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Edit photos in Lightroom for mobile (Android)

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  2. Introduction
    1. What's new in Lightroom
    2. Lightroom system requirements
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    4. Lightroom tutorials
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    6. Set preferences
  3. In-app learning
    1. In-app learning and inspiration
    2. In-app learning and inspiration | Lightroom for mobile (iOS)
    3. In-app learning and inspiration | Lightroom for mobile (Android)
  4. Add, import, and capture photos
    1. Add photos
    2. Capture photos with Lightroom for mobile (iOS)
    3. Capture photos with Lightroom for mobile (Android)
    4. Import photos in Lightroom for mobile (iOS)
    5. Import photos and videos in Lightroom for mobile (Android)
  5. Organize photos
    1. Organize photos
    2. Find and organize photos of people in the People View
    3. Search and organize photos in Lightroom for mobile (iOS)
    4. Search and organize photos in Lightroom for mobile (Android)
  6. Edit photos
    1. Presets in Lightroom
    2. Edit photos
    3. Remove tool in Lightroom
    4. Remove tool in Lightroom for mobile (iOS)
    5. Remove tool in Lightroom for mobile (Android)
    6. Masking in Lightroom
    7. Lens Blur in Lightroom
    8. Edit photos in Lightroom for mobile (iOS)
    9. Edit photos in Lightroom for mobile (Android)
    10. Merge photos to create HDRs, panoramas, and HDR panoramas
    11. Edit HDR photos
    12. Edit HDR photos in Lightroom for mobile (iOS)
    13. Edit HDR photos in Lightroom for mobile (Android)
    14. Easily enhance image quality in Lightroom
  7. Edit videos
    1. Edit videos 
    2. Edit videos in Lightroom for mobile (iOS)
    3. Edit videos in Lightroom for mobile (Android)
  8. Save, share, and export
    1. Export or share your photos
    2. Export and share photos in Lightroom for mobile (iOS)
    3. Save, share, and export photos with Lightroom for mobile (Android)
  9. Lightroom for mobile, TV and the web
    1. Get started with Lightroom for mobile (iOS)
    2. Get started with Lightroom for mobile (Android)
    3. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom on the web
    4. Set up Lightroom for Apple TV app
    5. Use keyboard shortcuts in Lightroom for mobile (iOS and Android)
    6. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom for mobile and Apple TV | FAQ
    7. View Lightroom photos and videos on your TV
    8. How to Add Presets/Sync Presets with mobile
  10. Migrate photos
    1. Migrate Apple Photos Library to Lightroom
    2. Migrate photos and videos from Lightroom Classic to Lightroom
    3. Migrate photos from Photoshop Elements to Lightroom
  11. Troubleshooting 
    1. Fixed Issues 
    2. Known Issues

 

Apply selective edits to your photos. Enhance your photos with selective edits, color and tonal adjustments, and fix camera lens flaws. Work with presets and profiles.

New in May release of Lightroom for mobile (version 9.3)
  • Generative Remove is currently available as Early Access in Lightroom.
  • Heal panel in Lightroom has been renamed to Remove.

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Work with Presets on your photo

A Preset allows you to predetermine positions of all or selected sliders and apply them to your photo. Also, you can edit a photo to your liking and save that exact combination of slider positions to apply on other photos.

Apply presets

  1. Select the Presets icon from the toolbar.

  2. Presets are grouped into three tabs: RecommendedPremium, and Yours.

    Open any group and tap the preset to apply it to the photo.

    Recommended

    Lightroom analyzes your photo to automatically provide the best recommendations, based on your photo. The results can change with time, even for the same photo. Tap one of the filter options such as Subtle, Strong, B&W, etc to narrow down the presets.

    Premium

    These presets have been categorized into groups such as Adaptive: Subject, Sky, Blur Background,  Portrait, Vintage, Cinematic, Seasonal, and more. With every new release of Lightroom, more presets will be added to the existing pack.

    Yours

    These are the presets that you have saved. You can also find presets for categories by Color, Creative, B&W, and more.

