Lightroom Classic

No that's not a typo. I have a new pc and while I carefully backed up my import presets I can't find how to restore them. Inevitably any search on "import presets" comes up with how to import Develop presets. I've done that, got my Develop presets back but... please, how do I restore my import presets? I'm sure it falls under the heading of "it's easy if you know how" but I don't know how. Thanks.

When I go to save a file I sometimes get the message:'Some original copy is missing. Do you want to continue with the smart previews?'How can I solve this, as there is no option available after this message?

I have a problem. I use LrC since 2020. I process the files so that they come out in TIFF. Suddenly the ITFFs that used to be 76MG are now 8 MG. Same camera, same lens, same workflow. Is it that I have too many photos in the collections and LrC is saturated?

Hi, I want to ask… Why does my Lightroom automatically apply a preset when I export a new image in format? How do I turn off this setting?

Hello, I have updated my Mac software (15.3.1) and Lightroom Classic (14.2), NOT WORKING. It was working last night when I exited and backed up my catalog, but not today. It gets past the preferences stage, goes automatically to recent imports, then stops functioning (just spinning wheel).  I have tried uninstalling and re-installing to no avail. Please help.

I apologize in advance for starting what may be a long thread.  I have a LR Classic catalog that houses a collection of family snapshots accumulated over the years.  Part of this catalog used to reside on a NAS device, but a few years back I migrated it all onto my Mac hard drive.  The catalog is organized as a simply YYYY / Month structure.  When I import new images, such as from my annual holiday photo shoot, the images land in 2024/December for example.  However, over the LR Classic catalog display doesn't reflect the folder structure on my hard drive.  Let's start with a simple example - see screen shots attached.  On disk, the 2024 / December folder is in the desired location:  Lawler Family Photo Library / Lawler Family Photos / 2024 / December.  But notice that the LR catalog display shows this structure disconnected from the other YYYY / Month collection (see highlighted line in LR catalog).  If I try to drag the 2024 folde

I've been working on a Lightroom plugin and I'm using LrLogger to output messages to the logfile.  This has been working great, but today suddenly everything written to the logfile is jibberish.  Looks like this:  ㈰㈯⼰〲㔲ㄠ㨳ㄵ㐺‶剔䍁ॅ敂潦敲琠潬摡灇䙸汩⁥佄䕎渺汩ഀ《⼲〲㈯㈰‵ I've tried deleting the logfile, and rebooted my PC but nothing has worked.  Does anyone know how this has happened and how I can fix it? Thanks,Greg

Hi Community,  PLEASE HELP ...I just went to open LR and it promoted me to upgrade the catalogue i wanted to open.So i clicked on "upgrade" as i have done many times before without any drama, and when it opened there is no images in there whatsovever.I took a pic of the upgrade message, before it actully did the upgrade. I tried to open the "previous" version (.zip file), but it just keeps duplicating the files.  Pics attached I recently updated my mac to Sequioa 15.3, LR version is 14.1.1Any help to get all the info back would be gretaly appreciated!!

Hi guys   I've been having trouble with opening DNG files of DJI mini 3 in Lightroom Classic for a while. The Software recognizes only some of them. I'm not experiencing this issue in Photoshop or cloud-based Lightroom, Even though I tested the different SD cards. The firmware of the drone is up to date. I tried uninstalling and then reinstalling the Lightroom Classic, but the problem didn't resolve.     [Moved from ‘Bugs’ to ‘Discussions’ by moderator, according to forum rules.]

 This is the first time in my Lightroom history that I've worked with video files, I was hoping that somebody might be able to help me figure out why I can’t save metadata to any video format. Command + s doesn’t nor does Metadata / Save Metadata to File (which is grayed out). The files were created with Photoshop / Premiere Pro / iOS and is the case with any video format. I would appreciate any advice or guidance on how I might be able to solve this problem. Thanks in advance - CES.

I'm a sports photographer, and have been having an issue with Lightroom Classic hanging as I'm trying to import photos.  My workflow: I import my photos onto the computer through PhotoMechanic. I then cull my photos in PM, select the ones I want to edit, and drag those over to import into Lightroom Classic. Import is set to import from current location, so there is no renaming, moving, etc., it's all on hard drive. For each game I create a new folder in the same library. As the game goes on, the import starts hanging, there will be no progress on the progress bar. Eventually it will work, but sometimes it takes five minutes. I'm using jpgs, not raw.  I've uninstalled and reinstalled Lightroom. I've deleted the preferences folder. I created a new library. Nothing has worked.  Any suggestions?

Since the update on LrC v14.2 the subtraction in masking does don’t work properly. Issue: It does subtract the mask except with the brush (Subtraction works i.e. with another radial filter). I can add with the brush but - as mentioned - not subtract. Do you experience the same? Any idea how to fix? Thanks for support.

