Lightroom Classic

I love the F12 single-button command to activate taking a photo. Now I want a key command to activate tethered capturing. Does it exist? Have I just not found it in my searching? Please reply. If it doesn't, consider this suggestion for future updates. Everyone currently must use a mouse/stylus to navigate via File>Tethered Capture>Start Tethered Capture. To have an option + Command/Control ___ something-or-other shortcut would be amazing; a great time saver. I want it for just getting started and also because, some days, I start, stop, and later re-start LrC to jump back into tethered shooting. Sometimes the whole works just keeps crashing for reasons only the Gods understand and we are quitting LrC and starting over to re-establish camera connections. Tether capture seems like a major function of LrC so a "get started" shortcut seems wise.

  When merging HDR in Lightroom, strange artifacts like the photos occur around bright light sources or their surrounding areas This issue mainly happens with nighttime photos that have intense lighting It occurs regardless of whether 'Auto Align' or 'Auto Settings' is enabled, and I'm using three exposures: -2, 0, and +2 Increasing the deghosting amount can resolve the issue if the problematic areas are included in the deghosting target (since deghosting works by addressing such areas without merging multiple images) However, if the area isn’t identified as a deghosting, the issue remains unresolved       Additionally, when merging sunset photos, applying deghosting to address issues like moving clouds often causes noticeable color banding along the boundaries of the deghosted areas (last 2 photos) The color and tonal gradation don't align properly, creating visible layers I'd like to know how to resolve this issue Also, if there's a specific name for these

Bonjour,Synchronisation des paramètres de développement entre images ne fonctionne plus, tout comme le copier/coller depuis la dernière mise à jour. Chaque tentative me bloque Lightroom, et je dois débloquer en utilisant la touche échap !!L'utilité du logiciel est mise à mal, puisque le principe même est de pouvoir faire un réglage pour le coller sur les photos de la série...

When using the object masking tool LR has suddenly begun making a result like the one in this screenshot.It will make the square/rectangle, partterned, selection around the selection i have made. In this example i selected the the opening in the middle, above the handrail, with the 2 beams and the blownout sky. Does/has this happened to anyone else? if so, how did you fix it?

HelloThe following situation occurs: I have lightroom classic on iMac os Monterey. One on MacBook Air os sequoia 15.1.1 . My photos and Lightroom catalog are on external SSD disk. The last few weeks I have been working on my MacBook Air. Now I recently reconnected my external disk to iMac and get the message that the catalog is not compatible with the os version on iMac and I have to update the operating system to a later version, but my iMac can no longer be updated to a later version of os. Is there a solution for this? Or do I have to create two separate catalogs, one for iMac and one for MacBook Air?This probably means that I have double work with entering keywords. Or is there another solution?Thanks for your answer.

Hi everyone! Yesterday I purchased a preset from Archipelago. I download it and it worked. Today I had some problems with Lightroom and decided to reset all the settings. After that, the preset is gone. When I try to download it again, it shows me this message: Unable to import preset. All items were already imported.  I'm not any kind of a technical person unfortunately, so I really don't know what to do to restore the preset I bought. Can anyone help me? Would appreciate it a lot!

I have recently been unable to create new catalogues in Lightroom.I select File > New Catalogue but then I am endlessly given the New Folder option and not the create option.This is probably really simple and I'm not techy in any respect - all suggestions gratefully received!Thank you.

I am using the Lightroom Classic App on my HP Laptop and i have been exploring preference settings not that i have Topaz AI. I was able to add the plugin so i can "Edit in Topaz AI" however, when trying to adjust the preferences to utlize the app and editing software i am not getting many options. Some of the tutorials i have seen i see them go to (Edit>Preferences>General, etc..) and a bunch of options come up to set the gb of photo you export, exporting in Raw and so on.The problem i am having is that when i go to edit, then preferences i get very little options at all and not seing at all the options i am seing in these tutorial. What i am doing wrong or what is going on here? I hope someone understands what i am trying to say and can help! Thank you,Ryan

I am setting up a new Mac Mini M4 Pro.  My old iMac is a late-2015 Intel chip and I have been advised to do a 'clean install' to avoid bringing over any Intel problems.  When I set up the new Mac, I will need to download a new version of Creative Cloud.  I assume it will install Lightroom v14 (or later).  My current Lr catalogue is 13.3.  When I transfer the old catalogue over to the new Mac (with a newer version of Lightroom) will the old catalogue still work; or will it be automatically updated; or will there be a disconnect that will cause me a problem?

