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luismoor
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Jul 31, 2025 6:39 PM UTC
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The final result isn’t the same [exporting HDR images]

When I edit an image in the Lightroom app and save it to my camera roll, the result NEVER looks the same. Does anyone know why this happens?

    Charlie.DCorrect answer
    Adobe Employee
    Aug 1, 2025 3:58 PM UTC

    I see you are editing in HDR mode.  Try saving as AVIF or JXL.  iOS should be able to display these well.  In my experience, if you export a HDR image as a JPG, the HDR info is recorded as gainmap metadata, and support for this varies more.  If you export as a DNG, iOS doesn't always render those the same as Lightroom/Adobe Camera Raw.

     

    More info here: https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-cc/using/hdr-ios.html 

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    Charlie.DCorrect answer
    Adobe Employee
    Aug 1, 2025 3:58 PM UTC

    I see you are editing in HDR mode.  Try saving as AVIF or JXL.  iOS should be able to display these well.  In my experience, if you export a HDR image as a JPG, the HDR info is recorded as gainmap metadata, and support for this varies more.  If you export as a DNG, iOS doesn't always render those the same as Lightroom/Adobe Camera Raw.

     

    More info here: https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-cc/using/hdr-ios.html 

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    Srishti_Bali
    Srishti_Bali
    Legend
    Jul 31, 2025 7:11 PM UTC

    Hi @luismoor

     

    Thanks for reaching out. To help troubleshoot, could you share a few quick details?

    • Version of the Lightroom app.

    • What file format are you using (JPEG, HEIC, etc.)?

    • What device and OS version?

     

    This will help us figure out what’s going on.

     

    Regards,

    Srishti

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