The full version of Photoshop has almost unlimited potential for photo composites, retouching, graphic design, digital artwork, 3D work, animation and more. Of course, if you’re a mixed media creator and want to swap between photo editing and design work then Photoshop is an essential software that Lightroom won’t be able to compare to. The 7 day free trial and relatively well-priced monthly or annual subscription plans make it a very attractive affair but users should look to get the Adobe Photography Plan instead which includes Lightroom, Lightroom Classic and Photoshop for the same price, albeit with only 20GB of cloud storage, versus the Lightroom-only 1TB.

New crop overlays now make it easier to fine-tune composition through cropping in Lightroom (Image credit: Jason Parnell-Brookes) Monitor resolution: 1024 x 768 Lightroom 2022: price A variety of crop overlays also make it easier to compose images when cropping down, which includes third grids, golden ratio, golden spiral and more.ĬPU: Intel, AMD or ARM processor with 64-bit support (2GHz or faster)ĬPU: Multicore Intel processor with 64-bit support or M1 Apple Silicone Different selective filters can now be combined together using the same edit settings making it easier for uniform control over the image. This is especially handy when needing to tone down isolated highlights in images, or saturate yellow flowers, for example.

The sky select feature in Lightroom is also new and uses artificial intelligence to mask skies in shots (Image credit: Jason Parnell-Brookes)Īrtificially Intelligent machine learning now powers the masking section though, bringing the ability to automatically select subjects and skies with the click of a button (no more spending hours refining complex horizons or hairlines with the automask function).įor more refined masking options, both colour range and luminance range sliders make changes to isolated colours and brightness tones in a photo for quicker edits.

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