Those of you who use Adobe Lightroom and Google’s mid-range Pixel phones will be happy to hear this. Adobe has added support for RAW photos from the Pixel 4a, 5a, and 6a to its Lightroom software.
Adobe Lightroom now supports RAW photos from Google’s Pixel 4a, 5a, and 6a handsets
The vast majority of you probably never shoot in RAW, but some of you do. To put it simply, if you tend to edit images frequently, and want to do the best job of it, shooting in RAW is the way to go.
Adobe Lightroom is one of the best and best-known software offerings to make such edits, and you’ll be glad to know that you can now do it if you use one of the aforementioned devices. This change comes as part of the April 2023 update. Those models are now supported by the Adobe Camera Raw extension.
This does come as a surprise, as Adobe usually focuses on high-end smartphones. That’s not surprising, as usually those users use the RAW function. Not to mention that high-end phones usually have better cameras. We all know that Google’s mid-range Pixels can snap a great photo, though, so… there you have it.
Sadly, the camera matching profile is not available for either of the three phones
One thing to note is that the support is here regardless of whether you use your PC, Mac or smartphone to edit. The thing is, the camera matching profile is not available for either of the three phones. The same goes for ‘Lens Correction’ profiles for wider FoV lenses, even though ultrawide cameras are supported in general. The same goes for front-facing cameras.
Now, if you’re planning on using this functionality, do note that you’ll need the Adobe Camera Raw version 15.3, in addition to LIghtroom 6.3 and/or Lightroom Classic 12.3.
In the image below, you can see a full list of the latest cameras that Adobe added in the April 2023 update. The vast majority of the list is populated by PIxels, but a camera from Panasonic also made the list, and the same goes for one camera from Sony.