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julienl22010765
Participant
June 21, 2026
Question

Lightroom Classic 15.4: Develop adjustment is silently reverted when applied immediately after switching photos with arrow keys

  • June 21, 2026
  • 3 replies
  • 52 views

Description:
When working quickly in the Develop module — applying an adjustment, navigating to the next photo with arrow keys, then immediately applying another adjustment — the second adjustment is visually applied for a fraction of a second, then automatically reverted. Both the image and the slider value return to their prior state. This is not a display/refresh glitch — the slider value itself rolls back, indicating the catalog write is being overwritten.

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Open Develop module, select any photo.
  2. Apply an adjustment (e.g., Exposure +1.0).
  3. Press the Right Arrow key to move to the next photo.
  4. Immediately (within ~0.3–0.5s) apply another adjustment (e.g., Exposure +1.0) via slider or keyboard shortcut.
  5. Observe: the adjustment briefly appears, then both the image and the slider revert to the original (unedited) state.

Expected Result:
The adjustment applied in step 4 should persist, as it does when waiting ~1 second after switching photos before adjusting.

Actual Result:
The adjustment is silently discarded; slider returns to its default/previous value.

Workaround:
Waiting approximately 0.5–1 second after switching photos before applying any adjustment avoids the issue. This significantly slows down fast culling/editing workflows.

Troubleshooting already performed (issue persists in all cases):

  • Disabled GPU (Use Graphics Processor: Off) — no change, sometimes worse.
  • Disabled Lightroom Cloud Sync — no change.
  • Increased Camera Raw cache from 5GB to 20GB and purged cache — no change.
  • Issue confirmed with only a single photo selected (not an Auto Sync issue).
  • Issue persists across all catalogs (not catalog-specific or corruption-related), and has been present consistently for approximately 2 months.
  • Reset Preferences (Shift+Option at launch) — no change.
  • Tested with standard Apple keyboard (not a third-party keyboard issue).

System Specs:

  • Lightroom Classic version: 15.4
  • Camera Raw version: 18.4
  • macOS: Sequoia 15.1.1
  • Mac model: Apple M1

    3 replies

    dj_paige
    Legend
    September 9, 2026

    I cannot reproduce this issue on my Windows 11 LrC 15.5.1

    I see you tested this with an Apple keyboard, but did you try testing this with a different mouse?

    What happens if you use the most recent MacOS and LrC 15.5.1?

    musictraining
    Participating Frequently
    September 9, 2026

    Waiting or resetting brightness with every photo greatly slows down the workflow. They need to fix this.

    julienl22010765
    Participant
    July 5, 2026

    Hello,

    The only workaround I have found to avoid the issue is to use Smart Previews instead of the original files.

    However, this was not necessary before, and I do not want to work permanently with previews instead of the original images.

    Is this a known bug, or is there an Adobe-supported solution to fix this issue when working directly with the original files?

    Thank you in advance for your help.