Radiant Photo 2 review and Lightroom editing workflow

Peter Forsgard reviews Radiant Photo 2 using his street photographs in a video sponsored by Radiant Imaging Labs. He describes it as local AI photo editing software that analyzes image content and selects adjustments. According to Forsgard, processing stays on the computer, and the software does not use generative AI to add or remove elements.

The walkthrough covers standalone use and a Lightroom Classic plugin workflow. Forsgard explains how workflows guide processing, development collections supply starting styles, and looks apply creative treatments. Users can revise the automatic adjustments and save their settings for other photographs.

His examples include a Helsinki street portrait, an abandoned house and a group photographed in deep shadow. He finds that images containing people tend to trigger portrait workflows. One daylight group shot receives a people-night setting, which he says users can change. He also demonstrates highlight recovery, while explaining that fully blown highlights lack the information needed for recovery.

Forsgard reports fast performance on his MacBook Pro with an M5 Pro chip and 24 GB of RAM. That is his test machine, not a stated minimum requirement. He treats automatic edits as a starting point and recommends adjusting skin tones and saving personal settings to retain control over the result.