Lightroom Classic

Hi! In these uncertain times, shouldn't it be possible to download and install a proper program (Lightroom Classic)?What happens if you can't get online—if, for example, something were to happen out in the world?

I’m tearing my hair out - after updating yesterday I can’t seem to generate any previews at all in LRC. When I try to create them it seems to stick on the 5th photo for some weird reason. I’ve tried generating previews for a few different selections and it always sticks on 5.  Troubleshooting already tried:Purged Camera Raw CacheDeleted and rebuilt the Previews.lrdata fileConfirmed adequate free disk spaceDisabled "Use Graphics Processor"Ran File > Optimize CatalogRemoved and reimported the photosTested in a brand-new, empty catalog — same stallFully uninstalled and cleanly reinstalled Lightroom ClassicConfirmed no third-party antivirus interferingGranted Full Disk Access (fixed it previously, but issue has returned)Checked Console.app during the stall — no Lightroom-specific fault, only routine macOS system activityThe only thing that seems to work is going back to an older version of LRC (currently using 15.2.1). That seems to work perfectly fine - but my current catalog has been

J,ai déroulé tout le menu mais l’option n’apparaît nulle part 

Attempting to import a LRC catalog that was exported from a folder on another machine.  The scenario is you have your main catalog on a desktop Mac and you have captured photos whilst mobile. You export a specific folder of folders as a catalog on a mobile MacBook. You want to incorporate what you have captured in the field back into the desktop catalog.When attempting to import, it seems only part of the content can be imported. Strange that select all folders is not working. So far I can only import 724 of the 2206 images in the folderHave several photo folders within another folder Select the folder File > Export as Catalog, save on to an external disk Note that the folder contains the four original folders of exported RAW images Switch to a different machine with LRC File > Import from Another Catalog Navigate to the lrcat that in on the external disk Choose Now see the Import from Catalog window Attempt to select All Folders - it isn’t selectable Try each other folder, it is

Lightroom Classic sync with lightroom has been hung up for 2 days- 16 files stuck - lightroom recommended rebuildign the synch database- when doing so- I was told to create the diagnostics error log and send it to Adobe-  Where do I send this?  THANKS!

Hello all. I had to replace my old GPU (GTX 1660 Super) after it died. I’ve never experienced any problems using LrC with it on my pc with a Ryzen 5 5600 X processor. But since I replaced it with an RTX 5060 I’ve had nothing but problems: Any action (moving sliders, opening masks and moving masks etc) take forever to have any effect. It’s become so slow to the point of being unusable and i now have to rely on cloud based Lr to do any work. I’ve done some research and in Edit - Preferences - Performance - Use Graphics Processor I switched from Auto to Custom and toggled on “Use GPU for image processing”. It made no difference whatsoever. This is incredibly frustrating as I spent a lot of money on this GPU thinking it would improve the performance. I also updated the GPU drivers. I would be incredibly grateful if someone could shed any light on this. Many thanks!

I'm bitten yet again by Lightroom Classic's inability to move image files to my system trash.  I've gone through all the solutions I could find:Turned off Full Disk Access for Lightroom, restarted, turned Full Disk Access back on.Created an empty folder on the affected disk and trashed it.Created a Trash folder on the affected disk.I've run Disk First Aid on the disk. I still cannot move image files to my Mac's trash. I'm only allowed to permanently delete them. Are there any new solutions? Thanks for any help. MacOS Sonoma 14.4.1Mac Studio with Apple M2 Max

Description:When working quickly in the Develop module — applying an adjustment, navigating to the next photo with arrow keys, then immediately applying another adjustment — the second adjustment is visually applied for a fraction of a second, then automatically reverted. Both the image and the slider value return to their prior state. This is not a display/refresh glitch — the slider value itself rolls back, indicating the catalog write is being overwritten.Steps to Reproduce:Open Develop module, select any photo. Apply an adjustment (e.g., Exposure +1.0). Press the Right Arrow key to move to the next photo. Immediately (within ~0.3–0.5s) apply another adjustment (e.g., Exposure +1.0) via slider or keyboard shortcut. Observe: the adjustment briefly appears, then both the image and the slider revert to the original (unedited) state.Expected Result:The adjustment applied in step 4 should persist, as it does when waiting ~1 second after switching photos before adjusting.Actual Result:The

