New Lightroom Classic Update

credits: Adobe

Adobe just released its October 2025 update for Lightroom Classic with six new features, better performance, and support for more cameras and lenses. The headline tools include AI-assisted culling, auto stacking, a new dust removal option, zooming while cropping, native Leica tethering, and a colour variance slider in the Point Colour panel. It is all part of Lightroom Classic version 15.0, available now for Creative Cloud users.

The new AI-assisted culling is probably the biggest change. It scans your imported photos, flags the bad ones, and even suggests small edits to the ones it thinks are worth keeping. You can adjust how strict it is, for example, tell it to reject photos where people’s eyes are closed or out of focus. There is also a new auto stacking option that automatically groups similar photos together, either by the time they were taken or how visually alike they are, which should make sorting through hundreds of frames a bit less painful.

The dust removal tool is another helpful addition, it can automatically detect and clean up spots from a dirty lens or sensor, and you can apply it to multiple shots at once. You can also now zoom while cropping, which sounds small but is actually super useful for fine-tuning compositions. And finally, the new colour variance slider gives you more control over how colour adjustments affect similar tones, letting you change hues with a bit more precision.

You can see full details on Adobe’s website here