Hi, I have a MacBook Pro M1 14" (32 GB/1 TB) working under Sonoma 14.5.I have downloaded the latest version of Lightroom Classic (14.2) and I am faced with two issues:1) The import doesn't start. I wait for a long time and, after a while, I must quit LrC and restart it. Then, after a relaunch, the import works.2) Occasionnaly, when clicking on the thumbnail in the Library module, I get a gray window, no image. When trying to switch to the Develop module, the window turns green....Thanks !Robert

Can I export one catalog folder as a catalog to move to smaller hdd? 

Why don’t keywords added to images in Lightroom Classic sync with Lightroom Mobile?Rick McEvoywww.rickmcevoyphotography.co.uk

I have a CC subscription, with Lightroom Classic on my desktop (Windows 10) and the Lightroom app on my phone/ iPad.  It works brilliantly BUT keyword tags don't synch between the desktop and the app.  Everything else does - including metadata changes such as title or copyright - but keywords entered on the desktop don't appear in the app and vice versa.   Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?   Thanks in advance for the help   {Thread renamed by moderator}

Hi folks.. I'm using Lightroom Classic (updated) on WIndows 11 Pro with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti and have found that the Preferences pop up menu displays with the bottom part offscreen. I can't drag it up. It's the same on different monitors. I know it's there- I can hit Enter - assuming OK is highlighted.. and it reacts ok. If I set a screen to a higher non native resolution I can see it. But obviously I'd prefer to use the native resolution. This only happens with Lightroom. I've upgraded and reset preferences. Any ideas how I can fix this please?

Als ik bij Photoshop en bij Lightroom classic updates aanklikt, krijg ik het volgende bericht:  "updates zijn uitgeschakeld voot deze computer. Neem contact op met de beheerder" Wat doe ik fout of moet ik doen?

Hobby photographer, I would appreciate suggestions for a Windows PC tower. Will be using 2 TB external SSD for image storage. Looking for efficient graphics management and good graphics card. Suggestions?

I notice after exporting a large batch or images, Lightroom is busy "building standard previews". And that slows thing down to some extent. How can I stop this auto preview buiding in standard while exporting? I don't need standard previews and want to move on with my tasks as quickly as possible.  To speed up my workflow I usually only import with "embedded and sidecar" previews. But there are no choices for previews upon exporting. 

I suspect my GPU is the limiting factor in my Windows 11 (always fully updated!) PC. Since the introduction of Intel's B580 GPU, I have been attempting to determine if that (or something similarly priced) would make a significant difference in my workflow.  I do not play games. I do not do video. I do the usual e-mail and internet strolling. 90+ percent of my usage is in Adobe Lightroom Classic (organization) and Photoshop (editing). Since I do have an Adobe subscription, they are both updated frequently. I also use several Topaz products and Luminar's NEO as Photoshop filters. I understand they make more use of the GPU than does Photoshop. A similar query will be directed to each of them, too. I built this system in 2020. My motherboard is an MSI Thunderbolt Z490, which runs an Intel i9 11900K (originally an Intel i5) and has 64 MB DDR4 RAM. To upgrade the CPU I would have to upgrade both the motherboard and the RAM. The boot drive is a 1TB Samsung NVME SSD, the scratch

Even after uninstalling and reinstalling Lightroom Classic, the issue persists on both Windows and MacBook. The colors apply correctly only to JPG files, but not to RAW files. I was told that the preset should work properly on RAW files, and this seems to be a rare issue. How can I fix this?   [Moved from ‘Bugs’ to ‘Discussions’ by moderator, according to forum rules.]

I'm using the latest versions of Premiere Pro and Lightroom Classic (via Adobe Cloud Suite).   I'm trying to open a MOV file in Premiere Pro from my Lightroom Catalog, but the option is greyed out.   Does anyone know how to make that accessable again? 

I am running Adobe LR Classic CC on a new PC, which is replacing my old one. Now, when I want to transfer keeper photo files from the local drive to the NAS mirror storage, it is agonizingly SLOW! The extremely slow transfer speed is not acceptable, especially since these are large data files (photos). My old PC was hard-wired and it transferred files quickly and easily. Not so with the new PC, which is connected to the network wirelessly. Will I see any gain with it being hard-wired by ethernet cable? (I have a CAT 6 cable I can use, just need to make room on the router for it to plug in.)Thanks.

Lightroom Classic v14.2Windows 10 ProIn the file export window, If I select "Copyright Only" for meta data setting, no file will be generated.  The "Write Copyright" setting for the camera is set to Off so the field would be empty. In the History panel, it'll list "Export - Hard Drive..."Once I change the setting to "All except camear RAW" then file exports as expected.