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Preamble: In case this case is a duplicate, please merge. Clostest I did find was this one. But it has issues with the filters themselves whereas I have issues with the display mode and file metadata. Hi and welcome back to yet another episode of me running my head against a wall with Lightroom Classic issues. As always, here are my relevant specifications first:Lightroom Classic 15.2.1, CameraRAW 18.2.2, German Language installedWindows Pro 11.0.26200 (25H2) x64 (Also known as Windows 11 Business Edition)AMD Ryzen 9 7950x3D, Adrenaline 26.3.1, Driver 25.10.43.05-260303a-19874C64GB RAM 6000MTs CL30Nvidia RTX 4070ti, Studio Driver 595.79Lightroom Catalogue located on C: drive in default location, SSD M.2 Gen4, more than 2TB space left. The issue: For a while now, I’ve been unable to do three things. I will from here on out try to refer to these issues by their number.Mark images with a color label will not mark the labels in the gallery module with that color. Displaying file informatio

The ‘select objects’ is a great tool, but when I do multiple maskings, with every new object mask, I have to click the ‘+’ key and click ‘select object’ . Is there a way to option-click a certain button, so I don’t have to go to the toolbar and click those 2 keys for every new object mask?  It would save me a lot of time..

Hi all, I’ve been casually using Lightroom on my iPad/phone for 18 months or so now and am starting to use LRC, I’ve just come back from a trip and want to import/organise all of my pictures in my cloud storage, and then remove them from my PC to save space.Everything I imported previously from my iPad is stored in albums, which are organised in to folders. When I open LRC on my PC, I can’t see any of the folders I created on my iPad in the folder section - which I understand is because “Folders” represents where they are on my PC, not where they are in the cloud? So if I organised my pictures using the “Folders” feature, then deleted the files from my PC I assume I’d lose the organisation?I also see the “Collections” section, which is where all of my previously created albums are located but rather than being organised within folders they’re all in one long list organised under the “From Lightroom” heading. I mainly wanted to use LRC as an import tool, as it’s easier to connect my cam

As a user who trusts the Adobe RAW Engine, I strongly object to Lightroom being marketed as a "Retouching tool."Development is not Retouching: "Development" is about extracting truth from light, while "Retouching" is about adding fiction. Adobe has the world's best RAW engine; do not diminish its value with a cheap label. Focus on Quality over Gimmicks: Features like the "Remove" panel are currently not at a professional level. Instead of promoting these "useless" AI features, Adobe should focus on perfecting the pure RAW development process.Please bring back the pride of being the world's best "RAW Development Software." We want a digital darkroom, not a casual editing app

Since the update my lightroom has been incredibly slow. I really am unable to even work within it. 

I have been able to see those options, up by the Histogram before. 

I have more than a hundred folders on a drive and need to move some of them to a different drive. I’m working on a 27” iMac. I can’t drag the folder to the other drive because the screen doesn’t scroll down to where the other drive is (visually). If I could right click on the folder I want to move it would be more convenient. But this doesn’t seem possible. Any solution to the dragging approach? 

I’m noticing that the left hand panel in Lightroom Classic scrolls really sluggishly and jerks / jumps around.   I’m running MacOS 26.4 and it has been like this for quite some time (not just on 26).It’s really hard to scroll precisely, you have to sort of wait for it to catch up.   Rather annoying.

I use lrc 15.2 on macbook pro  [new m5pro with 48g ram]I found that the disk was written in a huge amount, reaching 10GB in about 10 minutes. The corresponding process is launcher. Then I used the sudo fs_usage - w - f file sys command to finally locate the file/private/var/folders/g8/47gdc5wn4yx370flbr2cms5m0000gn/T/cr_ sdk_00258352. tmp to write, which may be cr_stk_00xxxxx. tmp.These files have been continuously written but not read. My temporary solution is to create a ramdisk and mount it to/private/var/folders/g8/47gdc5wn4yx370flbr2cms5m0000gn/T to slow down hard disk consumption.

To find  AI Edit Status which setting can I use to create a smart collection?

I need to adjust all images in a collection to -24 tint while keeping the temp the same.  Is there any way to do this?

I am working on one LR classic catalogue with smartpreviews offline.ISSUE : When i select 10 images and apply preset it applies but then i go to correct some sliders only the first one selected of 10 gets change and remaining 9 stays within the previoulsy applied preset.Same thing when i work with full resolution data works just fine.What can be the issue  and the solution ?Since I edit few 100’s of images daily I need to work smartpreview with latest update to speed up my tasks as 50 megapixel full resolution in develop module takes some time with masking and things . 

Set a custom color profile in the Print module, then switch to another module and back. The choice is not preserved. In general the color profile selection is not preserved. I have to reset it every time. I've tried all workarounds I could find online.

I took a photograph of people riding on a bus, from the outside of the bus. As expected, there are window reflections on it. I tried to remove the reflections in LRC but it did not remove any of them. Moving the slider to -100 shows a black image, indicating LRC did not find reflections. I opened the same image in Camera Raw, and there the reflections were mostly removed. Moving the slider to -100 shows what Camera Raw detected as reflections. I don’t understand what is going on. Can you help? I am including relevant screen shots: Original Image, LRC 100 Removal, LRC -100 Removal, CR 100 Removal, CR -100 RemovalOriginal ImageLRC 100 RemovalLRC -100 RemovalCamera Raw 100 RemovalCamera Raw -100 RemovalMy system info:Lightroom Classic version: 15.1 [ 202512101606-1bb801a8 ]License: Creative CloudLanguage setting: en-USOperating system: Mac OS 26Version: 26.2.0 [25C56]Application architecture: arm64Logical processor count: 10Processor speed: NASqLite Version: 3.36.0Adobe GSDK Version: 1.4.

my thumbnails are not loading.  I thought reloading lightroom classic would help 

Recently (current install) when l import my NEF images they appear as grey pictures in both library & developer view, it has not done this previously, when l select an image the picture will appear and stay displayed until l select roughly the next 4th or 5th image then the previous one will go back to being greyed out. I have tried refresh of Windows 11 and reinstalled Lightroom classic but no change.2 screen shots from Library View and Develop View 

I received a batch of DNG files from one of our freelance photographers that have small previews. I imported these into Lightroom with the expectation of being able to export a new batch of DNG files with full-size previews. However, all I can get is files with the same small previews. There are 2 reasons I need full size previews.1-We use Photo Mechanic for culling and ordering images before renaming and processing them through LR.2-Our DAM relies on extracting the JPEG embedded in the DNG files for downloading.   Am I missing a setting somewhere, or is there really no way to force LR to create a DNG file from scratch with a larger preview?Thanks, 

Using a new Windows PC. LRC ran perfectly well until I installed the latest update. From that moment the Assisted Culling demo pop-up appeared every time I tried to import images. I’ve rebooted many times, used tips to do an action first and tried turning off the assisted culling. I don’t need it or want to use it. 

I have a reproducible issue where Lightroom Classic (15.3) does not recognize the GPU on my Mac Studio (M1 Ultra).  macOS 26.4.1 GPU shows 0.0 MB / not supported “Use GPU” is greyed out Denoise returns: “Requested adjustment is not applicable”  Important: The exact same setup works on a MacBook (same macOS, same LR version, same files). GPU is recognized and Denoise works there.  Already tried:  Reset preferences Clean reinstall Cleared Camera Raw cache Tested with single display  System reports GPU + Metal correctly (system_profiler).  → Seems Lightroom fails to detect GPU on this Mac Studio only.  Anyone seeing the same on Mac Studio?  

Adobe Lightroom Classic and Lightroom CC both freezing/turning white and showing "Not Responding" during basic use (browsing photos, editing sliders, zooming). Started on or around 28-Apr-2026. I have used Lightroom CC for 11 months, and this is the first time it has acted up this bad. I have written my hardware and everything i attempted to do to fix this issue.  System:AMD Ryzen 5 5500, 32GB RAM Patriot M.2 P300 512GB SSD NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Windows 11 Pro, dual monitors (2560x1440 + 1680x1050) Lightroom version 9.3 (April 2026)Everything attempted:Checked Task Manager - ruled out RAM/CPU/disk pressure Turned off GPU acceleration in Lightroom preferences - no fix Changed sync settings - no fix Signed out and back into Adobe account - no fix Ran Adobe Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool (full clean) - no fix Deleted Lightroom cache and reduced it from 93GB to 25GB - no fix Uninstalled Windows updates KB5082417 and KB5083769 (installed 15-Apr) - no fix Rolled back Nvidia driver - slight im

sony raw files produce normaly a export file size of about 123 MB occationally 288 MB..why?the develop settings are the same also noise reduction and resolution are the sane ??? 

In LrC the date is now formatted in milliseconds (in the Dutch version dd-mm-yyyy-HH:MM:SS.msmsms) I cannot recall when this has been changed, but on 16 april this year I still had the date format in seconds on my PC. Except for the fact that it is not practical for most users, this format is neither supported in MsExcel, and thus makes the output of PlugIns like ListView difficult to use in picture data administration programs/spreadsheets.Is there a way to format the date in LrC to custom? Time goes too fast in the multimedia world of today to bother about milliseconds other than in sports.Cheers,Louis

This post applies to Lightroom Classic and the Lightroom Ecosystem products.Post Camera Raw feedback here This thread is now closed. Please update to LrC 14.x or LrD 8.x. If you wish to provide feedback, please go to the new article. The Lightroom team is sharing an early look at Generative Remove, which makes it easier to remove unwanted objects and distractions, even on complex backgrounds, with a simple brush stroke. Generative Remove is powered by Firefly AI.   How to use Generative Remove on a desktop: You can find Generative Remove under the newly renamed Remove panel (aka “Heal”). Make sure the “generative AI” checkbox is enabled before you start brushing (note: when unchecked, Lightroom will use Content-Aware Remove to fill your brushed spots).  By default, you will be given a moment to refine your selection with an add or subtract brush. Remember to include shadows for a more accurate result! You can also skip this step by holding down ‘CTRL’ on windows or ‘CMD’ o

Hi. I’m trying to work with Lightroom Classic on two computers - a Windows PC (my main machine) and a MacBook. All my photos are stored on a Synology NAS, which I access via SMB. However, I keep separate catalogs locally on each computer.The problem is that as soon as I import into the Mac any photos that were previously imported on Windows, Lightroom on Windows becomes extremely slow to start. The next time I try to launch it, nothing happens sometimes even for up to 30 minutes. It’s a lottery, sometimes it starts in 1 minute, sometimes 15 or 30. The process appears in task manager and I can see that it heavily uses the network connection to the NAS. I can also hear the NAS drives working intensively, so Lightroom is clearly reading a lot of data.Why is this happening and how can I fix that? Why is it a problem if catalogs are separate and only source files are shared?It also has trouble reading and writing metadata to TIFF files. Sometimes it shows that metadata has been changed and

 I have tried to restore 2 different backups.It start the first time , but does not show picture when I change folder. Stays stuck when getting out saying He must save ;XMPs but I didn’t touch any picture.Refuse to restart with same problem as shown.Tried the script for permissions without success.Reports send to Adobe.Picture and XMPs visible in Bridge and Camera raw.