Lightroom Classic

I received a batch of DNG files from one of our freelance photographers that have small previews. I imported these into Lightroom with the expectation of being able to export a new batch of DNG files with full-size previews. However, all I can get is files with the same small previews. There are 2 reasons I need full size previews.1-We use Photo Mechanic for culling and ordering images before renaming and processing them through LR.2-Our DAM relies on extracting the JPEG embedded in the DNG files for downloading.   Am I missing a setting somewhere, or is there really no way to force LR to create a DNG file from scratch with a larger preview?Thanks, 

Using a new Windows PC. LRC ran perfectly well until I installed the latest update. From that moment the Assisted Culling demo pop-up appeared every time I tried to import images. I’ve rebooted many times, used tips to do an action first and tried turning off the assisted culling. I don’t need it or want to use it. 

I have a reproducible issue where Lightroom Classic (15.3) does not recognize the GPU on my Mac Studio (M1 Ultra).  macOS 26.4.1 GPU shows 0.0 MB / not supported “Use GPU” is greyed out Denoise returns: “Requested adjustment is not applicable”  Important: The exact same setup works on a MacBook (same macOS, same LR version, same files). GPU is recognized and Denoise works there.  Already tried:  Reset preferences Clean reinstall Cleared Camera Raw cache Tested with single display  System reports GPU + Metal correctly (system_profiler).  → Seems Lightroom fails to detect GPU on this Mac Studio only.  Anyone seeing the same on Mac Studio?  

Adobe Lightroom Classic and Lightroom CC both freezing/turning white and showing "Not Responding" during basic use (browsing photos, editing sliders, zooming). Started on or around 28-Apr-2026. I have used Lightroom CC for 11 months, and this is the first time it has acted up this bad. I have written my hardware and everything i attempted to do to fix this issue.  System:AMD Ryzen 5 5500, 32GB RAM Patriot M.2 P300 512GB SSD NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Windows 11 Pro, dual monitors (2560x1440 + 1680x1050) Lightroom version 9.3 (April 2026)Everything attempted:Checked Task Manager - ruled out RAM/CPU/disk pressure Turned off GPU acceleration in Lightroom preferences - no fix Changed sync settings - no fix Signed out and back into Adobe account - no fix Ran Adobe Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool (full clean) - no fix Deleted Lightroom cache and reduced it from 93GB to 25GB - no fix Uninstalled Windows updates KB5082417 and KB5083769 (installed 15-Apr) - no fix Rolled back Nvidia driver - slight im

sony raw files produce normaly a export file size of about 123 MB occationally 288 MB..why?the develop settings are the same also noise reduction and resolution are the sane ??? 

Hi. I’m trying to work with Lightroom Classic on two computers - a Windows PC (my main machine) and a MacBook. All my photos are stored on a Synology NAS, which I access via SMB. However, I keep separate catalogs locally on each computer.The problem is that as soon as I import into the Mac any photos that were previously imported on Windows, Lightroom on Windows becomes extremely slow to start. The next time I try to launch it, nothing happens sometimes even for up to 30 minutes. It’s a lottery, sometimes it starts in 1 minute, sometimes 15 or 30. The process appears in task manager and I can see that it heavily uses the network connection to the NAS. I can also hear the NAS drives working intensively, so Lightroom is clearly reading a lot of data.Why is this happening and how can I fix that? Why is it a problem if catalogs are separate and only source files are shared?It also has trouble reading and writing metadata to TIFF files. Sometimes it shows that metadata has been changed and

 I have tried to restore 2 different backups.It start the first time , but does not show picture when I change folder. Stays stuck when getting out saying He must save ;XMPs but I didn’t touch any picture.Refuse to restart with same problem as shown.Tried the script for permissions without success.Reports send to Adobe.Picture and XMPs visible in Bridge and Camera raw.

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I have selected multiple photos in the library module and try to apply a caption to all of them but only the ‘most’ selected gets the caption. I believe this previously worked fine. Lightroom Classic 15.3 (most recent build), camera raw 18.3. Images from Nikon Zf. I have shown the steps in the attachment.   

Description of Issue:Plugin floating dialogs created via LrDialogs.presentFloatingDialog on Windows starting in LR Classic 15.2 are forced to stay on top, overlapping content. After the dialog opens, clicking on Lightroom's main window (or any other application) no longer brings the clicked window visually to front — the floating dialog stays at the top of the z-order until explicitly dismissed. This even applies if Lightroom loses focus, for example if the user clicks the task bar to focus another application.Clicks themselves DO pass through to LR's main window (folder navigation, filmstrip selection, etc. all work), so the API's documented intent of "interact with LR's main window" is technically satisfied. But the dialog no longer cooperates with z-order on focus events as it did through 15.1.1 — clicking LR used to bring LR visually forward and yield the dialog's z-order; in 15.2+ the dialog stays visually layered on top, occluding LR's main window even while LR is responding to c

Greetings,I have used Lightroom Classic and Photoshop before that for a very long time.  So for years I used my i1Pro2 meter and i1Profiler software to calibrate and generate icc profiles for my windows PC’s. I hope this is the right place to post this question on the forums.    Now I have a shiny new Asus OLED PA32UCDM ProArt monitor.  Although this is Calman factory calibrated, I am doing a “check” hardware calibration of this new monitor in wide gamut mode with a new meter and Calman software. It will write to the monitor LUT, however it does not generate an icc profile to install in windows.From my recollection, since I am using the ProPhoto colorspace in Lightroom and Photoshop, it utilizes the icc profile to translate the colorspace requested to the current state and capabilities of the monitor.After I do my hardware calibration the monitor will be very well calibrated.  But it will be running with the default installed icc that does not really know the current status of the cali

About 1/20 times when I go from one photo to the next when scrolling in edit view by pressing the right arrow key, the photo I scroll to turns sideways. It seems like it may be applying the orientation from the previous photo to the next. I’ve also seen lags or failures to display copy/pasted edits, which feels related. I’ll copy/paste and nothing happens, then scroll to the next photo and return back to the first and the edits are visible. There seems to be something happening with scrolling that is affecting rendering and edit decisions. This is on a MacBook Pro M4 Max with Lightroom 9.3. I’ve got raw files from a Fuji X-Pro3 and a Ricoh GR IIIx loaded, and I’m applying the same preset to both, then making my edits.

