Adobe Lightroom is an image editor from Adobe that is often used by professional photographers to retouch images and prepare them for further development. Lightroom is combined with other products from Adode into a single ecosystem for even greater user convenience. Thanks to this connection, you can work on a single file in several programs that are tailored for specific purposes. But even without the connection, Adobe Lightroom is a full-fledged, standalone application with an abundance of features.
Lightroom – translates as “lightroom” or “developing room”. The program was originally developed in 2006 just to simplify the process of developing, as well as further printing. But since that time, the developers have expanded the functionality and at the moment Adobe Lightroom is a professional application in which you can perform comprehensive processing of photographic material.
Scope of use of the program
Due to the wide functionality, this program can be used for a variety of tasks.
- Photographers. If you ask what is the most important thing in a photo, a professional will certainly answer – light and color. Lightroom was originally sharpened specifically for color processing, but, logically, for more than 15 years Adobe has improved this process to the maximum level. Now, thanks to a huge number of both built-in functions and added plug-ins, retouching can be done as accurately and delicately as possible. In addition to professional photographers, this program is also often used by specialists of photo for documents.
- Media, reporting. The work of a journalist requires speed and quality, so photos, even if they are made in the “field”, should be of the highest quality. Therefore, many reporters have mastered Lightroom, so the application takes a small amount of disk space, and also thanks to the “cut” functionality, compared to Photoshop, it starts faster and allows you to process photos without unnecessary details.
- Home use. Again, many users prefer Lightroom, as many simply do not need the functions of Photoshop, but at the same time need to edit a lot of photos from a vacation or just a home archive. Also, the advantage is the fact that you can process several photos at once.
Functional capabilities of Adobe Lightroom
First of all, in Lightroom there is an opportunity to work both on several photos at once, and with a single frame. Also, when working with a single photo, you can retouch a certain area.
As in other editors, there are functions:
- Adjusting the temperature of the photo;
- Changing the exposure;
- Working with brightness, contrast;
- Correcting the position of shadows;
- Adjusting saturation;
- Smoothing and noise.
All functionality control is done through convenient sliders and circles. Especially convenient to use the color wheel for more precise editing.
But in Lightroom you can work more professionally. It is here that photo styling works best with various built-in filters, plug-ins and presets. By the way, filters, plug-ins and presets, the user can both get from the Internet and create independently. This is especially convenient for those people who work with a large number of similar projects. This way you can speed up your work many times over.