BM
Bahadur M.
Designing Team Leader
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Advanced, High-Resolution Editing with Adobe Photoshop lightroom"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Adobe Photoshop Lightroom?

Adobe Photoshop lightroom is one of the most finest and advance photo editing tool that I have ever used I mostly use this software to make sure that the photos that we are editing for professional marketing and social media optimisation stays in high resolution. This is a tool that help us in making sure that all of our digital data is secured from fraudsters and they also stays in high quality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Photoshop Lightroom?

As this is the most advanced photo editing tool that I have ever used. So, I would like to say that there is not much con that I have experienced while using Adobe Photoshop lightroom. It is just that if they could add some third party elements during the editing process then it would become a much resourceful software just like Canva but I have no major complains with this tool also. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Abhinav  D.
AD
Abhinav D.
Associate Vice President - Strategy
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Streamlined, Non-Destructive Editing with Seamless Cloud Sync"
4/5
What do you like best about Adobe Photoshop Lightroom?

I love how Lightroom streamlines the entire post-processing workflow without feeling overwhelming. The non-destructive editing is a total lifesaver and knowing I can experiment with wild color grades and always revert to the original RAW file gives me so much creative freedom.

The organizational tools, like flagging and smart collections, make managing thousands of photos actually doable rather than a chore. Plus, the seamless cloud sync is brilliant I can start a basic edit on my phone while grabbing coffee and finish the fine-tuning on my desktop later. It’s the perfect balance of professional power and intuitive design. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Photoshop Lightroom?

The biggest frustration has to be the performance lag, especially when dealing with large catalogs or high-resolution RAW files. Even on a powerful machine, scrolling through the library or using the adjustment brushes can occasionally feel sluggish and stuttery.

The subscription-only pricing model is also a major pain point; it feels like you're just renting your tools indefinitely. Furthermore, the split between Lightroom Classic and the cloud-based Lightroom can be incredibly confusing for new users, leading to fragmented workflows. Lastly, while the AI masking has improved, the software still remains quite resource-heavy, frequently hogging RAM and slowing down other background tasks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ana P.
AP
Ana P.
Senior Partnership Marketing Manager
Photography
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Versatile Photo Editing with Stellar Results"
5/5
What do you like best about Adobe Photoshop Lightroom?

I think Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is very fast and very easy to use. I've been using it for many years and I love that it keeps upgrading and adding new tools to the system. For instance, they recently improved their AI editing tools, like the subject removal and background removal, and even the AI denoise is very good. These improvements add value to my work because they make it better and quicker. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Photoshop Lightroom?

I believe that the pricing may be the biggest down point for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom as well as the fact that AI editing and tools work on a credit system and that is not ideal. Also, the denoise takes a long, long time, and sometimes the auto tuning and the auto correcting is not perfect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Revolutionary Photo Management and Upscaling"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Adobe Photoshop Lightroom?

I like how Adobe Photoshop Lightroom can now take an old, grainy photo or a low-resolution smartphone shot and upscale it to look like it was taken on a high-end DSLR. The Super Resolution feature is pretty impressive as it quadruples the pixel count, doubling the width and height. It analyzes millions of professional photos to guess where details like hair, fabric textures, or skin pores should be, making an old photo look like it was shot on much newer hardware. I also find the photo searching capabilities really handy, as I can search for terms like 'Greenland,' 'Sunset,' or 'Red Dress' and find every matching photo in seconds, which is great for managing a large library of images. The initial setup is straightforward—you download the app, sign in with your Adobe ID, and you’re basically done. There are no 'folders' to manage; the app simply asks to access your photos, and it starts syncing to the cloud immediately. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Photoshop Lightroom?

There is no 'buy it once and own it' option. For hobbyists who only edit photos a few times a year, paying a monthly fee forever can feel like a heavy burden. If you stop paying, you lose access to the Develop module- the editing tool, effectively locking your photos behind a paywall. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pratyush K.
PK
Pratyush K.
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Streamlined Photo Editing with Comprehensive Tools"
4/5
What do you like best about Adobe Photoshop Lightroom?

I mainly use Adobe Photoshop Lightroom for editing photos. I love that it has most of the tools I need, so I don't have to use multiple software—it's like a one-stop solution for most things. The ease of using the software is a big plus for me, and the interface is pretty good. I've been using it for a while now, and I find the tools are right there, just need to find and use them accordingly. The initial setup was pretty easy as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Photoshop Lightroom?

I don't think it particularly has any problem but yeah more AI can be integrated into it and maybe add some new filters Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sohaib Azhar I.
SI
Sohaib Azhar I.
Founder and CEO
Computer Software
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Elevates Image Editing with Raw Support and Creative Presets"
4/5
What do you like best about Adobe Photoshop Lightroom?

