Select Lightroom tab > Camera icon.
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Capture HDR photos
Learn how to capture HDR photos in Lightroom on mobile.
Use High Dynamic Range mode to automatically merge multiple exposures into a single 32-bit raw DNG file. HDR mode helps you capture high-contrast scenes with detail in both highlights and shadows by automatically merging multiple exposures. Adobe Lightroom analyzes the scene to determine optimal exposure, compensates for hand movement via auto-alignment, and removes ghosting from moving objects such as cars or foliage.
Select High Dynamic Range from the capture mode menu.
Select the More icon > Setting icon and turn on Save Unprocessed Original if you want to keep both the processed HDR file and the original unprocessed images.
Hold your device steady, frame your scene, and then select the Capture button.
Adjust the following settings as needed:
- Exposure: Adjust the brightness of a photo by controlling how much light reaches the camera sensor.
- White Balance: Correct the color tone of a photo by adjusting for different lighting conditions.
- AUTO: Automatically set camera parameters such as exposure and white balance based on the scene.
- Reset: Restore the settings to their default values.
Select the Exit icon to exit the camera and begin processing.
Processing your HDR capture is GPU-intensive and computationally complex. To check processing status, select the Cloud icon and view progress under Processing Captured Photos. After processing completes, your HDR images appear in the photos view or grid view. When you open an HDR image for editing, the filename includes '-hdr' in the Info panel.
HDR processing requires Adobe Lightroom on iOS to remain running in the foreground. Don't minimize or close the app, and keep your device on and unlocked. For multiple HDR captures, connect your device to power and turn on Prevent From Sleep in the app settings.
Lightroom on Android currently supports HDR capture on all variants of Google Pixel 7, Google Pixel 8, Google Pixel 9, and Google Pixel Fold devices running Android 14 and later, or other devices with a minimum of 3 GB RAM, Android 14.0 or later, ARM8, and DNG capture support. To verify the device’s compatibility, select Settings > About device.
On other compatible Android mobile devices, the HDR mode is available as a Tech preview. To use the feature, Select Menu , select Early access, and then enable the HDR capture mode.
Select the Lightroom tab > Camera icon.
Select HDR from the capture mode menu.
Adjust the following capture options as needed:
- Switch camera : Select to switch to the front-facing camera.
- Options : Select to access additional camera settings.
- Crop Ratio: Select a crop ratio of 16:9, 3:2, 4:3, or 1:1 for the image capture frame.
- Timer: Set a delay of 2, 5, or 10 seconds before the photo is captured.
- Display: Select to view capture alignment guides.
- Grid: Select a grid view option such as THIRDS, HALVES, or GOLDEN.
- Level: Toggle the switch to view and adjust the camera tilt.
- Settings: Select to adjust capture preferences.
- Volume keys function: Set volume keys’ behavior on capture, None switches off any function, Capture takes a photo, and Zoom controls zoom in and out values.
- Max screen brightness: Toggle to set the screen brightness to maximum during capture.
- Geotag photos: Toggle to add or remove location info to captured photos.
- Save Original: Toggle to save the original unprocessed photo.
- Save unprocessed HDR: Toggle to save both the original unprocessed capture and processed HDR photo.
- Reset camera to default settings: Restore all camera settings to their default values.
Hold your device steady, frame your scene, and then select the capture button.
Select the Exit icon to exit the camera and begin processing.
Processing your HDR capture is GPU-intensive and computationally complex. To check processing status, select the Cloud icon and view progress under Processing Captured Photos. After processing completes, your HDR images appear in the Lightroom tab
When you open an HDR image for editing, the filename includes '-hdr'. To view the details, select the Info and rating icon, and check the Info panel.
HDR processing requires Lightroom on Android to remain running in the foreground. Don’t minimize or close the app, and keep your device on and unlocked. For multiple HDR captures, connect your device to power and increase the auto-screen-off timer in the device settings.
Use HDR mode when you’re photographing scenes with extreme brightness differences, such as sunsets, backlit subjects, or interiors with bright windows. Adobe Lightroom on mobile analyzes your scene, captures multiple exposure-bracketed images, and processes them into a single raw HDR file similar to the desktop HDR merge feature.