Lightroom Classic

  I lost  all off my catalogues due to an external disk  failure . This means Lightroom will not open I have tried to create a new catalogue but Light room still refuses to open. I've reinstalled Lightroom as per adobes instructions but Lightroom still refuses to open. My next step is to completely remove all Lightroom data on the PC and do a completely clean install of Lightroom starting all over again. Any advice on this approach?

I'm having some issues with the HDR feature in Lightroom Classic. When I select the HDR feature in lightroom and export the image, with HDR export selected, the exported image does not look like the HDR preview. It looks like the 'Preview for SDR display' option. I'm working on an m1 pro macbook with macOS Ventura which supports HDR. I thought maybe it was just the preview app so I moved it to the photos app and activated HDR display but no look, still looks like the SDR preview. I have also tried looking at the image on my phone and uploading to instagram, both of which are supposed to support HDR but neither display it properly which makes me think the issue is with the lightroom export. Anyone know how to correctly display HDR images?

Lightroom will not open and crashes immediately.

I have a Mac but my operating system (Ventura 13.7.8) is no longer supported and I am unable to upgrade Lightroom. However, export to PS has always worked up until now. LR version is 14.5.2

i've recently migrated from an Intel mac to an M3. I'm running LrC version 13.1; Sonoma 14.1.1Photoshop, Bridge, Indesign all work perfectly. LrC crashes immediately on startup - the splash screen appears for a moment then it vanishes. i've read through some older threads and here's what I've tried so far:- uninstalled and reinstalled LrC multiple times (including older versions) and rebooted- checked read/write permissions for Adobe log file (fine)- deleted LrC preferences (option/shift when starting the application)- disabled literally ALL login items and restarted - makes no difference- deleted all of LRC's library filesHowever ... I've also created a new user and tried starting LrC from that account - and it starts up just fine. clearly there's an issue with my account, but i'm at a loss as to what it might be. i've sent error reports to Adobe, so there should be some logged somewhere under my email address tia 🙂Genie

Windows 11Lightroom 15.4.1I have recently enabled ‘Automatically write changes into sidecar files (XMP/ACR)”  - mainly as a safety net in leu of other issues, but that is not relevant here.It took a while for LR to complete the saving of all metadata files - probably 12 hours (259K files in the catalog).I just loaded LR, edited one image in PS and saved. It appeared in LR and then I clicked CLOSE on LR. It warned me that Metadata processing was still busy. I checked the status and 843 files are being processed. The folder I have open only has 744 images.I used Resource Monitor to check what files lightroom.exe was accessing - and it is lots of MP4/MOV/AVI files ... in folders unrelated to the folder I was viewing at the time.I have repeated this and seem similar activity each time.It’s not a problem - but i wonder why it needs to scan video files at all?   and why it does this regardless of the images I am working on. 

Bonjour, j'ai un problème dans Lightroom classic avec la création de mots clés. En mode grille, j'entre un mot clé, j'enregistre Pomme+S, je clique sur une autre image et quand je reviens, soit le mot clé apparait, soit il n'apparait pas, soit il apparait avec un astérisque. Je dois parfois effectuer 4 fois l’opération pour qu’elle soit correcte. Je devrais réinitialiser les préfs de LrC ? Merci

System info:Lightroom Classic 15.4.1 macOS Tahoe 26.5.2 (also tested on 26.5.1) Apple M1 Max, internal SSD Catalog was recently migrated during a Lightroom update (Catalog-v13 to Catalog-v13-3)The problem:After a recent Lightroom update triggered a catalog migration, the app now hangs indefinitely on the "Reading Preferences" splash screen every time I launch it. This happens 100% of the time in my main user account, on every attempt.What I've already ruled out:Deleted a leftover .lock file next to the catalog Fully reset Lightroom preferences (Shift+Option launch) Manually deleted com.adobe.LightroomClassicCC7.plist Removed all third party plugins from the Modules folder Fully wiped the entire ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/ folder (not just the Lightroom subfolder) Deleted all Adobe related entries from Keychain Access (Adobe Lightroom, Adobe.APS, Adobe Lightroom CC, Creative Cloud entries) Disabled and quit a third party malware scanner (CleanMyMac) that had background real tim

tried different folders, always same result. Lots of space available on the drive.A technician did manage to resolve it 18 months ago but the fix only lasted a week.I think its something to do with Google drive as it used to try and back up to it.I also continually get this:When I export photos any AI based edits I’ve made frequently do not export so I have to do them again in the hope it works. Thak you for any help 

I’m on a MacBook Pro M5, system Tahoe 26.1 I just moved the LR catalog to an external drive.  The picture files were duplicated onto the same external drive.  When I open the catalog, it can’t find any pictures, so I show it where the local picture files are.  The pictures all show up, but the stacks are expanded and I the stacking submenu is greyed out.

