Feature Requests

It has come to my realization that a fair number of feature requests could be satisfied simply by allowing users to define custom metadata *without* having to install a 3rd party plugin. All too often users want to "make notes" about a photo, or associate photos somehow, or record some photo status... Some use keywords and existing IPTC text fields as work-arounds, but what's really needed is a way for users to define custom metadata dynamically, to include types: - Text - Enumerated Set of Values (dropdown lists). - Boolean (true/false) - Date/Time - Numeric This can be done now with plugins like CustomMetadata (although all items are treated like text in smart collections and library filters - a sore point for me), but I think this needs to be built into Lightroom. PS - *Please* at least fix the SDK to support all data types. *** - Maybe an even better idea: package a Custom Metadata plugin with Lightroom, pre-installed in Lightroom, so users have the capability AND have a plugin tha

It would be nice to put some more useful features to shoot tethered through LR because compared to Capture one or Phocus, Lightroom looks very amateur and i's too slow.

Similar to the Report button, add a button to request Admin/Monitor action, actions like:   Please move post to correct community page (example move to Lr Desktop) Please move to correct module (Discussion/Bug/Idea) Please delete my embarrassing reply. Please have an Adobe Tech join this problem  (might want to limit who can request this to certain rank)     Yes, I know, my very own Idea is in the wrong community page,  

Working on a plugin to speed up some of my keywording.  Is there any way to programatically assign a specific keyword to the be the keyword that the painter tool will use?   Thanks Ian.

Add a module specific to frequently asked questions   right at the top should be a Community Guidance posting, then a Community Behavior posting, followed by frequent Tech articles on common problems

It would be great to have the option to have a timer (5 seconds, 10 seconds, 20 seconds) for the tethering. When i take some table top photos i need my both hands in the photo. A timer would help.

I love using Adjustment Brushes and find myself wanting to use the same settings over and over, so I started saving them as Presets. This is a huge time saver but could be improved. To speed up workflow, I was hoping to remove the ones at the top of the list, but after some research was disappointed to discover it is not possible. It hurts the usefulness of this great feature when I have to click and scroll past the list of unused presets every time. If the stock ones can't be deleted, please allow users to rename them to something more meaningful. Or allow users to reorder them, so they can be put at the bottom of the list and the custom can be prioritized to the top of the list.   --------------------------------------------- Moved to Bugs sub forum

It would help me to see a number percentage (not just a slider) of the current task done so I can see if it ever changes without having to get the program to minimize to the taskbar. Which it can't always do when LrC is locked up on larger tasks or newer things (such as enhanced picture creation) 🙂  I still am forced to use the power switch when LrC won't let Task Manager take over so I can get some things rolling again.  I don't like having to resort to that if I just didn't see the slider bar move to the right by one pixel indicating it was progressing at its usual pace.  It's cumbersome.  And LrC must be aware of the numerical percentage it has completed if it shows it on the Windows taskbar entry.

I would like to recommend a Lightroom feature that from my experience I think would be very useful.   There is currently no way to set a custom zoom percent in Lightroom Classic. Photoshop can do this, but the image quality is diminished compared to Lightroom. It also takes a very long time to load a large file from Photoshop into Lightroom. This feature would be very helpful for photographers whose end goal is print, as we would be able to see exactly what our photo looks like at a certain size, rather than guessing. Cropping to an equivalent zoom size does not work because the image quality is diminished compared with a percent zoom from the original high res file.Another related idea is to have Lightroom automatically set a zoom amount to show what the image looks like at 300 PPI, rather than us guessing with the default zoom amounts. I hope Lightroom adopts this feature! I think it would be very valuable and hopefully is an easy fix.

Hello there amazing engineering team,   I use Adobe LR, PS, and Pr professionally and personally and I love every minute of it.     I'd like to make a suggestion to your awesome team so that they can implement it in future updates to make every single one of your users happy NO DOUBT, guaranteed, EVEN YOURSELF... It's one of those:  OH RIGHT ! moments. The way signatures is integrated now is very time consuming and also quite frustrating as it just takes countless amount of time. I would like to suggest a super simple solution: add signature in the develop module right after Calibration, this can be as a overlay that can also be copied/pasted much like the presets. Signature can be added for each photo as I am editing with perfect border without needing to use other software (PT Watermark or Photoshop) and especially on larger RAW files it takes quite a long time. This way I get to easily and quickly batch export the files.I wish you a beautiful day, and I

The "Set as master" option should be available when in the Develop tab, not just when in the Library tab. I'm in the Develop tab when I'm making my edits and deciding which one I prefer. I shouldn't have to switch tabs just to change which image is the master copy.  It would also be helpful for Set As Master to be an option when I right click on the image strip at the bottom (where I can already select to make a virtual copy), rather than having to go to the top menu bar.

