Lightroom Classic

Hi thereI have many tens of thousands of images in my various LR Classic catalogs and everything is stored locally on my Macbook Pro M3 hard drive. In total it's taking up over 200 gb of space, most of which is backups and previews. I try to only keep the most recent backup of each catalog but I think the previews are an issue and I need to delete some to free up space. Is there an easy or sensible way to do this? I really only need to keep the previews for the current and recent projects I'm working on. How do I find and delete (or make smaller?) the previews for older folders? And then what happens if I want to go back and edit images from one of those older folders - will it then just recreate the previews at that point?Note that I don't use smart previews as I shoot wildlife and often have to check for details and sharpness at 100%. But it could be good to swap the older previews for smart previews now to free up space?Thanks for your help!

Wenn ich eine Lightroom-Kopie eines Fotos mit einer Farbe markiere, dann wird diese Farb-Kopie nicht zu den anderen Fotos mit derselben Farbe hinzusortiert, sondern sie separat neben dem ursprünglichen, nicht farbmarkierten Foto.  Wenn ich nun von einem Foto mehrere Kopien ziehe (cmd+T) und diese jeweils verschieden farbmarkiere, dann werden sie eben nicht zu der Gruppe der anderen farbmarkierten Fotos hinzugestellt, sondern sie bleiben im unmarkierten Rest der Session. Mit der Folge, dass sie gerne übersehen werden. Was muss ich tun ?

I have a plugin that I'm developing and I'm using a floating dialog. When LrC has either the Library, Map, Slideshow or Web module active, the floating dialog can be brought to the front by clicking on it from the Windows Task bar. The floating dialog will not come to the front when Develop, Book or Print are active. Is there a trick to this? Is there something that I'm missing? Is it as designed? Or is it a bug? Code is local profileDialog = { title = "Metadata Settings", contents = dialogLayout, resizable = false, save_frame = 'MetadataSettingsPosition', blockTask = true, windowWillClose = closeDialog, background_color = LrColor( "gray" ), } LrDialogs.presentFloatingDialog( _PLUGIN, profileDialog ) Does anyone know? 

I am having problems with the new lightroom update 15.0.01 (The lightroom assissted culling update). Whenever i am importing images from either my memory card (copy and import) or from my hard drive, just (Add to library) Only 1 or 2 of my images are actually gettting added into my library. i have ticked the option for do not add duplicates checked, and i am able to select all the images i am wanting to import. but they are not actually adding to the library! i keep repeating to pricess and only gaining 1 or 2 images each time. so there must be an issue. when i kept trying this process with the copy and import option through my memory card from the 200+ photos i was wanting, by the time i had actually got all the photos in my library i had over 1200+ photos in that folder on my hard drive!  i am really worried about loosing images when i try to mass import images such as portrait shoots and wedding galleries

correctly installed under Win 11, restarted the system, restarted LR, but profile is not shown when searched for softproofing 

I am using LRC 15.0.1 and I see that the Radial Gradient Mask has no handles to rotate it or change the feather or increase decrease the size.It seems similar problems have been reported a few years back.

I have several folders of lightroom classic catalogs and I am confused.  I would like to have just one folder with the lightroom classic catalogs and backups on an additional drive tha I have.  The original folder which is on my c:drive is cluttering my space and my c: drive is running out of space.  I have a data 😧 drive that is a 2T with space.  Can I merge all my catalogs into one and move it? Thank you so muchGracie

nach dem automatischen update auf v15 ist mein Katalog einfach leeer.Arbeit der letzten Wochen weg !Einspielen älterer Katalogdateien sind leer nach "Katalog muss aktualisiert werden"  Nutze LR seit V11 und hatte noch nie derartige probleme und datenverluste !

I am SO INFURIATED! Half of my photos from 2021 have been deleted when I tried transferring the folder from one harddrive to the other. I actually want to cry... it had wedding photos on there!! NEVER trusting Lightroom again when transferring files...

