Samsung Galaxy S23 photos need Adobe Lightroom for RAW photo editing

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When Samsung launched the Galaxy S23 series, one of the camera features it wanted to highlight was the Expert RAW photo file format available on the new phones. It's Samsung's answer to Apple's ProRAW format, which combines raw image data with the computational photo capabilities of the phone's processor. But for this kind of format, you'll typically need a separate app for it. In Samsung's case, it needs the Expert RAW app, which also lets you tinker with photo settings like ISO, white balance, shutter speed, and exposure value (EV). And this time, Samsung partnered with Adobe to become the "exclusive photo editor for RAW photos taken with the Expert RAW app."

So, if you take RAW photos on the new S23 phones, you'll need to use Lightroom, which the companies integrated into the app. But we don't know for now how much the subscription will cost. The Adobe Lightroom Mobile app is free to download, but this only gives you access to basic image tools. You can't sync images across devices, which Samsung was touting with the new phones and its Galaxy PC range. Samsung gave away a free two-month trial with the Galaxy S22 series, but we don't know if there are special deals. After the trial, you'll need to pay a US$10 monthly subscription fee (around CA$13).

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Adobe adds full resolution output with Lightroom iOS

Adobe’s Lightroom app for iPhone and iPad get a significant update. The app now supports full-resolution export but this option only works for images captured with an iOS device or if it was imported at that resolution. And if you use one Adobe account, images can be synced across devices. For iPhone users, the 3D Touch feature now works in the Camera Roll browser. You can just press and hold to preview a photo at a larger size. There’s also the usual performance improvements and bug fixes, including one that triggered crashes of the app.

Source: Apple Insider | Download: Apple App Store (Free) - iPhone + iPad

Adobe’s mobile version of Lightroom is now free

Now you don’t need an Adobe Creative Cloud subscription to use Adobe Lightroom on Android. As Adobe says, “anyone can take advantage of the organizational, editing, and sharing abilities” of this tool. Lightroom lets you edit photos with a variety of tools to use and share these using different services. You can revert these changes at any time and copy edits to other photos, which will help you save time batch editing shots.

If you do have a subscription, you gain access to more features like being able to organize, edit, and share photo across mobile, web, and desktop, including photo edits. iOS users have had free access to Lightroom since October. It’s good that Android’s getting the same treatment.

Source: Droid Life | Download: Google Play Store (Free)

Adobe plans to bring back old Lightroom import dialog

Adobe Lightroom users weren’t amused by the changes the company did to its app. The simplified import dialog is said to remove features and workflow that some users have come to rely on. The company is currently working on the details and timing of the update but those who are using Mac and Windows 10 can roll back to version 6.1.1. The instructions to do that are here. Basically though, it tells you to uninstall version 6.2 and reinstall the previous stable version.

Source: Adobe | Via: The Next Web