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On macOS is it possible to create a Keyboard App Shortcut that accesses any of the options in the Masks Panel?I’m specifically interested in creating a keyboard shortcut that “Duplicate and Invert Mask”?I’m sure the answer is no but I thought I would just check… Thanks in Advance - CES   

It is important that I mark this event in the annals of the Adobe Community.  Today I imported my first ever web-pee file.  This happened, almost without warning, after years of screaming for this capability by near-death boomer users of Lightroom Classic.Attached is the actual image file that I imported today.  I appropriated the photo from Google Images and will be exploiting it for my own purposes (now that I can find it again).I have to ask what took so long to implement this seemingly simple thing?  And why all the development time spent on Develop module?  How many aged LRC users do not use Photoshop?  All but one?  Is the one still even with us?For my last wish, why not make something akin to AnyFile plugin an integral part of LRC?  I am lifetime user of AF, but the fake image file thing is laborious and prone to human error.  Firefly could analyze my audio files, for example, and produce a thumbnail preview file without having to build a network of AI satellites in space.  Can

I’m currently looking to get a laptop for mobile editing, as what I currently have (a Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+) chugs on photos from my Sony A1 II (to no one’s surprise) and lightroom for Android doesn’t support the AI Denoise function. I currently use the AI Denoise function on around 150-500 RAW images at a time on my Windows Desktop. I have a budget of around $4000 CAD, which puts me around the price of the 16in M5 Pro MacBook Pro w/ the 48 GB memory upgrade, or I can get a Windows laptop with the following for around $3500 CAD.CPU Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX GPU: Nvidia RTX 5080 Mobile Ram: 32GB DDR5 Storage: 1TB NVME SSD (I will be editing photos off an external SSD, so 1TB should be enough)I also noticed that if I drop down to the 14-inch MacBook Pro, I can get it with the M5 chip for around $2300 CAD.Given all of that, my questions are as follows Is the M5 Pro chip worth it over the base M5 chip, especially when it comes to AI functions like Denoise? Also, is the 48GB memory upgrade

I go to the Develop tab, Remove panel.  I choose “Remove” Use generative AI is checked, Detect objects is checked.  I place the selector brush over the area I want to remove and attempt to drag it around a little.  Immediately, it kicks into Analyze mode (did not let me drag around at all) and at the end of the analyze step, nothing is selected.  This is my System Info:  Lightroom Classic version: 15.2.1 [ 202603161217-0bf813d9 ]License: Creative CloudLanguage setting: enOperating system: Windows 11 - Home Premium EditionVersion: 11.0.26200Application architecture: x64System architecture: x64Logical processor count: 12Processor speed: 2.5GHzSqLite Version: 3.36.0Adobe GSDK Version: 1.4.0.212CPU Utilisation: 4.0%Power Source: Plugged InBuilt-in memory: 16221.0 MBDedicated GPU memory used by Lightroom: 194.6MB / 5968.0MB (3%)Real memory available to Lightroom: 16221.0 MBReal memory used by Lightroom: 3903.5 MB (24.0%)Virtual memory used by Lightroom: 5381.3 MBGDI objects count: 1112USER

LR V15.2 hangs in denoise after several images were processed. That suggests a memory leak or a resource starvation, deadlock or any similar issue. LR hangs than, ignores the “cancel” button. When I click on the window [x] the window closes, but LR is still non responsive. When I try to terminate it, it hangs. Using Task Manager “kill process” stops LR finally.  After a restart the previously hanging image processes fine and fast. I am using W11 Pro on a Dell Xeon workstation with 48G RAM and the LR and its cache are on a NVMe drive. When it works, the denoise (and also the AI object removal or marking) are wonderful and they clearly improve the quality of work on our photography. 

When going to the presets, theyre not pulling up. 

Trying to log on to Lightroom Classic on my desktop.  Will not load and says catalog corrupt and corrections will take several minutes.  Nothing happens.

Hi Community,I’m experiencing severe performance issues with Lightroom. The app is extremely slow, barely usable, while all other Adobe Suite apps run smoothly on my system.I’ve tried restarting the app, change settings, edit on my SSD but the issue persists. I haven’t made any recent changes to my setup that would explain this. I use Windows 11, release 15.2.1 and Camera Raw 18.2.2Does anyone have suggestions on how to resolve this?Thanks in advance for your help!

