A Roundup Of All The Great New Features In Lightroom & Photoshop 2026

New features in Lightroom & Photoshop 2026 keep changing the game.

Get up to speed with these great videos from trusted mavens.

All The New Lightroom Features

All The New Photoshop Features

5 New Features In Camera Raw

Generative Upscale

New Generative Fill Options

Photoshop’s New Hue/Saturation Invert Button

The New White Balance Tool

Photoshop’s New AI Harmonize

New AI Dust Removal

If you’re thinking, “Hey, this list doesn’t include the new AI image generators.” You’re right. More on that later.

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Remove Distracting People and Reflections With Lightroom Classic

“In this video, Julieanne demonstrates how easy it is to remove unwanted reflections and distracting people in photos using the new Distraction Removal tools in Lightroom Classic.”

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Colin Smith Details How To Use Lightroom & Photoshop’s New Landscape Masks

Colin Smith (PhotoshopCafe) details “How to use Landscape masks in Photoshop ACR and Lightroom. Make awesome edits on landscape photos easily and quickly to make them pop in Lightroom and ACR.”

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Hot Features In The New Lightoom 2025 Update

“The June 2025 update of Lightroom, brings mostly features we have seen before in ACR and beta releases, but brings them to Lightroom and implements them nicely into a finished release. There are a couple of things that we haven’t seen.”

Auto Remove People, Reflection Removal, AI Denoise, and Super Resolution are the big hits.

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New Adobe Lightroom & Camera Raw AI Auto Landscape Masks

Julieanne Kost demonstrates how to use Lightroom Classic’s new Select Landscape masking tools to automatically select different regions in photographs, including sky, mountains, water, architecture, vegetation, natural ground, and artificial ground.

Learn more from Julianne Kost here.

Colin Smith shows you how to use the new masks in Lightroom / Camera Raw with tips and tricks to help you get better results faster.

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The Top 5 Image Noise Removers Compared

Discover the best noise removal software or plugin for high-ISO photos! In this video, we compare Lightroom/Camera Raw, DxO PureRAW, Topaz Photo AI, Luminar Neo, and Capture One to see which delivers the cleanest and the most natural results. From ISO 6400 to ISO 25600, we’ll test and compare a variety of RAW photos and figure out which software is the best.

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Removing Lens Distortions and Correcting Perspective in Lightroom Classic

“In this video, you’ll learn how to remove distortions caused by the camera lens using the Lens Correction panel as well as correct perspective distortions using the auto and guided upright options in the Transform Panel.”

Watch more from Julianne Kost here.

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