Photo & Design for Windows on ARM
93 photo & design apps with a native ARM64 build for Snapdragon and other Windows on ARM PCs. Photoshop, Lightroom, Affinity, GIMP, Figma.
93 native · 78 official builds · 7 not native yet · updated Nov 5, 2026Not native yet in Photo & Design
These run under emulation or not at all. A native option is shown where one exists.
Questions
Which photo & design apps run natively on Windows on ARM?
93 photo & design apps have native ARM64 builds, including Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop, Figma, GIMP, ImageGlass. Every listing links straight to the ARM64 download.
Which photo & design apps aren't native yet?
Adobe Lightroom Classic, Capture One, Clip Studio Paint, CyberLink PhotoDirector, FastStone Image Viewer, MediBang Paint Pro and others don't have an ARM64 build yet. Most still run through Prism, the x64 emulator built into Windows 11, but more slowly.
How do I know I installed the ARM64 version?
Open Task Manager, go to Details, right-click a column header and add the Architecture column. Native apps show ARM64. x64 means the app is running under emulation.