Lightroom Classic

I need an expert's opinion and advice.... What would normally take just a few minutes now goes on for hours of incredibly slow backup time when it gets to this... 'presets' part of the backup of the lightroom catalog. Is it necessary to include this? My take on it is that it is incredibly encrypted so it making the backup software work hard to actually reproduce and backup... Yes, it does backup successfully and eventually, but I'm thinking I'm wasting time backup up the Lightroom catalog this way. Not backing up the actaul files as they are on external drives but just the 'catalog' that Lightroom uses to locate and sort and organize what is in the catalog. Someone who understands what is going on, do I need to go through this long abnormal backup process of 'presets', or, do you have anything to say or recommend... Tia, Ken

I'd like to search trough my photos to find those containing a particular prrson is this possible?   {Moved from Lightroom Cloud to Lightroom Classic Forum by Moderator and title edited by Moderator)

Good AfternoonI notice in the last couple of weeks that when I upload photo to lightroom classic, some are missing total grayed out. When I look on my memory card they are there.

Depuis la MAj de mai 2025 je rencontre un gros ralentissment d'affichage, spécialement lorsque j'ouvre le menu des masques. Les outils mêtent du temps à apparaitre, décallage entre mes mouvements et le pinceau par exemple. Tout était nickel jusqu'alors. Très fluide avec ce nouvel ordiJ'ai depuis mis à jour le drivre de ma carte vidéo mais rien n'a changé. J'ai pourtant une configuration plus que correcte je pense. Processeur Intel i7-14700KF 3.4GHz32 Go RAMCarte graphique Nvidia GeForce RTX3060 avec 12 Go RAM J'ai l'impression que je ne sius pas un cas isolé. 

I created an external hard disk to keep all of my photos (6,242) and catalogues, to make space on my laptop.. I have not worked on them for a year+ but need to continue to work on them. I updated my program to the latest version, and when I open it, I see the full program -- full file structure, categories, etc. and the total number of photos and numbers assigned to each catalog category, BUT NO PHOTOS! I just get the identification numbers and a grey screen for each. How do I get the lrcat to find the photos? ( I can go to a file and see each photo ... they are there, but the program does not find them).

Yesterday, for reasons related to Lr Mobile for iPad's limitations, I decided to flatten the folder structure of my Collections/Albums from Collection Set>Collection Set>Multiple Collections to Collection Set>Single Collection. So, for example, I went from Oregon (C Set)>Crater Lake (C Set)>2021 & 2022 & 2023—each of the latter being a separate collection—to Oregon (C set)>Crater Lake (combined Collection). I accomplished this in LrC by creating an entirely new Collection for each of my top-level Collection Sets and dragging all the images from the multiple older Collections into the newly created combined Collection. Then I deleted the old Collection Set and the Collections that they contained. I was not always presented with a dialog box, but when given the option to keep the sync'd images from deleted Collections in All Synced Photographs, I chose "No", understanding (I believe correctly) that these images would remain in any other Collection to which

Estou editando 22.000 fotos e o processo de exportção está muito demorado e lento. Está levando 1h para 4.352 fotos e para 21.744 levando mais de 3h40. O que devo fazer? Meu computador é de alta performace já fiz tudo nele mas acho que é do programa da adobe. Algo não está bem configurado. Quem puder me ajudar antes de atualizar de 13.5 para 14.3.1 fazia 4.352 em 18minutos e 21.744 em 2h14.

I have been trying to input RAW images into an existing catelogue from an OM1. I can see the import registers the number of images and lists the folders but no images show up.  When I went to the folder on my mac they were ORF extensions but had an "S" for Topaz Sharpen.  I have removed Topaz but it still did it!  Having tried several times without success, I tried to import into a new catelogue.  This worked I could see the images and T Sharpening was nowhere to be seen.  Therefore concluding that there is something wrong with the original catelogue, but what.  I have been into the preferences and can see no link to Topaz Sharpening.  I would prefer to go back to my original catelogue but need to fix this import problem.  Help!!

I have LRC and Photoshop.LRC – 14.3.1 (2502505061331-b063faefPS – 25.12.3 20250415.r.1067 fof8f82 x64Both programs are freezing.This just started on 05/25/2025. Both programs have been up to date on updated software.I can not work with the programs freezing.What to do?

