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Adobe Lightroom Reviews & Product Details

Adobe Lightroom Overview
What is Adobe Lightroom?

Designed specifically for photo editing, Adobe Lighting is one of the most popular tools in the market used by professional photographers. Similar to photoshop, it’s considered a gold standard in editing, with a host of pre-sets available to help transform images in minutes. The platform is straightforward, and easy to use and makes it very easy to edit images using sliders, gradient, and brush adjustment tools. The platform is customizable and comes with numerous intelligence features such as facial detection that helps organize images easily.

Company Adobe
Year founded 1982
Company size 10,001+ employees
Headquarters San Jose, CA
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Adobe Lightroom Product Details
Capabilities
AI
API
Segment
Small Business
Mid Market
Enterprise
Deployment Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based, Desktop Mac, Desktop Windows, Mobile Android, Mobile iPad, Mobile iPhone
Support 24/7 (Live rep), Chat, Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support
Training Documentation
Languages English
Adobe Lightroom Pros and Cons
Pros
  • Convenient, customizable, and easy to use environment
  • Blurring and fixing tools
  • Pre-sets and filters available
  • Camera and lens-based corrections
  • Brush and gradient adjustments
Cons
  • Fewer options than Photoshop
  • No layers and blending modes
Adobe Lightroom Features
3D Editing
Automatic Adjustments
Background Removal
Batch Processing
Brush Tools
Clone Stamp
Color Correction
Cropping
Custom Brushes
Face Recognition
Filters and Effects
Gradient Editor
HDR Imaging
Healing Tools
Image Resizing
Layer Management
Lens Correction
Masking
Metadata Editing
Noise Reduction
Panorama Stitching
Perspective Correction
Photo Enhancement
Red Eye Removal
Support for RAW Files
Templates
Text Overlay
Undo/Redo
Vector Drawing
Watermarking
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1,798 Adobe Lightroom Reviews
4.5 out of 5
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Mar 11, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
Suraj . avatar
Suraj .
Software Engineer
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"Powerful tool for colour correction"
What do you like best about Adobe Lightroom?

Above Photoshop Lightroom is the best software for Raw photo editing, Colour Correction. It's functionalities are awesome. Lightroom helps beginners to enhance their photos professionally without any hassle with Presets.

What do you dislike about Adobe Lightroom?

The biggest downside of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is that Lightroom is costly. Lightroom required good hardware for smooth running. The file management in Lightroom is little bit complicated.

What problems is Adobe Lightroom solving and how is that benefiting you?

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom helps me to easily enhance & colour correction of my photos even when I was beginner. Lightroom presets support helps to try different & others presets in just single click.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Mar 07, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
HV
Harshita V.
Product Manager
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"Easy to use photoshop tool"
What do you like best about Adobe Lightroom?

UI presentation is very intuitive and provides ease in using.

What do you dislike about Adobe Lightroom?

Nothing that I see as of now. It works well for me.

What problems is Adobe Lightroom solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is easy and quick way to do the picture editing without needing to have much knowledge of photoshop.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 06, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
Jonatan T. avatar
Jonatan T.
Diseñador Gráfico
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"Perfect for editing photography and jump to PS if needed"
What do you like best about Adobe Lightroom?

The way you can manage several images, make the first edits, and compare it with the original before taking to photoshop if you need to make significant changes

What do you dislike about Adobe Lightroom?

It has a UX similar to mobile when using drag and select tools, and sometimes and doesn't feel easy to use when you are not used to it, and you feel obligated to make errors and learn

What problems is Adobe Lightroom solving and how is that benefiting you?

Fast editing photos, creating presets to edit many pictures of a session, so you win a lot of time. Also, light software to use, and avoid opening Photoshop since it is more complex.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Feb 28, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
CF
Cristian F.
Head Of Ux
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"This is the tool for managing and retouching your photo library."
What do you like best about Adobe Lightroom?

As with every Adobe tool, it's evident that Adobe dedicates a lot of resources to user research and validation to deliver a final tool with a very intuitive interface, powerful functionalities, and extremely easy to use.

What do you dislike about Adobe Lightroom?

Maybe the biggest problem for me is that Adobe tools always require a potent machine to use them, and Lightroom is not an exception. If you want to perform bulk actions to a moderate amount of images, you'll have to sit and be patient buecause it will take a lot of time and your machine will get really hot.

What problems is Adobe Lightroom solving and how is that benefiting you?

For me, the problem that Lightroom solves is the ability to apply retouches to multiple photos at the same with excellent results and to manage extensive photo libraries in a straightforward and intuitive way

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Feb 24, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
Ankit R. avatar
Ankit R.
Sr Ui Ux Designer
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"Edit your World and make it as you want"
What do you like best about Adobe Lightroom?

It's pre-selected presets. You can choose from the Lr family or you can create your own. Masking whatever you want to mask. You can save your image(Project) on the cloud.

What do you dislike about Adobe Lightroom?

As I will get to know about the corns I will update you here

What problems is Adobe Lightroom solving and how is that benefiting you?