The Windows icons for .lrcat files have been missing for several months. See attachments containing “NOK”.I fixed this for LrC 15.2 by changing the Windows registry entry HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AdobeLightroom7.lrcat\DefaultIcon from "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Lightroom Classic\Lightroom.exe",5 to"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Lightroom Classic\Lightroom.exe",1See attachments containing “OK”.After installing LrC 15.2.1, the registry entry reverted to '5', which caused the icons to go missing.

Bonjour,Suite mise à jour nouvelle version Lightroom Classic 15.2.1 lorsque j’ouvre Lightroom, la mise à jour du catalogue pour nouvelle version est impossible.Message :"Lightroom a rencontré des problèmes lors de la mise à jour du format du fichier de catalogue. Ce catalogue ne peut plus être utilisé dans cette version de Lightroom". Quelle est la solution pour mettre à jour ce catalogue et pouvoir utiliser Lightroom avec la dernière version. Merci

I tried to create a new folder called Various inside Photographs/2000’s/00. However Lightroom created a new instance of the Synology SharePoint folder (Photo) and place it there? It did however create the new folder in the correct location on the NAS. The only change to my setup that I can see is the different ip address for the NAS. 

Hi, I’ve had a Hard Drive failure and thankfully my backups were good, all except the most recent shoot. However this was still on my 2nd card in the camera so I have the original raw files. Is there a way other than manually locating each file and then renaming it to the filename it has in Lightroom that I can reinstate the files? Lightroom has the original filename in the metadata for each image, but I’d quite like to use the new names as those are the ones my clients are referencing when requesting edits.

I just updated both Lightroom Classic and Photoshop to the latest versions. After the update, the ‘edit in Photoshop’ option is greyed out.It worked before the update, as I used the feature just before updating, and found out that I hadn’t updated Photoshop and henceforth couldn’t use Generative fill.Updated both Lightroom Classic, Photoshop and Camera Raw, and now the ‘edit in Photoshop’ is greyed out.Does anyone have a solution to this.The files are all stored locally on my PC, and have not been moved during all this When Lightroom finished updating, I noticed that I was going from Lightroom 12 to Lightroom 13, and there was a promt to transfer my catalog to the new version. I did this and then opened Lightroom, and now the edit in Photoshop command is greyed out and not working 

Desapareceu a compensação horizontal na marca d'água do ligthroom do celular, as compensações vertical, tamanho e opacidade,  continuam normais.Como reabilito?Obrigado 

Hi. After updating LR 15.1.1 to version 15.2.1, I can't use mask copying or templates using AI masks. After downgrading LR to the previous version, everything returns to normal.I have all the latest updates installed for Windows and my graphics card. Lightroom Classic version: 15.2.1 [ 202603161217-0bf813d9 ]License: Creative CloudLanguage setting: enOperating system: Windows 11 - Business EditionVersion: 11.0.26200Application architecture: x64System architecture: x64Logical processor count: 32Processor speed: 3,4GHzSqLite Version: 3.36.0Adobe GSDK Version: 1.4.0.212CPU Utilisation: 1,0%Power Source: Plugged InBuilt-in memory: 65460,9 MBDedicated GPU memory used by Lightroom: 5158,0MB / 20421,3MB (25%)Real memory available to Lightroom: 65460,9 MBReal memory used by Lightroom: 4498,5 MB (6,8%)Virtual memory used by Lightroom: 10265,8 MBGDI objects count: 1153USER objects count: 5323Process handles count: 3676Memory cache size: 1822,8MBInternal Camera Raw version: 18.2.2 [ 2512 ]Maximum

I had an OS crash and all my apps had to be reinstalled.  Now when trying to import photos I am not getting the option to import to a collection like I used to.  It’s a different screen layout.  See screenshot.  Anyone know what happened to that option?  It used to show up on the righmost panel of the screen, with an option to create a new collection if needed.  Thanks.   

