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P: Black border in Filmstrip after installing 15.3

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April 17, 2026
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black and white outline on my pictures in lightroom classic after update v15.3 -> Filmstrip

Rikk Flohr_Photography

Greetings all,

A new update for the Adobe Photography products has been released. The June release contains an update regarding this issue.

If you do not see the update in your Creative Cloud Application, you can refresh it by pressing [Ctrl/Cmd]+[Alt/Opt]+[ R ].

Note: It may take up to 24 hours for your update to be available in your Creative Cloud app.

Thank you for being so patient.

Note: It may take up to 24 hours for your update to be available in your Creative Cloud app.

Thank you for being so patient.

Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org

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SamSegar

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It always seems to be triggered by using Denoise!

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SamSegar

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In my Windows 11 system, the white border is present if the image has a pick flag. If I remove the pick flag it has a black border. If I restart the application the black border is gone but it returns after editing a few images. The black border is then on all the filmstrip images (except those with a pick flag), not just the ones I have edited. I don’t see a black border in the main window thumbnails, only in the filmstrip.

ChrisFourie-Lipman

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Same here, I have upvoted your post,
Mine only appears when using AI tools like Denoise and Super Resolution

Claire H.

Community Manager

Hi @ChrisFourie-Lipman, thank you for adding more context to this issue. Can you send your system info, a screen recording of the issue, and a numbered list of the exact steps needed to replicate it? You can find your system info by going to Help > System Info, copying and pasting it into a text file, and attaching it here. Thanks! ^CH

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chrise24751718

Participant

Have upvoted; same for me on Windows 10 running Lightroom Classix 15.3.

John Dukes

Participant

I am on a MS Windows machine too. And I am also experiencing the same issue with the black box. It goes away if I exit out of Lightroom Classic and enter back in. But one thing I noticed it is also doing is once a photo has a black outline over it, it also removes the white “Pick” flag that I previously entered when I chose the photo as a picked selection.

Interestingly, I reverted back to the previous version of 15.2.1, the black box no longer seems to appear but I noticed that the pick flag is still gone if had the black box around the image in the 15.3 version. I was easily able to add them pick flag back in, but I am not sure if it removed other pick flags I have on other photos in my LR catalog.

Hope that this is fixed soon. In the meantime, I decided to stay in version 15.2.1 until it is fixed.

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C.R.ClausenAuthor

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Remember to vote for the bug 🤞

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StevenMColorado

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I have the same problem. :(

omognard

Participant

It's a bug. It was definitely not like this before.

I'm losing valuable real estate in my filmstrip because of that.

Another bug introduced in 15.3: the point where you zoom in when switching between photos now resets from photo to photo, but not always (kind of random behavior)

Adobe, please fix.

Using Win 11 Pro + LrC 15.3

darrylb37499677

Participant

same for me in 15.3, updated yesterday. I don’t use the AI Denoise (only the manual NR) and it happens to me. Restarting clears it but then appears after a few minutes. Can’t determine what triggers it.

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SamSegar

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If you close LrC and re-open it, the black border has gone. It happened when I updated AI tools after some new edits.