Features and benefits

Easy file renaming

Make your photographs easier to find and keep in sensible order using the Lightroom renaming feature. Simply set naming rules, and Lightroom automatically renames your images as they're imported.

Single or group metadata stamping

Organize and annotate your images by adding metadata to a single photo or to groups of selected images. Save metadata sets as presets, which you can apply with one click.

Image versions without duplication

Create as many alternate versions of an image as you desire without overloading your hard drive. Then, switch between versions with a single click.

IPTC/EXIF/XMP metadata support

Read, add, or edit a comprehensive set of metadata entries, including IPTC, EXIF, and XMP data.

Metadata stamping on output

Stamp crucial metadata — such as copyright notification, captions, and keywords — on print jobs or exported images so you can search on it later.

Keyword synchronization

Make keywords consistent even if you're using Lightroom on two different computers by importing and exporting keyword sets to external, transferable files.

Offline image management

Work with your image library in Lightroom even when some or all of the actual photo files are stored on offline media.

Easy Library backup to CD/DVD

Help ensure the safety and preservation of your photographs by backing them up to CD or DVD using simple built-in tools.

Simple keywording

Easily organize your photographs and make them searchable with keywords that make sense to you. Assign keywords to a single image or groups of selected images — just type and apply.

Fast zooming

Check sharpness, noise, or small details with nearly instant zooming — a simple keyboard command or mouse click toggles between 100% magnification and a full-image view. Smoothly navigate highly magnified areas using the Hand tool in the photo preview pane.

Convenient before/after comparison mode

View a side-by-side display of your original picture and a duplicate that shows the effects of your edits as you make them, or display the before and after states in a split view of the image. Toggle either view between portrait and landscape modes, and even see images in "lights out" view.

Finely tuned black-and-white conversions

Convert color images to black-and-white with precision. Familiar sliders allow you to control the contrast and detail based on the colors in the original photograph.

Synchronized adjustments across multiple images

Edit large numbers of images faster by creating presets that you can apply to many photographs at once, or edit one image and then synchronize your adjustments to other photos you select.

Explicit history tracking

Retrace your adjustments to any image — the History panel tracks them automatically as you edit — and instantly return to any state of the photo that you choose.

Dust buster

Erase dust spots from an image with a single click.

Easy-to-use crop and straighten tools

Crop and straighten your photographs in a snap.

Red-eye removal

Quickly eliminate red eye when it occurs in your flash photos.

Sophisticated slide shows

Use the simple controls in Lightroom to create and play elegant slide shows, and include background music from your digital music library, including iTunes.

Signature stamps

Stamp your slide shows, web galleries, and printed output with your studio or business logo for an added professional touch.