I have tried closing and restarting LR, which temporarily solves the issue (as does restarting the PC (Win 10). Flags (the white Pick ones) always appear in Loupe view or when using the filter in Grid view. This means some images I've flagged show up in Grid view only when using the filter, but not when all filters are off (which is very frustrating).  I've tried pressing J to see if that helps, but no dice. Lightroom Classic ver 14.3 Any suggestions?

I have recently had a bad hard drive and many files were corrupted (100,000 +). When I view them in Lightroom they have a black "i" in the top right corner and a warning that LR can't read the file and won't be able to make adjustments. So I want to delete the files as they are now useless but taking up massive storage space. If LR can identify these files then I should be able to sort by them, select them and remove from catalog. They are all sprinkled randomly throughout a very large catalog and amny folders are filled with a random mix of corrupted files and good files together. How can I do this??  

Hi! I've updated ACR, Lightroom Classic (v14) and Photoshop. When I open a DNG or Canon CR3 Raw file in Photoshop, ACR opens and I can see and apply the new adaptative color profile (beta) to the file. ...But, the very same file opened in Lightroom Classic does not show the new option, in the Profiles panel. Am I missing somenthing? AK  

How can I overwrite the "Created Date" to keep the original date (either original Created Date or Date Taken) the file was created and not today's during the LrC export process? I am exporting pictures on Windows 10 Lightroom Classic (23.5) and applying a 'limit file size' to reduce my iphone's photo library storage. I include "All metadata" in the LrC export process. In the new files that are created, the "Created Date" (which is the date iphones and computers use to order files chronologically by default) is today's date. The "Date Taken" (date taken applies to pictures taken with a camera only) is still there so I haven't lost the metadata during my export process. How can I overwrite the "Created Date" to keep the original date (either original Created Date or Date Taken) the file was created and not today's during the LrC export process? The other answers in this forum have been for computer users who are able to utalize their finder/file explorer's ordering sy

Ligtroom classic in assenza di linea internet si avvia  e dopo qualche secondo si chiude automaticamente. Al ripristino della rete tutto torna a funzionare !  come posso continuare a lavorare off line?? Win 11 PRo 

Had my whole album selected and accidently clicked Read Metadata From File (especially when its RIGHT NEXT TO Save Metadata to File!!) I put in 4 hours into editing this and one wrong move and POOF! all my hard work completely gone. I'm crushed, please help. This was an amazing album and my hard work is gone. What the hell Adobe couldn't you put in a warning that you're about to obliterate your edits without being able to undo it? These were portfolio pieces forever enshrined in JPG unless you can help me!   Windows 11, Lightroom Classic 14.3.1. No, I didn't happen to backup my catalog last night. Album is synced to cloud

    Say your keyword heirarchy is like this:A > B > C D > B > E D > B > F   One of the keywords that appears in the "Keyword Suggestions" box will be "E < B". This suggestion is obviously referring to E < B < D (which is D > B > E). The expected result when clicking this suggestion is that it adds the "E < B < D" keyword to the photo. However, when you click the "E < B" suggestion, it creates a new E < B < A tag (which is A > B > E).     This issue also happens with the autocomplete in the textbox of the "Keyword Tags" box.     System Info: Lightroom Classic version: 14.3.1 [ 202505061331-b063faef ]License: Creative CloudLanguage setting: en-USOperating system: Mac OS 15Version: 15.4.1 [24E263]Application architecture: arm64Logical processor count: 8Processor speed: NASqLite Version: 3.36.0Power Source: Battery, 99%Built-in memory: 16,384.0 MBDedicated GPU memory used by Lightroom: 1,213.4MB / 10,9

I was trying to show someone how this work and realized that my setup was gone...so  I went to Export with Email and saw that my gmail account was not configured. So I attempted to add Gmail and hit the  Validate button...see the screenshot, it won't validate. My gmail credentials are correct. What could be going on here?  

