Feature Requests

I would like the three color balance sliders that photoshop has put into Lightroom. I use the cyan/red slider a lot in PS but as a wedding photographer I do not want to edit them all in PS just to allow for this.  Adjusting the HSL sliders to compensate for this lack of a slider is time consuming.  Please consider adding this. 

Have develop preset settings viewable inside Lightroom after creation. I find it a bit cumbersome that I cannot see the parameters specified in a deveop preset after it has been created. I'd appreciate an entry in the context menu of a preset: "show definition of preset". This should display, like the criteria of a smart collection, how the preset was defined: which panels included, which slider settings or auto algorithms chosen. Currently it is guess from hovering/navigator panel or try&undo, or I have to view them in a text editor from OS storage location.

Description: I use one LR catalog as a "working" platform for sorting/editing/deleting imagery, then import "accepted imagery" to another catalog as a "final", clean library/repository (where they're organized).  During this process Virtual Copies of images do not import to the second catalog.   Request: Please enable Virtual Copies to be imported from one LR catalog to another. Value: Enable retention of all work, creative ideas and further organizing of content.   [Currently using LR Classic 14.0.1]

I would like to see the automatic grid seen during 'Transform' actions to be seen when in 'Crop' mode, regardless of overlay selected. At the moment, the grid used remains until you exit crop mode, when the required grid becomes visible.   The reason is for layout I want to use 'thirds', as that provides the best tool for my use. However, shooting architecture, I require a lot of transform, when the basic 'grid' is preferred. If the switch was automatic, it would save me a considerable amount of time.   In other words, if I am in 'crop' mode and have 'thirds' overlay, if I use the transform tool I want to see the grid while transforming. It shows that way for all other modes except crop.

When creating a new saved Slideshow from a collection, it becomes a child of the collection. If the collection has sort Custom Order, then I want the Slideshow to inherit the same sort order.    With LrC 14.1, the sort order of the saved Slideshow always defaults to Capture Time. Although it can be manually changed by switching to Grid view, change sort order, then go back to Slideshow, and then export, this is seriously error prone and is often forgotten and thereby causes big problems with exported slideshows that exhibit wrong sort order. Therefore I request:   When creating a new saved Slideshow from a collection, the Slideshow should inherit the sort order of the Collection.

In the Develop module, control-click a preset and choosing 'Update with Current Settings' brings up the 'Update Develop Preset' panel/dialog.Request: The name of the panel/dialog that comes up should include the name of the preset I am about to update. This prevents accidental update of the wrong preset.

To be able to draw masking as a rectangle and then pick each corner of the shape to scale/ change it would make masking that much easier.

Hallo Zusammen ich brauche mla eure Hilfe. Seit neustem bekomme ich folgende Meldung wenn ich meinen Lightroom Katalog speichern möchte: "Kataloggröße über 4GB" Was soll ich nun tun? Kann mir jemand weiterhelfen?   Vielen Dank für Eure Hilfe  

This is more a feature request than a bug... I noticed that with large catalogs atl east on slower machines, sometimes LrC runs in the background as it's finishing writing to the database and then unloads, but I've seen times where it may take a few minutes to comoplete and then c lose fully (even though the UI closes when the user closes the app, it may still run in the background, and this is not obvious).   Maybe Adobe should add an icon in the System Tray to alert users that it's still writing data to the database and it's still open in the background, so they don't restart or shut down their computer until LrC has fully closed.  It's not a huge deal but if someone were to shutdown or restart, it's possible that the changes that LRC may be writing will be incomplete and this could lead to corruption.   I've also noticed a few instances where it's unloaded from the background but does not remove it's temporary database files (although Adobe does have a workaround

I would love to beable to use the CTRL-G and Shift-CTRL-G short cuts while in the Develope Module. I use it quite frequently for HDR merge and going back and forth into Library is just an additional step. 

It would be great if we could do an add of subtract in the Lightroom CC Masking by holding down the command key  or someting while selecting objects instead of just one at a time. This would be especially helpful when trying to de-select objects that got pulled in by a range mask.

  Background.Lightroom provides very powerful tools to manage images and their related metadata. Unfortunately, the ability to place professionally formatted metadata or text on the same page as a print is sadly lacking. However, the functionality required is substantially already working within the Lightroom Classic App, but only in the Slide Show Module. Details.Please add the existing Text Overlay features within the Slide Show Module to the Print Module. The functionality can be added substantially unchanged, with perhaps some relevant tweaking to respect the characteristics of a Printed Page rather than a Slide. I can think of 2 specific tweaks required.1. Align the text with the edge of the Image rather than the edge of the screen. 2. Provide the option in the Text Overlay panel to specify a font size.   I enclose a worked example within the attached pdf / jpg.   This topic is discussed further here Including Metadata - Title and caption |

