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ThomasH_on_the_web
Inspiring
April 25, 2026
Question

Missing Pop-Up for Denoise

  • April 25, 2026
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When I start Denoise, instead of pop-u showing the progress the entire right side panel is grade out and a test says : An AI process is running on the photo. Editing is temporarily disabled.” Ok, There is a problem: A popup is the standard established way of visually indicate a process i progress. The ways this new bizarre way indicates the process is confusing. Sometimes the images flickers, making an optical indication I am Done , I click on something, but there is no response to anything because the process is in progress. Please stop the foolishness.  An example, a 45min running “dead process” on a 24 Mpix file: Even a sniping tool of Windows often hangs when Lightroom runs. The top apre aof the image shows a black background panel, which than disappears. and we cannot even make screens hot, because the entire windows hangs than hopelessly. 
 

An example:

Forever hanging, never finishing. A 20Mpix, small by present times.

 

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    johnrellis
    Legend
    April 25, 2026

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    The progress bar in the upper-left corner shows when Denoise or other tasks are running in background:

     

    When a foreground task runs, a modal dialog (pop-up) is indeed used.

     

    As Johan explained, Denoise and the other long-running AI commands now run in background, but you can’t edit a photo on which Denoise is actively being computed.

    JohanElzenga
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    April 25, 2026

    Updating AI is now a background process. Many photographers requested this, so it is far from foolishness. Every update demands more of the GPU and the drivers. Problems like this are often caused by outdated GPU drivers, that weren’t a problem with the previous version. Check the website of your GPU manufacturer for driver updates. If you use a Ndivia GPU, then make sure you install the Studio drivers, not the Game Ready drivers.

    -- Johan W. Elzenga
    ThomasH_on_the_web
    Inspiring
    April 25, 2026

    Ok, sorry about the word, I should have been more diplomatic about my opinion regarding the popup.

    I think that I recently updated the Nvidia drivers, but I will check again and the Studio version. (I do not do gaming on my Xeon system.)