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Lightroom reviews, tips and tutorials

Lightroom is Adobe's all-in-one photo organizing, RAW processing and editing tool. It can be used on its own or alongside Photoshop, which is designed for more complex editing and illustration work.

You can only get Lightroom as part of Adobe's various subscription plans. The Adobe Photography Plan page explains these in more detail.

There are now two versions of Lightroom, which makes things more complicated. Lightroom Classic CC is the more powerful 'traditional' version which use images stored locally on your computer. Lightroom CC is a newer, slimmed-down version that uses cloud-based storage where all your images are available everywhere. This Lightroom CC vs Lightroom Classic CC comparison explains the key differences.

Adobe Lightroom review (2022)

March 6, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

Lightroom 2022

Verdict: 4 stars Lightroom is Adobe’s bold vision of a cloud-based photo organizing and editing tool where all your images can be organised, edited and viewed anywhere on any device. For mobile users and content creators it’s a clever and effective proposition, but for regular photographers, while its editing tools continue to impress, its restrictions, the closed nature of its editing ecosystem and its cost remain a major barrier.

Filed Under: Best software, Featured, Lightroom, ReviewsTagged With: Adobe, AI (artificial intelligence), Album, Asset management, Catalog, Cataloguing software, Cloud storage, Creative Cloud (Adobe), DAM (Digital Asset Management), Lightroom (Adobe), Non-destructive editing, Photography Plan (Adobe), RAW processing, Sensei (Adobe), Smart album/collection, Subject recognition

The best photo editing software for organizing, editing, RAW and effects

March 4, 2022 by Rod Lawton

Choosing the best image editing software can be complicated. It all depends on what you look for most in your photo editing software. Here are 12 programs with their own distinct strengths.

Filed Under: Capture One, Exposure X, Featured, Lightroom, Luminar, Nik Collection, ON1 Photo RAW, PhotoLab, Photoshop, Reviews, SidebarTagged With: Affinity Photo, Aperture (Apple), Asset management, Capture One, Cataloguing software, DAM (Digital Asset Management), Exposure X (software), Lightroom (Adobe), Lightroom Classic (Adobe), Luminar (Skylum), Nik Collection (DxO), ON1 Photo RAW, PhotoLab (DxO), RAW processing

Lightroom FAQ: how Lightroom works, which version to use and more

March 4, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

a laptop and dslr camera on a concrete table

These are the top questions about Lightroom on the Internet right now, and some quick and simple answers which will hopefully be useful.

Filed Under: Featured, General, Lightroom

Lightroom vs Lightroom Classic: same name, very different workflow

September 15, 2021 by Life after Photoshop

The name is the same, but despite the apparent similarities, these are two very different programs. So what are the key differences between Lightroom CC and Lightroom Classic CC, and how do you choose which one to use?

Filed Under: Featured, Lightroom, ReviewsTagged With: AI (artificial intelligence), Cloud storage, Creative Cloud (Adobe), External editor, Lightroom (Adobe), Lightroom Classic (Adobe), Photography Plan (Adobe), Plug-ins, Sensei (Adobe), Smart album/collection, Versions (Lightroom), Virtual Copy (Lightroom)

Edit History: Battery Point Lighthouse in Lightroom Classic

September 12, 2021 by Life after Photoshop

Battery Point lighthouse. Using Lightroom Classic’s Profiles, Color Grading, Post Crop Vignetting and Radial Filter tools to create a strong black and white image.

Filed Under: Featured, Lightroom, TutorialsTagged With: Black and white, Profiles, Radial mask, Split toning, Toning, Vignette

Subscriptions vs single fee software: the pros and cons

February 25, 2021 by Life after Photoshop

Photo by freestocks on Unsplash

Generally, those who object to subscription software do so on principle while those who embrace it do it out of practicality. That’s two different sets of reasons.

Filed Under: Capture One, Editing A-Z, Featured, General, Lightroom, ON1 Photo RAW, Photoshop

How to use the Lightroom Dehaze tool

November 11, 2020 by Rod Lawton

The Lightroom Dehaze tool is very powerful – often too powerful. It increases local contrast but also makes images darker and more saturated. It’s often better used with local adjustments and not on the whole image.

Filed Under: Featured, Lightroom, TutorialsTagged With: Dehaze, Graduated filters

How much color do you need: Kynance Cove in Cornwall

November 10, 2020 by Rod Lawton

How much color do you need? Color is a complex thing, and sometimes less is more. Sometimes flat-out, full-on saturation works, but sometimes it seems you just need hints of color to get an equally strong effect.

Filed Under: Featured, Ideas, LightroomTagged With: Color adjustment, Dehaze, Graduated filters

Porthleven power lines in Lightroom: one LUT, three graduated filters

September 30, 2020 by Life after Photoshop

Porthleven power lines in Lightroom: one LUT, three graduated filters. How a series of tools and effects can be used in combination towards an overall ‘look’.

Filed Under: Featured, Lightroom, TutorialsTagged With: Black and white, Graduated filters, LUTs, Vignette

How to use Lightroom online: work on your photos in your web browser

August 19, 2020 by Rod Lawton

If you’ve got Lightroom CC or Lightroom Classic you’ve got an Adobe Creative Cloud account, and this means you can synchronise photos between the Lightroom catalog on your computer, your Lightroom online web space and your mobile device. You can do this with either version of Lightroom, but Lightroom CC is built to do this […]

Filed Under: Featured, Lightroom, TutorialsTagged With: Cloud storage, Creative Cloud (Adobe), Mobile photography

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