Question

Blank screen in Slideshow module every 2 to 3 images

Forum|Forum|5 months ago
December 11, 2025
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When I preview my slideshow it is running very smooth, but after export there are blank screens every 2 or 3 images!
Can you please check or show me how to fix it?
LrC version 15.0.1

My slide is 60 images
ps. I have been using LR since Lightroom 4 and have never seen this.

macOS

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Aleke

Community Manager

Hi @chieutran, welcome to the community!
Could you let us know how you’re exporting your slideshow, are you saving it as images, a PDF, or a video? If possible, please share a few screenshots or a short screen recording of the Slideshow module in Lightroom Classic and the exported slideshow showing the blank screens. That will help us take a closer look.
Also, could you share your System Info? You can find it in Photoshop under Help > System Info. Just copy the details into a text file and attach it to your reply, or share it via Google Drive, WeTransfer, or another file-sharing service.
Thanks so much!
Alek

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chieutranAuthor

Hi Aleke,

I exported the file as Video and play back with VLC media player. I also air drop to my iphone and it keep blanking the same as I play on my Mac Studio. The video i made contain pictures we were vacationing but if you give your Adobe email i can send you the link.
Chieu,

Version I use is:

15.0.1

Lightroom Classic version: 15.0.1 [ 202511041508-dddee541 ]
License: Creative Cloud
Language setting: en-CA
Operating system: Mac OS 26
Version: 26.1.0 [25B78]
Application architecture: arm64
Logical processor count: 24
Processor speed: NA
SqLite Version: 3.36.0
Adobe GSDK Version: 1.4.0.171

Built-in memory: 65,536.0 MB
Dedicated GPU memory used by Lightroom: 230.5MB / 53,084.1MB (0%)
Real memory available to Lightroom: 65,536.0 MB
Real memory used by Lightroom: 22,503.4 MB (34.3%)
Virtual memory used by Lightroom: 480,356.3 MB
Memory cache size: 637.0MB
Internal Camera Raw version: 18.0 [ 2389 ]
Maximum thread count used by Camera Raw: 5
Camera Raw SIMD optimization: SSE2
Camera Raw virtual memory: 0MB / 32767MB (0%)
Camera Raw real memory: 2MB / 65536MB (0%)

Cache1:
NT- RAM:0.0MB, VRAM:0.0MB, Combined:0.0MB

Cache2:
m:637.0MB, n:0.0MB

U-main: 134.0MB

Standard Preview Size: 1920 pixels
Displays: 1) 1920x1200, 2) 1920x1200

Graphics Processor Info:
Metal: Apple M2 Ultra
Init State: GPU for Export supported by default
User Preference: Auto
Enable HDR in Library: OFF
GPU for Preview Generation: Auto (S5_51)

Application folder: /Applications/Adobe Lightroom Classic
Library Path: /Users/chieutran/Pictures/Lightroom/2025/2025.lrcat
Settings Folder: /Users/chieutran/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom

Installed Plugins:
1) AdobeStock
2) Aperture/iPhoto Importer Plug-in
3) Flickr

Anshul_Saini

Community Manager

Hi @chieutran,

Thank you for sharing the details and system information. Based on what you described, the blank frames in the exported slideshow video are not expected behavior.

To help narrow this down, could you please try the following:
• Update Lightroom Classic to v15.1 and macOS to 26.2, then export the slideshow again and check if the issue persists.
• If it still happens, create a new test catalog, import the same 60 images, rebuild the slideshow, and export it as a video. This helps determine whether the issue is specific to the catalog.
• Your M2 Ultra system is more than capable, so performance limits are unlikely to be the cause.

Once we have this information, we can better assess whether the issue is related to the slideshow export pipeline, catalog, or something that requires escalation to the product team.

Thanks for your patience, and we’ll help you get this sorted.

Best regards,
Anshul Saini

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