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

Hi ​@pmkPE6,

Thanks for reporting this. I’d like to check one thing, because this may be related to a change in Lightroom Classic 15.6 that affects how Develop handles photos whose original files are unavailable.

In the Library module, please select one of the photos that you can see there but cannot see in Develop. Does Lightroom show “Photo is missing” or a ! icon for that photo?

You can also right-click the photo and choose Show in Explorer (Windows) or Show in Finder (macOS) to confirm whether the original file is still available at the location Lightroom expects.

If the original is on an external drive, please also confirm that the drive is connected and that the corresponding folder in Lightroom’s Folders panel is not marked as missing.

Please let me know what you find. That will help determine whether this is the same missing original behavior we’re seeing that ​@Law_ren_ce reported above or a separate Develop issue.

Best,
Anshul Saini

Hi ​@Ray27096365me1b,

I’m sorry you’re dealing with this. Having Develop controls respond while the image itself stops updating, followed by ghosting from another image and eventually Lightroom locking up, would make normal editing very difficult.

Could you please share Help > System Info > Copy and paste the information here?

I’d also like you to try one targeted test:

1. Go to Preferences > Performance.
2. Set Use Graphics Processor to Off.
3. Restart Lightroom Classic and work in Develop normally for a while.

Please let me know whether the delayed/stale image updates, ghost image artifacts, and eventual lock-up still occur with the GPU disabled. After the test, you can restore your previous GPU setting.

If possible, please also share a short screen recording showing the Exposure slider changing the histogram while the image fails to update, or the ghosting when it occurs. That would be particularly useful for determining whether we’re dealing with a rendering issue or a broader performance problem.

Once I have the System Info and the GPU test results, I can narrow this down further and share the findings with the Lightroom Classic team for further investigation.

Best,
Anshul Saini

Hi ​@van camp26965327629i and ​@Kevin240011196smo,

Thanks for the feedback. I wanted to clarify that this request has not been ignored.

The ability to display the camera’s autofocus/focus-point information directly over the image is something the Lightroom team is actively working on.

The goal is to allow supported RAW files with autofocus metadata to display the focus point(s) the camera used, making it much easier to check where focus was acquired when reviewing images.

I don’t want to provide a release date until the feature has completed development and testing, but the request is actively being worked on. Camera and file format support can also vary because the necessary autofocus metadata must be available and interpretable in the original file.

Thanks for continuing to raise the importance of this workflow. We’ll update the Community when we have confirmed release information to share.

Best,
Anshul Saini