Lightroom Classic

This starting a couple of weeks ago after working fine for probably the past 6? months. After opening LrC I plug in my card reader, go up to “FILE” > “IMPORT FILES AND MOVIES”.  I am not seeing my card reader in the list.  ??LrC ver 15.4.1Windows 11 

This post is applicable to Lightroom Classic. ETAs for tethered support for specific cameras are not available.   Tethered Capture is a feature of Lightroom Classic that allows the direct connection of your camera to the Lightroom desktop environment. Images are imported into your Lightroom catalog as they are captured via the connected camera. New camera support for reading the raw files is generally added quickly after a camera is released by its manufacturer.  New camera support can be verified here: https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/kb/camera-raw-plug-supported-cameras.html.  Tethered support for a particular camera model normally follows a version or two after the raw file support. Adobe relies on the manufacturer’s (Nikon & Canon) SDK (Software Development Kit) to facilitate the tethering of your camera to Lightroom. The timing of the release of a manufacturer’s support via their SDK greatly affects the time to release for tethered support. In additi

I am using an Apple studio computer.  In both the Library Module and in the film strip, when selecting a file, the next file is also selected.  When trying to scroll through the other pictures in the folder, it only scrolls between the selected two files.  This problem started after updating to the latest version of Lightroom Classic.  I can only advance by using my mouse to click the next file.  Then it will also select the file next to it.Does anyone else have this problem.  If so how did you fix it?

How do I get Lightroom to write the metadata directly into the original jpgs?In my Lightroom catalogue are two folders with images from my smartphone (Pixel 9 Pro). One contains the original jpgs plus dng raw files of some of those images. The second folder holds images edited on my phone with Snapseed. I use Lightroom to edit the keywords and filenames.If I add keywords to a Snapseed edited photo those keywords are immediately written into the jpg image but if I do the same for an original photo the keywords are stored in a xmp file. Even if I manually ask Lightroom via right click Metadata > Write Metadata to file all I get is a xmp sidecar.  

In Lightroom it is impossible to edit a photo as much as we want or need, using Masking regardless of the hardware you have.EXPLANATION Let's say you want to edit a photo with Masking to your heart's content OR because you need to change many aspect of the photo.Logic tells you "we have Masking so obviously it's possible to do masking safely and as much as I want"Reality is that in Lightroom Classic there is an "upper limit" of local edits that we can have on a photo: once we reach that "upper limit" the photo will be be reset.So in Lr it's not possible to sue Masking as much as we want/need.Usually if you have lots, lots of edits on an image other editing software struggle and get progressively slower and slower (if one has powerful hardware generally slowdowns don't happen or appear later) but in LR a photo can reach a point where it's no longer editable and it will be reset NO MATTER THE HARDWARE YOU HAVE. All Masking tools (gradients, sp

Hello everyoneMac OS and latest LRCI messed up some file names and had to delete all the photo folders and restore them from a backup. Now I have constant issues starting LRC. It gets stuck at Reading Preferences and will not load. I uninstalled it (except preferences) and reinstalled it, and still have an issue. It looks like it did not install a new default catalog in my pictures folder, so I don’t know what the installation situation is. I did get in tonight once before un- and reinstalling, but when I exited, I could not get in again. I keep my Lightroom settings with the catalog.I really want to keep all the edits to all my photos, but do not care about other preferences as I assume I can reset them as needed. Any idea what I need to do?Uber frustrated…John

On MacOS the Lightroom Classic Rendering Area appears to show a non-Retina rendering on a Retina screen. The pictures looks pixelated and so does the brush. Every other UI Element has its normal retina sharpness.Please pay attention to the guitar strings. You can clearly differentiate the pixels. Also the brush shows jagged pixels on the lines.The issue appeared with an update in 2025 and has never been fixed since. 

Since the latest versions of Lightroom Classic and MacOS the masking of people always shows “No people found” – even on photos where it was working before. Lightroom Classic version: 15.2 [ 202602111402-ec4112e8 ]License: Creative CloudLanguage setting: en-DEOperating system: Mac OS 26Version: 26.3.0 [25D125]Application architecture: x64Logical processor count: 24Processor speed: 3,3GHzSqLite Version: 3.36.0Adobe GSDK Version: 1.4.0.171Built-in memory: 196.608,0 MBDedicated GPU memory used by Lightroom: 4.743,3MB / 16.368,0MB (28%)Real memory available to Lightroom: 196.608,0 MBReal memory used by Lightroom: 3.040,3 MB (1,5%)Virtual memory used by Lightroom: 55.303,7 MBMemory cache size: 62,7MBInternal Camera Raw version: 18.2 [ 2482 ]Maximum thread count used by Camera Raw: 5Camera Raw SIMD optimization: SSE2,AVX,AVX2Camera Raw virtual memory: 631MB / 98303MB (0%)Camera Raw real memory: 644MB / 196608MB (0%)Cache1: Final1- RAM:519,0MB, VRAM:1.818,0MB, ALP05331.ARWNT- RAM:519,0MB, VRAM

Hello there,I am syncing certain Albums in Lightroom Classic to the cloud and some of them have become too big and since I do not need all the smart previews stored locally all the time I deleted them to save space on my computer. But now these pictures are simply shown as not available when my server (where they are stored) is not connected even though these albums are in the cloud – so with Lightroom CC on my Mac, Lightroom on my iPad or even any browser I can still edit these pictures – obviously because they’re stored as smart previews within the Adobe Cloud. But only Lightroom Classic acts like it does not have access to it and needs the originals or at least needs locally stored smart previews to edit or even view these pictures without the original files… is that some kind of bug or am I not getting it? 

