Questions

I'm pretty new to Lightroom, and not real savvy on computer innards and requirements. I've found these laptops that are within my budget ($700 or less). Which one would be best? FYI screen size and resolution are not a concern as I will mostly be using a separate monitor. Also, any other suggestions of other laptops within budget are appreciated. The choices:https://a.co/d/hHVkBm6https://a.co/d/772DURShttps://a.co/d/4rhpDNWhttps://a.co/d/hdoNxYyIf none of these are up to the task, two questions: What features (minimums) should I be looking for and what is a realistic budget? This is for hobby only, not a pro.Thanks!

I cant figure out why its doing this. Works just fine on some photos, ridiculously green on others. Ive tried reinstalling LRC, Ive tried disabling the GPU processing. System info included at the end. Lightroom Classic version: 13.3 [ 202405092057-40441e28 ]License: Creative CloudLanguage setting: enOperating system: Windows 11 - Home Premium EditionVersion: 11.0.22631Application architecture: x64System architecture: x64Logical processor count: 16Processor speed: 4.1GHzSqLite Version: 3.36.0CPU Utilisation: 0.0%Power Source: Plugged In, 255%Built-in memory: 31864.9 MBDedicated GPU memory used by Lightroom: 8599.4MB / 24142.0MB (35%)Real memory available to Lightroom: 31864.9 MBReal memory used by Lightroom: 7372.3 MB (23.1%)Virtual memory used by Lightroom: 18261.6 MBGDI objects count: 1251USER objects count: 3657Process handles count: 3795Memory cache size: 98.4MBInternal Camera Raw version: 16.3 [ 1863 ]Maximum thread count used by Camera Raw: 5Camera Raw SIMD optimization: SSE2,AV

I've been using my Lightroom and its Catalogue for many years without incident until I accidentally sent all of my files to the Apple Cloud and then retrieved them to my local laptop. In the process, my Lightroom Classic "can't find" its more recent catalogue, and I can't figure out how to get them together again, and would appreciate some detailed guidance on how to do so. Thanks!

I recently selected the option for "Enable HDR editing by default for HDR photos" under Preferences > Presets. Since then, all the HEIC images I've imported look terrible in Library after editing. My research suggest that's due to a lapse in LRC that only supports HDR display in Develop mode. Any idea when LRC will be updated to enable HDR display in Library mode? In the meantime, how can I get the photos to look decent in a slideshow? Any work-arounds? Can I toggle off the HDR editing? Nov 2023 16" MacBook Pro with XDR displayLightroom 13.3Mac OS 14.5

hi all, i need some help ive updated lightroom to v 13 the new tools are there ive clicked on lens blur then apply and analize starts then after about 30 seconds a box pops up saying "there was an unforseen problem and your request was unable to be made", Or something very close to that there is no explanation of what has happened or how i can put it right could there be an update anytime soon. to be honest I'm not very tech savvy this talk of updating drivers and dabbling with graphics memory is right over my head can anyone help with explanations what won't make my head explode. all the best everyone cheers Mike. .    

The same here.  The Adobe Applications Manager started to do some lenghty task... finished, and then Lightroom could be started, but after a minute it stopped.  And now this app manager is gone, and replaced by "Adobe Creative cloud".  If I open this, I can see "Lightroom classic" in my apps, but when I click on it, the LR splash screen hangs again.

Since installing 13.3, Lightroom no longer shows profile corrections for my Sony 85mm 1.8 FE lens.  It recognises the lens as usual in Library mode, but in Develop mode, it A. doesn't auto-recognise and apply the correct profile, and B. offers no Sony options other than a Sony DT 18-200 lens when trying to designate the correct profile manually. This worked seamlessly previously. Is there some sort of broken link to a profile library than I can fix, or something else to do? I'd simply downgrade to an earlier LR version but given part of installing the current version of LR was updating the catalogue file to this version, I'm not sure that would be as easy as all that.  MBP M3 Max, Sonoma 14.5

Well...the first one worked fine (although took a looooong time).  30 images.  Went to try again, with 24 images, same bracketing settings and met with "Unable to detect HDR exposure bracket size. Merge to non-HDR panorama instead?"  Was hopeful but this is a bummer.

After updating to 13.3 I realized that the healing tool slows down the PC extremely. This tool has never been particularly fast or accurate but now the PC becomes unusable after about 100 points. The new Generative Remove behaves in exactly the same way.I don't think the community has a solution for this, it would have to come from Adobe (they promise a faster healing tool with every 2nd update).Has anyone had similar experiences or a suggestion for improvement?I have since reinstalled 13.2 and accepted a few losses of edited images.Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

Can anybody tell me whether it is possible to create a batch export group?  So, rather than selecting each format in the batch export window every time I want to export multiple formats, is there a way to create a group containing the chosen formats, and selecting it with a single click?  Thanks.