I am missing the possibility to open a PSDT-file in LrC, as this shoud prevent overwrite of the original.PSDT is not recognized by LrC

Hi,   Mostly a commercial photographer these days, but also have a ton of personal work, as well as hundreds of wedding.      I would like to open an old catalog from a job 5+ years ago and convert all the DNG files to JPG placing them back in the same catalog and keeping all their tags, keywords, and Library settings, etc - and blow away the DNGs.   So is there a way that I'm not finding to "export" the DNGs to JPG into the same catalog and then blow away the DNGs to save Terabytes of storage?    

  Dear Adobe Developer Team,   first of all, you are doing a great job, thank you guys!   I started to color grade film by using Da Vinci Resolve a while ago. One of my most often used features in color grading is the "memory" menu. There I can register the color adjustments of one specific clip - about 8 different styles can be registered, each one in its own slot, and, most important, can be recalled from there. When I shut down the software, all memory slots are cleared.   I am not talking about presets here!    It is like the "copy and paste" of image settings, but, and thats the point, multiplied by a few times. At least four slots to register (memorize) settings in LR would help to speed up everyones workflow a lot!   Why is that important?    When I take photographs I often operate under different lighting conditions, that change during the day.   Starting to color grade my

Lightroom Classic's latest 10.3 updates got a better performance. But we still have a 1-2 sec waiting time when clicking on the next image in the Develop Mode(even when using the latest hardware), this may be because it will take time to load the preset and adjustment panel. It would be great if it can preload next 1 photo(or even previews 1 photo) when editing current photo. This will make the Lightroom Classic much faster when editing.

When a virtual copy is created, the initial develop history includes only a "Create Virtual Copy" history step with a timestamp. I'd like to see the develop history of the parent as well. I'd envision seeing the entire develop history of the parent plus the new "Create Virtual Copy" step. This is particularly valuable in cases where you switch the copy to the master, then delete the old master. This triggers a needless loss of develop history.

Over the last few months I have developed a technique to display my high quality photographs using Lightroom, an Intel Compute Stick and a Samsung TV. I'd like to make some suggestion to all of you to improve the process and results. Please respond with an email address so I can supply more information.

Hi ! I would suggest to add this metadata in LR Classic in order to filter images which are "NOT synced with Lightroom" or "which belong or not in, a collection". Maybe add a line in "catalog menu", there is allready a line "synced", but not the opposite. In case this exists allready, pls help. I didn't find any post on thge subject. Thanks Emm

Hi, Dear Adobe Team. Something that I think is missing in Lightroom, if added, would change stuff for the good for photographers. 1., I have seen in profile there is now the option if you shoot raw to get the camera profiles and choose from what they would look like, I don't know if that is using EXIF data, well if it were ​that something like that, I'd say should be added is the jpg Preview, for example if you shoot a raw image you must edit unless you do Jpg+RAW, what's if you can shoot RAW and then have an option in Lightroom Classic, to choose Jpg Preview Settings and will apply the same camera adjustments to the image, Like let's say fix exposure but now if it is too overexposed or under you can change it ,or noise Reduction you take it off now VS a Jpg File and then you can bulk apply Like presets. The Gain would be that if you shoot raw but don't have time to edit but can't shoot RAW +JPEG that you can edit images super fast and get exactly what the camera would make and don't n

Once you have only a few watermarks, then LR can do a fair job now. However I am real esate photographer, I manage all my photos in LR and export photos with different company's logo as watermark. Now I have more than 100 watermarks in the file, it will become very touble and wate a lot of time.   Can Adobe consider to improve it ?

I use the 'Destination Folders' function when importing images. When I do not delete previously imported images from my memory card, the number of folders (different dates) in LR shows starts to pile up. This then starts to takes soo much time to render all thumbnails, as all folders are by default expanded. I would love to see a toggle to see all folders collapsed - which is a setting that's then remembered for the next import.Then I would only have to 'open' the most recent folder (date) and leave all other folders as is.Another optimization would be to show the latest images at the top. I currently don't know of any sort option 

In Lr please make shutter speed info BIGGER. For example, write the fraction like this 1/125, not like it is now.

I had a problem with a HD. I manage to recover most of photos but totally out of structure.  It would be awesome for me if when i go to the catalog and try to locate the deleted files Lightroom could search the metadata of the files and match the date and hour of the files. This would be a huge help. 

This concerns the slideshow module in Lightroom Classic. Previously, when new folders were added to my catalogue, and I wished to view them as a slideshow, for the first time there was a delay while the slideshow previews were prepared, but for any subsequent viewings, the delay was minimal.   Following the latest version of LrC a few days ago, every time I wish to view a folder, there is a lengthy preparation time. The only way to avoid this is to use fn F to view a manual slideshow using the arrow key to move forward. I want to let the show progress automatically with a standard display time.   Your Help Team have told me that this is now standard in the latest version of LrC. This really is not acceptable in a supposedly professional application, and a very backward move. I use LrC daily, and need to view my photos frequently. I cannot wait 2 minutes or more before each folder starts to play. Please address this issue as soon as poss

I would love to be able to use LiveView while also tethered to Lightroom.