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alexskunz
alexskunz
Inspiring
April 19, 2023

P: Odd pointer behavior randomly appearing in LRC 12.3

  • April 19, 2023
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Hello,

 

Working with LRC 12.3, I've noticed an odd behavior of the mouse pointer a number of times now, but I can't really figure out the exact conditions and how to reproduce it (yet). I'm posting here just to see if anyone else is experiencing this.

 

For example:

  • when I'm zoomed in, the mouse pointer only shows the "Hand" symbol (to move the zoomed area around) while I make movements (with my mouse); when I don't move it, it reverts to the normal pointer.
  • similary, when I'm using the Brush with a local adjustment, it only shows the brush as pointer while I move it; when I don't move it, it reverts to the normal pointer.

 

I hope this description makes sense.

 

My system is a 2019 27" iMac with 40GB memory, Radeon 580X 8GB. If it's of any importance, I'm running the iMac's 27" screen scaled, at 2880 x 1620 instead of its native 2560 x 1440, but this behavior is new to Lightroom Classic 12.3 and did not occur in version 12.2.1

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    Ivor_J
    Ivor_J
    Inspiring
    May 4, 2023

    Same here using the latest LR version on a 2017 iMac, on 15mb DNG files captured using the ProCamera app on an iPhone 11 Pro. Using Lightroom there's slower performance, flickering pointer, iMac fan making a low noise. I also have an issue now with not being able to update my folders using Lightroom, because I get a message "there are no photos in the folder".
    I may have to roll back to 12.2.1. 

    alexskunz
    alexskunzAuthor
    Inspiring
    May 4, 2023

    With regards to the flickering pointer, I reported that here:

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/odd-pointer-behavior-randomly-appearing-in-lrc-12-3/m-p/13737648

     

    Would be great if you could add your "me too" there.

    Ian Lyons
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    Ian LyonsCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    May 4, 2023

    Re Flickering ponter, I only see it in the Develop module and reported this internally some time back.  The steps to reproduce on my Mac Studio Ultra, MacBook Pro M1 Pro, Mac mini M1 and 2019 MacBook Pro (Intel) are:

    1. Launch LrC and switch to Develop module
    2. Quit LrC
    3. Launch LrC (app should now be in the Develop module)
    4. Switch to Library module
    5. Switch back to the Develop module

    Moving the cursor across screen causes it to flicker between arrow and zoom.

    I reverted each of the computers to LrC 12.2.1 as a sanaity check, and the issue can't be reproduced. Nevertheless, I updated to 12.3 again on the M1 based computers as I can work past the flickering cursor. I've left 12.2.1 on the Intel system to allow easy comparisons. 

     

    It would be helpful if you could check whether above steps trigger the flickering cursor on your system.

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