Lightroom Classic

Hi - hopefully somebody here can help. I use Lightroom Classic on a desktop and have over 200,000 photos in the library. I've used this for over 10 years and it has performed well through multiple upgrades.  I am transitioning to an iPhone from my SLR and trying to set up Lightroom correctly. My first problem was that my 20 GB allowance on the cloud was exceeded, so synching wasn't happening between the iPhone, iPad and Desktop.  Right or wrong, I went into the 'All synced photosk folder and deleted all those photos.   The way I understand it, this does not delete the originals, and I backed up all the synced photos before deleting anyway - just in case.  I now have the desktop where I want it, with zero synced photos and the cloud has 20 gig available. What I want to do is when I go on a photo shoot or vacation I want to sync just those photos with the cloud,  process them in the field on my iPad and when I get back, sync them with the desktop and clear o

I just upgraded to LRc 14.5.1. I had 2000+ photos in All Photos. Now I only have 335 photos.  What happened?  What can I do?  All my photos appear to be intact on an external hard drive.  Also intact on a backup external hard drive.  Using Mac OS Tahoe 26.0.1.  What can I do to return the photos to LRc?

I'm at a loss here and cannot find an answer anywhere. I just bought an external hard drive for my photos. I've fairly new to lightroom and have been figuring things out as I go. I am stuck on the importing process, I cannot seem to get it down. I plug my memory card into my Mac and I copy/move photos to my external hard drive first. Just drag and drop. Then I open LRC, click import, choose my photos on my external hard drive and click "add" at the top and then import. They show up in LRC under my external hard drive, I create my collections and collection sets and organize how I like. Where I get stuck is when I eject my external drive, LRC can no longer find the original files and gives me that little exclaimation point in the top right corner of the photos. I understand that it cannot find them because the external drive is no longer connected... but how do I go about this? I've tried googling this problem in all sorts of questions and I am so frustrated. How do photographers n

I have been experiencing a problem with the brush in Lightroom Classic 14.5.1 on my MacBook Pro running MacOS 15.6.1.  When selecting to create a new mask, using the brush tool I used to see the cursor showing the size/shape of the brush straight away.  Just recently I noticed this behaviour change and the cursor reverted to the arrow as soon as I moved it. It would only go back to the brush shape after clicking in the photo.  Adobe took over my computer and seemed to solve the problem, but as soon as the remote session ended the problem returned.   I have since discovered that this unusual brush behaviour only happens when I am in HDR mode.  As soon as I revert to SDR mode the brush behaviour normalises.   [Moved from ‘Bugs’ to ‘Discussions’ by moderator, according to forum rules.]

I just started using Lightroom after using Gimp for a long time and I am not finding it intuitive at all. Yes, I can theoretically drag and drop in a single image I want to work on but then the import dialogue loads in a very laggy way because its trying to load all the thumbnails of every single photo in the folder unnecessarily, and then when I click import, it takes about 20s for the single picture to show up. The drag and drop function is instantaneous on every single application I've ever used. What gives? For context, I have tens of thousands of photos so it's not really worth the hassle to me to import everything into the Lightroom Catalogue. I just want to import what I've decided to edit. Is there an easier/ faster way to do this?

The following has been tested on both Windows11 24H2 and macOS 26's latest LrC build(14.5.1), and also for both external and internal drive to store the catalog.My catalog is somehow big, 60GB, but not too big. I find that LrC keeps failing for backing up the catalog. After a track, I find that it successfully copied the catalog. But when zipping the catalog, it will fail and says that it may be disk space or permission issue. But I tracked that at the time it fails, there's still plenty free disk space, and right before error, the partial zip file created has a size of just slightly smaller than the unzipped files, meaning that zipping seems to just to be succeeded but somehow runs into an error. So currently I have to fall back to manually copying and zipping backups, but not let LrC one-click do this.Because catalog optimization happens after a successful backup if not manually triggered, I have to manually issue catalog optimization. And it was when I find another bug. Unlike an er

Lightroom Classic 14.0.1 crashes when I try to open videos. This was not previously an issue. Upgraded my Mac to Sequoia 15.1 to see if it would help, but still having the same problem.

The Cameras supported by Camera Raw page incorrectly lists the OM Digital Solutions OM-5 Mark II as unsupported in LR Classic: But in fact, support appeared in LR 14.5. You can verify with this sample raw from dpreview.com:https://www.dpreview.com/sample-galleries/7014780791/om-system-om-5-ii-pre-production-sample-gallery/5974454125  I haven't tested LR Cloud. 

