Feature Requests

Wenn man große Mengen Fotos hat, reicht ein Katalog nicht aus. Und je mehr Ordner es werden, desto länger werden die Pfade, am Laptop ist das kaum mehr übersichtlich. Irgendwie sind auch die Stichwort-Felder zu klein, Tag-Wolken wären viel intuitiver... Aber am meisten wünsche ich mir, dass man Sammlungen in den entsprechenden ordnern ablegen kann. Damit könnte man sie auch zwischen Katalogen hin- und her syncen, was ja leider nicht geht und mir den Spaß an Lightroom immer mehr verdirbt.Bleibt noch ein zeitgemäßes Druckmodul- und Buchmodul, mit dem man gescheit Schriften einbinden und freie Formate wählen kann. Dann wäre LR wieder zeitgemäß. So ist es eine alte Dame...

When using the Lightroom Classic SDK it would be great to be able to move photos in the catalog between folders programmatically.   A simple example would be for writing a plugin that moves selected photos between parent catalog folders, while maintainig folder structure (to move files between disks).   While it is possible to create folders and move disk files using `LrFileUtils`, any catalog photo moved that way ends up as 'missing' in the catalog because their disk location is changed by `LrFileUtils` but the photo `path` in the catalog is not updated.   It is possible to read a photo's path using `photo:getRawMetadata("path")`, provided by `LrPhoto`, but it is not possible to change a photo's path using `photo:setRawMetadata("path")` because `path` is not a valid key for writing back to the catalog photo.   So in summary, it is currently not possible to move a photo between catalog folders in a Lightroom Classic catalog using the SDK.  `LrFil

Hello Everyone!   A little context, I take photos regulary of vehicles in front of the same background but they just rotate for different shots, I usually apply the same settings to create the same style and look for the business on social media, to easily repeat this process I have a preset for my base image settings and presets for my masks I usually apply but I wish there was a better way to automate this workflow and styling of masking shown bellow.   Mask Creation Workflow: Create a mask of just the vehicle using Subject AI Detect, then refine the AI mask by using add and subtract brushes > Copy and Invert the mask to create a background mask > Apply gradient mask to bottom of the image > 2x Copy the inverted background mask and create a gradient subtract for each All Masks then have their adjustment presets applied with some fine tunning here and there.   When you create an inverted copy of a mask it simply carries over the data such as Subject AI and Brus

I'm hoping that the Adobe developers are monitoring this forum, because it would be a huge help to me, if there were a lasso tool (magnetic and polygonal) in Lightroom, to select areas for broad adjustments, such as those available with the adjustment brush.  Sometimes, it's just too tedious to use brush strokes, and a lasso would make selecting the area to be affected so much easier.

I would like to be able to copy text from a photo, as can be done in iOS Photos app on the iPhone since 2022. This would be a huge help in Lightroom Classic for finding photos that contain text, such as travel photos of information signs.

This is a request for Lightroom Classic, but would be useful across the Adobe ecosystem. I would appreciate it if I could search. If I opened a Lightroom catalog, or Bridge for example and did a search for "red", and only images with red would appear. This would help me with my catalog of jewelry photos. If I asked to show me images that contain the color "plumb", and only images that contain that would come up.    For extra points, had a limitation slider that would allow me to contract or expand what might be considered plumb.    For extra points: ask me if I'd like to tag each of those images with the tag "plumb" and then suggest others that are close to it.    Sounds like a good use for AI to keep it busy in the background, adding this metadata.

If you are tethering your camera on a shoot, very often your hands are away from your computer and moving the mouse cursor to click on the Live View button is a bit slow. So it would be super helpful to have keyboard shortcut to start/close Live Capture. Also to rotate the orientation. I'm used to the shortcuts with Nikon Capture and Fuji's Capture app, but using LR directly for tethering and live view is a lot easier, if basic in functionality, but it gets the job done. Please consider this, Adobe.

Lightroom Classic does not seem to allow making a develop preset for healing.  This would be HUGELY beneficial when dust spotting multiple images.  If there is a way and I've missed it, please let me know.  Otherwise, consider this a request for a very helpful improvement.

I really wish Lightroom Classic would not strip metadata when it makes a slide show (at least as an option). I often make slide shows just to visually label my pictures to show people but then all the metadata goes away which make them much less 

I routinely rename files on export to give a user friendly name to a file rather than DZ999999.NEF., and while I include the exported image in the catalogue the export process loses the 'Original FIlename'. This makes it impossible or at best very difficult to track back to the original RAW file from the exported JPG.   Could 'Original filename' be included as a Metadata export item?  

In the Develop > Lens Blur panel, could you please make the 'Use Device Depth' option status always visible. E.g.: "Device depth: on" or "Device depth: off" or "Device depth: not available"   Right now, users need to click the '...' in the corner, and all it reveals is whether the device depth is being used or not. Its an extra click for every photo edit.    Showing the status would take no more space in the panel than the '...' if you used icons for the 3 states. Thanks   (Lightroom Classic 14.1.1 Release)

Lightroom: Add 10-bit support for end-to-end 10-bit workflow. That is, Application->Driver->Graphics Card->Monitor for true 10-bit color. At the moment, all that's missing is the application. CS5 supports 10-bit color, why not Lightroom?

This suggestion is not about buttons and controls per se. I have a bit of a problem with the way the LR interface looks so dark compared and somewhat cluttered to other programs (such as Photoshop and Premiere Pro). I think it may be the very dark borders between and around panels. I'm guessingthe idea is probably to isolate the pictures, but for me it ends up providing too much ~contrast~ against the pictures. I would be very happy if this became customizable or just les contrasty.

