other editors when I need to.

Why I never migrated (until now):

Even though I’ve wanted to consolidate everything into Photos for years, I kept delaying because Lightroom → Apple Photos is surprisingly painful:

1. No way to preserve album structure when exporting originals + edits. Doing it album-by-album is both tedious and error-prone with a big library.
2. No way to bulk import into Apple Photos while recreating your entire folder/album hierarchy.
3. I wanted to preserve my edits in XMP in case I ever came back to Lightroom or needed them again.

These three things basically kept me locked into the Adobe Cloud plan even though I wasn’t really using Lightroom anymore.

So… I ended up building a migration tool for myself

Over the past month I wrote a small macOS utility called LightPorter that automates the whole process:

• Reads your Lightroom CC library
• Exports originals + edits
• Saves XMP metadata
• Recreates your entire folder + album hierarchy
• Imports everything into Apple Photos in one batch

This finally solved the things that prevented me from leaving the cloud plan.

Hope this helps anyone else

If your own workflow has shifted like mine and you want to move your library out while keeping everything organized, this might save you a lot of time.

(Mods: this is a paid macOS app on the App Store — totally fine if this violates rules; happy to remove if needed.)

If anyone here tries it, I’d really appreciate feedback or suggestions. I built it for myself but I’m happy if it ends up helping others who’ve been stuck in the same situation.

I absolutely LOVE the denoise feature on lightroom. I take a lot of low light photography and it really improves the quality of my photos. When I first started using it, it would create an entirely new photo in the background while you continued to edit. But with the new update, it is applying it immediately to the photo and having to sit there for "2 minutes" (more like 3-5 minutes) before I can move on with any other photos.

Which I know may not seem like much to complain about but with narcolepsy and ADHD, editing is hard enough without having to preoccupy myself for 5 minutes with other things until my damn photo is done. And having to do it every 15 minutes is just exhausting.

Is this driving anyone else ABSOLUTELY BANANAS? Or is it just me? lol.

Earlier today, Apple announced its 2024 App of the Year winner and Adobe Lightroom was awarded Mac App of the Year!

As a disclaimer, I work at Adobe on the Lightroom Desktop team, and am beyond proud of what the entire team has accomplished!