Adobe Lightroom Classic

Photo editing optimized for desktop.

Lightroom Classic gives you all the desktop editing tools you need to bring out the best in your photos. Punch up colors, make dull-looking shots vibrant, remove distracting objects, and straighten skewed shots. Easily organize all your photos on your desktop, and share them in a variety of ways. 


Key features

  • Better performance—With better performance under the hood, Lightroom Classic lets you import photos, generate previews, and move from the Library to Develop module in record time.
  • Nondestructive environment—Set your creativity free in a nondestructive editing environment that lets you experiment without limits. Your original images are never altered, and it's easy to reverse your steps or save multiple versions of any photo.
  • Effortless panoramas—Create HDR panoramas faster now that you can merge multiple bracketed exposures into multiple HDR photos and then stitch them into a panorama—all in one step. Then fill the uneven edges of your panorama automatically with the Fill Edges option.
  • Develop presets—Save time by instantly applying favorite looks to your images. Just save Develop settings as a preset and apply it to your other photos at any time with one click. Lightroom includes dozens of built-in presets and thousands more are available from third parties.

 

 

  • Facial Recognition—Quickly find images of family and friends, even without metadata tags. You select a face in one photo, and Lightroom searches for that person in all your other images. Categorize and group your photos based on faces.
  • Creative Profiles—Get the exact look you want for your photos by applying modern, artistic, vintage, or black-and-white styles with one click. Creative Profiles are a great starting point for editing, and you can also apply them on top of previous adjustments since they preserve the values of your editing sliders.
  • HDR images made easy—Create natural-looking or surreal images from extremely high-contrast scenes. Using HDR Merge, you can easily combine multiple shots taken with different exposure settings into a single high-dynamic-range image.
  • Advanced Video Slideshows—Create beautiful, polished slideshows using still images, video, and music along with professional effects like pan and zoom.

 

 

System requirements

Windows

  • Intel or AMD processor with 64-bit support; 2GHz or faster processor 
  • Windows 10 (version 20H2 or later) or Windows 11 (version 21H1 or later)
  • 4GB of available hard-disk space; additional space is required for installation
  • 1024x768 display (1920 x 1080 display or greater recommended)
  • 2GB of available hard-disk space; additional space is required for installation
  • GPU with DirectX 12 support with 2GB of VRAM (4GB recommended for 4k or greater displays; 8GB of dedicated GPU memory or 16GB of shared memory recommended for full GPU acceleration)
  • Internet connection and registration are necessary for required software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services*    

macOS

  • Multicore Intel processor with 64-bit support or Apple Silicon processor
  • macOS 11 (Big Sur) or later
  • 4GB of available hard-disk space; additional space is required for installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash storage devices)
  • 1024x768 display (1920 x 1080 display or greater recommended)    
  • 2GB of available hard-disk space; additional space is required for installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash storage devices)
  • GPU with Metal support; 2GB of GPU memory (4GB of GPU memory for 4K or greater displays or 16GB of shared memory for full GPU acceleration)
  • Internet connection and registration are necessary for required software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services*

 

 

FAQ

What is Lightroom Classic, and who is it for?

Whether you are a beginner or pro or somewhere in between, Adobe Lightroom Classic includes all your essential tools for amazing photography on the desktop. With Lightroom Classic, you have access to powerful one-click tools and advanced controls to make your photos look amazing. Easily organize all your photos on your desktop and share them in a variety of ways.

How does Lightroom Classic differ from Photoshop?

Lightroom Classic includes all the tools you need for most digital photography tasks in one intuitive solution. It's your go-to app for organizing, enhancing, and sharing your images, every day. It helps photographers work faster and more efficiently with one image, a set of images, or a large image library. 

Photoshop is the industry standard in digital image editing, with advanced tools that photographers, graphic designers, and other graphics professionals use when they need complete control to perform detailed, pixel-level editing and work with multilayered files.

 

Does Lightroom Classic work on my mobile device?

Yes, in addition to Lightroom Classic for your Mac and PC, you can also get Lightroom for your mobile devices including iPhone, iPad, and Android phones. You can edit and organize photos on your desktop or mobile devices anytime. Any adjustment you make is seamlessly updated across devices.
 

What file formats does Lightroom Classic support?

Lightroom Classic supports most native camera raw file formats in addition to PNG, DNG, TIFF, and JPEG formats. In other words, it supports the formats primarily used in digital cameras. Lightroom Classic also supports the PSD file format for enhanced integration with Photoshop.
 

How does Lightroom Classic handle my photos when I make edits?

Lightroom Classic offers a nondestructive editing environment, which means your original photographs are never changed. Instead, the changes you make to your photographs are stored in metadata as a series of instructions. Whether you’re viewing them onscreen, creating a web gallery, or making prints, Lightroom Classic is simply applying those instructions to the original, untouched photo file. This provides you complete flexibility and control because any change you apply to an image is 100% reversible at any time.

 

 

* NOTICE TO USERS. Internet connection, Adobe ID and acceptance of license agreement required to activate and use this product. This product may integrate with or allow access to certain Adobe or third-party hosted online services. Adobe services are available only to users 13 and older and require agreement to additional terms of use and Adobe’s online privacy policy. Applications and Services may not be available in all countries or languages and may be subject to change or discontinuation without notice. Additional fees or membership charges may apply.