Lightroom Classic

Hello,I often set up a collection of images, then generate smart previews of them and export them as a catalog.I do this so I can edit them on my laptop while traveling.I've been doing this for ages and works great for editing on the road, but yesterday I exported a lightroom catalog, and now that I wanted to do some editing, my images are not appeating (The file could not be found mesage)If I click the images for editing,  they are not appearing  (I can see the small thumbnails)I also tried with an old exported lightroom catalog that I worked on it las week, and had the same result,  same message.I am using the latest version  14.3.1 for windows on both computers

I just laid out a book in the LR module, getting ready to order at Blurb. Now, the front and back cover spread is not showing any more on top of the book. The book just starts with the grey default page. I don't see that I can re-insert this special page somewhere in the menu but of course I want to design a cover for this book (hardcover wrap).I have done all the work on all the pages so would rather not start over. Is there a way to get the cover page template back in?Thanks in advance.

Hi! I want to share my lightroom album of this shoot with the family but inside the album it is making the image darker like it is missing the masking edit but when I am in the edit window and not in the album it is just fine. How do I fix this? There's nothing wrong with the cloud everything says it's been synced. 

Since february 2025 I get an error while making a backup: "Cannot make a backup (V13-3). Check your privaliges for the map and be aware there is sufficient space both on the backup-location as on the main map for Lightroom." I checked: sufficient space on 2 different stations, privalages are ok as far as i can see (I can save a Word-document in both maps). HELP???    [Moved from ‘Bugs’ to ‘Discussions’ by moderator, according to forum rules.]

Recently I've noticed that whenever I print an image with a smooth visible gradient (light to dark) such as a vignette on a seamless backdrop, I get visible banding.  None of the banding is ever visible on screen, only in prints.  Strangely, I have never had this issue until the past month.  Here is my process for the attached sample jpg that was exported to be printed on 8x5 paper: - Images are edited as TIF files in Photoshop.  The attached image started as:  16 bit, RGB color, 2400x1500px.  The background is a solid grey layer with a vignette  added in Camera Raw within Photoshop.  - Because I'm typically printing 100+  files at a time, once all my photoshop edits are complete, I then apply some light sharpening in Lightroom which I then sync to all the selected images.  - I select & export all the images from Lightroom with these settings:  JPEG, sRGB, Quality 100, Resize long edge to 2,400 pixels, resolution 300- So f

I have recently updated my laptop to a Dell XPS13 with a 4K monitor, and the Dell 2410 monitors I use for photo editing have 1920 x 1080 resolution. I am connecting to the monitors through a Dell Thunderbolt TB16 docking station - both display port and HDMI outputs have the same problem.Lightroom renders the top-level menu and menus accessed from that menu in a huge font. ( screen shot attached ).I realise that font scaling needs to be adjusted between monitors of different resolutions. This is not a general problem, but one limited to specific parts of the lightroom UI - Photoshop is fine, and as the screenshot shows, the rest of the Lightroom UI is fine too. I can't show the menus, but the file menu items are of a similar size. However, dialogs accessed from menus such as export show a large header font, and correct detail font too.Any ideas ?

Help..!My LR catalog lrcat  OF MANY YEARS (it's much too large, I'm preparing to start annual catalogs, but I realized this). My LR catalog is being stored on my MacBook's iCloud. I just realized. How do I accurately and safely move this catalog for future use when needed?  (My photos within the catalog are stored on external hard drives).  Thank you for the guidance! Amanda M. 

I Have upgraded to windows 11 with a new C: drive. Just a faster one NMVe type.Now 2 of my 4tb drives have had the drive name changed in LRC only, they are the correct name on the PC.Drive id in LRC is (:i) now but it shoud be as per the computer drive name of (F:)how do I change it back ti the (F:) drive in LRC.Hope this make sence to some one.  Neil  

I got on Lightroom Classic to edit some photos, and well I had to use the AI generative remove to remove a part of my image. So like normal I selected it and clicked remove, after that it gave me an error message that said "Generative Remove Failed, We've encountered an issue and can't complete your request at this time. Please try again later." does anyone know how to fix this?

I'm not sure what happened here, but I have a collection that has the same photos in it twice - but for each pair, one of them is "missing."  I was going to find the missing photo by navigating to it in File Explorer, but doing so produced the error message shown below.  I want to get rid of the missing photo for each pair.  Can I do that in an automated fashion somehow?  Many thanks.    

Hi,I have just bought the canon eos 6D mark II, opting for the newer model, thinking it would make things easier, but having tried to set up tethered shooting it seems that this model is not supported yet by lightroom cc - does anyone know of any ways to get around this please?Or anyone know of plans to add this to the list of models that can be tethered??Inexperienced lightroom user & photographer so anything to make things easier would be much appreciated thanks v much!

Hello,  I use this catalog between a Macbook Air and a Windows PC.  I have a Nikon 7Z II, and in the manual it states that the camera will make new folders at 5k items (viewable) in a folder.   I know this is large but I figure I'll keep it that way over the 1k folder limit of the DSLRs they've had.   I find that sometimes my Lightroom classic, only on the MacBook Air, will not find all files to import.  When I went to first report this the folder has less than 4000 files in them, but my last import seemed to be missing files.  I did another import, and I always make it show the dialog so I can select build smart preview, and it told me there were 11 files (this number also seems low but I'd take it) While it sorts through the list of files to import, it eventually reaches zero files to import.  Before this I had a misconfigured folder with over 6k of files in them.  MacOS had a hard time opening the folder, and Lightroom

When I scale Lightroom Classic shows gray and white squares around the photos instead of white. Help me please! Thank you!

