Samsung Galaxy S23 defaults to Adobe Lightroom - whether you want it or not
Samsung Galaxy S23 users can have any photo editor you like, so long as it’s Lightroom
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Owners of the newSamsung Galaxy S23series will get exclusive use ofAdobe Lightroomfor RAW photo editing - whether they like it or not.
In a partnership revealed duringSamsung Unpacked,Samsung’s DSLR-style Expert RAW camera app will feature Lightroom integration. Mobile photographers can shoot and export toAdobe’s photo organizer in a matter of taps.
But there’s a small catch. Users won’t be forced to adopt Lightroom, though they will be prompted. Once installed on the Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23 Plus, and Galaxy S23 Ultra, however, the app will become “the default and onlyphoto editor,” said Scott Belsky, chief product officer and executive vice president, Creative Cloud at Adobe.
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By syncing Samsung’scamera appto Lightroom, the companies hope to remove the challenge of transferring RAW images from devices to aphoto editing appthat can handle the uncompressed files.
The preferred image file for professionals, RAW files let photographers capture high-resolution photos soaked in real-world color and detail. However, bulky file sizes, and lack of support for RAW editing in all but thebest Adobe Lightroom alternatives, means managing and organizing images can be an inaccessible grind for most mobile photographers.
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There are obvious benefits to the Galaxy S23’s Lightroom integration, not least extracloud storagesupport and what Adobe clunkily dubs “AI-powered professional,Photoshop-class editing tools.” The Adobe Lightroom mobile app is free - so it won’t cost users more, although aCreative Cloudsubscription unlocks advanced features across desktop, mobile, and online. A two-month free Lightroom trial comes bundled with the Samsung G23 series to sweeten the ‘default’ deal.
“Samsung is proud to offer a suite of tools on the Galaxy S23 series that differentiate Galaxy users’ photography experiences, featuring Lightroom as the default Expert RAW editing tool for our Galaxy smartphones,” said Joshua Sungdae Cho, executive vice president and head of visual SW R&D, Mobile Experience Business at Samsung.
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“The combination of Expert RAW with Lightroom’s powerful yet accessible editing tools, presets and tutorials give anyone the ability to make professional-level enhancements to their images,” said Belsky.
Samsung also confirmed the automatic transfer of Expert RAW images from Galaxy S23 devices to theSamsung Galaxy Book3 UltraandSamsung Galaxy Book3 Proseries.
Steve is TechRadar Pro’s B2B Editor for Creative & Hardware. He began in tech journalism reviewing photo editors and video editing software at the magazine Web User, where he also covered technology news, features, and how-to guides. Today, he and his team of reviewers test out a range of creative software, hardware, and office furniture. Once upon a time, he wrote TV commercials and movie trailers. Relentless champion of the Oxford comma.
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