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December 13, 2020
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Very grainy look with CR3 files

  • December 13, 2020
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Hi everyone!

I currently use a Canon EOS 250D/SL3 with the standard 18-55 STM lens.

I usually edit all the pictures in Lightroom Classic, but when I try to edit them, they look extremely grainy, almost like a texture. I don't see this when I edit in Photoshop's Camera Raw plug in or when I see the pictures in camera, so I'm starting to think there are some issues I still haven't figured out. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you in advance and have a nice day!

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AxelMatt
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Community Expert
December 13, 2020

The first thing that you should try is to switch off the GPU support from the Lightroom preferences and check if that helps to fix the issue.

Go to Lightroom > Preferences > Performance tab > Uncheck "Use Graphics Processor" > Restart Lightroom.

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/lightroom-gpu-faq.html#troubleshooting

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/troubleshoot-gpu.html

 

If Lightroom doesn't start correctly the please see "Solution 2" in the document behind the second link.

 

Another step is to try to reset the Lightroom preferences.

https://www.lightroomqueen.com/how-do-i-reset-lightrooms-preferences/

 

If this doesn't help we need more informations about your environment.

  • Which operating system do you use?
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My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 25H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 8 - PureRAW 5 - Topaz Photo
DandyMan
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May 17, 2022

So I am having this same issue with my CR3 files looking incredibly grainy. The JPEGs look fine.

I've tried both switching off the GPU and resetting my preferences and neither resolves the issue.

My OS: Windows 10 Pro 19043.1645

LrC Version: 11.3.1