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I am trying to better understand the function of Lightroom Catalog back-ups and how many I can delete in order to free up storage space.  These files are labeled "Lightroom Catalog-2-v12.zip" (the more recent) or "Lightroomn Catalog-2.Ircat.zip" (the older ones).   Is there any reason to keep more than the most recent catalog back-up?  If so, how many should I keep and/or how long should I keep them?   Any advice would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks,   Scott   {Moved from Lightroom Cloud to Lightroom Classic Forum by Moderator}       

I have an old Spyder4 Pro puck and software installed on Windows 10, with the color profile loaded, and I noticed on both of my notebooks since the last fall Windows 10 update that the color profile keeps loading and unloading itself every 30 sec to 1 minute. I contacted Datacolor support and someone said this has to do with Windows 10 USB, bluetooth, and power management constantly resetting the LUT table in the video card.Does anyone else have the same problem, or found a solution?I was wondering if the newer Spyder5 software would help, so I placed an order for a new kit.

Hey today I tried to open my LRC but first it told me that my catalog couldn't open because it was already active somewhere else. When opening the app everything was gone. After reading the Adobe Support about this they told me to delete the lrcat.lock. So I did this and now I can't open my LRC at all. I only get a black banner on my desktop saying Lightroom Catalog opening but nothing else happens and the application itself won't open either. Does anybode maybe know what the problem could be or how I could fix this?

Hello everyone, I'm new to the community so I hope I'm doing things right. I am presenting this issue that I can't solve. I purchased the photography plan, and during the first import of a RAW file into Lightroom, while in the development phase, colored lines like the ones you see in the photo appear, and then the program crashes. This happens with all RAW files. Below are the tests I have conducted with the same error: -Different SD cards -clean installation of GPU drivers -different SD card reader -changed HDMI cables -tried different GPU ports -tried HDMI output from the motherboard -clean installation of Windows   -tests on other PCs with the same file and no issues found.   Do you have any advice, or should I just throw the PC in the trash?   Thank you so much

I am tried multiple times to take advantage of the "Compare View" function.  I have watched Julieanne's videos on this.     But my version just doesn't seem to work as the tutorials and manual and instructions indicate. When I select a group of say 4 images to "Compare," when I "Pick" one, they are ALL selected.  Julieanne's video seems to indicate that ONLY the "Select" image would get a flag as being "picked" not all of the group.   I have re-started, updated, etc., yet this behavior does not change.   Am I doing something wrong?    

Hello Please tell me, my lightroom masks have stopped working. Does not detect people and background  Lightroom Classic version: 14.1.1 [ 202412150940-551fb044 ]License: Creative CloudLanguage setting: enOperating system: Windows 11 - Home Premium EditionVersion: 11.0.26100Application architecture: x64System architecture: x64Logical processor count: 8Processor speed: 1,8GHzSqLite Version: 3.36.0CPU Utilisation: 0,0%Power Source: Plugged InBuilt-in memory: 8076,0 MBDedicated GPU memory used by Lightroom: 388,6MB / 1994,7MB (19%)Real memory available to Lightroom: 8076,0 MBReal memory used by Lightroom: 1360,6 MB (16,8%)Virtual memory used by Lightroom: 2071,4 MBGDI objects count: 781USER objects count: 2970Process handles count: 1959Memory cache size: 273,4MBInternal Camera Raw version: 17.1 [ 2098 ]Maximum thread count used by Camera Raw: 5Camera Raw SIMD optimization: SSE2,AVX,AVX2Camera Raw virtual memory: 357MB / 4038MB (8%)Camera Raw real memory: 589MB / 8076MB (7%)Cache1

hey i have the task to organise thousands of photos into different topics (with overlapping themes so some photos could end up in more than one topic)they are all already perfectly organised by year and month into more than 20 yearly  folders, each with 12 monthly subfolders of originals,  plus one folder for a lightroom catalog of the years photos with extensive keywording, tagged locations and faces and of course a lot of develop settings.my ideal idea is to have all this with all the settings and tweaks in one big catalogue. has anybody any suggested workflows to get his? Experiences? Or mistakes to avoid?