I just updated LR Classic and now I cannot adjust masks with add or subtract brush.  I only get a hand to move. Does anyone know anything?  Am I missing something?

when I move library image to Developer the dark areas turn a grainy blue and whites turnout red. Screenshots below. This is not a small change and cannot be edited out. I saw an old post about this and have checked my monitor settings as advised and set to sRGB IEC6 1966-2.1    I am new to LRc and now totally stuck and cannot edit any image so any assitance is appreciated. Thanks 

My catalogue suffered a catastrophic failure. It would not repair, I could not import to a new catalogue, or any of the other 100s of fixes I tried. Eventually I reverted to a backed up copy and things went fine based on the v13 back up catalogue for several weeks. But then I upgraded this catalogue to v13-3 and worked for several hours without incident, I closed LR and reopened it. But once I tried to back up the catalogue, I was back to square one. The new catalogue was corrupt, the one that had been upgraded was corrupt, and Lightroom can't find a catalogue to open and I cannot get help. The Adobe bot is no help at all. There seems to be a fatal flaw in Lightroom that is resistent to all fixes and continues to pop up and cause problems. How do I fix this gremlin in the works so that I can have a stable and consistent catalogue? TIA

I've been fighting with LRC (v13.3) and LR (v7.3) on my Macbook (v14.5 - Sonoma) for hours. I have a series of photos that I have done some light editing to and I created a Collection (not a Smart Collection). Unfortunately when I originally moved some of the pictures they were flagged as "Original and Smart Photo" and that got synched to the Clound. Now no matter what I do in LRC when I try to access the Collection in LR; it shows Smart Photo. I want to be able to use LR to export the pictures in the highest JPG quality so I can print the photos. I've tried flagging the pictures as "Original Photo" only in LRC and creating a brand new collection but LR still pulls in the Smart Photo version. I've spent hours researching and trying to fix this but Can't seem to get it to work. Any ideas? Thanks!

Lightroom classic up-to-date build as of 30th of May 2024. Scenario: arranging keywords into keyword hierarchies by dragging a keyword name in the keyword list on top of another. The drag operation is possible for keywords at the top of the list, but when going down the list for about 200 keywords, it becomes impossible to drag those latter keywords.

Hi. I have been using Denoise AI feature on Lightroom Classic and Lightroom. I am relatively new to this software. Since last month, Denoise AI Enhance Process is not completing and leaves no error message as well. It processes upto around 90% and suddenly stops and shows no photo displayed. However the feature continues to work in Lightroom and having issue with only Lightroom Classic. Today I did update lightroom classic and it did not solve the issue.I am using Macbook M1 Pro with MacOS 14 Can someone help me in troubleshooting this issue ? Thanks in advance System Info :Lightroom Classic version: 13.3 [ 202405092057-40441e28 ]License: Creative CloudLanguage setting: en-DEOperating system: Mac OS 14Version: 14.5.0 [23F79]Application architecture: arm64Logical processor count: 8Processor speed: NASqLite Version: 3.36.0Power Source: Battery, 52%Built-in memory: 16.384,0 MBDedicated GPU memory used by Lightroom: 2.232,7MB / 10.922,6MB (20%)Real memory available to L

The day I upgraded to version 13.3 (5.2.23.24), only the photos prior to that date are synced. All new photos and edits are not synced. The "migrating sync data" has been running since the update, with no end in sight. Any assitance would be appreciated. Dana

Ich nutze auf meinem MacBook Pro mit M1 Max Lightroom Classic 13. 3 und kann meine Fotos damit kaum noch entwickeln Sämtliche Regler lassen sich nicht mehr zuverlässig bedienen. Beim Einstellen springen die Regler Plötzlich auf Null oder sonst einen Wert. Der Reperaturpinsel etc. arbeitet nicht flüssig. Ich möchte eine Stelle damit stempeln, aber sobald ich den Pinsel verschiebe bricht die Funktion ab. Kurzum sämtliche Regler im Entwickelnmodul spinnen bzw. funktioniern nicht stabil Warum? Kann mir das Jemand sagen? Gruß Martin Ernst

Copying Settings to paste but when I try to paste to 500+ photos it only pastes the setting on one photo.What am I doing wrong, currently im trying to copy the aspect ratio to ORIGINAL and paste those to all photos, but it only pastes it to one of the 500 photos I have selected... this is very annoying

Bonjour,  mes photos s'affichent bleues dans le module bibliothèque de lightroom et normale en aperçu lorsque je suis dans le menu développement. cf photo. de plus les roues chromatiques du colorgradind sont comme desaturees. cf photos    merci d'avance pour votre aide. bonne journée 

I'm exporting Jpeg to place them on Google photo's. I have a lot of trouble to get the sort right. The date and time stamp of the Jpeg's after export is not in sequence. It looks that Lightroom is working parallel. Is there a trick to get this right?

After installing Lightroom 13.3, my export dialog box is all white in the middle and no text is visible (see screenshot).  Has anyone else experienced this? Once I installed the update, the "what's new" pop up was light grey with white text and barely readable also.

Hi,I would like to change the brush flow in the masks after I apply it. Now if I select the brush in a mask and move the flow slider it does not change.How can I do this?Regards Fabio

Bonjour, depuis V13.3 de LRC mon R6MII est bien reconnu en mode prise de vue connectée. Mais je n'ai aucun retour image dans bibliothèque après une prise de vue. Même constat avec mon ancien 6D PC sous Windows 11 Je viens d'essayer sur un autre PC en Windows 10 et là cela fonctionne. Merci de m'indiquer si réglage particulier à faire dans Windows11. Frédéric.

Hi I currently use a laptop PC when travelling with LRc and import into my main PC  LRc catalogue on my return.Can you simply do the same from a MacBook air catalogue and import into the PC catalogue?Regards Andrew