Adobe Lightroom Classic is a desktop-focused photo management and editing application designed for professional photographers. It provides non-destructive editing, catalog-based organization, batch processing, and advanced tools for raw file development. Lightroom Classic is part of the Adobe Creative Cloud Photography plan and stores photos locally, distinguishing it from the cloud-based Lightroom app.
Product released: January 9, 2007
Latest software version
Version 15.3, released April 1, 2026
What's new in version 15.3
Feature updates
Assisted Culling updates:
The Reject section now offers improved handling of multiple reject reasons and greater control over exposure-related issues.
Subject Focus scoring is now improved for images with shallow depth of field, especially when the subject is only partially in focus.
AI edits updates:
When exporting photos, you may see a new AI Updates Required dialog box if some selected images contain AI settings that need updating.
Performance improvements
Slider performance is now interactive for global and local edits.
Better memory utilization for Full Screen Window.
Experience improved Cloud sync download speed.
Fixed issues
Critical bug fixes and stability improvements.
software version history
Version 15.3 - April 1, 2026
Version 15.2.1 - March 1, 2026
Version 15.2 - February 1, 2026
Version 15.1.1 - January 1, 2026
Version 15.1 - December 1, 2025
Version 15.0 - October 1, 2025
Version 14.5.2 - August 1, 2025
Version 14.5 - August 1, 2025
Version 14.4 - June 1, 2025
Update prediction
This product was recently updated. The next software update is expected between April 26, 2026 and May 18, 2026.
Adobe typically releases software updates for this product approximately every 34 days.