I like how Adobe Photoshop Lightroom supports editing raw images, which helps me fix my images and improve the lighting and overall quality. It also has a lot of presets that allow me to choose the mood and feel of the image, and these presets have been particularly useful in editing my images to be more artistic and aesthetic. Additionally, Lightroom's support for editing raw images has been pretty important for me as it provides a lot of room for editing and allows me to fix the lighting and the overall look and feel of the pictures. Another thing I liked was that the initial setup was quite easy; I just had to create an Adobe account to get started. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Photoshop Lightroom?

Sometimes, it does get stuck on higher load, and it doesn't normally offer me presets that would have been useful for me. It does not have support for other image formats, for example, HEIC, that is the Apple format. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ishan S.
IS
Ishan S.
Manager and Dietician at Chaitanya Homoeo Clinic, Medical Store Owner, Content Creator
Hospital & Health Care
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Delivers Professional Grade Before and After Images for Clinic and Health Education"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Adobe Photoshop Lightroom?

I work as a Dietician and Nutritionist, manage a homeopathy clinic, and also create health education and teaching content. In my daily professional work, images play a very important role for documentation, education, awareness, and patient motivation. Because of this, maintaining good image quality, clarity, and consistency is very important for me.

What I like best about Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is how well it supports real, practical clinic work without making the editing process complicated. In weight gain and weight loss cases, patients are guided to follow specific diet plans, lifestyle changes, and nutritional routines over a period of time. To track progress properly and explain results clearly, before and after images play a very important role. These images are also useful for educational and motivational purposes, as they help patients visually understand the impact of diet and treatment. Lightroom allows me to adjust exposure, highlights, shadows, and clarity so that changes are visible and easy to understand, while keeping the images natural and honest.

In homeopathy practice, skin-related conditions also require proper visual documentation. Conditions such as fungal infections, acne, pigmentation, and other chronic skin problems often need before-treatment and after-treatment images for awareness and education. Along with homeopathy medicines, diet recommendations are also followed in these cases. Using Lightroom tools like texture, clarity, vibrance, selective color adjustment, and highlights control, I can improve skin detail and overall balance of the image without exaggerating results. Features like dehaze are helpful when photos are taken in uneven lighting conditions, which is common in clinic environments.

These edited images are not limited to clinic records only. I also use them while preparing health education material, writing diet and medical-related articles, creating presentations, and making educational or awareness videos. High quality visuals make explanations more effective and help students, patients, and viewers understand health concepts more clearly compared to plain text.

Lightroom is easy to use and does not feel overwhelming, even for someone who is not a professional photographer. Importing images, making basic corrections, and maintaining a consistent look across multiple photos is straightforward. I use it frequently for clinic documentation, patient education material, and content preparation. The tools are well organized and practical, which helps save time during daily work.

Integration with other Adobe tools also works smoothly. Edited images can be easily used in documents, presentations, design files, or videos without losing quality. This helps maintain visual consistency across different types of educational and clinic content.

Overall, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom plays a very important role in my professional workflow. It helps me manage, enhance, and present medical, diet, and treatment-related images in a clean and professional way. It supports patient education, motivation, progress tracking, and content creation, making it a reliable and valuable tool for real clinical practice and educational use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Photoshop Lightroom?

One small issue I notice is that Lightroom can feel a bit slow when working with many high-resolution images at the same time. During clinic work, when I am editing multiple before and after images for weight management or skin-related cases, the performance sometimes depends a lot on system speed.

Another practical limitation is that Lightroom focuses mainly on color and light correction. For very detailed retouching or fine corrections in skin-related images used for education, I sometimes feel the need to use another tool. Lightroom works best for overall image improvement, but not everything can be done inside it.

Also, managing cloud storage and syncing can be slightly confusing in the beginning. For clinic and education work, I mostly prefer a simple and clear file organization, and it takes some time to get fully comfortable with Lightroom’s storage system.

But all these are minor and manageable issues. They do not affect my regular work much, but with smoother performance and simpler file handling, the experience could be even better for daily clinical and educational use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tim M.
TM
Tim M.
Web Designer, Marketing Services
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"A Key Everyday Tool for Bulk Editing and Library Management"
5/5
What do you like best about Adobe Photoshop Lightroom?

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is a key tool in my everyday photography and editing workflows. Being able to edit bulk images and visually see my library at once has kept me going back to Lightroom. Plus, the app itself improves with every update! I have been a lifelong Adobe user and Lightroom has been an essential tool in my image editing learning and growing. The tools are easy to implement and cross-compatibility is great. I can connect straight to my other Adobe products to really keep everything in a nice flow. Customer Support is always quick to answer any troubleshooting or questions I've had in the past. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Photoshop Lightroom?