If you hit the escape key in the Import dialog, the dialog is exited and all organization is lost. The expected behavior would be to exit Loupe View and return to Grid View (staying within the Import function) as happens in the Library Module. I have muscle memory for this behavior and I keep destroying my organizational work within the Import dialog--(ie: checkmark selections for "Include in import") Either make the behavior consistent between the modes, or add a warning that "All selections will be lost, exit anyway?" Thanks, --David Aughenbaugh

Hi everyone,I'm experiencing severe export slowdowns in the latest Lightroom Classic 15.3.1 on my Mac Studio (M1 Max, 24-core GPU, macOS Tahoe). Exporting 500 high-res RAW images to maximum quality JPEGs takes way longer than it used to, and my hardware is not being utilized properly.During the export process:•    CPU usage is pinned at nearly 100% (Full Red).•    GPU Utilization sits around 60-70%.•    GPU Render and Tiler utilization drops down to just 5%.•    ANE (Neural Engine) utilization stays at 0%.It seems like a massive I/O or processing bottleneck where the CPU is completely choked, while the GPU is just sitting idle waiting for data.What I have already tried (which only partially helped or didn't fix the underlying bug):    1.    Camera Raw GPU Config Fix: Checked the Camera Raw GPU Config.txt file and noticed crs:gpu_preferred_system="" was completely blank. Cleared the entire GPU cache folder and forced LrC to re-test the hardware.    2.    Hard Reset: Performed a full pre

Hi everyone, I recently downloaded some presets and imported them into Lightroom (using Windows), but they’re not appearing in the dropdown menu. When I try to import them again, I get a message saying “All items were already imported.” An Adobe assistant had a go at fixing the issue, but had to go away to look into it further. I thought I’d check in here to see if anyone else has run into the same problem and managed to sort it out. I believe he already tried opening new images, reinstalling LRC, and a few other things. Thanks in advance!

I try to install lightroom classic on my laptop, but the installer continues to run till I force my computer to restart. He gives me a conflict error. I work on a MAC with Tahoe 26.5 installed

When I click “Import” in the import dialog right after it opened and when not waiting until all files (and miniatures) were loaded in the import grid view, the import apparently only imports those files where the miniature/preview was loaded. 

I have upgraded to a new MacBook using MacOS Tahoe, V26.6.2 with LRC Release 15.5.1.When I look to import files from my card it does not see anything so I have to use Finder to copy files to my Mac and import from there.  Why does LRC not see the files on the card?

this occurs both in the filmstrip as in the raster mode and in both library and develop module.I use the dutch version of LRC

SystemLightroom Classic 15.5.1 macOS 26.6.2 (build 25G83) MacBook Air, Apple M4, 24 GB memory Apple M4 GPU, 10 cores; Metal supportedSteps to reproduceMerge source images using Lightroom Classic’s Photo Merge → Panorama. Open the resulting DNG, approximately 13,000 × 4,000 pixels, in Develop. Create a mask using Select Sky. Enable the overlay and try changing the mask’s adjustment sliders.Actual resultSelect Sky appears to run, but no mask overlay is visible and adjustments have no effect.Expected resultSelect Sky creates an editable mask covering the sky.Comparative testsLinear-gradient masks work correctly on the same merged DNG. Select Sky works on the individual source images. Select Sky works in Lightroom Classic on a full-resolution TIFF version of the panorama. Photoshop’s Select Sky also succeeds on the panorama.These results suggest an issue with Select Sky processing this merged DNG, rather than a general masking failure or image dimensions alone.WorkaroundExport the merged p

I am working on a photo. This is what it looks like when editing.  Then on export this is what it looks like.  I also see this in the Export Preview:  That’s a pretty big difference in noise and even some color saturation. I’ve tried many settings, can’t seem to get rid of this.  