I do edit my images or my friend's images. some times I use it for a clear image. put some brithness. add some color.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jan 23, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
JV
Juan Carlos V.
Director De Mercadeo
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"Intuitive and fast to use"
What do you like best about Adobe Lightroom?

It is simpler than the regular Phostoshop so you focus on picture improvement using quite specific tools requiring less training than the ones need it to use regular Photoshop. It uses less memory of the computer/cellphone as well.

What do you dislike about Adobe Lightroom?

I don't dislike anything. Off course if you expect that you can do everything you can do in PS you will be dissapointed, it has limitation for advanced photo editing.

What problems is Adobe Lightroom solving and how is that benefiting you?

Fast and easy retouching of pictures by non -designing staff, for faster posting or internal use, focusing the design professionals in more complex projects and saving money and time in editing pictures for internal use or very short life.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 06, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
AC
Avery C.
Marketing Director
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"Better for Beginners, Those Who are Just Dabbling, and Those Without an Adobe Subscription Plan"
What do you like best about Adobe Lightroom?

Adobe Lightroom CC is generally a better choice for those who are not looking to use Lightroom frequently, are not serious photographers or editors, do not work for an organization and are new to editing software. I like that you can own the program without having to pay for one of Adobe's monthly subscriptions. Lightroom CC runs in the cloud, which means even if you don't have a powerful computer you can still get the best out of your software.

What do you dislike about Adobe Lightroom?

It can also be a con that Lightroom CC runs in the cloud, because this limits you to only working where you have a connection to the cloud. There is less advanced tool capability with Lightroom CC as opposed to Lightroom Classic, and less customization of your edits. This is not a breaking point if you are not a serious photographer.

What problems is Adobe Lightroom solving and how is that benefiting you?

Lightroom CC allows users to get off the ground and running faster than Lightroom Classic because it is a more simplified version of the program, which is great for beginners and those only dabbling. Lightroom is wonderful for making non-destructive edits to your images, meaning that your originals are still backed up and any edits can be undone. This is where Lightroom is a better choice over Photoshop for editing versus manipulating.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 04, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
Kyle G. avatar
Kyle G.
Character Designer
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"A Wonderful Basic Photo Enhancement App"
What do you like best about Adobe Lightroom?

I Loved the ability to select many photo files into the app and then individually choose them for edit: great function and very time-saving. The Toolbox being on the right was a plus for me as well.

What do you dislike about Adobe Lightroom?

Sometimes it was a little challenging to find the exact tool I needed to use for a specific effect or edit. It's not a big gripe and may have more to do with my knowledge of the program than a design flaw. It would also be nice to have tool call out windows to help describe what the tool actually does in brief when hovering over the tool itself. Similar to the full photoshop program tool box.

What problems is Adobe Lightroom solving and how is that benefiting you?

Taking photos in my studio for marketing purposes for my character art business is a big one. Also, taking pictures for reference in my art process is enormous. They are essential to my sketch phase and help keep my art on point.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Dec 30, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
Thomas H. avatar
Thomas H.
Producer/Owner
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"It's good, but I prefer Classic."
What do you like best about Adobe Lightroom?

The ease with which I can quickly make general edits to my photos, and then copy and paste those settings to many other photos taken in the same environment easily.

What do you dislike about Adobe Lightroom?

It's not really a dislike, just a preference- I like the interface of Lightroon Classic better. Probably because it's what I've become accustomed to over time.

What problems is Adobe Lightroom solving and how is that benefiting you?

I need an easy way to make mass edits to basic things across many photos at a time, as well as make some quick individual edits like healing small spots on a subject's skin or removing a dust spot from a lens. PSLR allows me to do that.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Dec 28, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
Narendra k. avatar
Narendra K.
Senior Business Analyst
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"Adobe Photoshop Lightroom review"
What do you like best about Adobe Lightroom?

Adobe photoshop lightroom is an advanced tool that helps you upload your photos & docs online. It provides various functionalities to edit the image like presets, healing, profiles. It also offers a version feature that we can use to save different versions of a photo. It also provides a guide to editing the images.

What do you dislike about Adobe Lightroom?

It's not entirely free. For some features, it requires you to upgrade to premium.

What problems is Adobe Lightroom solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom for making collages, editing photos, storing them on the web so anyone can access them. It immensely helped me by giving suggestions and guiding how can I edit or make a poster or collage.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Dec 28, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
Jerome T. avatar
Jerome T.
Research Engineer
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"Lightroom make you photo looks good!"
What do you like best about Adobe Lightroom?

Lightroom did not compress the photo when you edit it, and it preserves the picture data so well.

What do you dislike about Adobe Lightroom?

It is minimal for graphic design elements like adding text elements or making advanced collages will be limited.

What problems is Adobe Lightroom solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use it to edit some photos that wanted to post on the social media, making the picture brighter, contrasted and straight.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Dec 26, 2021
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Overall Rating:
4.5
AG
Andrea G.
H
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"Great for kickstarting photo edits"
What do you like best about Adobe Lightroom?

Lightroom makes it easy to apply sweeping edits to photographs before sending your images to the printer or other Adobe/related apps.

What do you dislike about Adobe Lightroom?

Adobe is wonderful but can be expensive if not used often.

