With multiple solutions available when it comes to RAW editing, users feel that they have a chance to look away from Lightroom, which became the dominant tool for RAW editing since it was launched, a decade ago. One decade later, with almost every other photo editor following the same essential set of tools and design, the market has multiple choices, something unheard of in 2007. Here are some of the alternatives to explore.Īdobe’s Lightroom 1.0 was launched on February 19, 2007, to create a revolution amid photo editors, both in terms of tools, interface design and tone. If you don’t need or don’t like Adobe Lightroom’s catalog, the universe of photo editors compatible with RAW is expanding, with new solutions available in different flavours.