    Note:
    • In Recommended Presets, tap a preset thumbnail and click More like this to view more similar presets. You can also click the three-dot icon in the thumbnail to view who the preset is from, follow the author, and save the preset.
    • You cannot transfer user-created presets from Lightroom Classic to Lightroom for mobile.
    • You need a paid subscription to access Premium Presets. To upgrade, see Upgrade to a paid Lightroom subscription.
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    Recommended Presets.

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    Premium Presets.

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    Yours Presets.

  3. Long-press on the photo to see a Before view.

    To confirm the edits, tap  icon.  

    Tap the Undo or Redo icons to move back or forward in your edits, one step at a time.

  4. Use the Amount slider to adjust the intensity of the preset. You can start from 0 and go up to 200.

    Note:

    The Amount slider option is currently available for some of the Premium and Yours presets. 

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    Preset Amount Slider option in Lightroom for Android

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    Amount slider in the Presets panel

Create a user preset

  1. Open a photo in the Loupe view based on which you want to create a user preset. Do any one of the following:

    • In the Loupe view, tap the three-dots icon at the upper-right corner of the screen to bring up the options menu. Then, choose Create Preset.
    • In the Edit panel in the Loupe view, tap Presets icon at the bottom of the screen. Tap the three-dots icon at the upper-right corner of the  Presets pop-up screen and choose Create Preset.
  2. In the New Preset screen, specify the following:

    Preset Name: Type the desired preset name.

    Preset Group: By default, custom presets are saved in the User Presets group. You can also create a new group using the Create New Preset Group option.    

  3. Now select which edit settings you want to save as a preset.

    Click the Select pop-up menu and choose any of the following options:

    • All: Selects all the edit settings groups.
    • Default: Selects the default set of edit settings. Tools, Optics, and Geometry settings are excluded by default.
    • Modified:  Selects the edit settings you've applied to a selected photo. To select or deselect specific edit settings, tap the checkbox next to the edit settings groups. 
    • None: Deselects all the edit settings.

    On selecting the Auto option in the edit panel, Auto Settings is enabled in the Select pop-up menu for Default and Modified options.

    You can also tap the (>) icon to navigate within the edit setting group, and then choose specific settings from the submenu. For example, you can navigate within the Light settings group and then select/ deselect any of the settings from the submenu - Exposure, Contrast, Highlights, Shadows, Whites, Blacks, Tone Curve.

  4. After selecting the required edit settings, tap the tick mark ( ) icon at the upper-right corner.

    Your new preset is now available in the Library view of the Presets menu.

Update, move, or delete a user preset

Update Presets

  1. In the Presets pop-up menu, locate the user preset that you want to update, move, or delete. Tap the three-dots icon next to that user preset and choose any of the following options:

    Update: In the Update Preset screen, modify the edit settings to include in the user preset as necessary.

    Click the Select pop-up menu and choose any of the following options:

    • All: Selects all the edit settings groups.
    • Default: Selects the default set of edit settings. Tools, Optics, and Geometry settings are excluded by default.
    • Modified: Selects the edit settings manually. To select or deselect specific edit settings, tap the checkbox next to the edit settings groups.
    • None: Deselects all the edit settings.
    You can also tap the (>) icon to navigate within the edit setting group, and then choose specific settings from the submenu. For example, you can navigate within the Light settings group and then select/deselect any of the settings from the submenu - Exposure, Contrast, Highlights, Shadows, Whites, Blacks, Tone Curve.

    After modifying the required edit settings, tap the tick mark ( ) icon at the upper-right corner.

    Rename: In the Rename Preset screen, modify Preset Name as necessary.

    After modifying the preset name, tap the tick mark ( ) icon at the upper-right corner.

    Move To: Select this option to move a user preset to an existing preset group or a new preset group by tapping the corresponding checkbox. On selecting the desired preset group, tap Move at the bottom of the screen.

    To know how to create a new preset group, see Create presets.

    Delete: Choose this option to permanently delete the user preset from all synced devices.

