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August 30, 2025
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In lightroom the photo displays normal in the develop mode but is completely off in the library

  • August 30, 2025
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In Lightroom the picture looks normal in the library. When I edit it, it looks normal in the develop module. When I look at it (after editing) in the library it is completely ruined. I have included pictures. Please help. 

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Participant
September 1, 2025
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In Lightroom the picture looks normal in the library. When I edit it, it looks normal in the develop module. When I look at it (after editing) in the library it is completely ruined. I have included pictures. Please help. 


By aessuccess @rogerb36095444

Hello @rogerb36095444,
This is likely a preview rendering issue. Try zooming to 100% in Library view to force Lightroom to re-render the preview. If that doesn’t help, go to Preferences > Performance and disable “Use Graphics Processor,” then restart Lightroom. Also consider resetting your display profile if it’s corrupted.

Best Regards,
James Patton

Community Expert
August 30, 2025

That looks like a graphics card(GPU) problem. Make sure your GPU drivers (if you're on windows) are up to date by going to the manufacturer's website and downloading the latest drivers. That usually fixes these kind of issues except for some older graphics cards such as Radeon cards that have this issue. So please post the relevant part of the system info dialog (help menu) to see what card you have. It can also be a problem with the monitor color profile.

JohanElzenga
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 31, 2025

Usually, a GPU problem manifests itself the other way round: a normal view in Library, problems like this in Develop. This could indeed be a corrupted monitor profile.

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga
johnrellis
Legend
August 31, 2025

Building on the two previous replies, if updating the graphics driver doesn't help, quickly test whether you have an incompatible or bad profile assigned to your display:

https://www.lightroomqueen.com/how-do-i-change-my-monitor-profile-to-check-whether-its-corrupted/