

There is currently a large market for Lightroom presets as a tool for both mobile and digital photographer looking to build their brand, develop their skills, and improve their workflow process. Both CC platforms and Lightroom Mobile also allow users to create, upload, and export Lightroom presets, a batch copy of an image’s in-program edits. Lightroom CC actively stores all uploaded photos and RAW files on a cloud server, while Lightroom Classic CC holds the software power designed for desktop systems. While similar in some ways, all three Lightroom variations have significant differences in how they store images and interact with Adobe’s cloud storage offering and in feature parity.

The existing version of Lightroom was renamed Lightroom Classic CC. Also in 2017, Adobe released a brand new variant of Lightroom, called Lightroom CC to be more cohesive with their mobile software. However, in 2017, it was expanded to support mobile operating systems with the release of Lightroom Mobile. Initially, Adobe Lightroom was only available on desktop operating systems. Lightroom can store and organize photos once imported into the platform database, and is currently compatible with TIFF, JPEG, PSD(Photoshop), PNG, CMYK (edited in RGB color space) and raw image formats. While Photoshop includes doctoring functions like adding, removing or altering the appearance of individual image items, rendering text or 3D objects on images, or modifying individual video frames, Lightroom is a library and development software. Unlike Photoshop, Lightroom is a non-destructive editing software that keeps the original image separate from any in-program edits, saving the edited image as a new file. Lightroom’s editing functions include white balance, tone, presence, tone curve, HSL, split toning, detail, lens corrections, and calibration manipulation, as well as transformation, spot removal, red eye correction, graduated filters, radial filters, and adjustment brushing.

Its primary uses include importing/saving, viewing, organizing, tagging, editing, and sharing large numbers of digital images. It is supported on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, and tvOS (Apple TV). Adobe Lightroom CC 2020 (officially Adobe Photoshop Lightroom) is a creative image organization and image manipulation software developed by Adobe Inc., as part of the Creative Cloud subscription family.
