Lightroom Classic 16.0: Loupe Info overlay drop shadow makes text hard to read over bright photos

Question

In Lightroom Classic 16.0, the Loupe Info overlay text (top-left, over the photo) now has a heavier drop shadow that makes it hard to read, especially over white/bright areas of the photo — white letters plus a soft gray shadow on white is nearly unreadable.

Affects: Loupe view in Library and Develop.

Does not affect: Grid view (text sits on the gray interface there, no shadow).

The shadow is a single, clean, consistent offset behind every letter — not smeared or doubled — so it does not look like a GPU rendering glitch.

There is no setting I can find to change the overlay font, color, or shadow; View Options only controls when it shows.

Workaround for now: View > View Options > Show Briefly When Photo Changes (set separately in Library and Develop), or press I to cycle it off.

System: Lightroom Classic 16.0, Mac Mini M5 Pro, macOS. Is anyone else seeing this in 16.0, and is the heavier shadow intentional?

CORCTON34033231 · Answer

Hi Brad, thanks for the clear report and screenshot. You're not missing a setting: Adobe's 'View photos' help says the only controls for the Info Overlay are which info is shown and when it shows - choose View > View Options, and in the Loupe Info fields choose the options to display for each set, and use View > Loupe Info > Show Info Overlay (or press I to cycle through the info sets / turn it off). It lists no font, colour or shadow setting for the overlay.

So your workaround is the available option for now: View > View Options > Show Briefly When Photo Changes, or press I to cycle it off. I can't confirm from Adobe's documentation whether the heavier shadow in 16.0 is intentional, so I won't guess at that - your report here is the right place for Adobe to see it.

Source: View photos in Lightroom Classic: https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/desktop/viewing-photos/view-photos.html

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