Hallo,folgende Frage/Problem. Habe Lightroom 14 auf einem Mac am Laufen. Katalogdateien sind lokal auf dem Mac gespeichert, die Bilder habe ich auf einem Netzwerkpfad liegen.Jetzt zeigt sich folgendes Verhalten:Beim Öffnen von LC werden die letzten Bilder angezeigt (Vorschau?) zusammen mit der Meldung "Datei nicht gefunden". Öffne ich jetzt den Finder und navigiere hier einmal auf das entsprechende Netzwerklaufwerk (einfach nur durchklicken) und kehre zu LC zurück verschwindet die Meldung und ich kann die Bilder in voller Auflösung sehen.Schließe ich nun LC und starte es wieder ist immer noch alles okay.Wird der Mac neugestartet tritt das Problem wieder auf. Es scheint so (ACHTUNG! Gefährliches Halbwissen) als ob LC nach Neustart des System nicht weiß wo die Bilder/Dateien liegen bzw. nicht darauf zugreifen kann (oder käme dann eine andere FM?)...LC besitzt Festplattenvollzugriff...Liegt das evtl. daran das der Katalog an einem anderen Speicherort liegt als die Bilder?

My aged pc has stopped functioning, and I am in the process of buying a new one.  How do I install my current Adobe plan - Lightroom Classic, Photoshop, etc - on the new pc so I keep the existing plan's terms and billing, and presets and preferences.  I am not worried about my photos; they have already been saved elsewhere.  With my old pc not working, I'm not sure which versions of Lightroom Classic and Photoshop I have, but they have been regularly updated since 2015.  Queries about switching to a new pc should be pretty common, but in the ocean of information one has to know the terminology and how to ask.  Thanks.  

After updating to Lightroom Classic v14.0 today, the "Previous" button is not working properly. The details are as follows:In Develop mode, turn Caps Lock on.After finishing editing one picture, press 3 to set the rating to 3 stars, then automatically move to the next picture.At this point, clicking the "Previous" button should apply the previous settings to the current picture, but it doesn't.Does anyone know how to fix this bug?   Thanks!

The LR upgrade also upgraded my catalogs (2). Now, when I boot, I have 8 catalogs to choose from - the two current ones and 6 old ones from when LR has done this in the past. The catalogs are not too big but I would like to at least get them out of the startup menu. Can the old ones be deleted now that the updated one is in force.

Why it takes much time to copy and import photos in lightroom classic for an album, even to start?i don't get it.

     I have a Mac desktop that I have been using for Lightroon  Classic. I now have a Macbook that I will be using s well when away from my desktop. The big issue for me is the question of the catalog on the Macbook. Can I use the same catalog on BOTH computers? I would have to get the Lrcat files on to the new computer I know, and to start with, I will NOT need to bring over previous photos from the desktop. I would be starting on the Macbook with new photos. With that in mind, after getting my NEW photos on to the Macbook by importing from an external (either a thumb drive or other small portable external drive), can I edit , then when back at desktop, import to the desktop LRC having fully or partially edited  the photos? Ill probaby have more questions re the catalog after. Thank you in advance- Jeremy.  

I have a product key for Lightroom 5.7. Where can I register my product? On the adobe website when I try it shows me that the key doesn't work. I'm 100% sure that the key is not used. Or where do I download lightroom 5.7

In the updated FAQ for LrC 14.3 it states "Syncing between Lightroom Classic and Lightroom Desktop isn't recommended", see the screen capture. Is this specific to when both applications are on the same computer or does the recommendation also apply when on separate computers?  

I've been having an issue where my desoised, DNG, images don't appear in my catalogs after returning to lightroom. For example: I denoise and create a number of new DNG images while editing, they all appear in the catalog where I created them, I shut lightroom down for the day, and when I return the DNG files are no longer in the catalog. I have to go to "all photographs" and pull them into the catalog manually.  For troubleshooting's sake I have ensured there are no filters on and none of these catalogs are "smart." I also don't "stack" the images. After pulling them images back into the catalog the number of images changes, which is an additional idicator that the images left the catalog altogether.  While this isn't a huge deal, it does negatively affect workflow and is a time consuming process for somthing that should be automatic. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

