Narrative vs Lightroom Classic: What’s the Best Culling and Editing tool for Professional Photographers?
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By Narrative Team
If you’re a professional photographer, you already know that photo editing can be the biggest time sink in your workflow. Whether it’s a wedding, portrait or lifestyle shoot, hours in Lightroom can eat away at your creativity - and personal time.
That’s where AI photo editing changes everything.
With Narrative’s Personal AI Presets, you can edit an entire shoot in minutes, keep your unique look, and still work entirely within your Lightroom editing workflow. No slow cloud uploads. No generic filters. Just fast, consistent editing that matches exactly how you like to work.
▶️ Watch the full tutorial on YouTube
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Your editing style is what sets you apart - and Narrative Personal AI Presets are built to protect it.
When clicking into the AI Presets tab, simply connect your hard drive with Lightroom catalogues you’ve already edited and then click "Train a new AI Preset". Narrative automatically learns from your Lightroom catalogues, building a Personal AI Preset trained entirely on your past work.
It’s a one-time setup, and from then on, every job can be pre-edited in your exact style.
After culling in Narrative Select, just click Ship, choose your AI Preset, and your edits are applied automatically as the images are sent straight into Adobe Lightroom Classic.
No exporting. No cloud syncing delays. No extra steps.
Just one click - and you’re ready for final creative adjustments in Lightroom without hours of repetitive editing.
Narrative’s AI photo editing software gets smarter the more you use it.
Every 250 major tweak you make in Lightroom are fed back into your AI Preset, refining it to match your evolving editing preferences.
This means each gallery gets faster to finish, while keeping perfect consistency in skin tones, lighting, and your signature look.
Because Narrative works offline, you can cull and edit from anywhere - whether you’re at home, on location, or traveling for a wedding shoot.
And with unlimited culling and editing included, you can handle large events without worrying about extra fees or upload times.
This AI Lightroom editing workflow is trusted by wedding, portrait, and commercial photographers who want to:
✅ Save hours on every project
✅ Keep consistent editing across galleries
✅ Avoid burnout from repetitive Lightroom work
✅ Stay in control of every creative decision
See the results for yourself, with the full breakdown video here
Narrative has helped photographers reclaim hundreds of hours a year - and given them more time for shoots, clients, and creativity.
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Once you’ve experienced AI photo editing with Lightroom this way, you’ll never go back.