So, I went from RTX 2060 6gb to a 4070 Super 16gb because as soon as I used denoise on a file the entire Lightroom lagged. Now it lags even before that, it feels like despite having selected the GPU on the settings it still rather uses the CPU for most editing workflow.Simple such as cropping, zooming in or out, making a radiant mask lags a lot. Nothing relevant running the background.Things that I've already tried that made no difference:- Changing to earlier versions of LRClassic up to 14.0- Changing from Game ready drivers to Studio Drivers- Changing to an older Studio Driver *chatgpt suggestion- Making a new Catalog with a single new photo on a different SSD- Uninstalling GPU drivers (with DDU in safe mode)- Uninstalling everything Adobe and deleting every app folder (including Appdata Local and roaming)- Formatting my Desktop and fresh installing everything- Deactivating GPU on LR settings and activating again- Changing my monitors frequencies all the day down from 180 to 165 to 6

Good evening,when the monitor color gamut warning is enabled in Lightroom's soft proofing, the entire image turns red when using the sRGB IEC 61966-2.1 color profile. This does not happen with other profiles. If the GPU is disabled under Preferences - Performance, the image is displayed correctly even with the sRGB IEC 61966-2.1 profile.How can this error be fixed?System:Lightroom Classic 15.01Windows 11 Pro 64-bit, 25H2NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 graphics cardNVIDIA Studio driver version: 581.57 (Oct 14th, 2025)Thank you for your help.ChristianTranslated with DeepL.com (free version)

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first, the name, Lightroom is no longer CC or whatever, but has "the" name, and Classic sounds a little bit like "soon obsolete".the interface of LrC is obsolete! LrC gets new features regularly but it is the only Adobe software with such and old and unergonomic UI. Why?The Adobe photography plans policy and prices, encouraging the use of Lr and cloud.Lr is getting closer to LrC in terms of features and capabilities every year. With nonetheless some big gaps: no subfolders view, no virtual copy, no plugins, less sort capabilities…LrC is slow.So I wonder, if LrC is going to be discontinued in 2, 3, 5 years, the photo community has to know and anticipate. Obviously in this scenario Adobe fears an exodus to C1, Darktable… It’s up to Adobe to give a secure, affordable and clever transition to Lr.If not, please optimize the code of LrC to have a lighter and faster engine, and please please give us a modern and ergonomic UI.

After applying an adjusted Lens Blur on top of a Subject mask, AI Edit Status > Update has to be invoked twice before the AI Edit Status button turns grey. This happens on only some photos.   Tested on LR 15.0.1 / Mac OS 15.7.1 and a virgin LR 15.0.1 / Mac OS 26.1. The bug doesn't occur on Windows 11. Screen recordings from the two installations are attached. To reproduce:   1. Download and open this catalog: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/lbeuuxd6ma9v4qv0jk9v5/lens-blur-update-ai-bug.2025-11-22.zip?rlkey=uomfggnpw7u3avsrux35rxck7&dl=0   2. Open the first photo in Develop.   3. Apply a Subject mask.   4. Apply Lens Blur, moving the right edge of the Focus Range rectangle to the left a little and setting Blur Amount = 100.  Observe the AI Edit Status button has turned yellow.   5. Click the AI Edit Status button and do Update. Observe that the the button stays yellow (incorrect).   6. Click the AI Edit Status button a second time and observ

I am addressing the problem of connecting the Sony A7R V camera to lightroom Classic (latest version). The camera is not detected by the program, and Live View and controls are not working.Laptop No. 1 ( Huawei MateBook X Pro 2024 )The Sony A7RV camera (firmware 3.0) does not connect to lightroom Classic (latest version 23...)Using a tether tools cable (USB-C → USB-A) with a USB-C 3.0 adapter in order to plug into a laptop.I tried another high-speed cable without an adapter (USB-C → USB-C) - and it doesn't connect either.At the same time, the fuji xt3 camera with the same cable is immediately detected on Huawei MateBook X Pro 2024.Sony's native Imaging Edge app sees everything and connects everything, everything is OK.Laptop No. 2 (my old one)I tried: on a new laptop, connect a Sony A7RV via a tether tools cable (USB-C → USB-A) and everything works without problems, the camera is displayed.All camera settings for "Remote shooting" are enabled.The camera is being sent to the Device Mana

In my AppData file on my laptop I found a file deep down inside named “Originals”. This file has a number of subfiles labelled 2001 to 2023 with my images for each year.  However, at this point they are consuming 500+ GB of my 1 terabit hard drive.  Can I delete these files without adversely affecting the performance of Lightroom Classic or Photoshop?