Hola, tengo descargada la última versión 15.4.1 y cámara raw 18.4.1, hace tiempo q no entro en lightroom y ahora al entrar no me aparecen las fotos sino que cuadrados grises, lo tengo todo actualizado pero sigue igual. Necesito ayuda por favor 

I got this error after upgrade to LrC 15.0. Update 15.0.1 not fix this issue.   "Lightroom has encountered problems reading this photo. You will not be able to make adjustments to this photo."   My photos file are OK, restart LrC will able to edit again, but it will happen again sometimes after I sync the photo setting form one photo to another one.   OS is macOS 15.7.2.

I can’t import anything into Lightroom classic on version 15.4.1. On import the import box is not showing any photos at all. These are not duplicates photos.When I go to import I select a source and then I choose the folder nothing shows.I have tried restating Lightroom and my computer, trying different drives, nothing works. Lightroom isn’t seeing any images on my computer/ drives.  

I am wanting to edit some images in a particular folder in Lightroom.  When looking at the folder in File Explorer there are almost 100 image files in the particular folder.  However, Lightroom only sees 22 files.  I've selected the folder and tried both IMPORT and SYNCHRONIZE however nothing happens.How do I fix this?

SystemLightroom Classic 15.4.1 macOS 26.5.2 Intel Core i5 iMac AMD Radeon Pro 5300 (4GB VRAM) 72GB RAMIssueSince updating to Lightroom Classic 15.4.1, Generative Remove has become extremely slow. Even a very small brush stroke (for example removing a tiny newborn skin blemish) can take over 4 minutes to complete.The standard Remove tool works normally.Troubleshooting completedI have tested all of the following:New Lightroom catalogue. Existing catalogue. Catalogue stored on internal SSD. RAW files stored on external HDD. Camera Raw cache purged. Catalogue optimised. GPU enabled. GPU disabled. Lightroom restarted. Mac restarted. Different images.None of these resolved the issue.I also compared the exact same RAW file and edit on an Apple Silicon MacBook running the same Adobe account. Generative Remove completed much faster on the MacBook.Most important findingI installed Lightroom Classic 15.3.1 and repeated the same Generative Remove test on the same Intel iMac.Generative Remove is si

It just won’t open.

Just spend a little time udating font settings and give us more control how the boxes display in library side. Show us you still plan on keeping us around in 10 years. I know it’s the idea to get everything to the cloud but problem is us old timers and maybe so now new comers are figuring it out, we don’t want our personal images on the internet on someone else’s servers. Who knows what will happen and all it takes is a wind storm to disconnect you from your entire life’s collection. Not permanently, at least not so far but shows you how easy this would be to achieve. Keep it local and keep it personal. Let us know you care about LRC please. If there was a single option like Capture One that could handle a 300k library as efficient as LRC, I’d move over in an instant. You should think about that and make that decision a little more difficult because Capture One or someone WILL eventually catch up (I Hope). 

It’s not that the thumbnails are slow to display; they never display until they are selected.  Images are stored on an external drive.  The catalog is on the iMac SS.

Hey, I read the best monitor for photo editing and decided to buy this one: https://www.monitor-picker.com/en-us/monitors/lg-27ep950-270-3840-x-2160-60-hz-monitor. Which one would you guys recommend me instead? My budget is u pto 700€

Ich habe in LrC ein Foto entwickelt, bearbeite es in Photoshop weiter. Für das daraus entstehende Bild werden die Entwicklungen in Content Credentials nicht angezeigt, weil ich Content Credentials so tut, als ob das Foto noch nicht bearbeitet wurde. 

LRC will not open

Hallo,  ich bin auf der Suche nach einer L R Classic Version aus 2021, da meine Mac mit Mojave leider nicht die neueren Versionen unterstützt. Kann mir vielleicht jemand weiterhelfen. Der Support hat leider nur die 22er Version. Diese läuft aber auch schon nicht mehr unter Mojave... Für Hilfe wäre ich echt dankbar...  

See horizontal and vertical line on right. half of the pictureThe artifacts (lines) became visible in a part of the pictured that I repaired with the Remove - Generative AI tool. The artefact only appears if Denoise AI is applied as well. Disabling one of them, makes the artefact dissapear. No other edits applied. Camera is Sony RX10iii, cRAW (.ARW file).Lightroom version 15.4.1macOS Tahoe 26.5.2

I have ~800 missing shoot-date folders that all need to be reconnected under newly created YYYY-MM parent folders. Is there any supported way to bulk update folder locations, or must Update Folder Location be performed one folder at a time?All the files and folders are present on the disk.  I just need to find an efficient way to tell LR where they are.  All folders in folder panel have question marks.I originally successfully moved the folders under new sub folders from within LR.  Unfortunately, the catalog I used for this got corrupted.  I have a backup catalog, but because the folders were physically moved on the disk, the backup can’t find them.   Many thanks!

Because of problems running LR CC with Tahoe etc I decided to changeover to a new MacBook Pro M5. Migrate the old Mac to the new will give deviations and is not advisable (mentioned in this forum).Is the only way to copy all details from old LR CC to a harddrive and paste them into the new LR CC new MacBook Pro M5?