I have a MacBook Pro and use LrC v 14.5.1.  My photos are stored on an external HD.What happened:  The first thing I noticed that in the Library module my entire folder heirarchy was no longer showing.  I didn't have a folder name that was grayed out with a "?", they just weren't there.  So I went to my xHD and while trying to figure things out, I wrongly changed a primary folder for my photos further messing up the association of folders/photos with LrC in the Library Module.  I have been trying to re-associate the folders and photos by searching for missing photos and then finding the location of individual photos.  This causes some of my folders to appear. When I available as an option, I synchronize a folder to bring more photos in.Questions:  1) Why weren't my folders showing in the first place?; 2) Why aren't my folders showing grayed out with ? marks?; 3) Today when I first opened LrC my folders were showing and then when I tried to do the link

Das Problem besteht schon seit einiger Zeit und ist trotz Updates oder Deinstallation weiterhin vorhanden. In Lightroom Classic (Windows) kann man entweder duch die Schaltfläche Synchronisieren oder durch Strg+C und Strg+V die Einstellungen kopieren und einfügen. Bei mir im Entwicklungsmodul passiert nichts mehr, weder das Fenster mit den Synchronisierungseinstellungen noch die Einstellungen werden kopiert. Lightroom macht nichts mehr und wenn ich etwas klicken möchte erklingt ein Fehlermeldeton. Erst bei Drücken der Esc Taste kann ich Lightroom wieder nutzen. Den Fehler habe ich nur im Entwickelmodul im Bibliotheksmodul kann ich die Einstellungen synchronisieren. Vielleicht kann mir jemand weiterhelfen, momentan bin ich echt ratlos.

Mac OS Sequoia 15.6.1PureRaw 5.3.1Camera OM-5 MarkIILightroom Classic 14.5.1, Camera Raw 17.5I’m using Lightroom Plug-in Extras to transfer a file to PureRaw for processing and then the DNG is exported back to Lightroom.The original ORF file has the profile – Adobe Color.  When the DNG is automatically imported back into Lightroom the profile has changed to Adobe Standard and there is a message:  !Profile missing. The profile browser only has four options: Adaptive Color, Adaptive B&W, Color and Monochrome. It is missing all of the Adobe and Camera matching choices usually available. In the lefthand panel under Presets, the preset I had used to import the original ORF file is now greyed out and in italics.At the beginning of September, I was using my Olympus OMD em5 mark III together with PureRaw 5 and did not have this problem.  All of the profiles were available for my camera after the DNG was imported.   Then 2 weeks ago I upgraded to an OM-5 MarkII and

I've been trying the new HDR output for Lightroom classic, it's a game changer, I can't look at my SDR photos anymore. https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/hdr-output.html#Which format should I export my photos at so that they can be compatible with instagram ? thanks ! 

Hello, I currently use the old LR ver. 5.7.I will be downloading LR Classic.How do I go about converting my presets that are lrtemplate to xmp? Thank you. 

LR Classic (Mac) 14.5.1Mac OS 26.0 I have several photos that I have imported in LR Classic. All retain their GPS data and show up on the map in LR. Photos were taken on an iPhone. GPS data also shows on original photos in Mac "Photos" app. Photos edited in LR and exported/imported into "Photos" no longer show location data. GPS coordinates also no longer show up on Mac "Get Info" for the image file. LR export settings have "all" metadata. Location data is NOT turned off. Internet searches, yielded no solution. I did, however, discouver the problem. Just can't find a way to resolve it. Mac seems to want to read GPS data as  xx xx xx Nxx xx xx E Lightroom apparently removes the N and E at the end and exports the data that way . If I manually edit the GPS info in LR to include the N and E, and then export, all is well in both LR and the Mac. Simple enough, but not feasible to do this for almost 1,000 photos.  Is there a way to bulk the "N" and

My LR catalague and photos etc are stored on my 2TB external (Samsung Shield) SSD drive. Even when I have closed Lightroom my SSD drive continues to flash and get warm/hot for hours. It doesnt do this before I open LR ..only when I have been using LR and then close it. I'm using a M4 Mac Mini with Tahoe 26 installed (the problem has been going on for months though) and the latest version of LR Classic 14.5.1 Ejecting the SSD is the only way to stop the SSD from conitinuing to blink and get hot. How do I get LR to actually close and stop creating work for my SSD drive once its been closed down?If I leave the SSD to blink and get hot overnight - will it eventually catch up with whatever work it is doing? I don't want to overheat my SSD though. Hope somone has the solution - thanks  

