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I Go Back To Old Version But It's Not The Same!!!

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PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!

I Hate the new Lightroom, not Classic, I don’t use ‘Classic’. I have had to put this question in the ‘Classic’ section as there was no stand alone ‘Lightroom’ section. Also I do NOT use the ‘cloud’ for anything, I edit my images from folders on my desktop.

After doing the update to the new version 10.0 I immediately went back to the previous version but I’m missing some options, in fact I’ve now gone back from version 10.0 to 9.3.2 and those options still aren't there!!!!

The main problem is when I click the ‘presets button (the one with ‘two overlapping circles’ underneath the cloud symbol on the right hand side) the drop down menu appears but lots of the previous presets are missing such as ‘Whiten Teeth, Enhance Eyes, Thicken Hair, Thicken Beard’ etc, all of them are gone. That’s the main reason I went back to the older version because those options weren't on the new version, just lots and lots of other stuff I never-ever use!!!

I Have been using those options now for several years and are essential to my work now they aren't even showing on older versions of Lightroom, and as stated I have gone back several versions.

Also whenever I click on one of the edit panels on the right hand side the photo I’m working on immediately fills the window, the list of folders I have on the left hand side disappears, I have to click the left hand arrow above the photo at the top of the window to get it back which is a right old FAFF as as soon as I edit again we’re back to square one!!! How do I stop that happening? I’m 100% certain that never happened before I did the update, now its doing it on older versions. I Want to keep the folder list on the left and all the edit panels on the right while I’m working on the photo.

Any help on getting those options back will be greatly appreciated and if any of the people are reading this who work on Lightroom/Classic/Photoshop etc PLEASE STOP CHANGING EVERYTHING AROUND AND TAKING AWAY FEATURES just so you can add something we have to pay for with credits!!!! I Want to work on a photo and use as little AI as possible thank you very much!!!

(P.S. Sorry for my tone but I am very, very annoyed!!!)

[Mod: Moved to the Lightroom ecosystem forum. This is also the right forum for Lightroom Desktop]

GillPrince

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Hi there, I’ve read this thread and even I am confused! Please can you post a couple of screen grabs of what you are seeing in Library/Grid mode and in Develop/Edit mode? Then we can try to get to the bottom of the issue.

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h.p

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Go to “Personlize Lightroom” → Customize → General → Panel Track Mode set it to “Manual”
Refer Screenshot attached

Regarding Presets, those presets should be under “Premium” tab → Adaptive: Portrait

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Thanks for that but I can’t find ‘Personalize Lightroom’ anywhere, where about is it? I’m using Lightroom on Mac desktop, I’ve rolled back to previous version but still missing all the tools I had previously.

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h.p

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Top left menu option.

click on Adobe Lightroom and it’s under that. (check screenshot)

Personalize Lightroom is available only in 10.0

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gary_sc

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Hi, @Level42 Lightroom 10 IS Lightroom Desktop. What you want is Lightroom Classic. Lightroom Classic was updated to version 16 today. That has what you want: working with files on your computer (or attached hard drives) and not working with files in the cloud.

I hope that helps. If not, let us know.

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Hello mate. Thanks for the reply but I can’t stand Lightroom Classic, it’s a right old faff!!!! I Much prefer the normal Lightroom, the layout is (was) so easy to use & has (had) all I needed for what I do with my photography, everything about it was perfect for me until the most recent update which has now totally ruined the experience for me.

Please can you tell me why the features that were on the older versions are no longer on there when I go back to a previous version? I Am now on the verge now of cancelling my subscription because they have taken away what I originally subscribed to which is now making the ap unusable for me. And good luck to them if Adobe think they will get the next 9 months worth of payments!

Thanks in adavance.

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gary_sc

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Sorry, but in your introductory paragraph you stated: “Also I do NOT use the ‘cloud’ for anything, I edit my images from folders on my desktop.” Up until recently, you could NOT use Lightroom Desktop for local files and could only work in the Clouds.

As to why things change, that’s hard to pin down, but it’s been my experience that some of that comes from customer requests, beta-tester requests, and, of course, the marketing devision (“Hey, AI is HOT right now, let’s put some AI in here!!!”)

And why alwys new stuff? That’s simple: very few companies sell an item that can be used for many, many years. They have sell replacements or updated features to remain in business. For the computer and software industries, this is a match made in heaven. The newer tools require newer software which require newer tools, etc.

Is this unique to them? Of course not. There are at least a dozen different kinds of shovels and at least 60 different kinds of hammers. When you add in that they are made of different materials, and each manufacturer is putting there own style in it. Jeepers, you could fill a hardware store! 😂

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