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There are black bars on the left and right of the screen when LR Classic is in full screen.It is reproducible when showing single photo in ful screen, or LR itself is in full screen. Please see attached screenshots of the both cases on 2022 M2 13" MacBook Air running latest MacOS 15.5 with latest LRC 14.4. In order to make it more prominent, it is maximum brightness of the screen and increased brigness of the photos to distinguish between physical screen border (which is completely black) and the LR artifacts. Also note the small triangle in the bottom of the screen of LR in full-screen node. P.S. I tried to reset preferences, it did not help.

Afternoon all,    Was looking for some help as when i try to use any AI mask besides "Detect Sky" (which works well every time) both Lr and LrC fail to detect the background or people/subjects. At the moment i'm making do using brushes/radial/linear etc masks but having the option to select objects would really speed up my workflow.    Any recommendations would be much appreciated.   Cheers, 

When importing files into LR Classic, the RAW files have several of the sliders set on non-zero values. I have no presets being used upon import. Clicking on the slider triangles will not reset them to zero. I have to hightlight each of the values in the boxes next to the sliders and reset them by entering a zero.  This happens whether I import (copy) from an SD card or I add from files already copied to disk. I have two R5 cameras and the effect is the same. If I open a file on disk with Camera Raw, it also has non-zero settings, just like Lightroom. Therefore, is this a compatibility issue with Adobe and Canon, or is the camera somehow altering the RAW files? I have not seen this effect with all the other Canon digital cameras that I have owned. LR 14.4 but this has occurred through several updates

hello, I have a strange issue with the Print Module in Lightoom Classic - I select some photos in Library - I click on Print module when the layout style is first one (single photo) I see photos in main view, I can change number of rows or columns, etc   but when I change layout style to second or third option: - the main screen shows only blank paper - the page number is not refreshed (so for example it still shows page 1 / 13) - changing template on the left does nothing - it's not possible to drag photo from filmstrip into main view   I tried refreshing view, changing photos, restarting Lightroom and resetting LR preferences   any tips what is wrong?   LR 13.3.1, Windows 10

Hi allI am experiencing a strange issue.  I had a catalogue crash, and restored to the last backup catalogue just before the issue.  Now, I have raw files in a folder on a disk, that was edited before the crash, but now after the crash, there is no way that I can import these files again. Obviously the batch first imported were my best rated and selected images.  I have synced the folder, re-imported the folder and all of that, but no luck.  I see the file and XMP on the disk, but on the import dialogue, then all is greyed out.  Are these files still linked to the "corrupted" catalogue?If so, how do I unlink them and link to the current catalogue (if that is the case)?     

I'm trying to set up a smart collection that examines the entire catalog and returns all the images that do not have a creator. The obvious answer would be to select "is empty" from the criteria drop down. Unfortunately, that doesn't exist. How might this be done in a smart collection to examine the entire catalog and find those images with no creator listed.?

I am trying to change the  front INSIDE and back INSIDE covers in Lightroom Classic Blurb book witout any luck. Yes, you can change the front and back OUTSIDE covers but I can not see any way of changing the inside covers from the default grey! Any ideas welcome. Cheers, Ray in London.

Like many others, I am experiencing frustrating slowness with LrC.First, long startup time: about 1 minute to see the LrC grid and then another minute for LrC to be responsive. That happens once a day so not a big deal. It could be an indication of something though. Now, clicking on an image in grid mode may suffer a delay of about 5 seconds. Hitting "P" to pick can suffer a delay of 5 to 7 seconds (approximately). Those two delays will add up when I have to click on a picture to select and then pick it.This is basically unworkable (especially when you have multiple selections to make).My machine is somewhat old (see below) but should be enough according to some people. For example, denoise only takes about 10 seconds for a 50 mpix photo. (12 GB GPU, M.2 4 lane SSDs, etc) I suspect there is a Windows or LrC configuration issue somewhere.I always update my GPU drivers. I have uninstalled my Norton antivirus and Loupedeck app to see if they were the culprit. (ran

When I try to use 'Edit In' to edit a photo in Photoshop, PS gets stuck on the splash screen. I can't even open PS standalone if LRc is running as it hangs as well. If I stop LRc while PS is hung, then PS opens but says I have a GPU issue. PS opens fine without opening LRc first. I also can't open any other external editing app,  like Nik, from LRc. I've uninstalled and reinstalled both programs. I've gone back to a previous version of both. Nothing works! Dennis

I now use Topaz Photo AI regularly in my LRc workflow.  It is painful to have to click on File > Plug-in Extras  > Process with Topaz Photo AI each and every time I am editing a significant number of images.  I understand that one cannot create a keystroke shortcut in LRc and am told I should do this outside of LRc.  I have researched and tried this within the MAC OS capabilities  doing the followingL  Apple > System Settings > Keystrokes > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > App Shortcuts.  LRc is not listed as one of the apps one can choose on the pull-down for All Applications, but by scrolling to Other, I can locate LRc.  From there I create a keyboard shortcut - and I tried many - and none seem to work.   Has anyone done this successfully?  If so - how?