I'm trying to create a pano for the first time in Lightroom CC and it just freezes on "creating preview" Doesn't even start on the status bar.Nothing happens. I've tried with different sets of 3 photos and get the same result. Tried different settings in Panorama options and get the same freeze.The images are all DNG files shot at 105mm with my canon 5D MkIIIThank You

Alright I need some help, my adobe lightroom Classic is giving me a headache. Recently my light room stopped letting me import photos into it, when i go through the process of importing it brings up the screen but no photos. I can try and drag and drop them into it, but then it wont even do anything from there. It gives me no error messages nothing just a blank import screen. Any idea of what the problem could possibly be... I am on a Mac Book air.Message was edited by: Sahil Chawla

Hallo zusammen, bisher habe ich LR nur über das iphone verwendet. Nun habe ich mir ein Macbook zugelegt und bin etwas überfordert. Zum einem zum Abo:Derzeit zahle ich 21,99 EUR im Jahr, 40 GB Lightroom Foto & Video Editor (im Adobe Account steht Lrc, Lr mobile und web enthalten). Dann gibt es noch das LR Abo für 14,49 im Monat mit 1 TB... und halt noch das Foto Abo (mit PS wollte ich mich später mal beschäftigen).... Ich wundere mich halt hier über den großen Preisunterschied? man hat mehr speicher aber sonst scheint alles gleich zu sein?Ich ziehe mir seitdem täglich yt Videos rein um besonders den Import und die Bibliothek besser zu verstehen.Da ich auch ziemlich neu im Gebiet Macbook/Laptop habe ich auch nicht grade das beste technische Hintergrundwissen (wo soll ich was am besten speichern...) Ich habe Lrc installiert und auch die sync durchgeführt. Es wird mir nun ein Katalog angezeigt mit den Bildern dich ich bisher in LR über das iphone bearbeitet hat

Esse problema começou a uns dias, sem motivos aparentes. Utilizo o Lightroom em um notebook Acer Nitro 5 AN515 - 45 com processador AMD Ryzen 7 5800H with Radeon Graphics, mais um placa gráfica dedicada da Nvidia 1650 e com 16gb de ram.   O programa simplesmente começou a travar, as vezes reinicia do nada, ou fica piscando. Ele está travando até para passar de foto, e todas as funções causam lentidão no programa, mesmo quando ele é a única jánela em execução. Já reinstalei todos os programdas da Adobe, assim como os drives, também realizei o teste de ram, e ainda assim o problema persiste.  Já tentei redefinir as preferencias do Lr assim como desativar a GPU para testar o desempenho, removi uma das mémorias ram, para deixar o notebook funcionando com uma de cada vez, fiz downgrade nas versões do Lr e ainda assim o problema persiste.    Os demais programas continuam funcionando normalmente, incluindo o Ps     Versão do Lightroom Classic: 13.0 [ 2023092

When printing from my Canon EOS through the printer I use on location—Canon TS3750i—I get clear, crisp photos for my clients.When I use LRc on my PC, and go through its print set-up - I get poor quality, almost like pinhead dots making up the photos. Settings all set for quality etc, both in the printer and in LRC Print.I have sat through several youtube vids, and done all they have asked but the result is the same. Advise, please? 

No sé si alguien puede ayudarme. He cambiado de ordenador y tenía en mi anterior equipo instalado LR6. Como puedo instalarlo ahora en mi equipo actual? 

When I use Lightroom to move a folder to another disc, it will never say it's finished.  I can see that all files have been moved, but this dialog progress bar will not complete.  When I try and quit Lightroom, I get this warning "Moving folder in progress"Then, when I do quit, and re-open Lightroom, it doesn't know where that folder lives (even though it shows it on the other volume)Any ideas????

I have masking tools. when i try to use them i cant due to when i got to masking, click on Brush there is no effect button for me to click on. some please help me. i dont know why i cant just contact customer support and talk to a real person about this issue and get it solved. but no we have to post here and hope someone gives the right adive in a decent amount of time. 