Most of the documentation for the LrView "bind_to_object" and "key" properties is incorrect and omits important information.  From the LR 14.3 SDK: API Reference LrView.bind() says in multiple places "bind_to_object" is a string. But in fact it is an observable table returned by LrBinding.makePropertyTable(). LrView.bind() omits the following about "key":  A key name for the observed property. If "key" is of the form "x.y", then it refers to the key "y" in the table bound to key "x" in the current bound table.  Are multiple dots allowed, e.g. "x.y.z"? LrBinding.andAllKeys() and LrBinding.orAllKeys() say "bind_to_object" is a string, but it is in fact a table as specified in LrView.bind(). LrBinding: Can the various instances of "key" be in in hierarchical form, as in LrView.bind()?   Lightroom Classic SDK Guide Page 105: Says "bind_to_object:  Optional. The name of an observable table which overrides the value of the

I have 2 questions here.1.  Can you import, edit, and export images ... all from and then back to ... the same hard drive?2.  Seeing as there are 2 "Import" buttons, are there advantages/disadvanteges to using only the "Import"         button seen at the bottom righthand corner, under that panel.   TY LrC 14.5.1Windows 11   

Hello!  Today i have a problem. When i try edit photos on lightroom classic develop mode, everywhere when i clicking apper window with "Copy settings" I tried to resolve this problem with all ideas from internet, i tried old version of lightroom, new catalog, hotkeys, i disconect keyboard, mouse etc etc and nothing work! I tried even if shortcut (CTRL+SHIFT+C) work but this shortcut DONT work ... What can be? Window from this shortcut apear only when i click anywhere on develop mode (1-2-3 clicks, depend) Please, i need help fast! Thanks a lot!

I have hundreds of files I have tagged with reject. When I execute cmd+del, the files disappear from the lightroom display. But when I import from the same folder(s), the files are still there, and are imported as new versions (with -1, -2, ... appended to file names). These are not virtual copies (each are ~35mb). The behavior is what I would expect if I selected the "remove from lightroom" option.Using Find Any File, the original file (without the -n appendage to the file name) cannot be found, but the  -n files are all listed in Finder.Deleting PSD files works as expected.The word-around for this issue in an earlier post suggests using Finder. I am able to delete the files with Finder, but given that I need to delete 100s of files located in several folders, that solution is not practical.My OS is 10.5, Lightroom Classic, version 14.5.1. I have administrative privileges, and the file tags are "-rw-r--r--  staff". The files are all stored on the internal SSD. I have uninsta

I can't sync my photos from Lightroom Classic installed on Win 10 PC to newly installed Lightroom Mobile. Whenever I upload photos to synced album in LrC it gets cleared on both devices, only an empty folder remains in both apps. Please show me how to solve this issue.

Can anybody help me to open LrC? I've tried several ways (from HD and ACC) but It seems like a photofile is corrupting  the task. I've tried to remove this particular file from the folder, but nope. The file next to could be removed. When I keep the cursor on the files, it says "syncronation  awaiting"I have Win 11, LrC version 14.5.1BRHelge , DK

I have a new reformated SSD on which I have labouriously edited and rearranged my stock of photos into folders which group the photos into groupps and sub groups which are meanigful in the context of the photo locations etc. All the folders are grouped under a single "master folder" which is the only folder in the root of the drive. All good! The photos are a mix of CR2, tif, jpeg, psd, and mov. There are approximately 23000 and take a fraction over 1TB of drive space.Now the question! I want to introduce these the Lightroom as I have done in the past with no trouble. However this time I am baffled or I am completely insane.1) I select the file option "Import photo & video"2)I am offered all the drives  on my PC as sources including the one I want. The file count confirms there are 24000. Include subfolders is checked..3) Copy as DNG is selected.4)Build smart previews is selected with the target on another drive (also reformatted) call "Backup ****". It to has a 2TB capac

According to dng_validate, the value of DefaultBlackRender is "Long = 1". However, LightRoom, including DNG Profile Editor, doesn't honour this tag and render as DefaultBlackRender = 0, resulting in darker tones. Please use this photo as an example (https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.prod.dpreview.com/sample_galleries/9434362346/8350882581.dng?X-Amz-Expires=3600&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3D%22iphone15pro_main_0215.DNG%22&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAUIXIAMA3N436PSEA/20250930/us-east-1/s3/aws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250930T072629Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=b791151b67f5fbb3e508ede71fef17353c94b956751dfcadda48203296ead122).   [Moved from ‘Bugs’ to ‘Discussions’ by moderator, according to forum rules.]

I'm having a problem with Lightroom Classic. I suddenly don't see the editing section anymore. Only the library. I've tried everything: restarting, starting with Shift and Option held down (MacOS).  Can somebody help me?