Masking tools

Make precise edits to specific parts of your photo using the various Masking tools. The Masking tools let you create one or more masks and adjust the selected areas using the editing controls. AI-powered features like Select Subject and Select Sky will help you automatically select a subject or sky in a photo so you can adjust that selection quickly. Bring your imagination to life using masking tools like BrushLinear GradientRadial GradientColor RangeLuminance Range, and Depth Range masks.

For a detailed walkthrough of the Masking panel, see Masking in Lightroom for mobile (Android).

Caution:

Starting from Lightroom for mobile (Android) 7.0 (October 2021 release), the following workflows no longer apply. To access the latest tools for local adjustments, see Masking.

Crop photos

  1. In the Edit panel in the Loupe view, tap Crop icon at the bottom of the screen.

  2. The available Cropping options are displayed as tiles, along the bottom of the screen. Swipe to the left or right, to view all the tiles. Tap a tile to apply the corresponding option.

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    Crop photos in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom for mobile (Android)

  3. Do one of the following for additional options:

    • Tap the Aspect ratio tile to select one of the available cropping aspect ratios.
    • Tap the Aspect Locked tile to crop without a preset aspect ratio.
    • Tap Straighten tile to automatically straighten the photo.
    • Tap the Rotate tile to rotate the photo by 90 degrees.
    • Tap the Flip H tile flip the photo horizontally.
      Tap the Flip V tile to flip the photo vertically.
    • Drag the edges and corners of the cropping guide, to change the shape and size of the crop.
    • Drag the cropping wheel to crop the photo by a certain angle. You can drag the cropping wheel within the range of -45 to 45 degrees.
    • Tap within the cropping guide and drag it to reposition it.
Note:

Starting the October 2022 release of Lightroom for mobile (Android), you can remove tough spots, blemishes, and more from a photo using the Remove tool. 

Work with Profiles on your photo

Profiles allow you to control how colors and tonality are rendered in your photos. They are intended to serve as a starting point or foundation for making image edits.

Apply Profiles

Note:

Beginning with Lightroom for mobile (Android) 3.5 and Lightroom desktop 1.4 (June 2018 releases), Presets and Profiles (including third-party, custom user presets and profiles) sync automatically across Lightroom desktop and mobile.

However, the custom user presets and profiles do not sync with Lightroom Classic.

Applying a profile on your photo doesn't change or overwrite the value of other edit control sliders. Therefore, you can make edits to your photos as you like and then choose to apply a profile on top of your edited image.

To browse and apply profiles, do the following:

  1. In the Edit panel in the Loupe view, tap Profiles icon at the bottom of the screen.

    See the screenshots below for reference: Tapping Adobe Raw brings up the profile groups menu.

    Browse and apply profiles
    Tapping Adobe Raw brings up the profile groups menu.

    Choose a profile group
    Profile groups available for a raw photo.

    Note:

    When you import photos, Adobe Color and Adobe Monochrome profiles are applied by default to color and black-and-white photos respectively.

  2. Tap to choose any of the profile groups from the menu to view profiles available in that group.

    Favorites:

    Displays profiles that you've marked as favorite. See Add a profile to Favorites.

    Basic:

    This profile group is available for non-raw photos only and provides two profile options - Color and Monochrome.

    Profiles for raw photos

    The following profile groups appear when you are editing a raw photo.

    Adobe Raw: Adobe Raw profiles significantly improve color rendering and provide a good starting point for editing your raw images. Adobe Color profile─which is designed to provide a good color/tone balance for any image─is applied by default to the raw photos that you import in Lightroom.

    Camera Matching: Displays profiles based on the camera make/model of your raw photo. Use Camera Matching profiles if you prefer the color rendering in your raw files to match what you see on your camera’s display screen.

    Legacy: Displays legacy profiles that were also provided in the earlier versions of the Lightroom app.

    Creative profiles for raw and non-raw photos

    Creative profiles work on any file type including raw photos, JPEGs, and TIFFs. These profiles are designed to create a certain style or effect in your photo.

    Artistic: Use these profiles if you want the color rendering in your photo to be more edgy, with stronger color shifts.

    B&W: Use these profiles to get optimal tone shifts required for black and white work.

    Modern: Use these profiles to create unique effects that fit in with the modern photography styles.

