3 differences
- Lightroom is a nondestructive photo workflow, adjustment, and management program, while Photoshop is a pixel-level, layer-based image manipulation program.
- Lightroom is designed to complement a photographer’s editing workflow, while Photoshop is used for advanced purposes like image retouching and creation.
- Lightroom can handle RAW files and organize image libraries, while Photoshop can edit graphics and photos, and add effects and enhancements.
3 similarities
- Both have photo filtering capability.
- Both include basic editing tools like image cropping, white balancing, curving, healing, and many others.
- Both use Adobe’s RAW file processor, Camera RAW, to process RAW files.