I have made multiple requests over the years to improve the handling of the presentation of metadata with images.   This applies especially to the Slideshow and Print Modules.    It is depressing that this feature is missing. Even more depressing : There is no interface between Lightroom Classic and InDesign. The InDesign / Photoshop data merge feature is so bug ridden and lacks the most basic of usability features.     The following idea is a potential solution which will go a long way towards addressing these gaps while providing much needed functionality.   Proposal. Provide an extra option within the Slide Show module to export a Slideshow as an InDesign document (Indd).      The slideshow module already allows exporting to a Pdf, Video and as a series of jpgs. It should be a very modest exercise to extend this to export a slide show as an Indd file.  The requirements are simple. Just include a page for every image in a slideshow

Hi, I think it will be very useful to allow exportation of  book created with LR toward InDesign. Blurb, PDF ... InDesign file... should be very interesting ! Alain

Lightroom--I would love to see relative presets as opposed to only absolute presets. For example, I may want to add +10 of yellow in Temperature to what ever setting exists and not a static number. This would be great for white balancing where pleasing color is preferable over accurate color. I may want to white balance a set of pictures and add +10 of yellow to warm things up. I find a lot of presets aren’t useful in my workflow, but a relative color temp/tint would be. Thanks, Reid

They lack the most basic logic like "folder name is folder01 or folder 02 and type is not video" - sigh

Hello   LRC 14.1.1 W11 24H2   Before going to PS both number suffix (filename or original) are OK     After going back from PS Filename suffix is gone but original is ok. Why not      But if you use the denoise by AI  that create a DNG from the initial RAW. Both are gone. So Bug. The original should stay      Kind regards  

Please add ability to Sync LR Classic Collection Sets and LR CC Folders!

When you perform a Lr search against "All Searchable Metadata" it appears to only search within the IPTC Core fields. Is it possible to search within the IPTC Extension fields?

Hi,    There are many cases where allowing the user to edit the Camera or lens in EXIF make sens.  For example: The user wants to add the information to photos they scanned The user uses a DSLR with an adapter to use lens of another brand, and it is not recognised The user wants to add this information to videos shot with their DSLR (most cameras do not include the information in the exif for videos, like MP4, but the information is still important to have)   I know there are weird/complex solutions like ExifTool or Capture Time to Exif to edit the exif of a video or an image but I do not want an extra tool that I need to trust, to buy and to learn how to use, when I'm paying so much money to Adobe.   So my request: Let me edit the Camera and Lens.   Thank you

Hi! I included "Date Time Original" in the metadata panel (This because Frameo need that information to show the picture in the digital frame with correct date, not the date I export it from Lightroom), but didn't get that metadata information after export. "Customize", in the same panel, shows a lot of information under Basic information. But in Metadata preset there is only "Copy name", "rating", "Label" and "caption" under "Basic info".   Expand Basic info with everything that shows under Customized in the Metadata panel!What's the point of the Metadata panel if I can't  choose to include that customized information?When I click Export -> Metadata there is only "Copyright only", "All metadata" and so on, but not customized/chosen metadata. I think there should be that kind of choise.If there's already a solution to my problem there should be explaned with a step to step video on the website.   Thank you! 🙂  

Hi group, I need the possibility to organize my shootings by date AND time in a differnet way. For me this two features are very helpful: 1. Smart Collection by Date & Time (Business requirement) Example:As a user I want to collect all assets shooted in 2024-12-12 from 09:30 to 11:24 or all assets from 2024-12-12 9:30 to 2024-12-14 11:20. Now I'm able to sort images while shooting an event with a lot of different groups or acts - lika a carnival parade, a concert with a lot of different acts or other events with the possibility to add a time to a timeplan. In my case I have to organize - based on a timeplan - more than 100 different groups - based on time!    2. Smart Collection based on a day and month (for most private usecases) Example: Every 24. of december Every 10. of november start by 2021 Every 24. to 26. of december With this setting I am able to sort the images based on a frequently event like christmas or birthdays or other events.   Thanks Stefan

Regarding the labels that can appear above and below the full size images, while it is nice to be able to define the font color along with the background when making a gallery, the size that appears onscreen is very small - giving the ability to increase the size would be most appreciated

I use a custom panel end mark with a graphical legend for my stars and colors. It's handy to have as a reminder when in the library module. Here's an example: It would be helpful to have a different graphic end panel for the development panel group with my workflow reminders like optimal order of steps, finishing notes, etc.  Essentially like a develop sticky note. But there isn't currently a way to do this.So, my suggestion is to allow different end panel marks for the left and right panel groups.  

Simple Text Overlay function in LightRoom Classic (and LR too) will be a very welcome additionWe do a lot of social media posts now that requires some non-complex desighFunctions like Text Overlay and Image Overlay (including transparent PNGs) for adding some logo, stickers, emojis and texts within LrC in Edit module without touching Book module will be really helpful and will speed-up common contemporaty workflows.