    Vintage: Use these profiles to replicate the effects of vintage photos.

    Note:

    When you apply any of the Artistic, B&W, Modern, and Vintage profiles, Lightroom for mobile provides an additional Amount slider that allows you to control profile intensity.

  3. When you apply any of the ArtisticB&WModern, and Vintage profiles, Lightroom for mobile provides an additional Amount slider that allows you to control profile intensity.

    Profile amount slider in Lightroom for Android
    Profile amount slider in Lightroom for Android

  4. You can swipe horizontally toward right or left on the profile thumbnails to browse all the profiles available under a selected profile group.

    Tap a profile to apply it to your photo. 

  5. Long-press on the photo to see a Before view.  

    To confirm the edits, tap  icon.  

    Tap the Undo or Redo icons to move back or forward in your edits, one step at a time.

Add a profile to Favorites

To add a profile to your Favorites profile group, press-and-hold the profile's thumbnail. If the profile is currently selected, you can also tap the gray star icon appearing at the upper-right corner of the profile thumbnail.

The white star icon at the upper-right corner of the profile thumbnail indicates a favorite profile.

Manage profiles

The Manage Profiles option allows you to show or hide various preset groups that are displayed in the Profiles menu - Adobe Raw, Camera Matching, Legacy, Artistic, B&W, Modern, Vintage, or any other profiles that you've imported.

You can also use the Manage Profiles option to show the legacy Lightroom profile groups, which are hidden by default.

To show/hide profile groups, follow the steps below:

  1. In the Edit panel in the Loupe view, tap Profiles icon at the bottom of the screen.

  2. Tap the three-dots icon at the upper-right corner of the Profiles pop-up menu and choose  Manage Profiles.

  3. In the Manage Profiles screen, switch on the profile groups that you want to show in the Profiles menu. Switch off the profile groups that you want to hide from the Profiles menu.

    Tap  in the upper-right corner.

Note:

Your settings to show/hide profile groups is specific to each device or computer. For example, you can hide some profile groups in Lightroom for mobile but they will still be visible in Lightroom on other mobile devices/desktop and vice versa.  

The Profiles menu now displays only those profiles groups which you've switched on using the Manage Profiles option.

Adjust the tonal range of your photo

Apply Auto settings

In the Edit panel in the Loupe view, click the  Auto icon at the bottom to have Lightroom for mobile automatically apply the best edits for these slider controls in your photos: ExposureContrastHighlightsShadowsWhitesBlacksSaturation, and Vibrance.

The Auto settings feature in Lightroom for mobile uses Adobe Sensei to intelligently apply adjustments based on a photo’s light and color characteristics.

  • Additionally, the Auto settings feature also includes the ability to optimize the adjustments of the photo even after cropping has been applied.
  • When you capture an HDR image using the in-app camera, Lightroom for mobile automatically applies Auto settings to your processed photo. 

Adjust the tonal scale of a photo

You can adjust the overall tonal scale of your image using the tone controls in the Light menu. As you work, keep an eye on the end points of the histogram.

In the Edit panel in the Loupe view, tap  Light  icon at the bottom of the screen to view the tone controls. Adjust the slider controls to apply the desired edits to your photos: ExposureContrastHighlightsShadowsWhitesBlacksSaturation, and Vibrance.

Adjust tonal scale with tone controls in the Light menu
Adjust tonal scale with tone controls in the Light menu

Adjust the tonal scale of a photo using the Tone Curve

The Tone Curve graph in the Light menu represents changes made to the tonal scale of a photo.

In the Edit panel menu in the Loupe view, tap Light accordion, then tap CURVE.

Note:

To bring up the Histogram of a photo in the Loupe view, tap the three-dot icon at the upper-right corner and enable Show Histogram option from the menu that appears. You can now observe the Histogram as you adjust the tone controls.

The horizontal axis represents the original tone values (input values), with black on the left and progressively lighter values toward the right. The vertical axis represents the changed tone values (output values), with black on the bottom and lighter values progressing to white at the top. Use the tone curve to tweak the tone adjustments you make to a photo.

