Edit and organize your photos with the app that’s optimized for desktop. Lightroom Classic 2020 gives you powerful one-click tools and advanced controls to make your photos look amazing. Easily organize all your photos on your desktop, and share in a variety of ways.Your photos don’t always reflect the scene the way you remember it. Lightroom will not install on case-sensitive file systems or removable flash storage devices. Monitor resolution: 1024 x 768 display: 1920 x 1080 display or greater: Graphics card: GPU with Metal support; 2GB of VRAM; GPU with Metal support; 4GB of VRAM for 4k or greater displays; To find out if your computer supports Metal, see Mac computers.
- Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is the cloud-based service that gives you everything you need to edit, organize, store, and share your photos across any device. There’s even more to your free membership.
- Open Lightroom on your computer. You’ll find it in the All Apps area of the Start menu (Windows) or the Applications folder (macOS). 2 Connect the camera or drive to your computer.
- Adobe Lightroom for Mac is a complete package with top-notch photo-editing and organizing tools. Embody your boldest ideas using an incredible imaging toolset. Harness the power of Lightroom to manage your photos, make state-of-the-art adjustments, and present your artworks in beautiful print layouts, digital presentations, and online galleries.
December 2020 release (version 4.1) and later
Minimum and recommended system requirements for Lightroom
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Processor | Intel®, AMD, or ARM processor with 64-bit support; 2 GHz or faster processor | |
| Operating system | Windows 10 (64-bit) Version 1903 or later | |
| RAM | 8 GB | 16 GB or more |
| Hard disk space | 2 GB of available hard disk space; additional free space is required during installation and sync | |
| Monitor resolution | 1024 x 768 display | 1920 x 1080 display or greater |
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| For more information, see the Lightroom GPU FAQ | ||
| Internet | Internet connection and registration are necessary for required software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services† | |
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Processor | Multicore Intel® processor with 64-bit support or M1 Apple Silicon processor | |
| Operating system | macOS Mojave (version 10.14) or later | macOS Big Sur (version 11) macOS Catalina (version 10.15) |
| RAM | 8 GB of RAM | 16 GB recommended |
| Hard disk space | 2 GB of available hard disk space; additional free space is required during installation and sync Lightroom will not install on case-sensitive file systems or removable flash storage devices | |
| Monitor resolution | 1024 x 768 display | 1920 x 1080 display or greater |
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To find out if your computer supports Metal, see Mac computers that support Metal For more information, see the Lightroom GPU FAQ | ||
| Internet | Internet connection and registration are necessary for required software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services† | |
Adobe Lightroom For Mac Desktop Computers
† NOTE: Internet connection, Adobe ID, and acceptance of license agreement required to activate and use this product; the application attempts to validate your software every 30 days for month-to-month members and 99 days for annual members. 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 the Adobe 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.
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is available in the following languages:
Deutsch
Dutch
English
Español
Français
Italiano
Português (Brasil)
Polish
Note:
To know the supported languages for Lightroom for mobile (iOS and Android), see Supported languages | Lightroom for mobile.
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Adobe today announced support for Apple M1 and Windows 10 on ARM in a release of its newer, consumer-friendly version of Lightroom, as well as other updates to Lightroom Classic and Adobe Camera Raw.
Apple is making a big platform move for its desktop Mac CPUs, shifting from Intel core chips to its own ARM-based M1 Apple Silicon, while Microsoft has been dipping into ARM-based Windows 10 PCs with increasing success, recently announcing an emulator that lets you to run existing 64-bit applications.
Though both ARM operating system versions can run legacy applications using emulators, the new Adobe software is a native application. The supported Apple M1 and Qualcomm Snapdragon architectures offer the advantage of lower power use—i.e., longer battery life on laptops.
Adobe Lightroom For Mac Desktop Computers
The question many Adobe users will have is, “What about Photoshop (and Lightroom Classic)?” In its blog post announcing the ARM support, Adobe notes that a beta version of Photoshop was released in November (you can check the Betas section in Creative Cloud desktop utility). On the Apple side, Adobe states that Photoshop, Lightroom Classic, and Camera Raw all work on Apple M1 with Rosetta emulation, and that the company is at work producing native versions. PCMag benchmarks have shown that, even with emulation, the applications perform nearly as well as they do on PCs running native code.
Adobe Lightroom For Mac Desktop Windows 10
Also new for Adobe’s photography programs is support for ProRes, Lightroom widgets for iOS 14, and a free Lightroom Starter program available only to residents of Australia and New Zealand.
For more, read PCMag’s full reviews of Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, and Lightroom Classic.
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