Adobe has added Open Eyes to Lightroom on mobile, a tool that fixes photos where someone blinked. Lightroom detects the closed eyes, offers the fix as a Quick Action, and generates a natural-looking result in one tap.
Adobe announced Open Eyes on October 19 in a company blog post, alongside a second tool called Generative Expand that extends the edges of a photo. Both are available in the Lightroom mobile app, which runs on iPhone, iPad and Android. Adobe says Open Eyes is free to use.
Open Eyes Appears Automatically When Lightroom Spots Closed Eyes
There is no masking or brush work involved. When Lightroom detects closed eyes in a photo, it shows an Open Eyes icon as a Quick Action, so the option only appears on photos where it applies. Tapping it generates the fix, and Adobe says the result looks authentic on any photo.
If the Lightroom library holds other photos of the same person, Open Eyes uses them to improve the result. It matches eye color, shape and size, so the person still looks like themselves instead of getting a generic pair of open eyes.
Adobe says the idea is to skip complicated edits and avoid recreating the scene. It points to the moments where a retake is hard to get:
- A group shot where everyone looks great except one person
- A kid who never stops moving
- A big laugh between friends
- A milestone photo where taking another one is not an option
Generative Expand Resizes Photos for Any Social Feed
Generative Expand extends the scene beyond the original frame and fills in what is missing. It can add room around a subject, reframe a composition or adapt an image to a different size, which helps when a vertical shot needs to become a wide one for a post.
Adobe recommends it for travel and landscape photography, architecture, and portraits that need a wider background. Apple’s Photos app picked up its own Expand tool in iOS 27, which we walked through in our guide to iOS 27’s new Photos AI tools.
Lightroom on Mobile Keeps Adding Generative Editing Tools
Open Eyes and Generative Expand follow Generative Remove and Lens Blur, which Adobe brought to Lightroom in 2024. Those tools are now part of Lightroom Premium on mobile, along with Adaptive Presets.
The Lightroom mobile app is free to download on iOS and Android. The free version includes presets and basic editing tools.
