See our full review of the desktop version of Lightroom here. While it is desktop-based, you can sync photos via a Creative Cloud subscription with the cloud-based version (Lightroom CC). Other somewhat lesser-used modules include Map, Book, Slideshow and Web, but it’s the core editing and organizing modules that usually get the most use. There are separate modules for organizing, developing and printing, with everything you need to take an image from import to export on any level. It also allows you to create books, slideshows and web galleries. Your image files can be stored anywhere, but are usually kept on your computer’s hard drive or an external drive.įor photographers, Lightroom Classic has everything you might need to manage a massive library of images on your hard-drive(s), edit them, and then print them. It functions like a traditional desktop app and stores information about your images in a catalog file that’s separate from your image files. Lightroom Classic is the version that’s been around since the software’s inception in 2007. Lightroom Classic – desktop-based software

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