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johnrellis
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February 20, 2020

P: Transform doesn't copy/sync correctly

  • February 20, 2020
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Transform settings don't always copy/sync correctly to other photos. To reproduce:

1. Download this photo and make a copy of it in the same folder:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dflc03vke3be0zb/transform-bug.2020.02.19.jpg?dl=0

2. Import both photos.

3. Select both photos and go to Develop.

4. In the Transform panel, click Auto.

5. Click Sync, check only Upright Mode, then Synchronize.

6. Observe that the two photos have been transformed slightly differently.

7. Reset the develop settings of both photos.

8. Repeat steps 4 - 6, but this time check Upright Transforms in Sync.

9. Observe that the two photos have been transformed slightly differently.

See this thread for the original reports:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic/transform-tool-problems-since-latest-update-in-ligh...

Tested in LR 9.2 / Mac OS 10.14.6.

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38 replies

arjunhaarith
Adobe Employee
Adobe Employee
June 17, 2020
Hi Robert,

The issue is not fixed in 9.3. We will update once this issue is fixed.

Thanks,
Arjun
Bob Somrak
Legend
June 16, 2020
Maybe so.  The fixed my scenario 3 so I am still hoping for a fix for 1 and 2.  I doesn't affect me much but I know a couple users that have complained about this.
M4 Pro Mac Mini. 48GB
johnrellis
Legend
June 16, 2020
Maybe you should open a new problem report with a step-by-step recipe. Evidently the symptoms you reported have a different cause then the original post here.
Bob Somrak
Legend
June 16, 2020
This is still broken in 9.3

Johns issue and Scenario 3 of my issue are now working correctly.

Scenarion 1 and 2 of my issue are still broken as per the documentation and intended behavior.  
M4 Pro Mac Mini. 48GB
Inspiring
April 15, 2020
Updated LR.  Ran a few tests and my problem seems to have gone away!
If something changes I'll let you know.  Thanks!
arjunhaarith
Adobe Employee
Adobe Employee
April 14, 2020
Hi Robert,

Those scenarios will be addressed in future releases. Our main focus for 9.2.1 were the issues that were regressed in 9.2

Thanks,
Arjun
Bob Somrak
Legend
April 14, 2020
Rikk
Unfortunately this is still not fixed completely.

Johns issue and Scenario 3 of my issue are now working correctly.

Scenarion 1 and 2 of my issue are still broken as per the documentation and intended behavior.  
M4 Pro Mac Mini. 48GB
Rikk Flohr_Photography
Community Manager
Community Manager
April 14, 2020
Updates to Lightroom Classic were released last night that address this issue. Please download the latest update via your Creative Cloud app and install. Please let us know if you continue seeing the issue after updating to 9.2.1. Thank you for your patience!
Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
Inspiring
March 24, 2020
I too am having this problem. It started a couple months ago.

I shoot multiple images of a room using a sturdy tripod so alignment of the original, un-transformed images is precise (I've been doing this for a over a decade). After correcting perspective in one image - using either auto, guided or vertical - I am unable to consistently sync those corrections to the other images in the series.  Sometimes a couple of the images will sync properly, but most of the time the other images do not match the correction done to the original shot.

There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it. Sometimes it's a minor variation. Other times it will even crop into some of the images. At times it seems that when I leave an image and return to it, it has changed the correction yet again.

I've noticed that the sync looks good on the thumbnails until I click on them. Then they shift to some random new perspective.

I've tried turning 1:1 previews on and off. Turning the graphics processor on and off. Increased the cache size. Nothing worked.

Note: I used to get this occasionally on vertically oriented images in the past. Now it's on all images.

I just went back to an old folder from a couple years ago and some done in December of last year. When I originally processed those, everything worked fine. However, today they no longer are properly synced.

I'm running Lightroom Classic 9.2 on Windows 10.

Bob Somrak
Legend
March 20, 2020
Scenario 3 in my above post is the only one that is working correctly in 9.3r.  Same in 9.2.1r1
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