Bonjour,J'importe mes photos via les cartes sd de mes appareils photo vers mon NAS et LRC V13-5. Le dossier de mon NAS n'a jamais changé depuis que j'utilise LR. J'importe parfois de mon NAS vers LRC (cataloguage).LRC m'a créé 3 dossiers différents dans mon catalogue pour toutes mes photos (voir capture ci-jointe). Les 30609 photos sont réparties en 3 dossiers :-  photo(DISKSTATION)(Z:) : 852 photos- \\Diskstation\photo\ : 260 photos- DISKSTATION\photo : 29497 photosCette situation ne m'empêche pas de retrouver par mon clés mes photos mais, puis-je agréger ces 3 dossiers en un seul ? Comment ? Je pensais pouvoir déplacer des fichier d'un dossier à l'autre et supprimer les dossiers vidées mais ça ne semble pas possible.Merci pour vos réponses.Cordialement.Pilgrim

Hi all,Adobe has announced, that LRclassic is now quicker to work with.Up to a point I can confirm this, but here's the thing.I am editing a couple of hundred files with very similar material and have created 1:1 peviews beforehand.Now when I scroll through them in the develop module, the files open but change appearance after about 4 seconds. They don't do this in library, but only in develop. Very annoying. What's the use of creating 1:1 previews, if I have to wait each time I open them while editing. In this way it is very tiring to compare pics that are very similar as i have to wait for one to open, asess it, then switch to the next one, wait for that to open, then switch back to the former, look at it again and only then can i compare it to the next one properly.Can anybody shed a light on this?cheersZLRclassic 14.1.1Macos sequoia 15.2

Wie kann man doppelte Fotos entfernen? 

I have 3000+ bird photos that I "tagged" for searching prior to using LrC. Since I was not using any sophisticated photo processing tool like LrC, I had no way of easily adding metadata like keywords. I devised a file naming scheme that served my searching needs; it included a species name (a standard 4-letter abbreviation) and some aspects of the photo, e.g., gender, plumage, etc.  Now that I've moved to LrC, I am using keywords for the same searching needs. However, I still have those 3000+ photos imported into LrC and they have no keywords at all. As former professional programming I thought it would be nice to be able to write a script or macro or program that would:iterate through a folder containing all those photosget the file name of the photoparse the file name to determine the species and all aspects for the photoopen the photo (or whatever is needed to support the next step)add appropriate keywords to the photoclose the file (if needed) I've discovered that Ad

I have been happily using Adobe Creative Cloud and Lightroom Classsic for years to support my journalism sideline and photography endeavours.My main editing machine is a powerful Windows desktop gaming PC running Windows 10, Intel 13700K and AMD 6800XT graphics using a variety of very fast drives.  I have had no problems for years but I've just fired up Lightroom Classic and had a warning that it needs to update to continue syncing with the cloud. That takes me to another page which then says my Lightroom is up to date. To be honest I don't really care about the syncing with the cloud so I thought little of it and started editing some pics I need for my next article.Lightroom classic began crashing repeatedly to desktop and just closing down when I use the healing brush. I then checked which version I am on and it's the v12.3 release. I thought it would be worth upgrading so I went to Adobe Creative Cloud which shows v14 is the latest available. It says I can install that but it's

Lightroom wont open after trying to launch corrupt catalog. Restarted my computer and tried a couple more times. Now it gets stuck wont open and a black bar appears on computer screen saying Lightroom-Opening Catalog: Lightroom Catalog.zip How do I fix this?

Hallo!Am 27.11.24 bin ich von PC auf den Mac umgezogen. (möglicher Grund für den folgenden Fehler?)Vor 2 Wochen fiel mir dann auf, dass alle KI-Bearbeitungen meiner gesamten Bibliothek fehlen. Ich kann jedes Bild einzeln in "Maskierungen" und "Entfernen" manuell aktualisieren. Dann ist auch alles so, wie ich es bearbeitet habe. Aber wenn ich LR neu starte ist wieder alles weg. Wenn ich einen Teil meiner Fotos markiere und "KI-Einstellungen aktualisieren" drücke, sieht das mit dem Bearbearbeitungsbalken zwar kurz super aus, funktioniert aber leider gar nicht - es werden die manuellen Aktualisierungen sogar wieder entfernt, alles auf Anfang. Wenn ich alle (also über 1000) Fotos markieren und ihn aktualisieren lasse, dann gibt es am Ende auch eine Fehlermeldung, dass der Vorgang nicht abgeschlossen werden konnte.Aktuellstes Update ist installiert.Was kann ich tun? Da das manuelle Aktualisieren den gewollten Stand kurz zurückbringt, habe ich erst mal die Hoffnung, dass sich dies dauer