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Lightroom Adds Prompt to Edit
30 September 2026
Adobe has introduced Prompt to Edit in Lightroom on desktop, now available in early access.
This new prompt-based generative editing experience gives photographers a simple new way to restore, retouch or transform photos by describing the change they want to make or selecting from prompts built around common photography needs, including:
- Restoring old images through color restoration or dust and scratch removal
- Improving photos that might otherwise be discarded by unblurring them
- Exploring creative transformations, such as replacing a dull sky or adding fog to a scene
Adobe provided a few examples. Let's look at a typical family photo repair and a photo that we might colorize.
In this example, an old family photo is restored with the following prompt:
The full image: remove dust spots, scratches and surface debris across the entire photo. Preserve all facial features, composition, background and deatil and original color/tone exactly as is. No added objects, no altered identity, no text or artifacts.
Which seems rather, well, wordy. As if an art director with a blunt grease pencil were scribbling all over the print. As a photographer, we might just try:
Restore this photo to pristine condition.
We'd try it but the new feature is only available in the early access version of Lightroom.
In the example above, a black-and-white photo is colorized with the following prompt:
The full image: colorize with natural, realistic tones -- accurate skin tones, period appropriate clothing colors and true to life color for sky foliage and background elements. Dash and repair minor damage such as scratches, dust spots, creases, and fading. Preserve all facial features, composition, framing, and background detail exactly as is. Apply moderate color saturation, avoiding oversaturation. No added objects, no altered identity, no text or artifacts, no changes to pose or expression.
Same suspicion here of the grease-pencil-wielding art director. Whereas a photographer slinging 30 lbs. of gear off a shoulder might just glance at the screen and say:
Colorize it.
Prompt to Edit is powered by Nano Banana. It certainly provides another way gives you more choice in how you edit and experiment with your phototo post-process an image while also providing access to Lightroom's existing tools and controls.
For more information see the news release below.
Adobe introduces Prompt to Edit
Adobe has introduced Prompt to Edit with early access availability in Lightroom desktop, a new prompt-based generative editing experience that gives photographers more ways to transform the photos they care about and bring their creative ideas to life. With Prompt to Edit, photographers can restore, retouch or transform an image simply by describing the change they want to make or selecting from prompts developed around common photography needs.
Save the shot you would have skipped. Prompt to Edit opens up new possibilities for photos that may be almost there but need something more to become the image a photographer envisioned. Whether it's an old family photo that might have scratches or dust or a favorite shot that might be slightly out of focus, Prompt to Edit gives photographers new ways to approach these images directly within Lightroom, while providing greater flexibility to experiment with different creative possibilities.
How Prompt to Edit works In this initial early access release, Prompt to Edit offers two ways to get started:
- Choose from six prompts designed for photographers and common editing needs including unblur, colorize black and white and more.
- Describe the edit in your own words using a natural-language prompt box, then refine the prompt to further guide the result.
Prompt to Edit is powered by Nano Banana during early access.
More ways to create in Lightroom
Prompt to Edit provides greater choice within Lightroom, giving photographers another way to experiment with, reimagine and get more from their photos. It works alongside Lightroom's existing editing capabilities, so photographers can continue refining their image using the tools and controls already available in their Lightroom workflow.
Edits are saved as a new file in DNG format, leaving the original image as it was captured. During early access Prompt to Edit supports exports up to 4K resolution.