Get Early Access to a New Way to Edit in Lightroom for Mobile
Just this week a new option appeared in the App Settings for Lightroom on mobile devices (iOS/Android) labelled Early Access. Once enabled, you can test drive a more simplified editing interface and give Adobe feedback on your experience. Currently, when you bring a photo into editing, the tools scroll along the bottom when in portrait orientation or along the side in landscape orientation.
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As long as you keep scrolling, you get access to all of the tools. The new editing interface is much simpler and cleaner and fits without scrolling.
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To get there, tap the 3-dot menu in iOS (3-line menu on Android) and go into App settings.
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There, look for Early Access and tap that …
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Then toggle on New Editor to enable to the new editing interface before tapping the X to close out of App settings. You can also go into that menu to send feedback to Adobe through the app.
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A few things to note:
- You can find the Geometry tools under the Crop tool
- If you want to enable the visibility of the Profiles and Optics icons, tap the 3-dot menu and go under View options (if enabled, they’ll appear when you tap Edit)
- Also under the 3-dot menu you can quickly jump to Info and Rating tools
When you tap Edit, you’ll see the icons for the editing tools appear above the bottom toolbar.
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I’m still giving it a test run, and I’m not sure what to think, but one thing I noticed on iOS is that when you rotate your device to landscape orientation you lose the editing tools and just see the photo alone. I did find it useful to have the tools along the side when editing some landscape orientated photos. I do appreciate the opportunity to explore, test, and give feedback before it becomes a final change. You can always disable Early access and go back to the original editing layout (for now). Try it and let me know what you think!