Both software applications offer photo editing, management and archiving tools.

Research company carried out the survey of 1,045 professional photographers in the US. The figures showed improvements on previous years when Lightroom was almost twice as popular in 2007 and almost three times as popular in 2008.

The news was highlighted on the .

"As always, everyone at Adobe couldn't be happier about the warm reception pro photographers have given LR, and we're grateful to the amazing, thriving community that's grown up around the product," said Nack, Principal Product Manager, Adobe Photoshop.