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Anonymous
January 16, 2026
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"Updating AI settings may take some time" when using remove tool for multiple photos

  • January 16, 2026
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Hi dear Community,

 

I'm experiencing a problem with the removal tool in Lighroom Classic. I'm editing a timelapse and I'm trying to remove some dust spots from all photos (around 400). When I remove them from the first photo and only sync the setting from "manual removal" (AI togle was also not selected when using the manual removal or healing tool), it synchorinzes fast, but than a window with "Updating AI settings may take some time" appears and this process takes 190 minutes for all 400 photos...

If I stop the process it won't apply the removal spots on all selected photos!

F few years back without the AI features in LR, the sync for a removal tool took me seconds.

Why does it render it as AI, when no AI feature was used? Any recommendations to fix this?

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RafaelDiehl
Known Participant
January 17, 2026

You can try select few photos , apply the edits, close LRC.. open and select more photos, close.... 

Or um can just sync exactly what you need, maybe the process finish faster. 

JohanElzenga
Community Expert
JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
Community Expert
January 16, 2026

Do you have AI masks, like a sky mask, in these photos? Such masks need to be updated after removal, regardless of whether the removal itself is done without without AI. Same thing if you use the Adaptive Profile.

 

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