I am trying to erase  a  line using the eraser tool I draw a line  when complete the  the line and release the mouse button the highlighted mask changes and shows other areas In the picture I draw  one stroke form the start of  the white trail to the and after i release the button the mask changes in to the below result . the problem is constantly repeated  After that I tried some random strokes in different places  I get always  the left bottom highlight   

Since the latest Lightroom Classic update, I’m experiencing a serious issue with importing exported JPEG files.Workflow: I work with DNG files in a shared workflow (catalog opened locally after being edited remotely). I export JPEG files (same filename as the DNG, e.g. IMG_1234.DNG → IMG_1234.jpg) into the same folder. I try to import or synchronize that folder to include the JPEGs in the catalog. Issue: Lightroom does NOT detect the JPEG files when synchronizing the folder. In the Import dialog, even when selecting “All Photographs”, the JPEGs do NOT appear. The option “Don’t import suspected duplicates” is disabled. Dragging the JPEG files directly into Lightroom also does NOT import them. The files are visible in Finder and are valid JPEGs. Additional observations: This did NOT happen in previous versions of Lightroom Classic. It happens consistently across multiple folders. Renaming the JPEG files (e.g. adding a suffix) makes them importable again. Exporting JPEGs

LR V15.2 hangs in denoise after several images were processed. That suggests a memory leak or a resource starvation, deadlock or any similar issue. LR hangs than, ignores the “cancel” button. When I click on the window [x] the window closes, but LR is still non responsive. When I try to terminate it, it hangs. Using Task Manager “kill process” stops LR finally.  After a restart the previously hanging image processes fine and fast. I am using W11 Pro on a Dell Xeon workstation with 48G RAM and the LR and its cache are on a NVMe drive. When it works, the denoise (and also the AI object removal or marking) are wonderful and they clearly improve the quality of work on our photography. 

I was simply trying to remove one old folder of images that no longer existed. Shockingly, my entire catalog of photographs vanished!I need to restore from the latest backup, which was yesterday. I need guidance to do this, lest I do further damage. Help will be much appreciated!For now I am shutting LRC down until I know how to proceed.

Good morning! I'm trying to auto straighten a bunch of photos, something I haven't had issues with in the past. I select my images, select 'auto sync', go to the crop tool and hit Auto to straighten. All of my images look like they've had an adjustment made (or LR thinks they have) but if I go back into the image and hit the auto straighten, more adjustments are made. This is frustrating as this used to work, so I don't think it's my technique. Any ideas on how I can make this functional again? Anyone else having this issue? TIA.

I haven’t had any issues using LRC. Just tried to log in and get this error message  

I already subscribe to the plan Creative Cloud Pro but the 100GB of storage for Lightroom Classic is not enough. Knowing there exists a plan for 1TB storage as a stand-alone, I’d like to be able to pay a bit more on top of my plan to get that 1TB storage.I can’t simply swap my current plan for Lightroom Classic 1TB plan because then I’d lose access to the other apps I still use.What’s the solution here? The website and AI agents as well as the human support team hasn’t been able to present me a solution.

I have created and saved an 88 page photo book in the Book Module.  Layout is Standard Landscape.  Paper is Standard.  At various points during the process, soft cover options were available in the dropdown menu for covers.  At several points I changed the paper and cover types to see how it would change pricing and everything worked fine.  At some point, the soft cover options disappeared and I was left with only with the two hardcover options in the dropdown menu (see screenshot).  I’ve tried restarting multiple times.  I also created a duplicate book and the issue remained the same in the duplicate.  I contacted Blurb and they confirmed that soft cover options should appear for this book based on paper, layout, and number of pages. Any suggestions?  I’ve put tens of hours into creating this book so I don’t want to do anything that would risk losing my work. Thanks!Misha

Hello, I’m facing since a few days a strange behavior with Lightroom classic. When inserting the card in my Mac, non images are displayed in the import window. Nevertheless, it’s possible to see them in the Finder (both jpeg & raw)My current configuration is Mac Studio M2 Max, Tahoe 26.3.1 & LRC 15.3 Using the same card & card reader with my Wx computer & LRC 15.2 does not bring any issue. Images are present to be imported.(I just tried to remove / install LRC on the Mac keeping the profile and it provides the same result) Any idea  ? Thanks

When I click on some of the masking tools such as sky or background, LR appears to start working on it, blue circle spins, but then it just stops and doesn’t mask anything. Brush masking seems to be OK. I have updated my Graphics drivers to latest version as well (NVidia GeForce 2070 Super) but this hasn’t made a difference. Sometimes, restarting LRC will sort it, other times, I have to fully reboot my PC. This has never been an issue before prior to installing latest LRC. Happens quite frequently. Thanks.