In Reference View, I would like the option to Zoom in on the Reference Photo in the same way I Zoom in on the Active photo.  Ideally this would work like Sync in Compare View.   My use case: I want to evaluate two different approaches to enhancing color in two versions of the same window.  I would like to be able to edit the photo in the Active window as I make the comparison.  The 100% Zoom option for the Refernce window is shows too small an area.  I need the flexibility to use the normal Develop Zoom tools, ideally synchronized across both photos for efficient working.

Allow Lightroom Classic to read system environment variables in presets.If I had a environment variable set on my system, such as YYYY= 2025And I used %YYYY% in a preset, such as ["com.adobe.copyright"] = "Bob Scola (c) %YYYY% Seattle WA "Then the preset would apply the string:   Bob Scola (c) 2025 Seattle WA 

I want to have the latest version of an edited picture available in jpg/jpeg (or even png/ tiff/ ... depending on ones preference) for immediate usage on every platform and in any tool. Today LRC forces me to keep detailed track of every picture I modified in order to export it out of LRC. Even more to assure that I still have the lates version and not forgot to export. It would be great if there was a selectable option that asks if an automated export should be started whenever an editing session ends. The existing parameters/criteria that are available within the export function could be used. In addition, an option to either overwrite the latest exported file or create an extra copy should be added. That way it is very easy, flexible and a fast to keep the non LRC versions of the photos in sync with the LRC catalog.

I use the "Make a Second Copy To" feature all the time.  I find it invaluable.  If I stuff up and lose an image or deleate and realise I need it some days later, it's a God send.  It's much easier to retreive recent images that way than from a full backup.  Of course the Lightroom 2nd Copy file builds up very quickly.  Every now and again I'll go into it and deleate anything more than about 2 calendar months old.  We have such good facility to clean out old previews.  Can't we have something similar for the Lightroom 2nd Copy file? 

Good morning,For a few weeks I have been using a 2 in 1 computer with a stylus for editing photos in Lightroom and it is very wonderful compared to editing with the mouse. It's much more comfortable, I often do this lying in bed with the tablet on my legs.However, there are some features of Lightroom that would require adaptation for use with a pen:1. The bars and their slider for adjusting exposure/contrast etc located in the right panel are a little small. For optimal work it would really be better to thicken them and enlarge their cursor.2. The numbers of these bars which indicate the percentage are located to their right. These numbers are hidden by my hand when using the stylus. So it would be good to move them to the left of the bars.3. When using the stylus I do not have access to the keyboard and therefore certain commands are harder to execute. Example: undo, multiple photo selections. It would be cool to have a small panel on the screen that can be personalized and which woul

Does anyone know if it's possible to filter the folders in the Folder Panel using any kind of logical operators or anything more advanced than every word being an OR search?For example, I have a bunch of folder names containing the term "Final X", such as 2018.06.08 - Final X Lincoln and 2023.06.09-10 - Final X & BTS. If I type in final in the Filter Folders search bar, it will filter all of those Final X folders, but it will also include folders like "Final Images" or "Tournament Finals".     That's all well and good. But then if I try to filter it further, by entering final x, I end up adding in any folder name that contains the letter x, like OBX 2012 and Exported, instead of further filtering down to folders that contain the entire search term.   I've tried adding quotation marks around it (both single and double) like "final x", enclosing the term in parentheses (), brackets [], and braces {}, using a boolean operator like final AND x.

I am unable to import the new Cinematic video files to Lightroom Classic (updated) from my iPhone 13 Pro Max (iOS 15.0.2). Any tips or suggestions? Thanks!

As far as I know, there is currently no option in Lightroom Classic to combine automatic editing with custom adjustments. I would love to see a feature that allows users to define manual adjustments that are applied on top of the automatic edits. These additional adjustments could include: Exposure: Brightening all photos by +0.3 stops after the automatic adjustments. White Balance: Increasing the white balance for all photos by +100 points. Highlights: Boosting the highlights for all photos by +10 points. The important part is that the automatic editing remains the foundation, while the user-defined values act as additional adjustments, allowing for greater flexibility. This would make it much easier to adapt the auto adjustments to match a specific style or project vision without needing to fine-tune each image manually. I believe this feature would greatly enhance the workflow for many photographers and content creators.    

I use the "Open as Layers in Photoshop..." command often in my work. I deal with a high volume of product photos, and it would be great if I was able to have a shortcut for this command.  It would also be great if I could select a lot of photos and have them open as layers into seperate files based on the stacks. (not 1 photoshop file with all the layers, but instead several photoshop files, 1 for each stack)   It would be great to see these improvements in future versions. Thank you for considering.

Please can we have an option to add a stroke border in the Lightroom Classic develop panel . It is time consuming to have to either go to print module or move the image to Photoshop to add it . 

Do you guys think you can make the x-button to close out the tethered capture smaller?  

When LR tries to export a photo that's corrupt, the export hangs and never completes. It should produce an error message instead.   Worse, there isn't a way for a plugin to detect and recover gracefully. The call to rendition:waitForRender() will never return, even after the user cancels the corresponding task in the progress bar. Several of my plugins rely on exporting photos, e.g. Any Vision.   To reproduce on LR 13.2 / Mac OS 14.4.1:   1. Download this tiny catalog: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/48dtex70opjseeyhsm0hn/corrupt-bug.2024.04.25.zip?rlkey=hrf6fsoogaklqw77so3n723a0&dl=0   2. Copy the script "corrupt-bug.lua" from the catalog folder into the Scripts subfolder of the Lightroom settings folder.   3. Start LR.   4. Select the one photo and do File > Export, exporting it as a JPEG.  Observe that the export never completes, with the progress bar showing:   Also observe that the following error appears when LR is run from Terminal