📸 What's new in Lightroom for MAX 2025

Lightroom Ecosystem: Assisted Culling, Dust removal, and more from MAX!
Calling all Lightroom users — Adobe MAX is here, and it's your time to shine! This is more than a conference — it’s a creative recharge for photographers who want to make the most of every pixel. Join MAX online for free and check out all the Lightroom sessions! Want to know everything about this release? Read our release notes.
The Lightroom Ecosystem just got a major upgrade. Read more about how to keep Lightroom updated here.
Here's what's new in Lightroom 9.0
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Organize with Assisted Culling Assisted culling helps you efficiently organize large photo collections by identifying top images, automatically rejecting low-quality ones, and allowing manual adjustments to selections. Want to learn more about this Assisted Culling? Check out this article. Let us know your thoughts on Assisted Culling here: (Early Access) Assisted Culling (Lightroom Ecosystem - Desktop)
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Dust Removal The AI-powered Dust Removal feature in the Distraction Removal panel automatically detects and removes dust spots in a photo, created by dust on your camera's sensor or lens.
Want to learn more about this tool? Check out this article.
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Color Variance Now, access the variance slider in the Point Slider tool. Adjust the tone and color of an image with the Variance slider to achieve a consistent look.
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What's new on Lightroom iOS and Android 11.0
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Blemish Removal (EA) The Quick Actions tool in Lightroom on mobile streamlines the editing process by offering quick, AI-powered suggestions for specific parts of a photo. Open an image, select Actions, and let Lightroom analyse it to provide tailored enhancements for your photo on the go.
You can access Blemish Removal (Early Access) in Lightroom for mobile iOS, Android, and web!
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Camera and Lens Support + Enhancements:
Lightroom 9.0 & Lightroom Mobile 11.0 also include newly supported cameras and lenses, plus some exciting improvements:
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Early Access features such as Blemish Removal & Edit Suggestions on mobile and desktop.
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New features on Desktop, such as GenRemove Shadow detection, Color Labels, and Batch Files Rename.
- Color variance for on Desktop and Web.
- New Landscape Adaptive Presets across the Ecosystem.
- Read more about this release in our release notes.
Check out the full list of supported cameras and lens profiles.
Are you ready to get started? Update Lightroom to the latest version and explore the new tools for faster, smarter editing. Let us know what you think below, or share your before/after results in the comments. On Desktop: Open your Creative Cloud desktop app and click "Update" next to Lightroom Desktop. On Mobile: Head to the App Store or Google Play, and download the latest version of Lightroom Mobile. More detailed instructions for updating.
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