Les métadonnées comme la légende, mots-clés, disparaissent et il est impossible de les compléter.

Using LrC 15.5.1 with CC subscription long term on a new MacBook Pro M5 running Tahoe 26.6.2.Sync generally worked with v15.5.1 previously on my M1, but since migrating to the M5 a few weeks ago not so much.I have about 50,000 photos and am trying to sync them in batches of 2000-4000 at a time. They start syncing fine and then at some point it just stop working and gets hung on a file.I'll just see the sync Local Activity in top right of LrC say it's syncing the same number of files (ie; remaining files) and hasn't changed in hours.In Lightroom Sync tab in Preferences, the same photo is listed at the top of the Sync Activity window and it hasn't changed for hours.The photos all say "Image" in the Sync Activity window of LrC and nothing lists any kind of error.I tried selecting the very top photo and applying a minor edit to see if that would "kick start" the process (the previous fix for some earlier versions of LrC) but no change.There no Sync Errors or Sync Error Album anywhere and t

Dear Adobe team,I recently upgraded to a high-end workstation running Windows 11 (Business Edition, fully updated) with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB, and noticed that Lightroom Classic 14.4 (build 202506051112) does not recognize or enable GPU acceleration.The app displays the message “GPU not supported”, and disables all GPU-related enhancements, even though:The GPU is fully recognized by OpenGL (GL_RENDERER: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti / OpenGL 4.6.0 NVIDIA 576.80).Photoshop CC 2025 detects and uses this GPU with no issue.The driver is up to date (version 576.80).I have tested multiple settings (auto / custom GPU selection, performance modes).This seems to be a listing issue, i.e. the RTX 5070 Ti is not yet whitelisted as a supported GPU in Lightroom Classic, despite offering full OpenGL and GPU compute support.Please consider adding official support for the NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti in an upcoming update of Lightroom Classic.Let me know if you need logs or diagnostic reports (config.l

Hello everyone! I am a travel food blogger, and I regularly take pictures of restaurant food for my website. I am currently using Lightroom to edit my photos, but I struggle with indoor restaurant lighting. The yellow/warm lights in restaurants often ruin the natural colors of the food.For example, I recently visited a fast-food chain to update my guide on the McDonald's menu prices in Poland and the indoor lighting made the food look very unappetizing in the raw photos.Does anyone have tips on how to color-correct harsh indoor restaurant lighting in Lightroom? Or any recommendations for a small, portable light I can carry in my bag?Thanks in advance!Aileen

I’m on Windows 11 and using the current versions of both LR classic (15.5.1) and PS (27.10.0), but seeing different color rendering between the two programs. I checked a lot of color settings but eventually noticed that LR is using Camera Raw v18.5.1 and PS is using v18.6.0.2698. I’ve checked Creative Cloud for updates, but none are available. Why wouldn’t LR be using the current version of ACR?Creative Cloud shows current versions of LRC, Photoshop & Camera RawLRC 15.5.1 is using Camera Raw 18.5.1Photoshop 27.10.0 is using Camera Raw v18.6.0.2698​​DNG file opened in Photoshop immediately renders differently on same calibrated monitor 

I spaced and moved a Lightroom Classic folder in my external hard drive instead of in Lightroom so now the images can’t be found. But, when I right click on the folder or the parent folder in Lightroom the “Find Missing Folder” option doesn’t appear. What’s going on? Thanks!

Lightroom Classic 15.5.1 and prior versions. Using MacOS, but I doubt that matters for this bug.When using the Dust removal tool (in the Distraction Removal panel), if you rapidly add dust removal spots, the “Removing New Dust Spot...” dialog will stick and not disappear even after LR has finished adding the spot.Steps to reproduce:Enable Dust removal. Start rapidly clicking multiple spots, without giving each time to complete. The busy dialog will popup, timeout, but fail to dismiss automatically. Manually press Cancel to dismiss it yourself.