What problems is Adobe Lightroom solving and how is that benefiting you?

Lightroom is great for quick color and lighting corrections and works especially well in conjunction with other Creative Cloud apps.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Dec 23, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
Smit P. avatar
Smit P.
Executive Trainee
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"Improvise enrich your memories"
What do you like best about Adobe Lightroom?

Advance Features to edit the pictures and quality of the filter is quite awesome.

What do you dislike about Adobe Lightroom?

There is no such thing to dislike about this application, it is best in it's segment.

What problems is Adobe Lightroom solving and how is that benefiting you?

To improvise and edit the your favourite photos.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Dec 22, 2021
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Overall Rating:
4.5
EA
Elizabeth A.
Market Research Analytics Analyst
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"Lightroom allows me to be as creative as I want"
What do you like best about Adobe Lightroom?

I like that Lightroom has so many capabilities and that it is great for beginner and advanced photographers.

What do you dislike about Adobe Lightroom?

I wish there were more free options. I also dislike that there is only a monthly subscription and not a one time purchase option.

What problems is Adobe Lightroom solving and how is that benefiting you?

Lightroom makes my pictures truly stand out and look really special. This has been great in real estate and is extremely valuable attracting home buyers.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Dec 21, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
Andrés V. avatar
Andrés V.
Proyecto Personal Freelance
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"Great for editing photograph sessions"
What do you like best about Adobe Lightroom?

What I love about this app is that you are able to assign the same modifications to a whole group of pictures so if you are a photographer that could be very helpfull

What do you dislike about Adobe Lightroom?

The program runs a little slow with big images I have 32 Gb of RAM and still take some time.

What problems is Adobe Lightroom solving and how is that benefiting you?

Assigning the same photographic calibration to a group of images.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Dec 21, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
Peter . avatar
Peter .
The Million Dollar Training By Robert Rolih
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"Best app for editing photos in the world"
What do you like best about Adobe Lightroom?

That is built for professionals and has a bit rough look and as well user experience which is great because it gives you the options straight forward and you don't have to navigate through complex settings to do what you want. Probably has the best functionality as it comes to editing photos. You can export in many different ways and it does not take long.

What do you dislike about Adobe Lightroom?

Does not work good on older computers Can be very confusing for the people who are starting out to use the software. Perhaps there could be some guidance added so the person could have an easier start. With all the functionality it can be confusing when looking for a very specific setting.

What problems is Adobe Lightroom solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am fixed photos for social media and making nice visuals for the media company. It gives me a creative spirit as well.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Dec 15, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
MS
Muhammed S.
Logistics Supervisor
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"The best and easiest fine application to solve all your editing requirement. The best"
What do you like best about Adobe Lightroom?

It helps to sort the images easily. The database stores all the required details. It keeps the original file safe without destructing.

What do you dislike about Adobe Lightroom?

Nothing at all. I like almost all features in lightroom. The only thing is there is no advanced editing tool comparing to normal adobe photoshop

What problems is Adobe Lightroom solving and how is that benefiting you?

It help us to import , orginize and manage or search and fond the images very fast. It helps us to improve productivity

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Dec 14, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
Atul P. avatar
Atul P.
Project Leader
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"Adobe photoshop for editing photos"
What do you like best about Adobe Lightroom?

A lot of features and tools are available for editing photos. Good support and tutorials are present online. Moderately easy to use. Far ahead of the competition.

What do you dislike about Adobe Lightroom?

Pricey, sometimes buggy, and slow to process photos. AI features are not up to date. Not a value for money software.

What problems is Adobe Lightroom solving and how is that benefiting you?

Suitable for business marketing and making presentations more immersive. Helps immensely with sales and brand recognition.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Dec 03, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
LL
Leah L.
Owner
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"I really like the mobile app vs full program"
What do you like best about Adobe Lightroom?

I like being able to create and save presets to easily edit photos and keep them on brand. This makes editing a photo a one click process. No apps come close to comparing to Adobe.

What do you dislike about Adobe Lightroom?

I dislike the clunkiness or large size of the full program. It's tough to keep that and Illustrator open simultaneously. But I love the simplicity of the app on the go.

What problems is Adobe Lightroom solving and how is that benefiting you?

I change the lighting on photos using Lightroom. I like to have similar tones on my photos to keep my branding consistent. I've started making my own presets that are my own brand.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 30, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
Kesta B. avatar
Kesta B.
Project Engineer
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"Very easy to use as a start up!"
What do you like best about Adobe Lightroom?

The best thing about this software is that a free version is available for casual users. Users not as familiar with the photo editing world can find this software very easy to use. It is fun and cool to interact with, while creating whatever is in your imagination to bring your vision to life, all in the form of images.

What do you dislike about Adobe Lightroom?

There can be a few more functions on the free version, but then again, I don't want to be too greedy. The software takes up a good bit of space on my PC, so sometimes it can slow down the use of other software operating simultaeneously.

What problems is Adobe Lightroom solving and how is that benefiting you?

Without procuring professional services, as a novice, I can edit and create my own images for various uses, from work to school, to recreational purposes. It is very versatille.

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