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Lightroom Classic 15.6 Is Here: Improved Reflection Removal, Faster Masking Workflows, and Expanded Camera & Lens Support

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Lightroom Classic v15.6 brings a smoother editing experience with improved Reflection Removal, making it easier to clean up reflections in windows, glass, and water. This release also introduces faster masking controls with Check All and Check None options, along with support for new cameras, lenses, and important bug fixes.

What’s New

The September 2026 release of Lightroom Classic v15.6 brings meaningful improvements designed to make photo editing faster and more precise. The standout enhancement is Reflection Removal, which now delivers cleaner results when removing reflections from windows, glass surfaces, and even water. The updated technology reduces smudges and ghosting artifacts, helping photographers recover details more naturally in challenging scenes.

This release also streamlines masking workflows with new Check All and Check None options in the Masking panel. When creating landscape or people masks, you can now instantly select or clear all available mask options with a single click instead of making selections individually.

In addition, Lightroom Classic expands support for newly released cameras and lenses, including Apple iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max camera systems, Google Pixel 11 series devices, OM Digital Solutions PEN cameras, and several new lenses from Sony, Sigma, Leica, and Laowa.

Learn more about the latest updates here.

👉 Download the latest version of Lightroom Classic here.

Bug Fixes:

Your feedback continues to help improve Lightroom Classic. This release addresses several reported issues, including:

How to Update

Open the Adobe Creative Cloud desktop app, go to the Apps tab, and update Lightroom Classic to the latest version. Turn on automatic updates to get new features as soon as they’re available.

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Have you tried the improved Reflection Removal tool yet? We'd love to hear how it performs on your window, architectural, travel, or landscape photography. Share your before-and-after results, masking workflows, and feedback with the community, and let us know which new camera or lens support you're most excited about.

Paul-Moat-Hill-Photo

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updated to this version but can’t use sliders now. Anytime I click on a slider it jumps to the far left immediately. any ideas?

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DdeGannes

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Works fine for me on my Win Laptop.

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Regards, Denis: Laptop Win 11, ver 24H2, LrC 15.4 PS 27.8;

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pmkPE6

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Hello. I responded to your inquiry 9 days ago. 30 days bavk on Septmer 39th, I downloaded version 15.6. I still have not received a response on what can be done to rectify the problem.

It is no wonder that there numerous youtube videos recommending alternatives to LightRoom. The lack of support is greatly disappointing to say the least.

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strong_visionary18d3

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I shoot Nikon. If I need to find the focus point I use NXstudio. It slows the workflow down, but I don’t find I need to find the focus point on many pictures. I don’t know if NXstudio Can be used if you’re shooting another Brand or not.

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jeyjey2707

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Ive come to use my LrC after a couple of weeks and its a nitemare! When I zoom in to edit, the image floats off to the right, the sliders are jumping all over the place..I cant edit a thing! Im on Windows...my plug in doesnt work..wtf!!!!

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strong_visionary18d3

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Running Lightroom Classic Version 15.6. Mac OS 27.0.1 When I attempted to remove the reflection there is absolutely no change in my image at all. I slid the slider all the way to -100 and the only thing that happened is the whole image darkened completely.

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otick

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Yay! New version to fix prev. bugs (lol, I wish) and introduce new ones! Couldn’t be more happier.

Pls advice managers to force devs to use even more AI when writing code - it will get even worse!

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Anshul_Saini

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Hi @otick,

I understand the frustration, particularly if you’ve been dealing with issues across multiple updates.

If there are specific bugs in Lightroom Classic 15.6 that are affecting your workflow, please let me know which ones. If you’ve already reported them in separate Community threads, feel free to share those threads here.

For anything that is still unresolved, I’ll be happy to check the current status with the Lightroom Classic team and follow up where I can.

Best,
Anshul Saini

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James39067056n3sp

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Is anyone here having issues withsystem performance? LRC is extremely slow and using close to 95% of my CPU. Even when just sitting there doing nothing the utilization is betweem 60 and 80%.

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High Octane Photos

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TBH - this is how LR has been for years…

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Gert Funck Photography

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Is there a way to roll back the latest updates til it is working probaly? I have trouble patching panoramas and simple task like denoise and loading files into catalogue?