I can't open photoshop (v.25) from lightroom (v.12.5) I can't open photoshop from lightroom, the option is turned off Thanks 

Hi everyone, I was hoping someone could help me figure out how to remove an external editor that is showing up in the "Edit in" menu of lightroom.  To my knowledge, I have removed it from my system in all locations.  In addition, I have gone into the Lightroom preferences and removed it as an external editor.  Removing it from lightroom preferences was successful in it showing up at the bottom of the Edit in menu, but it is still showing at the top (see attached photo).  Does anyone know how I can remove it from the top.  The external editor I am referring to is On1 Effects.   Thank you!   {Moved from Lightroom Cloud to Lightroom Classic Forum by Moderator}

I user Lightroom classis downloaded from the Adobe cloud app portal. I have a monthly subscription and have a new clean installation. When l import Nikon .NEF images l noticed that the files can be grainy/nosey. If l open the same .NEF files on my windows laptop using Microsoft Photo l can not see the same level of image poor quality.Has anyone had this problem before?

How does LrC work offline? When I am offline I get prompted every 5 or 6 days to connect to the internet and login. This is not long enough for me to use LrC on my laptop when traveling to remote areas. Is there any way to extend the time it asks for an internet connection?

We have a collection of photos on a LAN server which were imported into LRC. We've been using an external editor to crop those images post-import. It appears that the Synchronize Folder command does not recognize that the image was changed, and does not update the image previews.  I found a way around this by renaming the image, synchronizing (which picks up the changes), and then renaming back to original name. Is this expected behaviour for LRC? And, if so, other than the kludge above, is there any way to force-reimport in LRC ?

Hi Adobe,I’m experiencing serious performance issues in Lightroom Classic 14.4, despite using high-end hardware:My Specs:CPU: Intel i7-10700KGPU: NVIDIA RTX 2060 SuperRAM: 64 GB DDR4Drive: Samsung Gen4 NVMe SSDOS: Windows 11 (latest build)Problems:Switching between RAW images takes 3–5 secondsCropping, brushing, masking are very laggyExporting takes significantly longer than in past versionsSame lag even with Smart Previews, optimized catalog, and high cacheI’ve Already Tried:Fresh new catalogRebuilt previewsGPU settings (on/off/custom)Presets/profiles removedSmart Preview editing onlyCache bumped to 50GBLightroom-only background environmentThese issues did not exist in 12.5, which was smooth and fast. Many others across Reddit and Adobe forums have echoed this. Please escalate this issue and let us know if any fixes are coming.Thanks.

I'm currently running Lightroom Classic on an M1 Mac mini with 16 GB of RAM, and I find the the things that cause me to wait for the computer are Lightroom Classic 14.4 computing AI denoise and the Adaptive Color profile. Are there public benchmarks that show how various Apple Silicon chips perform on these operations (e.g. with M1 as 1.0 and something twice the speed as 2.0, etc.)? I'm particularly interested in what kind of performance factor M4 buys compared to M1 and what M4 Pro buys compared to M4. Are these run on the GPU or on the Neural Engine? That is, with the two variants of M4 Pro Mac minis with different numbers of GPU cores but the same number of Neural Engine cores, does the number of GPU cores make a difference?

After watching videos from influencers urging a move to Lightroom, I continue to use Lightroom Classic. At my age I need to do more creative work with the tools I am familiar with. I admit I use both apps - LR Classic on my desktop and LR on my portable devices, but LR Classic is the workhorse. I discovered one thing that further separates the two apps.I have a catalogue in LR Classic with which I can remove unwanted images, but not delete them from the hard drive. When using LR, ALL the images on the disk are availble to view, not good enough for further development, but I don't want to delete them from the hard drive or see them. So, the LR Classic catalogue only contains my "good" photos.Just saying.

My presets look TOTALLY different now with the update. They are super contrasty and warm and even when I reset, or copy and paste from a past image it looks off. Anyone else having this issues? Should I contact the company I purchased the preset from and see if they have an update? I feel like I am going crazy!TOP IS ORIGINAL IMAGE EDITED LAST WEEK, BOTTOM IS EXACT SAME PRESET AFTER UPDATE.  

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MacBook Pro M1 internal SSD 1 TB 16 GB Ram Sequoia 15.5 . While working with LRC, i try to uplod other data to my cloud. I noticed that the upload is 128 Mps and as soon as i open LRC the upload goes down to almost 0 Mps. What could be the reason for this?

I had a very strange thing happen. After I imported raw files into one of my folders many of the newly imported images replaced previously imported photos, including the metadata. The older pictures are all gone and overwritten with a newer photo, both in LR as well as on the harddrive. I could literally watch the images change on the computer screen.Can anyone explain, please. Looks like the older files are all lost, but I want to avoid this form happening again.I have attached 2 photos to show the screen before and after this overwrite. 

Lightroom Classic v14.4 sous windows 11Import de fichiers vidéo mp4 (réalisés avec mon smartphone samsung) impossible 

Hi,How do I download images that have already been downloaded once? i deleted them by mistake, I did import them again and the images appeared but when I came to edit the the image could not be found. Any help would be much appreciated.

Hi, I need help recovering my Lightroom Classic edits. Here’s everything that happened: I was originally using Lightroom Classic with everything stored on an external SSD (Extreme Pro) — including both my RAW images and my Lightroom catalog. I wanted to move my entire workflow to my Mac’s internal drive, so I wouldn’t be dependent on the SSD. So I created a new folder on my Mac called “Hana Thailand Pics” and copied everything into it. This folder now contains: FOR HANA — my main edited photosLIKE (not EDIT) — unedited photos I moved over manuallycatalog — the Lightroom catalog folder I copied from the SSD (which contains .lrcat and preview files)  I then opened that .lrcat catalog from the “catalog” folder on my Mac, thinking that was the correct catalog. Once inside Lightroom, I moved all the photos from LIKE (not EDIT) into FOR HANA manually using Finder. Then, in Lightroom, I deleted the LIKE (not EDIT) folder to reduce clutter. After that, we cli