This weird problem has happened 3 times now. I'll shut down LR Classic and backup as usual.  Next time I start LRC, I get that corrupt catalog message. "Repair" does not work. Well,  here's what happens.  When i find the active catalog in Finder, somehow the extension is gone. Instead of  Lightroom-catalog-2025-April-1.lrcat The file is actually there but the extension is missing.  It's just: Lightroom-catalog-2025-April-1 If I rename it by just appending .lrcat to that filename, then it opens and works fine. I'm glad the file is still there but this seems like a disaster-in-waiting.  Any idea what's happening?  I'm not having any other system issues.   I have over 100,000 images in LRC and this is disconcerting. MacOS 15.5  MacBook Pro M1  64GB memory  2TB internal SDD I'm attaching a screenshot of the file structure, which looks like it's cluttered with garbage. I'd like to move everyt

There are no shortcuts for stacking? This leads me to believe I am missing more than just those, after searching online and finding many more shortcuts that don't work for me. "Group into stack" should be Ctrl+G. That doesn't do anything.  System Info:Lightroom Classic version: 14.3.1 [ 202505061331-b063faef ]License: Creative CloudLanguage setting: enOperating system: Windows 11 - Business EditionVersion: 11.0.26100Application architecture: x64System architecture: x64Logical processor count: 22Processor speed: 2,9GHzSqLite Version: 3.36.0CPU Utilisation: 2,0%Power Source: Plugged In, 97%  (Charging)Built-in memory: 32212,7 MBDedicated GPU memory used by Lightroom: 1051,0MB / 3893,0MB (26%)Real memory available to Lightroom: 32212,7 MBReal memory used by Lightroom: 2784,1 MB (8,6%)Virtual memory used by Lightroom: 4644,5 MBGDI objects count: 705USER objects count: 2522Process handles count: 3235Memory cache size: 12,8MBInternal Camera Raw version: 17.3.1 [ 2227 ]Maximum

I use Lightroom for culling through wedding photos, and as of yesterday's update, any time I increase or decrease the rating of an image (or apply any other kind of edit) it will add 4 hours to the capture time, therefore sending that photo to a random place later in the collection, only for me to find it again as I'm moving through. In fact, it just happened twice, as I edited a photo that had already been changed, and it added 4 more. What in the world??? This could prove to be exceptionally annoying.   Photos are syncing.   LR version 14.1 MacOS 14.7.1 M1 Max

I have Lightroom Classic (updated as of this morning) running on a 2015 iMac and am trying to move most of my folders to an external drive.  The problem is that Lightroom will not recognize the new external drive in the Folders View.  I can see it in the list when I import items but it's not showing up on the Folders View list.  I have imported images to the new external drive so it's not due to zero interaction. I tried to do an "end run" by copying all the folders I wish to move from my internal drive to my new external drive.  I then right clicked on the folder in Folders View and selected "Update Folder Location" and selected the copied folder on the external drive as it will show up in its Finder-type dialog box.  All the files then became "missing" files as it apparently didn't recognize the external drive even though it was an option at that point.   I'm just not sure why it's not showing up in the Folders View.  Does anyone have any

Hi everyone,I have a problem with the library tab in Lightroom Classic 9.2 on Windows 10:When editing a photo in develop mode and then going back to library mode (for example, to add tags), all my edits are "gone". And by all edits I mean everything, also cropping etc. and not only color. I can only see the edits when I go back to develop mode, but not in the previews nor in library mode. This makes it hard to work with the library and its functions (e.g. tags) at all.I noticed that this happens with some, but not with all photos, and especially (although unfortunately not exclusively) with photos where I only cropped or aligned the picture and did not do any further edits! Anyone else had the same problem and came up with a solution?Thank you! This is how the photo looks when I edited/cropped it (and saved metadata already):         As you can see, the photo is unchanged in library mode, uncropped. This is how the photo looks in l

Bonjour, Lorsque j'utilise un des masques, je n'ai plus la possibilité de travailler les réglages de base. Par exemple, je ne peux plus travailler l'exposition ou les hautes lumières du sujet sélectionné. LEs réglages de base s'appliquent à toute la photo. Cela fonctionnait il y a quelques jours. Pourriez-vous m'aider?

Hello, I purchased a perpetual license of LIghtroom 3.6 more than 10 years ago.  I need to move it to a new Windows computer I recently purchased.  Is that still possible? Is there a way for me to download version 3.x from Adobe as I still have the license key for it. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction.