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I noticed that the metadata (Develop settings) are not included in the jpg files, from a Lumix TZ-101 camera. In this way, develop settings are lost if the file is, e.g., moved to another directory and then synchronized back to the LR Classic catalogue. The file is not protected. If I force saving (CTRL+S) the process is sometimes veeeery slow. Also the scanning for metadata update is veeeeeeeeery slow. The disk where files are store is a NVMe, should be fast, and it is actually very fast for all other operations. OS is Windows 11, up to date.I enclose a screenshot to show the upgrade bar for the save metadata (stuck there for 1 minute or more, for a single file!).May it depend from the amount of adjustments? 

I’m using Lightroom Classic 15.2 release and Camera Raw 18.2 on Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26200 Build 26200.I scanned 20 negatives to 92% JPG with my Epson PerfectionV800 Photo using Silverfast 9 and gave them sequential names so they would sort correctly when sorted by Filename. I now want to set the Capture Date so they sort correctly when sorted by date.I selected the first photo and used Shift-Click to select the last photo in the folder (roll) so all photos are selected.  I then used Metadata->Edit Capture Time and set the Date/Time to 1/1/1967 12:00:00 AM 000ms, which is the scheme that I use when I know only the year.  The result: the first photo was set correctly, but the rest were set like this (still sorted by name):01/01/1967 12:00:00.000 AM12/31/1966 11:59:59.000 PM12/31/1966 11:59:58.827 PM12/31/1966 11:59:58.827 PM12/31/1966 11:59:58.827 PM12/31/1966 11:59:59.000 PM12/31/1966 11:59:58.827 PM12/31/1966 11:59:59.000 PM12/31/1966 11:59:59.000 PM01/01/1967 12:00:00.000 AM12/31/1

Repost - Edit the old posting delete istHello @ allenglish version below Ich hab jetzt zum zweiten mal innerhalb von drei Tagen meinen kompletten Lightroom-Katalog mit etwa 20000 Bildern verloren. Backup und alles sind vorhanden, aber leider sind die Virtuellen Kopien ja leider nur Katalog basiert und daher kann ich auf die alten Katalogdateien nicht verzichten. Fakt: Alle Bilder liegen lokal. Unter “Sammlungen” in LrC kann ich alle Bilder Aufrufen und einsehen. Unter “Ordner” hingegen hab ich nur noch die nackte Ordnerstruktur. Wenn ich die Bilderordner öffne erscheint immer nur die Meldung “Keine Fotos in Ordner”. Reparaturstart mit “Alt” und Katalogintegrität prüfen bringt keine Änderung. Nur das neu anlegen und Importieren aus anderem Katalog bringt eine Lösung. danach ist alles wieder da und es geht. ABER: der Import rennt Stunden und ich kann nicht jeden Tag ein Backup fahren vom Katalog. Auch der Rennt eine Stunde. Zum System: Win10 Pro mit aktuellster LrC Version 15.2 Irgendwel

english version belowHallo zusammen.Ich hab jetzt zum zweiten mal innerhalb von drei Tagen meinen kompletten Lightroom-Katalog mit etwa 20000 Bildern verloren. Backup und alles sind vorhanden, aber leider sind die Virtuellen Kopien ja leider nur Katalog basiert und daher kann ich auf die alten Katalogdateien nicht verzichten.Fakt:Alle Bilder liegen lokal. Unter “Sammlungen” in LrC kann ich alle Bilder Aufrufen und einsehen. Unter “Ordner” hingegen hab ich nur noch die nackte Ordnerstruktur. Wenn ich die Bilderordner öffne erscheint immer nur die Meldung “Keine Fotos in Ordner”. Reparaturstart mit “Alt” und Katalogintegrität prüfen bringt keine Änderung. Nur das neu anlegen und Importieren aus anderem Katalog bringt eine Lösung. danach ist alles wieder da und es geht. ABER: der Import rennt Stunden und ich kann nicht jeden Tag ein Backup fahren vom Katalog. Auch der Rennt eine Stunde. Zum System: Win10 Pro mit aktuellster LrC Version 15.2Irgendwelche blöden Ideen? GrußHaba.Gugg Hello ev

Hello from ItalyI need to reinstall Lightroom 5 full DVD version purchased years ago in old pc used for photo and other , cause half crash and not accessible.So I can’t read serial on pc .i have original package, but I don’t understand what’s its serial product key on sticker on package.i know it should be 24 number in six group of four and beginning with 1160.There isn’t any sticker with 24 numbers and none start with 1160Can you help how to find my serial number/product key?Thanks in advanceBye from ItalyGuido

Until this evening, I had 12,000 photos of my recent trip to Tanzania on Lightroom Classic. When I initially imported them, for some reason they imported to a folder on my desktop. However, I decided to go with this and have been editing without any issues. Today, when I went to edit some more images, it turns out that 11,000 of my photos now have missing originals. When I tried to locate them, LRC told me that the photos were in the folder on my desktop. However, most of the files have disappeared from that folder. For example, for one date when I have almost 3,000 thumbnails, there are only two remaining files in the folder for that date.  I don't know if this is an issue with LRC or with my imac, but the original files can't have just disappeared into thin air. Or can they?? Obviously, I am desperate to get them back!