The image stacking tools in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom are not my personal favorites and does not give me as in-depth layer and image control over my standard stacking tools in Adobe Photoshop itself. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Austin Z.
AZ
Austin Z.
Digital Advertising Manager
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Lightroom Makes Photo Editing Easy"
5/5
What do you like best about Adobe Photoshop Lightroom?

I use lightroom to make my photos look better. I have found the program to be very easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Photoshop Lightroom?

I do not like having to pay for it each and every month. I know that this is the way a lot of software is today but I prefer a one time purchase with the option for paid updates for features I care about. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sheeba T.
ST
Sheeba T.
Digital Marketing Manager
Marketing and Advertising
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Lightroom: Essential Image Editing & Management tool for Social Media Pros"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Adobe Photoshop Lightroom?

Adobe Lightroom has an important role in my social media marketing journey. In my job, the quality of images matters the most. From being visible to being most engaging or having a better conversion rate or a good brand online image, all this depends on the image quality. For this, we always look for a good camera and a good editor. Adobe Suite is used by all of us daily, and it has a great image editing and management tool called Lightroom.

This is very useful for Social Media Team, Content Creators, Graphic Designers, Professional Photographers, TikTokers, Instagrammers, and YouTubers.

It is available in Mobile, Web, and Desktop versions.

Right from capturing to applying a filter to editing to organizing to storing. Lightroom can do all of this. It can handle thousands of photos at once. The editing is layer-based and reversible. We can tag/label photos with keywords. We can prepare high-quality images for social media platforms, catalogues, brochures, websites, and ads. It enhances portraits, landscapes, and product photos.

We can prepare wallpapers and portfolios by being as creative as we can. We can start the editing right before capturing the pic with different modes and filters. There is an Auto mode and a Professional mode. We can Geotag photos. We can set the timer to 2,5 and 10 seconds. We can divide the lens in grid, halves, or Golden. There are 2 file formats, JPEG and DNG. There is an interesting compass in the grid that aligns at the center.

Lightroom provides tools for batch-editing photos with adjustments like exposure compensation, white balance, color grading, cropping, changing background, sharpening, noise reduction, and lens corrections.

We can import pics from our gallery and refine them in Lightroom.

AI-powered features include Generative Remove for removing objects, Lens Blur for portraits, Adaptive Presets, and Select Landscape for masking.

Additional capabilities cover panorama stitching, video editing basics, and integration with Photoshop for pixel-level work.

We can sort the images by the dates of Capture, Import, and Modified.

The 'Remix' feature is the coolest one. It also has an option where we can play the step-by-step edits done on an image. We can have our edits and share with the Lightroom Community.

The Lightroom Community is fun. They share remixes. We can like, share, and follow them and add our remix. There are categories of images to explore, like people, travel, food, animals, nature, architecture, and close-up. We get inspired and ideas for editing.

Lightroom is known for cloud sync, quality edits, the process of editing,g and creative effects. Though not so easy to use. It takes a while to understand the whole software and use the feature to our requirements.

It enables cross-device editing. Lightroom integrates smoothly with Adobe Photoshop.

Lightroom is an expert in photo editing more than its competitors, like Affinity, Google Photos, and Capture One. It is said to be working well on flagship devices like Samsung Galaxy S24 and OnePlus 13R for obvious reasons of high-performance processor, large storage, and high-quality camera.

The customer support is great.

If you are passionate about photography and always find moments to capture, then you can certainly work on Lightroom for effortless editing, cutomizing photo,s and organizing seamlessly. Allow Lightroom with limited or complete access to your library and do limitless editing.

There are two versions of Lightroom.

Lightroom Classic is generally better for professional photographers due to its advanced local workflow tools, superior performance with large catalogs, and extensive customization options. Lightroom (cloud version) works well for pros prioritizing mobile syncing, but falls short for high-volume, precision editing. The choice depends on specific needs like catalog size and device usage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Photoshop Lightroom?

It is pricy. Lightroom is only available via the Creative Cloud subscription. It is not for a lifetime. If you stop paying your monthly fee, you lose access to the editing modules.

The speed of processing is slow. Lightroom requires a significant amount of RAM and a fast processor, especially when handling high-megapixel RAW files or using AI features.

It is not so easy to start as we do editing on Instagram. A little bit of learning is required. While the interface is clean, a lot of options and settings to manage like Tone Curve, Lens Corrections, and Transform, can be overwhelming for a beginner. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.