I have just bought Lightroom Classic, and when I try to open a raw file in it, there is a modal dialog telling me that Lightroom will automatically sync my files with the cloud. The only option it gives me, is “ok” … but the thing is that I only want my images to be on my computer hard disk and no where else!I HATE having all your cloud solutions shoveled down my throat. I didn’t ask for a TB in your cloud, and I dont intent to use it at all, but I was never given the opportunity to say no thank you!Now I am not sure if I can use your product at all, without having you guys uploading my entire foto collection to your cloud? What the feck happened to good old concent here? Why isn’t this an opt-in possibility, or at least give us a chance to opt it out, for crying out loud? 😠

LightRoom Classic 15.2 build: 202602111402-ec4112e8Only this release has a fast memory leak in the graphics card memory (Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB).  It  uses up almost all the memory just exporting 8 files to Tif to be edited in PTGUI Pro that also uses graphics memory and crashes repeatedly until exiting LRC, and that fixes the problem.However it is not efficient to have to close LR every time I export files to either Photoshop or PTgui Pro.Lightroom Classic 15.2build: 202602111402-ec4112e8MS Win 11 Prov: 10.0.26200 Build 26200x-64 based PCASUS motherboard Proart z790-creator wifi96GB memoryGraphics: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GBC: drive has 495 GB free.Lightroom database and photo collection on 2 other drives has always run smoothly.Kind regards from Hans

I noticed some of one of my lightroom folders had only 20 photos when the number is showing 400. So I verified that they are all in the folder on drive. So I tried to re-import but it shows all greyed out and I cannot select them. In fact it says the photos have already been imported. They are not corrupted or missing as there is no error icon on them. But yet, they are not showing in library view. I saw advice to find old catalog but I am am not sure how and which one even to try with. Either way, I have bunch of edits and do not want to lose all those edits. How can I remedy this? My LR version is 15.1.1 

Somehow, unknown to be how, I ended in Proof Mode. I cannot exit from it. The top level menu shows Perceptual/Relative mode of Proof Copy. I just want to exit it. How do I do that?

My cat walked on my keyboard and now every time I edit a photo I'm asked if I want to save it as a proof. How do I get out of this mode? Thanks!

On Lightroom Classic 15.2.1 Mac OS 26.3.1, I’m experiencing problems with exporting my photos. I’m running a Mac Studio M4 2025 with 64BG RAM.With the latest version of Classic, I am sometimes able to export photos as usual, whether using the “Export...” dialog box or using a preset. However, mostly, the feature slows down so much that it is barely usable.If I select a preset, the exported image takes something like 30 seconds to appear on the HD. If I try using “Export...”, the Export dialog box takes about 30 seconds to open and then takes another 30 seconds for the exported file to appear on the HD.I have tried this on old and new photos and DNG and JPG photos taken with different cameras - the same problem happens - sometimes it works, and but mostly export occurs very slowly.I’ve never experienced such issues before. It appears to only have appeared with the latest update (15.2.1).Thanks

Hi Adobe Team, I’m posting this as a clear performance regression report for Lightroom Classic v15.x — specifically the Develop module image-to-image switching latency on Mac. REALLY SLOW. Please do not merge this thread into a generic “performance” megathread and then mark it as “Solved” as if nothing happened. Multiple users are reporting the same behaviour, and it deserves a proper investigation and acknowledgement (instead of being dismissed as an “NVIDIA driver” issue — this is Apple Silicon). What’s happening On Lightroom Classic v15.2, switching between photos in Develop is several times slower than in previous versions. This is not a minor “feels slower” issue — it’s a real, repeatable regression that drastically impacts professional workflows. My setup  MacBook Pro (M3 Max) macOS v26.2 Lightroom Classic v15.2 Preferences → Performance → Graphics Processor: ALL acceleration options manually enabled (not Auto)  Proof / Reproduction To remove any subjectivity, I recorded sc

System: Windows 11 (25H2). Lightroom shows all pictures but doesn’t open them. Importing new images is totally impossible.

I am scanning a significantly large number of 35mm slides. The slides are stored in boxes and individual slide clips. To identify the location of the original slide, I am entering the box number, clip # and slide # of each slide in the source field (IPTC Status section). Example: Box 4 Clip#32 Slide 20. I would like to be able to search for slides by the source field. The metadata filters do not include a search for source. Can I add this field to the metadata filters? I can enter the information in the Label field which is a filter in the metadata search,  however it adds a white label icon to the photo which can easily be unchecked and then the search is lost. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you,Ruth Goodman