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Adobe Lightroom Reviews: 4.5/5 — Highly Rated

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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Last updated: July 01, 2026
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1,798 Adobe Lightroom Reviews
4.5 out of 5
Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 11, 2022
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Overall Rating:
5.0
Ajay kumar G. avatar
Ajay Kumar G.
React Developer
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"One of The Best In The Market For Professional Editing"
What do you like best about Adobe Lightroom?

I love the interface of Adobe lightroom. It's one of the best in my opinion compared to other competitors which make it an out of the box product.

What do you dislike about Adobe Lightroom?

The subscription model is really not much affordable for beginners like me. It should be little cheap for non working professional

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

Ease of editing photos. The speed of lightroom is pretty decent. Everything placed in its right position.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 09, 2022
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Overall Rating:
5.0
Ashley R. avatar
Ashley R.
Recall + Marketing Coordinator
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"Fantastic Photo Editor"
What do you like best about Adobe Lightroom?

I love that you have so many options to use for editing your photos. It is super user-friendly. Easy to learn and love that you can do all of them at once. You can also copy and paste the same filter you want to use on several if not on all of them.

What do you dislike about Adobe Lightroom?

I wish that you didn't have to buy so many filters. It would be nice if you could buy a package and get several. When you are going through filters, I wish it didn't go back up to the top of them so you lose where you were.

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

I use this when editing the photos I take for the office and my other side marketing jobs and photography business. When I have a big editing job its nice to be able to do them all at once and make little tweaks if needed.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Feb 24, 2022
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Bianca G.
Technical Writer
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"Cross application use"
What do you like best about Adobe Lightroom?

I am a high-end Adobe user, and Photoshop Lightroom is unique because it works in conjunction with all other Adobe programs; this prevents downtime while in the middle of projects, which is amazing.

What do you dislike about Adobe Lightroom?

The only actual downside that I have encountered with Lightroom is that it is not very user-friendly for beginners. I have a lot of Adobe experience, but some of my coworkers are not as computer literate, so if Lightroom could include a thorough training tutorial and make the interface a little bit more transparent, I think that it would help newbies.

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

Our company uses maps and specs, in the digital format, a lot; therefore, Lightroom helps us download, share, comment, and edit between superintendents and supervisors so that we keep everyone on the project up-to-date with the latest visuals and information.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Feb 14, 2022
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Overall Rating:
5.0
Anand B. avatar
Anand B.
Pmo Analyst
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"A one stop for photo editing"
What do you like best about Adobe Lightroom?

It has an inbuilt file management system. Keeps the original picture intact, in case one needs it.

What do you dislike about Adobe Lightroom?

We cannot add text to an image.. Editing options are still limited.

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

Photo editing for social media posts

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Feb 14, 2022
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Overall Rating:
5.0
Mark Brandon C. avatar
Mark Brandon C.
Project Coordinator
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"Adobe Lightroom"
What do you like best about Adobe Lightroom?

Lightroom provides easy access to design aesthetics that helps individuals even with no design knowledge to edit their photos.

What do you dislike about Adobe Lightroom?

I dislike the costly/expensive presets for the program.

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

With Adobe Lightroom I can edit multiple photos using presets.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Feb 14, 2022
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Overall Rating:
5.0
Juan M. avatar
Juan M.
Operations Supervisor
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"The beauty of photo editing"
What do you like best about Adobe Lightroom?

It's the ultimate place to edit your photos and not only add filters but also a great tool to make color corrections, reduce noise and get the most of the pictures you take. It also has the option for 3rd party filters that you can easily add from famous photographers.

What do you dislike about Adobe Lightroom?

The only problem I've seen during my long tenure as a Lightroom user was with Mac OS updates. Before Catalina, there was a version that usually had bugs and crashed. They finally fixed it, and I haven't seen any other problem since then.

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

I've done freelancing photography and personal projects with Lightroom, not much work or profitable tasks. It's a very professional tool, and I haven't been able to find anything better.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 18, 2022
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Overall Rating:
5.0
David B. avatar
David B.
Owner
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"Simply beautiful"
What do you like best about Adobe Lightroom?

Lightroom has a good array of nondestructive presets that make for quick work of proofing as you go, which in the field is invaluable. I also love the naturalness of how Lightroom processes colors.

What do you dislike about Adobe Lightroom?

My only real complaint is Lightroom does take a little more time to learn than other apps, but overall that little extra time I feel is worth the time.

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

You can test, proof, and submit proofs in the field before committing time to a full lighting setup saving time and money

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 12, 2022
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Eliza G.
Operations Manager
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"Ease!"
What do you like best about Adobe Lightroom?

This program is so easy to use and learn on! I am always learning or figuring out new features.

What do you dislike about Adobe Lightroom?

There really isnt anything I dislike. The price and ease and ability to search for solutions throughout the web is helpful.

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

The ability to take any raw photo from any digital media and be able to send it through my presets or quickly and easily get it to match our company's aesthetic.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 12, 2022
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Evelyn C.
Marketing Officer
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"Perfect for editing"
What do you like best about Adobe Lightroom?

I sometimes do not have time to edit a photo so I just press Auto and it makes the best and fastest editing tool.

What do you dislike about Adobe Lightroom?

Nothing, it is a quick and great way to edit even if you are not familiar with Photoshop.

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

Saves time! I even use it on my daily personal life and not just business.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 04, 2022
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Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"My favorite photo editing tool"
What do you like best about Adobe Lightroom?

It's easy to use and navigate. What I like the most is how easy it is to edit raw files. It works like magic!

What do you dislike about Adobe Lightroom?

To be honest? I can't come up with anything that I dislike.

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

For photo editing, especially for raw files, so I can always get the best photo quality.