Give your photos a second chance with Open Eyes in Lightroom on mobile

Give your photos a second chance with Open Eyes in Lightroom on mobile

Shambhavi Kadam October 19, 2026

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You know the frustration. Everyone looks great, the lighting is just right, you snapped the picture but someone blinked. Whether you're capturing a group of friends, a family gathering, or memories from a trip, you don't always get a second chance. We want to help you save the moments that matter most, even when the photo doesn't quite capture them the way you hoped.

Today, we're introducing new tools in Lightroom on mobile that tackle some of these common photo frustrations. From fixing a shot where one person blinked to extending the edges of an image, so it fits the right aspect ratio for social sharing, these new tools help you get the result you want in a few taps.

Let's dive into what's new!

Save your shot, with Open Eyes: new in Lightroom on mobile

When Lightroom automatically detects closed eyes in a photo, it presents the Open Eyes icon as a Quick Action, so you can choose to generate the fix, and get authentic results that save the shot. In one tap, Open Eyes creates a natural-looking result on any photo, for free. If you have other photos of that person in your Lightroom library, it can make the result even more accurate by matching their eye color, shape and size, going beyond just opening someone's eyes but making sure they look like the person.

That means more options to save the moments that are hardest to capture, like the group shot where everyone looks great except one person, the kid who never stops moving, the big laugh between friends, or the milestone photo where let's take another one isn't really an option. No complicated edits, no trying to recreate the scene, just save the shot and keep creating.

Share your photo on any feed

Make any photo work for any social platform. Turn those images already sitting in your library into something new for your next post.

With Generative Expand, you can naturally extend the scene beyond the original frame, filling in what's missing to create more space around your subject, reframe your composition, or adapt an image to a different size. This is especially useful for travel and landscape photography, architecture or portraits that need a wider background, and images you want to reformat for social.

Get started with the latest tools in Lightroom on mobile These tools are built to help you spend less time worrying about what you didn't capture perfectly and more time creating something you can't wait to share. Try Open Eyes and Generative Expand in the Lightroom mobile app.

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