The other Adobe muddle is whether to choose Lightroom or one of the Photoshop products for your photo editing. When I asked Adobe about that, they said that capability isn’t “yet in Lightroom.” However, though I could switch to large zoomable views of individual pictures, I couldn't compare the fine details of two pictures in a side by side zoomable view as I can in Lightroom Classic. Lightroom's sorting view (the Square Grid) allowed me to quickly click on star ratings for each image. I particularly missed the speed at which I can rate and sort a large number of photos quickly, enabled by Classic's side-by-side view. However, you won't find the same features on Lightroom and Classic.

(This review focuses on Lightroom rather than Classic.) Both are currently available (for the same price: $9.99/month), and Adobe has confirmed that it plans to support and improve both. The newer, cloud-based product is referred to as Lightroom. The original Lightroom, a high-powered desktop application long popular with professional photographers and enthusiasts, is called Lightroom Classic. PhotoshopĪdobe has created considerable confusion regarding the name Lightroom.

This includes: iPhone 5S (2013) and later, iPad Mini 2 (2013) and later, iPad Air 1 (2013) and later, and iPod Touch 6th Generation (2015). IOS: Any iPhone or iPad that runs iOS 12.3 or later. Macs: MacOS v.10.13, 4GB of RAM (8GB recommended), 2GB of available hard-disk space.Īndroid: Android 5.x (Lollipop), 1.5GHz Quad Core CPU, 1 GB RAM, (4 GB or more recommended), 8GB hard disk space PCs: Windows 10 (64-bit), 2-GHz processor, 4GB of RAM (8 GB recommended), 2GB hard disk space Adobe Lightroom: Minimum system requirements

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