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New Lightroom app for iOS and Android; updates by Adobe

If you’re logged into a Creative Cloud account with sync enabled, the app will check for the full resolution version of a photo in your account and use that for the export if available.

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The iOS version 2.4 includes two major improvements: Raw technology preview and local adjustment tools.

Adobe has been working over the past few months with numerous professional photographers on raw technology preview, including travel photographer Elia Locardi.

Back in February 2015, Android users first received RAW photo editing which marked an important change for the app. Smartphones are being built to take more detailed images, and retaining this quality after editing has become important.

For power users, Adobe has also added hotkey support when a physical keyboard is connected to an iPad. In order to transfer the raw pictures to a mobile device, users need to use the connection kit that came with the camera, or Apple’s SD or USB kits.

For a list of supported cameras jump here. The iOS version also allows users to make linear and radial selections within the image for local editing. Improvements have been made to the app’s ability to export full-resolution files. Will you be getting your hands on one of them?

Adobe has also added its new camera widget that will allow users to get access to its inbuilt camera and start taking photos directly, making it faster for them to take photos and edit them in Photoshop Lightroom. The updated app is available on iOS now for free, although you must have an active Creative Cloud membership to use it.

The Android update now brings a Pro mode that opens up your mobile device camera’s capabilities, with the ability to manually adjust shutter speed, ISO, white balance and even focus.

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Also new with Lightroom 2.4 for iOS are editing controls that change regions of the photo gradually. 0 has been improved through a Pro mode this time around that pushes the app towards “the best mobile photography experience available”.

Adobe Lightroom for Android adds pro mode to built-in camera