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Hello, I have installed LR 6 on new machine. I can't activate it unless deactivated on other machine. So on other machine I did "Sign out". There is a message - "it will deactivate LR on this machine" - I clicked OK. Still can't activate. On my Adobe account there is nothing under Plans and payment->Activated devices. So haw can I use a product on new machine? I know LR 6 is quite old, but still it is something I purchuased and I want to use.

I’m shooting raw with an OM System OM-3 + 17mm f1.8 II.  Regardless if import is by “Copy to DNG” or just “Copy”, the inbuilt profile is not read.  Distortion is obvious.   In OM Workspace, the profile is read.  To get the correction, I need to go into Develop>Lens Correction and tick Enable Profile Corrections.  It makes the correction.  The dialogue box shows:Setup:   DefaultMake:   OM Digital SolutionsModel:   OM 17mm F1.8 IIProfile:   Camera SettingsI’ve never had this problem before, albeit with other OM gear.  It usually shows an icon indicating that the inbuilt lens profile has been read.

Hey guys! I am a real estate media company owner, and I have some questions. For stacking photos, is there a plugin or anything I can do to make the stacking feature better? I need to only stack 5 photos (As I do 5 bracketed photos) and turn them to HDR. The issue with capture time and auto stack both is it always creates groups of 4 or up to 10, and then blurs or doesn’t give me full HDR range. As you can see in my screenshot it also leaves the brightest exposure(which I need) out sometimes 

Since the latest Lightroom Classic update, I’m experiencing a bug when exporting files.Workflow:1. Open catalog with DNG files edited by a collaborator2. Save metadata (Cmd/Ctrl + S)3. Export JPEGs in high resolution to the same folder4. Use “Export → Format: Original” to copy those JPEGs to a new external folder (not added to catalog)Issue:In this last step, Lightroom randomly generates .acr sidecar files for some images in the destination folder.Important:- This did NOT happen before the update- Source folder does NOT contain any .acr files- It only happens when using “Format: Original”- It does NOT happen when exporting JPEG normally (low resolution or re-encoded)- It only affects some files, not allThis seems related to metadata writing or sidecar handling.System:- Lightroom Classic version: 15.3- OS: Mac 26.3.1 (25D2128)

When I attempt to synch new photos from my collection I get "synch error:. I have the collections set up to synch. I have paused synching in LrC, restarted my Win11 PC, restarted LrC but I still receive the same error. What other troubleshooting steps should I try?

Hello,I’m using Lightroom Class (15.2 release, Camera Raw 18.2) on a MacBook Pro (Tahoe 16.1).When in a folder in LRc it is only showing me images which are FLAGGED.  All filters are OFF but it is only showing me FLAGGED images.  In any other folder, it works fine.  If I turn on the filter “flagged” it shows me all the flagged images only.  If I click on “Filter off” it shows me the entire library (i.e. both flagged and unflagged images.)I’ve gleaned all I can from the web and followed all the “fixes” I can find with no joy.How can I change this folder to show me the entire library?Thank you in advance!Cheers.

I swear that I have followed all of the different methods, tutorials, videos, and threads.  Yet, every time that I delete a photo from Lightroom Classic, it remains on my Hard Drive.  Sometimes, even when it specifically asks me if I want to delete it from the disk, it is still there.  This ends up with me doing a tedious cross referencing to figure out which photos need to be deleted from my Hard Drive, and which ones need to stay.Please, if someone knows exactly how to make Lightroom delete photos from all parts of Lightroom, and my hard drive, please explain it to me as if I have no intelligence at all.  I appreciate your help.  Thank you.

Hi everyone!I hope I didn’t miss any already existing bug / issue posts for this issue. Here’s the short version again:After upgrading to Lightroom Classic 15.2, I experience an increase in repeatable and reproducable freezes with following crashes. These occur always when zooming into an image and are instantanous. The resulting CrashLog from the error report tool is attatched as well as the Lightroom System Info sheet.  System spec overview: Windows Desktop PC (custom)OS: Windows 11 25H2 Build 26200CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950x3D (+ integrated iGPU)GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4070ti (12GB GDDR6 VRAM) [591.74 - Driver info see below]RAM: 64GB DDR5 6000MTs CL30DISK: LRc installed on M.2 Gen.4 SSD; Library on same drive; Media on 7200RPM HDDVER.: Adobe Lightroom v15.2First observations:Since version 14.1, I have encountered random issues, from increased stuttering to freezing. When those issues persistet and occured more often, I finally got a “KNOWN ISSUE” warning prompt once, which led me to the Adobe H

