Samsung is bringing Adobe Lightroom to its new Galaxy S23 lineup, which will be the devices' official photo editing software that will handle raw-format photos. Users will be able to change ISO, aperture settings, and shutter speed through this default editor.
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What’s new? The new Galaxy S23 Ultra. Share the epic with our most powerful processor yet, a pro-grade camera that boasts epic Nightography, and the mighty embedded S Pen.
What’s new? The new Galaxy S23 Ultra. Share the epic with our most powerful processor yet, a pro-grade camera that boasts epic Nightography, and the mighty embedded S Pen.
Bringing Adobe Lightroom to S23 Series
Samsung revealed during the Galaxy Unpacked that the company is collaborating with Adobe to bring advanced photography editing to smartphones. Galaxy S23, S23 Plus, and S23 Ultra will exclusively use Adobe Lightroom as their official photo-editing software.
Smartphone hones are typically using JPEG, HEIC, and other traditional formats to store photos. But raw photos in Galaxy S23s will be using Adobe's own Digital Negative Format, which offers higher image quality and more editing flexibility, such as exposure, color balance sharpening, and more.
CNET reported that once the user took a photo using Samsung's Expert Raw camera application, they can open them directly in Lightroom with one tap, as it will be the default photo editor on the Galaxy S23 series.
Lightroom will not be preinstalled on these devices. However, a prompt will encourage users to install it. Adobe Photography Marketing Chief Stephen Baloglu confirmed that the phone version of the software is free to use.
But to access some premium features and synchronization to laptops, users will have to additionally subscribe for $10 per month. Fortunately, these phones will come with a Lightroom free trial for two months.
Galaxy S23 Series is now available for preorders on Samsung's website and other retailers. The base model starts at $799 with a $50 Samsung credit. While the Galaxy S23+ will start at $1,199, and with S23 Ultra debuts a $1,379 for a 256GB variant.
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra's Cameras
9To5Google reported that this is a perfect tool, especially for the S23 Ultra, which packs a 200MP main sensor that uses pixel binning and other tricks to bring light and dark photos to life. The device also has a 12MP ultrawide camera and two 10MP sensors with 3x and 10x telephoto lenses.
During the Galaxy Unpacked, it was revealed that this will include 8K at 30 fps and 4K at 60 fps super high dynamic ranges. A new feature was also introduced called Astro Hyperlapse, designed to allow your S23 Ultra to capture the Milky Way and other celestial objects in the night sky.
Nightography was also featured during the event, as it captures the best low-light photos and videos through the camera feature's integrated transformative AI.
Samsung invited some filmmakers to use the new Galaxy S23 Ultra to capture their upcoming films. This includes Ridley Scott's upcoming film Behold and Na Hong-Jin's Faith.
Ridley stated, "I thought it's a great challenge, a very interesting challenge. Because the scary thing is, the small object is going to take the place of all the big cameras, which is great."
