Feature Requests

It would be very useful if the smart collections could work recursively. What I mean is that the filters on the upper lever would work on all collections under that collection and the lower level collections could have additional filterse.g.| Landscape| |- 5 stars| |- marked redPortraits| |-John| | |-5 stars| | |-B&W| |-Mary|-5 stars|-B&Wand so forth. This would make lot of organizing much more straight forward.

Lightroom currently allows Smart Collections to filter the contents of regular Collections, but not the results of another Smart Collection.Example:Smart Collection A:Camera Serial Number = X Filename contains YSmart Collection B:Source = Smart Collection A Folder contains “2603”This currently does not work, even though the exact same setup works when Smart Collection A is replaced by a regular Collection.Supporting Smart Collection → Smart Collection filtering would eliminate duplicated rules, simplify complex workflows, and make large archives significantly easier to manage.The current workaround is to create a regular Collection and continuously copy the contents of a Smart Collection into it. This feels like an inadequate solution to a problem Lightroom should be able to solve natively. It also introduces unnecessary maintenance and creates additional opportunities for user error, especially in larger workflows with multiple collections.

Would love it if my Lr Mobile and Browser would mimic the organization that I’ve set up in my LrC collections. Moving images and albums around in Mobile and Browser is cumbersome, practically impossible, frankly. I only use Mobile and Browser to share albums, or to show images from my phone when away from my computer. I find they are difficult to find in Browser or Mobile once synced, and manually organizing them in browser or mobile is way too many steps. 

Je travaille avec des copies virtuelles de mes Raws pour avoir diverse versions d’une même image, par exemple un cadrage en portrait, un autre en paysage, une version en noir et blanc, une autre recolorée etc, Ce ci sur plusieurs images d’une même collection, pour en conserver les divers développements dans les .xmp associés à l’image originale et les retrouver si je souhaite ouvrir une des version directement en ouvrant le Raw dans CameraRaw, sans passer par LrC, il faut que les divers développements soit enregistré dans ce .xmp pour que je puisse sélectionner la version désirée. Actuellement, je dois créer l’instantané photo apr phot, je ne peux pas en sélectionner plusires dans le film fixe, je souhaiterai que ce soit possible comme ça l’est pour d’autres paramètres ou EXIFs 

Can you please add the ability to allow “Shot Name” as a token in the filename presets within the Tether Capture Settings?It’s possible to change the Shot Name as you shoot, which is great especially when doing headshots or products - but there is no method of including that in the filename during tethering.It should be easy to implement - if it can create a folder from the shot name, there shouldn’t be any difficulty in allowing it in a filename either.Thanks.

Feature Request: Dedicated Processing Queue for Image processing and Background TasksIdea/SummaryIntroduce a dedicated, interactive Processing Queue panel in Lightroom that allows photographers to manually queue images for various purposesResource-intensive operations —such as AI Denoise, Lens Blur, AI Masking, Upscaling (Super Resolution), and background exports—and manage them in priority order using context menus and dedicated keyboard shortcuts. When there are 100’s/1000’s of images and I would like to process in a queue - would like this process. This can be manual editing or Resource intensive operations, or a mix of both.The ProblemApplying heavy AI operations (like AI Denoise) or triggering large exports forces immediate processing or utilizes a rigid, automated background sequence. This frequently bogs down system performance, causing lag in the Develop module when trying to move to the next image. There is no way to quickly "save heavy processing for later" or pause/reorder

I would like to request that we add to the export options. Currently I have been using "Export to: Same folder as original photo" and then moving the sub-folder it creates in Library View, but it would be great to just have the following option:   "Export to: Parent folder of original photo"   Here's my use-case... My photography drive structure looks like this:   Working Drive Pictures Clients YYYY-MM-DD-ShootName RAW Edited-JPEGs High-Resolution Low-Resolution Rejects   When I am editing a shoot, I begin with the RAW files. After culling, I move over all 0-star images to Rejects folder. Next, I perform all basic edits in Lightroom and I then export full-resolution full-quality JPEGs to a folder named Edited-JPEGs which currently goes under the RAW folder, then I manually move it to the parent folder in Library view. Then I do any retouching to the Edited-JPEGs in Photoshop. Once I've completed any retouching I then go back into Lightroom and export H

Lorsque l’on veut supprimer un élément dans une photo par la suppression générative par exemple, plusieurs variantes sont proposées. Il est difficile de choisir celle-ci dès lors qu’il y a un contour blanc épais autour de la zone à supprimer.

