SWITCH FROM ADOBE LIGHTROOM
Adobe Lightroom to Calisto Foto
Edit your photos in one tap or by hand, take them into layers, share a Gallery for your client's picks, and send the finished photos to a design, a website or a listing.
Feature by feature
Calisto Foto beside Adobe Lightroom
- 8 In both
- 4 Only in Adobe Lightroom
| 12 features | Calisto Foto | Adobe Lightroom |
|---|---|---|
| Editing | ||
| LooksCalisto: Looks holds Calisto's looks and your own, and Save Look keeps the edit you made as a look of your own.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Copy an Edit to Other PhotosCalisto: save the edit as a look of your own, then give a selection that look in the Library or run it through Bulk Auto.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Noise ReductionCalisto: Sharpening and Noise sets luminance and color noise reduction beside sharpening, with its own detail and masking.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| HDR and Panorama MergeLightroom merges bracketed exposures into an HDR photo and several frames into a panorama, or both at once.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Lens BlurLightroom blurs the background or foreground from a depth map of the photo.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Suggested Looks for Each PhotoLightroom suggests presets made for the photo in front of you, and offers adaptive presets for skies, subjects and portraits.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| UpscalingLightroom enlarges a photo with generative upscaling.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Masking | ||
| Sky, Subject and BackgroundCalisto: Adjust Part finds the sky, the subject or the background, and each change to that part has its own controls.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Brush, Gradients and RangeCalisto: Adjust Part adds a Brush, Linear and Radial gradients and a Brightness Range, each with its own opacity, blend and invert.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Retouching | ||
| Remove DistractionsCalisto: Remove and Repair takes out a trash bin, a cable or a stain you paint over, with Clone and Fill beside it.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Galleries | ||
| Share Photos for ReviewCalisto: a Gallery is shared through its link, and with Proofing on the client picks, leaves a note on a photo and answers each round, with no account.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Comments on Shared PhotosCalisto: a client's note is pinned on the photo, and Foto shows it on the photo while you edit.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
What moves
Bringing your data from Adobe Lightroom
Your data is read in your own browser and sent to your Calisto account. Calisto never sees your login for the old system.
From an export file
Export your data from Adobe Lightroom and drop the file in. It is read in your browser and mapped onto Calisto.
Any spreadsheet you export from Adobe Lightroom can be mapped onto Calisto, column by column.
Moving from Adobe Lightroom
Questions about switching
Do my Lightroom edits and catalog come over?
No. Foto has no import for another editor's edits, catalog or albums. Upload your originals to the Library, group them in Hubs, and Star and Tag them; Auto or Bulk Auto gives a set a first edit in one tap.
Do my RAW files open?
Yes. A camera RAW opens in Adjust and is developed on your device, or converted on the server when it is too large for the device. A coding no decoder reads yet opens from the camera's own preview, and Foto says why.
Can I bring my presets?
Not as files. Set a photo the way a preset did and press Save Look, and the look is yours in Looks, ready for any selection or for Bulk Auto.
Where are my photos kept?
In Depot, as the account's own files. The original is never changed: an edit is kept beside it with its history, and every export is a new file next to its photo.