Here is a screen shot of the problem. All I am doing is selecting remove. The others disappear, switch to Library and back, and they all reappear.

Problem exporting pure grayscale RGB files from Lightroom ClassicHi everyone,I’m preparing images for a photo book and ran into a problem with grayscale files.For printing, I need RGB files that contain only neutral gray values (no color information) in order to avoid any color cast in the final print.Some of my photos were edited in Adobe Lightroom Classic and currently use a Color profile. When I switch the image to Monochrome or choose Black & White in Lightroom and then export the image as a JPG, everything initially appears correct.However, when I open the exported JPG again, the file is still in color mode, not a true grayscale-only RGB file. In other words, it seems that Lightroom still exports an RGB color file with potential color channels instead of strictly neutral gray values.This happens regardless of whether I overwrite the original file or export the image under a new filename. use jpg or nef  My question:Is there a way in Lightroom Classic to export RGB files th

I have just upgraded to lightroom version 13.0.01, the photo import is painfully slow. I started importing 30 photos at 9 am, it is now 09:47 and less than 15 photos have imported. any ideas? I have already carried out a restart of the PC to no avail (that was pre 9am). I should point out that I have never had a slow photo import problem before this version.

Every time the user performs any of the following actions in the Develop module,the application becomes "Not Responding" for 3–5 seconds before resuming:  • Collapsing or expanding any panel (Basic, Tone Curve, HSL, Detail, etc.)  • Switching between tools (Crop, Heal, Masking, Object Remove, etc.)  • Switching from Develop to Library module and backThe freeze does NOT occur when:  • Navigating between photos (Next / Previous)  • Adjusting sliders within an already-open panelThis is a clear regression. The behavior was not present in LrC 14.x.The issue was first reported by many users with LrC 15.0 and was NOT fixed in 15.1 or 15.2.I performed detailed diagnostics with Claude Cowork; a full user-mode process dump was captured during an active "Not Responding" freeze and analyzed with WinDbg using the Microsoft public symbol server.Root cause was identified via WinDbg analysis.When any panel or tool transition occurs in LrC 15.x, the substrate event system spawns approximately 60 parall

Hello everyone! I am in a bit of a pickle, and I'm wondering if anyone can help me. I have two computers, one desktop (which is hwere I editmost of the time due to its massive screen), and a Laptop, which I only use to edit when I am not home. Note that I have my catalogs and files always in an external SSD, so I can easily switch from one computer to another.Recently I was traveling, so I opened the catalog on my laptop, and I received a promt to upgrade the catalog for compatibility, which I naturally did and proceeded to work, however, when I came back home and wanted to continue working on my desktop, I got an error message saying that “the catalog cannot be opened because it’s too new to be used by this version of Lightroom”. The issue is that I cannot upgrade Lightroom on my desktop, because the newer versions of Lightroom are not compatible with my MacOS, and I cannot update my MacOS anymore, because my Mac is old… So, I have two questions:1. It seems like Lightroom did not crea

When I launch adobe Lightroom on my windows desktop, I keep getting a system error because of a missing file mcf140u.dll. I already reinstalled Lr twice and restarted my laptop several times. The missing file is present in my windows folder. Does anybody have an idea how to solve this? kind regards, Bastian

I’ve been editing in HDR in LightRoom Classic for a year or two.  I create collections and sync them.When I open these collections with HDR photos in the Lightroom app on my M4 iPad Pro, these image look terrific, the highlights pop, bright and vivid.But when I play a slideshow of these collections, the photos aren’t in HDR like when I open these collections photos manually.Either in slideshow mode, they open SDR versions or maybe the slide show transitions too fast for the HDR metadata to be rendered?When I open them manually it takes a second or two for the HDR effect to load for each file. Beyond editing and viewing HDR photos in LightRoom Classic or the app on devices with HDR displays (or what Apple calls XDR displays), what other software can display HDR properly?  I’m enticed by the Studio Display XDR which Apple just shipped.  But hard to justify that price unless I can display HDR content as slideshows, screensavers, wallpaper, etc.