Is it possible to show the folders (like in the ‘Library’) when you’re in the “develop-mode? So you can navigate directly between the folders, in stead of going to the Library first?

I am working on scanning all our shoe boxes with photos, I am currently up to 9,184 images (still scanning more boxes). Since these are mostly family photos this seemed like a good project to try the People feature on. After spending multiple hours assigning names, I have 3,250 faces in the Confirmed collection and 10,733 remaining as Unnamed People. At this point (about 23%)  I seem to have reached the point where the face matching algorithm (Find Similar Faces) is producing mostly incorrect matches. I don't know how old the face matching algortithm is - I would hope that there is room for improvement. Thus, I would like to suggest that the algorithm for this be updated using the latest AI technology. Version of the app:13.2Platform and OS version: Windows 11 Pro - 23H2 Thanks, Adriaan Sachtler

I tried using Lightroom Classic face detection on my personal photo collection. It’s really bad at learning from my selections, to the point where getting correct IDs is mostly a manual process.  I used to recommend LR to all my friends, but LR has ceded too much ground to competitors in this area. I sure hope they pick it back up now that AI is so capable.

Currently, LrC detects “Modified” edits and displays the Eyeball icon on the relevant panels, marking them as “Active”.We should have APIs that provide the same.The API could be: •For settingsphoto:getDevelopSettingsModified() so a variation of getDevelopSettings() and LrDevelopController.getValuesModified() a variation of getValue()These APIs would return a table of edits. •For Panels I think  we could have something like LrDevelopController.getPanelsState() that would return a table of panels and their state, one of “deactivated”, “modified” (the eyeball) or “default”.I post here to see if other plug-in authors would be interested in these API ​@johnrellis ​@drtonyb What do you say?EDITTitle should have been:SDK / Implement APIs to get the "Modified" settings and the "Active/Modified" panels.I can’t edit it, sorry.

Hello Adobe team,I would like to request an improvement for Lightroom on Mac.When Lightroom starts, the scroll position in the photo grid is always at the top. In my workflow, I sort photos so that the newest photos are shown at the bottom. Because of this, every time I launch Lightroom, I have to manually scroll all the way down again.Please add an option to remember the last scroll position, or allow Lightroom to open at the bottom of the grid when sorting order places the newest photos there.This would make reviewing newly imported photos much faster and more convenient.Thank you.

I find myself keeping the info overlay on while editing to be able to see the lens and exposure settings I used, however I would rather not have it on all the time when I can just glance over at the histogram panel to see that info, yet usually when I do it’s showing me the RGB values of whatever pixel my cursor is hovering over. This is not really useful to me (at least not in Lightroom) and I would rather turn this off so the exposure and lens values are always present. This typically comes up when I click on the image to view at 100% to see if I have any motion blur and then glance over to see if what my shutter speed was… only to find the RGB value instead. 

I have a large catalog and my workflow is this:Import photos onto my local computer. Store pictures in the Pictures folder in a subfolder with year/year-month-day folder structure. Edit my photos Move my photos to my NAS storage by dragging the folder in Lightroom to the storge drive. I have photos on the NAS going back many years. Dragging in Lightroom is a complicated process:Expand the NAS drive letter Expand the year target folder Roll up any other year folders because the list is extremely long Grab the folder and drag it down. The target folder is off the screen. Drag close to the bottom and get the list to start scrolling. Scroll scroll scroll until I get to the target year, and then release.  In the middle of scrolling if I pause for even a moment, it will expand a year folder that is NOT the intended location. So I then have to scroll through all the photos in that year to move to the bottom of the list and get to the next year.All this maneuvering is done while holding the mo

I’d like to request a master catalog feature in Lightroom Classic that lets users browse thumbnails from multiple catalogs in one unified view without fully merging them.Why this mattersMany photographers organize work into separate catalogs for practical reasons such as client jobs, years, shoots, or business divisions. That structure is useful for performance and organization, but it creates a major drawback: there is no fast, visual way to search or compare images across catalogs. Right now, if I want to find a photo, locate similar shots, or review older work, I have to open catalogs one at a time, which is slow and inefficient.What I’m asking forA master catalog or global browser that can: Display thumbnails from multiple catalogs in one place. Search across catalogs by filename, keyword, rating, date, and other metadata. Let users filter by catalog, project, client, or folder source. Open the source catalog when a photo is selected for editing. Optionally sync or referenc

