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\nThe Darkroom photo editor for iOS now is tailored to work on Apple's iPads.<\/p>\n

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Two software tools, Bergen's Darkroom<\/a> and Skylum's Luminar<\/a>, just got a bit better at challenging Adobe's dominant Lightroom software for editing and cataloging photos.<\/p>\n

Darkroom, an iOS app, now has a version just for iPads<\/a> for a better look at the photos you're editing, more room for catalog operations and support for external keyboards to speed things up. And Luminar, for MacOS or Windows machines, added a library feature<\/a> that makes it more adept at organizing photos, not just editing them. The updates arrived this week.<\/p>\n

It'll be hard to woo photographers who are deeply embedded in the world of Lightroom. You can't just move your photos from one app to another because nondestructive editing is a proprietary process. But Lightroom isn't cheap \u2014 it starts at $120 per year \u2014 and new photographers might opt for more affordable alternatives, particularly those with a one-time price instead of a recurring subscription.<\/p>\n

Phones come with photo tools like Apple Photos and Google Photos, but a lot of enthusiasts want more for their digital photography<\/a>. Lightroom is still a strong contender for those with a photo budget: Adobe is well known, the software works on Android, iOS, Windows and MacOS, and the internet is awash with YouTube tips and plug-ins to help people get more out of it.<\/p>\n

Darkroom, integrated with iCloud-synced photos instead of using a separate library, is a relatively small step for photographers who have iPhones and iPads. It's free but charges for various updates to improve its abilities. Don't expect an Android version anytime soon.<\/p>\n

Luminar's libraries improve photo organization and also make it possible to synchronize edits from one shot to others, Skylum said<\/a>. It's not as fleshed-out as Lightroom's catalog, but Skylum is working on improvements for its $69 tool.<\/p>\n

On the Luminar roadmap<\/a>: the ability to create virtual copies, a Lightroom feature that lets you apply a different set of edits to the same original photo; library search tools; the ability to edit metadata such as copyright information that accompanies photos; and a migration tool to help Lightroom photographers make the switch.<\/p>\n

Another older contender just got an upgrade too: Phase One released Capture One Pro 12<\/a> in November. Other alternatives include DxO PhotoLab<\/a>, Corel After Shot Pro<\/a> and ON1 Photo Raw<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Adobe says it's happy to have the challenge.<\/p>\n

"Competition is great for the industry," said Tom Hogarty<\/a>, director of photo-related product management at Adobe. "When photographers have options, the choices they make put pressure on software developers to listen more closely to the customer and the industry."<\/p>\n

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