I’ve been using Lightroom for over a decade. Recently, I’ve toggled something and I now no longer have the option to select Fit, Fill, or Zoom % from the Navigator pane. I’ve gone to window to ensure it’s checked, etc. I have the thumbnail, but no drop down arrow. I’ve searched all over for the answer but haven’t found any other poss with a similar experience. Is this a bug? Please help! 

I encountered an error while exporting images in Lightroom Classic. The export results show the following message: "Couldn't apply Content Credentials (no network access)." This issue appears for several files, i have attached the screenshot.Has anyone faced a similar issue? What could be causing this, and how can I resolve it? I've checked my network connection, and everything seems fine. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! 

hello!I used the lightroom on my iPhone, logged in from my personal profile, and had a gallery with a lot of processed images and my own presets. then my profile was connected to the company's profile, and after I logged into the lightroom, all my presets and gallery disappeared! Tell me how to get them back?What can I do?

Lately, whenever I import photos into Lightroom Classic (latest version, PC running Windows 11), the newly created date folder consistently shows above the parent folder in the Library module, although the files are correctly located within it, as “Show in Explorer” reveals. I am unable to drag the new date folder into its proper place (the year folder), because the path is technically correct, meaning the photos are already where I am trying to put them. Hoping others may have had and solved this problem, although I did not see any discussions about it. I did recently have to replace the drive in question, as the old one was damaged, could this help explain the problem? Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Tengo el sistema operativo Big Sur y necesito la version 12 de ligthroom Classic ya que las mas actuales no con compatibles. Desde adobe no me dan solución.

Lightroom Classic 15.2 on a Mac 26.3.1.I was rebuilding Smart previews and was about ½ way done after a day.  Lightroom classic then stopped responding and I had to kill it.  I was doing other things in Lightroom which might have caused the freeze.So I restarted the smart preview rebuild and it started again from scratch, which is going to take days.Is there a way to just update them, i.e., just build preview for those pictures who don’t have them already?

​@Rikk Flohr_Photography,  I can no longer reproduce this bug, following its recipe: I think you can close it. (The thread is locked, so I can’t reply directly there.) 

I can't open Lightroom Classic on my laptop, and I haven't been able to for weeks now, despite resetting my computer, doing a full CC clean of my laptop and doing a clean re-install of Creative cloud, I've tried setting it to high priority, launching as administrator, doing the weird Catalogue thing where you delete the LRCAT file and let it reinitialise it. Nothing has worked, and nothing listed in the old threads regarding this issue has worked either. Getting desperate as I really need Classic to work for my projects, and really quite fed up with Adobe at this point. The app launches and is visible in task manager, but never actually opens on screen. It does use up RAM and seem to really be running, but it's always just a background process and nothing ever shows up on my screen. Any tips?System specs:Processor 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700H 2.40 GHzInstalled RAM 16.0 GB (15.7 GB usable) running at 4800 MTSSystem type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processorGPU RTX 4050M &

Lightroom classic ne filtre plus les photos marquées en mode grille dans une collection. Je souhaite ne voir que les photos filtrées.

After installing LR Classic the app is now so slow that it is unusable. Windows 11, strong PC.

Using Lightroom Classic with iOs system.  While on a trip a companion air dropped the trip pictures on her phone to my MacBook.  They were JPG and MOV files air dropped and saved in my downloads folder.  I then opened LR and attempted to import & move them into my LR organizing system.  There were more than 300 images and all but 12 imported just fine.  The 12 were a mix of the JPG and MOV files and were just left in downloads.  When I try to import those 12 again, they are darkened and showing that they were imported already.  I have double checked and they did NOT import---but LR won’t let me select them again to do another import to pick them up.  I had followed the same procedure with other air dropped images and had no problems.  But these last 12 are giving me fits.  How do I get them imported when I can’t select them?  Thanks.

So this is still an error I experience at random times when re-ordering a small (10-12) batch of photos within a collection. Lightroom tells me something to the effect of not being able to move photos on disk or that are already in the collection (I closed the warning too quickly to be able to say verbatim). This is a glitch I’ve encountered in many versions of LR Classic over the years. I think I have 4 closed threads on the topic already.Anyone else?   Lightroom Classic version: 15.2 [ 202602111402-ec4112e8 ]License: Creative CloudLanguage setting: enOperating system: Windows 11 - Home Premium EditionVersion: 11.0.26200Application architecture: x64System architecture: x64Logical processor count: 24Processor speed: 3.4GHzSqLite Version: 3.36.0Adobe GSDK Version: 1.4.0.171CPU Utilisation: 2.0%Power Source: Plugged InBuilt-in memory: 65292.0 MBDedicated GPU memory used by Lightroom: 203.7MB / 15995.0MB (1%)Real memory available to Lightroom: 65292.0 MBReal memory used by Lightroom: 1364