Hi, I am relatively new to Lightroom Classic. I just spent the last 2 days entering photo meta data, titles, captions, tagging people, locations, dates etc. To my large collection of family genealogy photos. All of it has disappeared?!?! I entered part of it again. And it’s disappeared?!?! I have been reading a few forums and it looks like other people are having similar problems. Does anyone have a solution? Isn’t Illustrators purpose to organize photos? I feel like I can’t trust it anymore and need to move onto a different program.  I appreciate any help you can give me,M

Something really strange happened yesterday, and I haven’t been able to reproduce it since.My hardware and software:Windows 11 Logitech MX Master 4 with the MagSpeed scroll wheel Logi Options+ Lightroom Classic Two monitorsNormally, the Grid view in Lightroom Classic’s Library module scrolls by entire rows of photos. Instead of moving smoothly, it jumps from one row to the next. This happens regardless of whether I have “Scroll by Row” enabled or disabled.Yesterday, however, Lightroom suddenly started scrolling completely smoothly. The grid moved smoothly, literally pixel by pixel, without jumping between rows. It behaved like true high-resolution scrolling or touchpad scrolling. It worked perfectly.I didn’t knowingly change any settings. After restarting my computer, everything went back to the usual row-by-row scrolling, and I haven’t been able to get the smooth scrolling back.Enabling and disabling Smooth Scrolling and SmartShift, as well as switching between the ratchet and free-sp

In the attached photo, most of the people were found. But, one very obvious person in the lower left is completely ignored. Any idea what’s going wrong here?  Lightroom Classic 15.0.1Macbook Pro running Tahoe 26.5.2 P.S. I should note that it’s not that critical on this photo since I can just change the aspect ratio and crop all of the people out. However, I would like to know if I’m doing something wrong so that I can get it right for other photos. P.P.S. Here’s the original photo exported in lower quality in case it helps to research the issue.  

Why does LRC keep asking me to relocate the photo files at random intervals?  It does this with so many of them so many times it is growing increasingly infuriating. What it displays in the grid view of almost all the files. 

How do I get the parent folder “Pictures” to see its subfolders? I get the message “subfolders are missing in this folder, please relink” but “Synchronize Folder...” has not helped.Thanks for your help!Francisco de Lacerda

Ich benutze LR Vers. 15.1. Leider kann ich die Farbmarkierung von Bildern nicht mehr dazu nutzen, um Fotos zu filtern. Egal welche Farbmarkierung ich wähle, die entsprechend markierten Bilder werden nicht selektiert. Was kann ich tun?

This thread is for all posts concerning Lightroom 6.x, whose last update, 6.14, was released in December 2017.Status of software versionThis includes questions regarding:   Downloading Installing Activation Updating General Operation   Any new threads created regarding these topics will be collected and merged into this thread.  

I am trying to make a print to fit the dimensions of a mat I have already cut. In Page Setup I set the paper for 13 x 19 Landscape, and set the Cell Size in Print module at 9.3 x 13.32, which is slightly larger than the mat opening. However the finished print measures slightly under 9 x 13. I am printing to an Epson ET-8550 printer. I have been printing lots of 7.5” x 10” prints on 8.5 x 11 paper and they come out the exact dimension as expected.

Import Keywords — Do Not Export flag not applying to existing keyword namesI'm importing a plain text keyword file via Metadata > Import Keywords (tab-indented, [bracketed names] for Include on Export = off, {curly brace} synonyms). It works fine for brand-new keyword names, but when the imported name matches a keyword that already exists elsewhere in the catalog, the bracket is ignored — after import, the existing keyword's Include on Export checkbox stays exactly as it was before, checked or not.Is this expected behavior (import merges into an existing same-name keyword and won't touch its Include on Export flag from the file), or am I missing correct syntax/an option to force it? Is there any way to set Include on Export via the import file for a keyword name that already exists in the catalog, or is manually toggling it in the Keyword List panel after import the only route?Lightroom Classic, imported via a plain .txt file (also tried .csv, same result). Thanks for any pointers.

THe subfolders appeared in the folder panel in LRC but separately and not in the parent folder.  When I tried again to import the same, the images were greyed out, indicating they were already imported.  The parent folder is on the disc but does not appear in the folder panel in LRC.  I want the subfolders under the parent folder to keep things organized. I tried  to create a new parent folder but it did not appear on the disc or in LRC.  How can I collect the subfolders under a parent folder?