Hi there,   The prompt to perminantly delete files on a Mac with Lightroom located on an NTFS volume should be removed. I have full READ/WRITE access to the NTFS volume and up until now when files were deleted form Lighroom they were moved to the trash in the nomral fasion. It is just a file system afterall. Please fix this bug. Thanks   [Moved from ‘Bugs’ to ‘Discussions’ by moderator, according to forum rules.]

I've always been in the habit of importing my iphone photos to my Lightroom Classic catalog and then clearing my phone for more space, and it used to work very efficiently. Since upgrading to an M3 Macbook Pro, I can't get the import to happen anymore. It'll recognize the images on the device, let me configure the import, and then when I start it, it just sits there thinking and imports nothing. I'm sure it's a permissions issue, but I don't know how to resolve it. Can anyone offer any guidance? Thanks!

In LrC 14.1.1, I go to Library > Metadata > Customize > Customize Metadata Default Panel, and am able to check the Preserve File Name box. So the next time I went to import new images, upon import, I went to Apply During Import > Metadata > New OR Edit Presets - and either way, the Preserve File Name doesn't come up as an option. What am I missing here? Is there a different way to be sure the original filename is accessible on renamed images (whether done during import, edits, or export)?  In case it's helpful, I import IMG_1234.cr2 images, and export them as ABC-1.jpg, ABC-2.jpg. I want to be able to access the IMG_1234 filename when viewing the exported ABC-1.jpg image. (Attaching screenshots of the Default Panel and Presets for reference.) Thanks all!

I am using a Nikon Z8 shooting RAW and then download images to Lightroom Classis. For some unknown reason when I click on AI Denoise the Enhance panel shows Loading Enhance data, it loads then the Enhance Preview panel- denoise amount slider does not appear. I have uninstalled then re installed lightroom classic but still not happening as it was a few weeks ago.Certainly appreciate some guidance on this please.

PC, LrC 14.1.1, Print Module, lower left corner:  I only have one button PAGE SETUP, and that opens up the (incorrect) Print Setup dialogue box.  On a MAC there are TWO buttons, one "PAGE SETUP" and one "PRINT SETTINGS"  I only have the one button, and it opend up the incorrect dialogue box, which is a probkem, because I want to make a custon paper size.  I have uninstalled/installed LrC.

Hi everyone, I have a question below:since lightroom classic update version to 10.4, everytime I import files, library show importing and stuck.The UI can click, menu can popout, even preferences window work fine, but you can not see any photo in any flodersBut when I foce lightroom close and repoen, files have imported and library preview is ok.The issus just happen when after import file.I have record a video, and hope you can help me, thanks a lot         and here is system info:Lightroom Classic version: 10.4 [ 202108071231-af9219b9 ]License: Creative CloudLanguage setting: enOperating system: Mac OS 11Version: 11.5.2 [20G95]Application architecture: arm64Logical processor count: 8

I am using a Nikon Z8 shooting RAW and then download images to Lightroom Classis. For some unknown reason when I click on AI Denoise the Enhance panel shows Loading Enhance data, it loads then the Enhance Preview panel- denoise amount slider does not appear. I have uninstalled then re installed lightroom classic but still not happening as it was a few weeks ago.Certainly appreciate some guidance on this please.

I updated Lightroom Classic to 14.1.1 this morning on a PC laptop and it fails to run properly. I've updated the NVIDIA Graphics card and selected the creators option. Restarted LRC and failed again. Disabled the card use in Preferences menu in LRC, still no improvement with freezing in Develop. On the rare occasssion when I do get past this point and try to export, I get an error result stating there was not enough memory to export. I have checked my system and believe that I have sufficient hardware.My question is why does Lightroom 'System Info' shows I'm running Windows 8 when in fact I'm running updated Windows 10? Would appreciate the help, cheers.

 By pasting a new photo into LRC, I have a different exposure in the library and in develop. I have already changed all possible settings. I wrote with GPT Chat, nothing helped. There are camera settings, no filters. New previews, the view shows a normal photo and the develop one is heavily overexposed. The white balance is set as in the shot. I can't fix this. I'm asking for help.

Some operations inLRC take several minutes (delete, changing flag) message displayed: "Gathering information"