Using the Tone Curve in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC for mobile (Android)
(Left) Overall Tone Curve graph of the photo; (right) Point Curve for Red channel

You can also choose to make adjustments to individual points on the tone curve in the Red, Green, or Blue channel individually, or all three channels at once.

  • Tap to add a point. To remove a point, double-tap it.
  • Drag a point to edit it. 

For related useful information, see Fine-tune the tonal scale using the Tone Curve panel.

Fine tune color in your photo

Updated in October 2020 (version 6.0) release

In the Edit panel in the Loupe view, the Color menu provides you controls to do the following:

  • White Balance refers to the color created in your photo from the temperature of your light source. For example, a noon-day sun will cast a very warm, yellow color whereas some light bulbs will cast a very cool, blue color in your photo. Set White Balance by choosing a preset option or specifying a neutral area in the photo with the White Balance selector.
  • Fine-tune the white balance using the Temp and Tint controls. Temp or Temperature sets how yellow/warm or blue/cool your photo looks. Tint, on the other hand, sets how green or magenta your photo is.
  • Adjust the color saturation (vividness) using the Vibrance and Saturation controls. Vibrance increases the intensity of muted colors whereas Saturation increases the intensity of all colors in your photo.
  • Black and White photography is a favorite tool of photographers to help viewers dive into the details of a photo. Convert the photo to Black & White using the B&W option.
Adjust White Balance
Adjust White Balance, color saturation, and convert to grayscale

  • Tap the Mix icon to fine-tune individual colors using the HueSaturation, and Luminance (HSL) sliders. Hue adjusts the tone of each individual color and Saturation adjusts the amount of gray in a color thus making it more muted or bright. Luminance helps adjust the amount of white in a color to make it brighter or darker. Use the Target Adjustment tool to adjust a particular color in a photo. Tap and drag on the image to change the color range under your fingertip.
Color Mix
Fine-tune image colors with HSL sliders

  • Tap Grading  to adjust the colors of midtones, shadows, and highlights using the Color Grading sliders. There is also a Global slider with which you can adjust the overall colors in the photo without affecting the settings of midtones, shadows, and highlights. Furthermore, you can adjust the LuminanceBlending, and Balance of the colors for midtones, shadows, and highlights using their respective sliders.
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The Color Grading sliders. Tap the icons in the highlighted section to view the individual sliders for Shadows, Midtones, Highlights, and Global respectively.

Note:

Color Grading replaces Split Tone. Set the blending slider to 100 to achieve the same effect as the pre-existing Split Tone feature.

Apply effects on your photo

  1. In the Edit panel in the Loupe view, tap Effects icon at the bottom of the screen to view the controls.

  2. Adjust the effects sliders:

    Texture

    Smoothens or accentuates textured details in your photo. Move the slider to the left to smoothen details; move it to the right to accentuate details. When you adjust the Texture slider, the color or tonality does not change.

    Clarity

    Adds depth to an image by increasing local contrast. To maximize the effect, increase the setting until you see halos near the edge details of the image, and then reduce the setting slightly.

    When using this setting, it is best to zoom in to 100% or greater. To zoom in, double-tap the photo or use the outward spread gesture.

    Dehaze

    Controls the amount of haze in a photograph. Drag to the right to remove haze; drag to the left to add haze.

    Vignette Amount

    Applies a dark or light vignette for artistic effect to a photo. Negative values darken the corners of the photo. Positive values lighten the corners.

    For related useful information, see Vignette, grain, and dehaze effects.

    Grain Amount

    Adds realistic film-grain effect to your photos. Drag the slider to the right to add grain. When you add grain, you can also control the grain size and roughness using the Size and Roughness sliders respectively.  

Apply Noise Reduction and sharpen your photo

In Adobe Photoshop Lightroom for mobile, you can sharpen your photo to enhance edge definition and bring out details in the photo.

You can reduce the image noise by removing the extraneous visible artifacts that degrade image quality. Image noise includes luminance (grayscale) noise, which makes an image look grainy, and chroma (color) noise, which is usually visible as colored artifacts in the image. Photos taken with high ISO speeds can have noticeable noise.