I feel I have followed all steps on importing.

Whenever I want to launch/ open Lightroom on my mac OS the icon pops up briefly in the toolbar before disappearing. I updated the computer software, uninstalled and reinstalled the app from Adobe Creative Cloud, did the shift + option combination, gave full disk access, but the problem remains. As a photographer, this is VERY problematic in this high season.. HELP!  Screenshot here

Ich habe einige Wochen nicht mit LR Classic (15.1.1 auf einem Win-11-PC) gearbeitet und musste heute erst einmal ein Katalog-Update durchführen.Seitdem dauert das Verschieben eines einzigen Fotos innerhalb meiner zu zwei Dritteln leeren SSD über 1,5 Minuten!Bei mehreren Fotos dauert es entsprechend länger.Was läuft hier falsch?

when trying to use presets I'm getting the error saying some AI models are downloading please try again later.   This is making the program unusable. 

Let's say I want to make an 800-pixel jpeg from a DNG file. I have created an export User Preset that sends this file to a subfolder titled 800. However, the export process creates two files: one that sits in the original folder, and one that properly goes to the 800 folder. Is there a way to prevent this duplication? I don't remember this being the case, a few months ago. (I was away from Lightoom CC for a while). I'd rather not have JPEGS (for instance) in my folder of DNG files. Mac Mini M4 Sequoia 15.5. Thanks for any help.

I have a colour cast when printing I have correct profiles and not letting printer option 

I don't know if this is a bug or a mistake. I frequently run into issues up-syncing my LR Classic pictures to the cloud. Right now LR Classic reports that is is syncing 10 files. It has reported that for weeks. I have followed the advice of Anshul_Saini, who wrote:• Sign out of Lightroom Classic, quit the app, relaunch it, and sign back in. After signing back in, let sync run for a few minutes and see if the same photos remain stuck.I did that.• Check Lightroom Web. Sign in at https://adobe.ly/49uUY7n– Look for the same photos that are stuck in Classic– Clear the Deleted folder, remove any photos inside it from the web interfaceI did that.• Inspect problematic photosIn Lightroom Classic, go to All Synced Photographs and identify the images that won’t sync.Try selecting one affected photo and changing Metadata > Edit Capture Time and set it to anything, eg, 12:00:00 PM.This often forces Lightroom to re-evaluate metadata and can unblock stuck sync items.I did that.I would like to send

After importing three large files of raw images, I noticed that the files were not visible in the Folders section. This was a considerable surprise ,as I've been using Lr for 15 years plus and never experienced this before.I thought that I had done something wrong and tried to import the files again.This was not possible as the Lr import window showed the file images (stored on my Mac) , but these swiftly greyed out prior to hitting the import tab.Under normal circumstances, this would suggest to me that the files have already been imported and in the catalogue.There is however a folder called Volumes at the bottom of the folder window (see screenshot) with an exclamation mark in it, which holds 30,237 images .Could this possibly be the three large files I am looking for?As you can see, the right facing triangle is greyed out , hence making it impossible to open to see the subfolders .Does anyone know how to open this file please or is there another cause of this issue ?If so, any guid

iMac Pro (2017) Sequoia 15.7.7, SSD 2 TB with 778 GB available.  Catalog on SSD.  Upgrade from LR 13.3.  Images on external drives.

  I lost  all off my catalogues due to an external disk  failure . This means Lightroom will not open I have tried to create a new catalogue but Light room still refuses to open. I've reinstalled Lightroom as per adobes instructions but Lightroom still refuses to open. My next step is to completely remove all Lightroom data on the PC and do a completely clean install of Lightroom starting all over again. Any advice on this approach?

I'm having some issues with the HDR feature in Lightroom Classic. When I select the HDR feature in lightroom and export the image, with HDR export selected, the exported image does not look like the HDR preview. It looks like the 'Preview for SDR display' option. I'm working on an m1 pro macbook with macOS Ventura which supports HDR. I thought maybe it was just the preview app so I moved it to the photos app and activated HDR display but no look, still looks like the SDR preview. I have also tried looking at the image on my phone and uploading to instagram, both of which are supposed to support HDR but neither display it properly which makes me think the issue is with the lightroom export. Anyone know how to correctly display HDR images?

Lightroom will not open and crashes immediately.