Good morning,In Lrc - I've noticed a strange behaviour a few times recently importing two different versions of a file, both from the same day (May 25th in this case). Every morning I have my filter set up so that I see all the photos I ever took on this day. So the filter on top is set to May, then for the 'Day' column I have it set for 26 because today is the 26th, and the year column is set to all the years.Yesterday I worked with a portraint created yesterday - I made a larger version in Ps and brought it back to Lrc. That modified file shows for May 25 - but the original file shows for May 26, a day later. This happened yesterday so the original file magically shifted to the next day.Both are in the May 25th folder, both have metadata for May 25th.Why would the modified file be the correct day but the original show as the day after?I see no evidence of a metadata issue.

I recently noticed that when I was editing a batch of photos, and was deleting files from the batch I no longer wanted to edit, my trash can was remaining empty. I start testing this and began deleting photos from lightroom using the "delete from disk" option that specifies photos would end up not only out of my lightroom catalogue but in the trash. Again, nothing appeared in the trash, even after refreshing finder and resetting my mac. The files are also gone from the orginal folders they were in. I uninstalled lightroom classic, reinstalled, and even opened a new catalogue and still experienced the same thing. I've never noticed this until now and wanted to see if anyone had a fix? I'd hate to accidentally select the wrong option and then boom! There goes the file for good. 

I have been doing wildlife photography for many years. But new to LRC not sure how to add all my past images to lightroom for viewing and possible editing. I have them in folders by Year/Month/Day. Also not sure if it's advantagous to create a catalog called Wildlife Photography and then add key words and collections. Can someone explain this to me or point me to a video that covers these topics? Using the latest LRC just fyi.  Thanks Mike

Can't use lightroom classic as can't access catalog.  I am getting the following error message:On windows 10.  All software including lightroom classic appears current and updated.  Tech note does not appear to relate to my issue and did not resolve the problem

Today after long editing session I noticed that my PC slowed down noticable. I looked up into task manager and saw that Lightroom uses 13GB of RAM + 12GB usage from Photoshop. I thought it isn't that much, because I have 64GB of RAM, but it's usage was at 98%. After I closed Photoshop RAM usage dropped by 15GB and after closing Lightroom usage dropped by 33GB! That's huge amount of RAM usage and it was 20GB more than task manager was showing next to Lightroom process. Is this a bug?LR Classic 13.1Windows 11 Proi7-13700KRTX 408064GB RAM

Lightroom Classic 14.3: Select Landscape, Catalog Management, and more from MAX London! We’re excited to announce the release of Lightroom Classic 14.3, available now as part of the April 2025 MAX London update. This release includes new features designed to streamline your workflow and expand your creative control—plus support for the latest cameras and lenses, along with important bug fixes.   Try Lightroom Classic Download the latest version and dive into the new Adobe Lightroom Classic features. Adobe Lightroom Classic 14.3 To update Lightroom Classic to 14.3, click "Update" in the Creative Cloud desktop app next to Lightroom. More detailed instructions for updating.   Here’s what’s new in Lightroom Classic 14.3: NEW! Landscape Masking: Say hello to the Select > Landscape mask — your new go-to for editing landscape photos. Lightroom automatically detects elements like sky, vegetation, and ground, creating separate masks for each. Fine-tune each p

Lighroom Classic randomly stops exporting. I'll be exporting single images one moment, and then it simply wohn't export the next. The export bar appears but makes no progress. I'm exporting to a folder on my desktop, so nothing fancy. I've even tried exporting directly to my desktop to no avail. I can find the RAW file when I go to "Show in finder", so I know it's there. I can open it, so it's not corrupt. I've updated Lightroom and also reset the settings. I've also reset my computer. I've also made sure there's enough room on my computer to export this photo. What else can I try?

HiWhen you over crop an image you have transparent sections outside the image. when you export these as JPG, understandably it fills that with a colour (as JPG cant do transparent), but it always uses white. Is there an option to make the default another colour, ie black.  saves extra work thanks

Hello, I've seen this problem posted on several forums going back a few years with little resolve. After creating a mask on a photo and after so many edits to the mask, the program begins to lag and freeze so badly that it becomes unusable. 10-30 seconds for each mouse click to register. Click-and-drag functions, like using a mask brush, stop registering entirely.    I’m running on Windows 11 PC. My primary catalog and photos are saved on an internal SSD. Backup is on an external SSD. My computer is about 1 year old (see SYSTEM INFO below.) The problem is with Lightroom Classic only, all other software and OS otherwise run perfectly. This problem occurs with all image types, RAW or JPG. Catalog is backed up/optimized/integrity tested multiple times per week.   Here’s what I’ve tried: - Disable GPU acceleration in LRC (no difference.) - Update NVidia drivers. - Switch between Studio and Game Ready Nvidia drivers. - Run chkdsk from cmd prompt on all drives. - Lower desktop

I use One Drive to backup all the Lrc catalogues plus the recent year's of photos. One Drive is also my backup for all other files on the computer.I mistakedly blocked One Drive whilst editing. I have signed in again outside of Lr but One Drive seems to be trying to sych everything again - a process which will take days and might be wasting storage space.How do I re-establish things?