  1. In the Edit panel in the Loupe view, tap Details icon at the bottom of the screen.

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    Noise reduction and sharpening control

    Note:

    When applying selective edits, only Noise and Sharpness controls are available in the Detail menu.

  2. Adjust any of the following controls:

    Sharpening controls

    • Sharpening: Adjusts edge definition. Increase the slider value to increase sharpening. A value of zero (0) turns off sharpening. In general, set the slider to a lower value for cleaner images. The adjustment locates pixels that differ from surrounding pixels based on the threshold you specify and increases the pixels’ contrast by the amount you specify.
    • Radius: Adjusts the size of the details that sharpening is applied to. Photos with very fine details may need a lower radius setting. Photos with larger details may be able to use a larger radius. Using too large a radius generally results in unnatural-looking results.
    • Detail: Adjusts how much high-frequency information is sharpened in the image and how much the sharpening process emphasizes edges. Lower settings primarily sharpen edges to remove blurring. Higher values are useful for making the textures in the image more pronounced.
    • Masking: Controls an edge mask. With a setting of zero (0), everything in the image receives the same amount of sharpening. With a setting of 100, sharpening is mostly restricted to those areas near the strongest edges.

    Luminance noise reduction controls

    • Noise Reduction: Increase the slider value to reduce luminance noise.
    • Detail: Controls the luminance noise threshold. Useful for very noisy photos. Higher values preserve more detail but may produce noisier results. Lower values produce cleaner results but may also remove some detail.
    • Contrast: Controls luminance contrast. Useful for very noisy photos. Higher values preserve contrast but may produce noisy blotches or mottling. Lower values produce smoother results but may also have less contrast.

    Color noise reduction controls

    • Color Noise Reduction: Increase the slider value to reduce color noise.
    • Detail: Controls the color noise threshold. Higher values protect thin, detailed color edges but may result in color speckling. Lower values remove color speckles but may result in color bleeding.
    • Smoothness: Controls how much smoothing to apply to the image as you reduce the color noise.  

Correct common camera lens defects

Camera lenses can exhibit different types of defects at certain focal lengths, f-stops, and focus distances. You can correct and/or minimize these issues in the selected photo using the options provided in the Optics icon in the Edit panel - Remove Chromatic Aberration and Lens Profile Corrections.

  1. In the Edit panel in the Loupe view, tap Optics icon at the bottom of the screen.

  2. Chromatic aberration appears as a color fringe along the edges of objects. It is caused by the failure of the lens to focus different colors to the same spot, aberrations in sensor microlenses, and by flare.

    Remove Chromatic Aberration:

    To remove chromatic aberration in your selected photo, enable Remove Chromatic Aberration option in the Optics panel.

  3. Lightroom for mobile includes numerous lens profiles, which can be used to correct common lens aberrations such as geometric distortion and vignetting. The profiles are based on metadata that identifies the camera and lens used to capture the photo, and then compensates accordingly.

    Lens Profile Corrections:

    Enable Lens Profile Corrections option in the Optics panel to automatically select a matching lens profile based on the camera model, focal length, f-stop and focus distance information in your photo's metadata.

    Cameras with built-in lens profile support 
    Lens correction for all Micro 4/3 (MFT) lenses and cameras, including Panasonic, Olympus, and other cameras (Fuji X, Leica Q, plus many point-and-shoot models from Canon) happens automatically without your interaction. If your lens is supported automatically, Lightroom for mobile displays the message Built-in Lens Profile Applied in the Optics panel.

  4. (Optional) If Lightroom for mobile is unable to find a matching lens profile automatically, do the following:

    1. Tap Manually Select a Profile.
    2. In the Lens Profile panel, select a Make, Model, and Profile.

    If you want to change the matching lens profile applied by Lightroom automatically, do the following:

    1. Tap the current lens profile name.
    2. In the Lens Profile panel, select a Make, Model, and Profile.
      If you want to revert to the matching lens profile automatically applied by Lightroom, tap Auto Select.

    The lens profiles that are available depend on whether you’re adjusting a raw or a non-raw file. For a list of supported lenses, see Supported lenses.

  5. You can customize the correction applied by the profile by adjusting the following sliders below lens profile:

    Distortion Correction:

    The default value 100 applies 100% of the distortion correction in the profile. Values over 100 apply greater correction to the distortion; values under 100 apply less correction to the distortion.

    Lens Vignetting:

    The default value 100 applies 100% of the vignetting correction in the profile. Values over 100 apply  greater  correction to vignetting; values under 100 apply less correction to vignetting.

Fix geometric perspective

While capturing photos, a close distance to the subject as well as certain types of lenses can distort perspective and make straight lines appear bowed, tilted or skewed in your photos. For example, shooting up at a tall building can make the building look like it's leaning away from you. You can easily fix and adjust the perspective of your photo using the Upright modes and geometry slider tools in the Geometry panel.

The Upright modes provide four automatic perspective correction options - Auto, Level, Vertical, and Full, as well as a manual Guided option. You can also refine the adjustment using the geometry sliders.

  1. Select a photo with skewed geometry.

    (Recommended) In the Edit panel in the Loupe view, tap the Optics icon at the bottom of the screen, enable the Lens Profile Corrections option.

    A photo with skewed geometry
    A photo with skewed geometry

  2. Tap the Geometry icon at the bottom of the screen.

    From the Upright menu, choose an option to apply the correction to the photo:

    • Guided: Allows you to draw two to four guides on your photo to adjust perspective.
    • Auto: Corrects both vertical and horizontal perspective while balancing the overall image, preserving as much of the visible image area as possible.
    • Level: Corrects horizontal perspective, making horizontal lines parallel in the photo.
    • Vertical: Corrects vertical perspective caused by tilting the camera up or down. Makes vertical lines parallel in the photo.
    • Full: Combines Auto, Level, and Vertical upright modes to automatically correct perspective.
    Upright modes in Lightroom for mobile (Android)
    Upright modes in Lightroom for mobile (Android)

    Cycle through the Upright modes until you find the most preferable setting.

    All the Upright modes correct distortion and perspective errors. The best setting varies from one photo to another. Experiment with the modes before deciding on the best possible mode for your photo.

  3. Guided Upright mode

    If you chose the Guided Upright mode, do the following:

    1. Click the () Guided Upright tool icon and then draw two to four guides by sliding finger on the photo.

      Guided Upright
      Two vertical and two horizontal guides drawn on the photo using Guided Upright

    2. Once you have drawn at least two guides, the photo transforms interactively. You can draw up to four guides on your photo in any of the following combinations:

      • Two horizontal guides only or two vertical guides only
      • Two horizontal guides and two vertical guides
      • Two horizontal guides and one vertical guide
      • Two vertical guides and one horizontal guides
      • One vertical guide and one horizontal guide

      For any other combination, Lightroom for mobile displays an Invalid Guide message.

      • To delete a guide, tap to select it and then tap the delete icon.
      • To add another guide, tap the + icon to highlight it and then draw the guide on your photo. The add icon is highlighted by default, unless you disable it.
    3. Click Done.

      After
      (After) Perspective fixed using Guided Upright

      A photo with skewed geometry
      (Before) A photo with skewed geometry

  4. (Optional) While correcting the perspective of your photo, you may get white areas near the image boundaries. To remove the white area, enable the Constrain Crop option, which automatically crops the photo according to the original dimension.

    Note:

    Some of the Upright modes may crop-off pixels in your photo to correct perspective, even when the Constrain Crop option is off. You may not be able to retrieve the cropped pixels later in the Crop mode.

  5. Use the geometry sliders to fine-tune the perspective corrections - Distortion, Vertical, Horizontal, Rotate, Aspect, Scale, X Offset, Y Offset.

    • Distortion: Corrects lens barrel distortion (straight lines appearing to bow outward) and pincushion distortion (straight lines appearing to bend inward). Move the slider to the right to correct barrel distortion in your photo; move the slider to the right to correct pincushion distortion.
    • Vertical: Makes vertical lines in an image parallel. If the vertical lines are diverging at the bottom edge, move the slider to the left to push the pixels away from that edge; if the vertical lines are diverging at the top edge, move the slider to the right to push the pixels away from that edge.
    • Horizontal: Makes horizontal lines in an image parallel. Move the slider to the left to push the pixels away from the right edge; move the slider to the right to push the pixels away from the left edge.
    • Rotate: Rotates the image to correct for camera tilt. Move the slider to the left to rotate the image anti-clockwise; move the slider to the right to rotate the image clockwise.
    • Aspect: Move the slider to the left to widen the perspective of the photo; move the slider to the right to narrow the perspective of the photo.
    • Scale: Adjusts the photo scale up or down while maintaining the aspect ratio. Move the slider to the left to scale down; move the slider to the right to scale up.
    • X Offset: Move the slider to the left to shift the image pixels toward left on the x-axis, leaving a white area at the right edge; move the slider to the right to shift the image pixels toward right on the x-axis, leaving a white area at the left edge.
    • Y Offset: Move the slider to the left to shift the image pixels downward on the y-axis, leaving a white area at the top edge; move the slider to the right to shift the image pixels upward on the y-axis, leaving a white area at the bottom edge.

Copy and paste edits

Lightroom for mobile (Android) allows you to copy the edits that you've applied on a photo and paste it across multiple photos. You can also choose which edit settings you want to copy from a photo.

  1. Select a photo from which you want to copy the edit settings.

  2. Tap the three-dots () icon at the upper-right corner and choose Copy Settings.

  3. From the Copy Settings dialog that appears, tap Select at the top and choose any of the following:

    • All: Selects all the edit settings groups.
    • Default: Selects the default set of edit settings. Tools and Geometry settings are excluded by default.
    • Modified: Selects only the edits settings that you've modified or applied on the selected photo.
    • None: Deselects all the edit settings.

    You can also manually select or deselect specific settings by expanding the edit setting groups.

    Copy Settings
    Choose Edit Settings to Copy

  4. After making the selection, tap  icon.

  5. Select one or more photos to which you want to paste the copied edit settings.

     

  6. Tap the three-dots icon at the upper-right corner and choose Paste Settings.

Undo, redo, versions, or reset changes

Starting with the April 2023 release of Lightroom for mobile (version 8.3), you can easily switch to your previous edits and versions and reset the current state using the Undo, Redo, Versions, and Reset icons at the upper right of the screen. 

Undo, Redo, Versions, and Reset icons in Lightroom for mobile (Android).
Undo, Redo, Versions, and Reset icons in Lightroom for mobile (Android).

Create edit versions

Versions help you to save different edits of the same photo so that you can easily compare them and experiment with different edits. Lightroom also automatically saves significant edits of your photos as Versions. To create and save Versions: 

  1. Open a photo in the Edit view and apply the desired edits.

  2. Select the Versions icon at the upper center of the screen. 

  3. There are two tabs in Versions:  Auto and Named.

    Click on the version icon to switch to the previous version
    The Versions icon is at the center of the screen.

    change the version name as per your requirement
    Auto and Named versions options in the Versions menu.

    Auto

    This tab contains all the versions that are automatically saved by Lightroom each time you leave the Edit view after making an edit. The Auto versions have a date and time stamp added to their name. You can also save an Auto version as a Named version by selecting the three-dots icon at the upper-right corner and selecting Save as Named Version. Enter a name for the version and select Save

    Named

    In this tab, you can view the Original, which is the photo you imported. The Current thumbnail displays the selected photo with the applied edits. Select Create Version to save these edits as a version. Enter a name for the version and select Create. The edits are saved in the versions list. This way, you can create and save different edits as Versions

    Note:

    Your Raw Default settings in Preferences might impact the Original photo. To change raw defaults, see Set up raw defaults.

  4. To apply edits from a Version to the selected photo, select the desired version from the Versions list and select Apply.

  5. Select a Version and select the three-dot icon at the upper-right corner to rename or delete it. To delete all Named or Auto Versions, select the three-dot icon at the lower-right corner and tap Delete all Named Versions or Delete all Autosaves

Note:

The created Versions are synced across Lightroom for mobile (iOS and Android) and Lightroom desktop.

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