Request: Allow Queueing/Batching for Generative Remove to Prevent Workflow InterruptionThe Problem: Currently, using the Generative Remove tool requires a strict "one-by-one" workflow. After painting a mask, navigating away to another image before clicking "Generate" discards the mask. This means I am forced to click Generate and sit waiting for the AI to process before I can move on to the next image.Because the generation process takes time, my entire editing momentum is derailed. The majority of my editing time is now spent waiting on progress bars rather than actually editing.The Solution / Proposed Feature: I would like to request the ability to paint Generative Remove masks on an image and navigate away without losing them, allowing Lightroom to cache or "hold" the pending mask.This change would unlock two massive workflow improvements: Asynchronous Editing: I could paint a mask, move immediately to the next photo to keep editing, and let the background generation happen without

Brushing over an object to be removed is not always accurate.  The Rectangle Select for objects in masking works really well.  Would it be possible to add this means of selection to the Remove Tool?  Thanks

Hi, It's a simple request and an enigma, why it hasn't been done yet. When Syncing a settings of a photo, which has been automatically straightened, just recompute the angle for every synced picture. Make it selectable / deselectable in the sync menu.   Greeting Eckhard

Please add an option to disable the on-screen Undo/Redo notifications that appear when using Undo (Cmd/Ctrl+Z) and Redo (Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+Z) in Lightroom Classic.This has been requested by many Lightroom users for years across Adobe forums and community discussions, yet there is still no way to disable these notifications.For many advanced users, Undo and Redo are not only used to correct mistakes but also as a very fast visual A/B comparison tool between two editing states. This allows us to evaluate subtle changes while keeping our eyes focused entirely on the image.Currently, every Undo or Redo action displays a large black notification overlay showing the name of the adjustment that was reverted or restored. This overlay partially covers the image and makes it difficult to accurately judge contrast, color, local adjustments, noise reduction, sharpening, masking, and other fine details.The issue becomes even more noticeable when working in Full Screen mode or with Lights Out enabled,

In the latest versuion, the cenral window indicating estimated time is gone, this is an important feature for busy profesionnal photographers, who need proper centralized task manager, now, the only indication left is that vague user unfriendly bar at the top. This doesn’t work, the estimated time allow us to plan work but also free time, if the estimated time is 30 min, we can go cook, take a shower, run to the post office whatsoever we need to do in between.. Thanks

Please Adobe - make such an option. To just completely disable this absolutely useless for most feature. I want LRC to never show these white areas, at all. I am an architectute photograph, i sometimes have a thousand pics a day to run through LRC and a lot of them Auto align with white parts all over. I know a can make a preset for this to be on, but so much simpler just to disable this. Thanks!

I find the sky selection mask one I use frequently but it fails to select accurately around complex areas such as foliage, especially where the sky is not one continuous body i.e. separate sections may appear through gaps.  There are complex work-rounds such as selecting everything but the sky and inverting but this seems a waste of time.   I am aware of the updates to ACR including Mask feathering and Edge Control which are a welcome help but these wont help in cases where the sky is divided.  Can the underlying AI model  be updated to improve the basic sky selection please.  Thanks

This would be very useful for underwater photographers who use Lightroom Classic as their main RAW workflow and want to remove backscatter without having to export every image to Photoshop. Backscatter removal is especially important in underwater macro and wide-angle photography, where particles in the water often appear as bright spots across many images from the same dive. Ideally, the tool should work non-destructively inside Lightroom Classic, preferably as a Develop module tool, masking-based tool, or plugin-compatible workflow. It would make the editing process much faster for photographers who need to clean up large batches of underwater images while keeping the full Lightroom Classic catalog, RAW, rating, and batch-editing workflow. A Lightroom Classic-compatible backscatter removal tool would be a major benefit for underwater photographers and would reduce the need to round-trip many images through Photoshop only for this specific correction.

We urge you to consider a transformative feature for Lightroom: an AI-powered batch editing tool, finely tuned to each photographer's unique style. Imagine a feature that learns from an individual's editing history, creating a personalized AI profile. This tool would not only expedite batch processing but also evolve with the user's artistic growth. An essential addition would be intelligent AI-assisted culling. This feature would automatically discern and prioritize images, streamlining the initial selection phase and focusing on quality and composition. Moreover, the introduction of adaptive 'SmartPresets' is crucial. These presets, unlike any currently available, would dynamically adjust to each image, informed by the user's historical editing patterns, ensuring consistency and quality across varied lighting and contextual scenarios. The integration of such advanced AI features would dramatically revolutionize the editing workflow, cutting down editing time and freeing photographers