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Anshul_Saini

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Hi @Gert Funck Photography,

Sorry to hear you’re having trouble with several workflows after updating to Lightroom Classic 15.6.

Yes, you can temporarily install an earlier version of Lightroom Classic. In the Creative Cloud desktop app, find Lightroom Classic > More actions (…) > Other versions, then install the version you were previously using.

Before rolling back, please make sure you have a current backup of your catalog and its associated files.

I’d also like to understand what is going wrong in 15.6 rather than have you rely on an older version. Panorama merge, Denoise, and importing/loading files are separate workflows and may not have the same cause.

Could you please create a separate Community post describing what happens with each workflow, including any error messages you receive? Please also include Help > System Info > Copy and, if possible, a short screen recording showcasing the issues.

Once you’ve created the post, share the link here. I’ll take a look and help investigate whether these are known issues or something we can resolve through troubleshooting.

Best,
Anshul Saini

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Law_ren_ce

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For some reason, now I can’t cull while forcing LRc to only show standard previews, by changing the name of the folder were the RAW files are (and not have generated Smart Reviews, otherwise they load of course).

Now it just shows an empty grey window with “image missing” where before I also saw “Image missing” overlay, but I could still see the standard preview in Develop mode. I can still see them in Library mode. But that’s not nearly as fast to load and cull.

Can anyone confirm this? Maybe someone who used the same technique to quickly rate & cull thousands of photos? It would be a shame if this is permanent, because it was an alternative to things like PhotoMechanic. Why take away such an important and helpful feature, even it was not officially part of the workflow?

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Anshul_Saini

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Hi @Law_ren_ce,

Thanks for explaining the workflow. I hope I am understanding your workflow correctly. I looked into the change you’re seeing in Lightroom Classic 15.6.

This behavior changed as part of a fix to how Develop handles missing source files. Previously, Develop could display previews for files whose originals were unavailable, and in some cases, it could even display the previous image’s preview while showing the “File Not Found” message.

In 15.6, that behavior was corrected so that when an original is missing, and there is no Smart Preview available, Develop shows the missing-file placeholder rather than a Standard Preview. This was also part of the stability work around quickly moving through images in Develop.

That explains why your previous technique of temporarily renaming the folder no longer works in Develop. The library can still display the existing Standard Previews, while Develop requires the original or a Smart Preview for this workflow.

I understand, though, that you were intentionally using the previous behavior as a very fast way to cull thousands of images, so while the underlying behavior was corrected for reliability, there is a real workflow impact for you. I’ll pass that feedback along to the team.

For now, the supported alternatives are to cull using the existing previews in Library/Loupe or create Smart Previews before taking the originals offline if you need to continue working in Develop.

Best,
Anshul Saini

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Law_ren_ce

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Yes, that’s correct.

I’ve discovered this way years ago and it has been part of my workflow since then. It’s just disappointing that the option is now gone. I know the alternative is to use the Library module in that context (with the RAW file folder’s name edited so it forces LR to only use Standard Previews). But it is slower, the images don’t appear instantly as they did in Develop mode.

Maybe a tip to offer this function somewhere else in LRc. Maybe a tab “cull mode” or whatever and let the user decide what they use (original files, smart preview, standard previews - the latter being the fastest ) . And allow it to be use while you export hundreds of files from another set or applying an AI filter to other photos etc…. showing standard previews should not impact performance too much. As pros, time is money (and sleep).

Culling is a large part of our activities on LRc. Offering this within LRc would also take people away from using other software like PhotoMechanic. But not just at import or before import. It should be available at any given time. This is something I use after applying my basic editing filter and do my first pass. And then at least one time again to do a final check in my images before exporting (after refreshing all standard previews of course). Now it takes slightly longer - something you don’t expect after an incremental update. It should be the other way around: faster & easier.

It’s also important on location, where I take hundreds of photos and the client needs some specific images instantly. Obviously I can’t use AI culling; it takes way too long. A dedicated culling mode with fast instant rendering of either embedded jpegs or standard previews, would be great.

I understand that Adobe is investing in AI culling. But we both know that only a minority of people really use this and I’m hoping Adobe doesn’t take attention away from other ways of culling.

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