I am unable to import photos into Lightroom Classic suddenly this morning. When I attempt to import new photos, either from an SD card or my hard drive, it displays them as if it is going to import them, but then nothing happens, and the import photos and videos button becomes grayed out. If I close and reopen Lightroom Classic, the button seems to be active, but than again nothing happens after I click it, and then it becomes grayed out again.

  I have a question about the processing of Canon RAW files that were shot with Highlight Tone Priority (HTP) enabled.  These images are underexposed by one stop at capture time by lowering the ISO.  For example, if you shoot at 1/2000, f/8, ISO 400, the actual exposure is done at 1/2000, f/8, ISO 200 and the file is tagged as having HTP enabled.  When you bring such a file into Canon’s DPP software, it recognizes the HTP flag, and automatically applies a special tone curve which will brighten the shadows and midtowns by one stop, but will attenuate the effect on the highlights.  My understanding is that Lightroom Develop will recognize the HTP flag, but will simply brighten the entire image by one stop without making any special accommodations for the highlights.  This is also the behavior I see when testing this out on my own.  However, I continue to see folks claiming that Lightroom Develop will behave exactly like DPP on RAW files shot with HTP.  Can someone give a definitive answe

LR Classic 15.5, Windows 11 ProTrying to connect to an SFTP server, either to browse for a folder in the “Configure FTP Transfer” dialog, or to upload a project, fails with the error:“Cannot browse the FTP server, because an unknown error occurred. (CURLE_SSH)”On the SFTP server side, the error is:Aug 25 20:57:39 pi1 sftp-server[811]: error: process_read: read "/home/jsmith": Is a directorywhere “jsmith” is the user connecting to the server. So the error is trying to read the user home directory. For a while cURL accepted the “/~” path for the user home directory, but since 2023 this syntax is no longer accepted, see:https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/17534It is necessary to terminate all directory references with an ending slash, i.e. “/~/”  or (79) Error in the SSH layer (CURLE_SSH) is raised.I can replicate the same error easily from the command line:curl --k sftp://<sftp_server>/~ --user "<user>:<password>”triggers the same errorcurl --k sftp://<sftp_server&gt

In library, I hit R to open crop tool in Develop. But this opens crop overlay, with the Zoom tool, not the crop tool. Hitting R again (closes crop ), then R again, will open crop overlay with the crop tool.The in the Right-hand panel the Crop section is greyed out too.

This post applies to Lightroom Classic and Lightroom Desktop.  Feedback for Camera Raw should be posted here.   Update February 2025:Adobe has introduced two Adaptive Profiles – Adaptive Color & Adaptive B&W.   Getting started with the Adaptive Profiles:  Access a profile inside the profile favorites menu.  In addition, there is a new section for Adaptive Profiles in the Profiles browser.  Enable the profile and adjust the ‘Amount’ slider as desired.  Use the rest of the Camera Raw tools just like you would otherwise.  Check out the Help Page for more detailed usage information. For more technical information on the underlying technology, please refer to this blog post.    Please try the profiles and share feedback in this community forum thread. It would help to include details like how you access Camera Raw (via Adobe Bridge or Photoshop), your computer system details, and as much information as possible about

Nach dem Verschieben und Umbenennen von Ordnern außerhalb von Lightroom Classic zeigt der Ordnerbereich dauerhaft „Unterordner fehlt/fehlen“, obwohl laut Lightroom keine Fotos fehlen. Das Aktualisieren des Speicherorts und Zusammenführen behebt die Warnung nur bis zum Neustart. Ursache ist ein unsichtbarer, leerer Katalogeintrag für einen nicht mehr vorhandenen Ordner. Durch erneutes Anlegen dieses leeren Ordners verschwindet die Warnung.Lightroom-Classic-Version 15.5 Windows-Version 11 Ordner wurden außerhalb Lightroom verschoben beziehungsweise umbenannt Alle Fotos waren verfügbar: „Keine fehlenden Fotos“ Trotzdem erschien dauerhaft: „Unterordner fehlt/fehlen …“ „Speicherort aktualisieren“ und „Zusammenfügen“ halfen nur bis zum Neustart Katalogprüfung und Optimierung änderten nichts Ursache war ein unsichtbarer leerer Katalogeintrag für F:\Fotos\Lightroom Das erneute Erstellen dieses leeren Ordners beseitigte die WarnungLightroom Classic retains an inaccessible zero-image folder reco

Ik kan de programma's niet updaten. Ineens werkt het niet meer goed, het importeren van 60 foto's duurt ruim 9 uur in Lightroom Classic