My camera internal naming has turned over recently without issue.  Suddenly LR Classic v15.01 sees majority of images as duplicates.  All images switched on everything switched off but most images are permanently6 and irretrievably greyed out.  The images in question are RAW images taken yesterday and indeed the names of those greyed out are in the catalog under different earlier dates (obviously) at least 4 times over!   Why has Lightroom suddenly altered its behaviour?  It is as if the introduction of the new (unwanted by me) culling features have upset the import coding?Even renaming the filename of the images fails to ungrey them out.   Following the 'show in explorer' option shows me the memory card file structure and the files present.  Confirmation with other softwares shows the files as present and without issue.   I have resynchronised all folders in the catalog and optimised LR, I have also reset all preferences via the alt click m

I am just reviewing and re-editing some old RAW photos taken on a Canon 60D with a Canon EF-S 17-85 f/4-5.6 IS USM lens.  The camera and lens are correctly identified in the metadata for these photos, but when I go to the lens correction tab it says the lens cannot be recognised. If I then enter Canon as the make it tells me my lens is a Canon 16 mm lens, so I then have to select the 17-85 from the long drop down list.  I don't mind having to do this for one or two photos, but I have many for which I need to make this correction.

I am SO INFURIATED! Half of my photos from 2021 have been deleted when I tried transferring the folder from one harddrive to the other through my Lightroom catalogue. I actually want to cry... it had wedding photos on there!! NEVER trusting Lightroom again when transferring files. 

Hello all, I'm using the Creative Cloud app (6.8.0.821) to download LrC 15.01 and Camera Raw 18.0 to my Mac (Mac Mini M4 Pro, Tahoe 26.1). I have LrC 15.0 installed but can't open the latest catalogs I generated with a different Mac because THAT Mac (also mine) runs LrC 15.01, and LrC 15.0 won't open a catalog that has been 'upgraded'. For both LrC and CR, the downloads are at literal snail-speed -- CR update hangs at 9% loaded, LrC update hangs at 19%. I can't work on my latest catalogs until this is fixed. Thoughts?

  Nach irgendeinem Windowsupdate im Sommer 2024 ging die Super Resolution und Entrauschen nicht mehr, egal ob arw oder raf , bis zum Sommer 2024 funktionierte das einwandfrei, habe seit einem Jahr alles mögliche probiert, es funktioniert nicht ??? siehe screenshots

Hopefully someone can help or point me in the right direction. I got a new MacBook Pro and loaded the current version of lightroom classic. The problem is when I import photos into Lightroom (either using a card reader or directly from the camera) - the photos are NEF in Lightroom but on the hard drive they have shown up as Topaz Denoise. I deleted that to see if that would make any difference. But when I imported again - Lightroom had NEF but the hard drive had NX this time. I’m not tech so I have no idea how to fix this. I'm importing  COPY with copies going to designated spot on my hard drive. Thanks for any help as I’m really frustrated. 

LRC seems to have severe GPU memory leaks, at least v.13.3. It keeps growing till consuming 80-90% of 12GB VRAM (*), at which point all GPU-intense operations such as AI noise reduction become unberably slow, so I have to restart every 20 minutes or so. It does not contribute to a smooth workflow.Does anyone know a simpler workaround than just restarting the entire thing (that does not involve disabling GPU acceleration of course)? -----*) 80-90% is per Windows Task Manager when no op is running in LRC. Lightroom itelf says litreraly the following in System Info: "Dedicated GPU memory used by Lightroom: 13884.1MB / 12107.0MB (114%)" 

Regardless of how I try and open LR Classic on my MBP M1 Max 64GB memory Ventura 13.2.1, I rcecive the same error report : "Adobe Lightroom Classic Quit Unexpectedly" It occurs with Lightroon CC as well.I HAVE SHUT DOWN AND RESTARTED, BUT TO NO EFFECT.Any thoughts?Cath Here's a selection of the report sent to Apple:Process: Adobe Lightroom Classic [2163]Path: /Applications/Adobe Lightroom Classic/Adobe Lightroom Classic.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Lightroom ClassicIdentifier: com.adobe.LightroomClassicCC7Version: 12.4 (12.4)Code Type: ARM-64 (Native)Parent Process: launchd [1]OS Version: macOS 13.2.1 (22D68)Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)