P: TIFF file reloads after each Develop edit, potential data loss

[Jimre3]

LR6 (CC), edit TIF file (imported from PS or NIK). Image "reloads" after almost every Develop module edit. In some cases, all previous Develop module settings are lost, and the image reverts to it's original appearance. Even though the previous Develop module edits are still shown on the History panel - they no longer have any effect. Result - total loss of all user edits.

Workaround: disable "Automatically write changes to XMP" in catalog settings. This is what appears to trigger the constant "reloads".

Note this does not appear to be related to GPU - the problem occurs exactly the same whether GPU is enabled or disabled. Also note, the problem does NOT occur when editing RAW files. So far, it appears to occur only with TIF files.

Lightroom CC, 2015 Release
Windows 7, 64-bit, all latest updates
AMD Radeon HD 7700, latest AMD drivers

[corneliaheimer]

i have the same Problem!

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

I've often experienced "reloading" in the develop module this week with raw files; I'm not working with tiff files. I am using LR6, not CC, on an iMac using Yosemite. I will try your solution Jim, thank you.

[jasont96968130]

Seems to be with TIF files that I work with through Nik Collections software through LR, after working on the photo and it creates the edited TIF back in LR the re loading of the image happens after every edit occurs. I reached out to Nik Collections support, their response was this is an Adobe issue. Only way around this was to disable the XMP.

LR CC 2015 Cloud
Mac OS X 10.10.3
AMD Radeon HD 6750M 1024 MB
8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 Memory

[JohnRolfeEllis]

Be sure to click +1 up above to add your vote.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

I'm having the same issue with Tiff files.

LR CC 2015 Cloud
MAC OS X 10.9.5
Intel HD Graphics 3000 512MB
16 GB 1333 MHz DDR3

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Same problem with TIFF. I now have XMP turned off, which is not a satisfactory solution. Strangely enough, when I created the new catalog, I lost the data on the last 10 files I had been working on. They had started as DNGs, gone to Tiff in Alien Skin and then been sent to PS as Tiff and back to LR as TIFFs. I have the saved Jpeg at 72 ppi, but all else is lost which is a pain as I need to create prints. All I have left is the first DNG of each.

Windows 7, 64bits, 24 RAM,
GeForce 650/PCIe/SSE2, latest drivers.

[JCHolcomb47]

Same problem here. Almost identical to the problem that I had back in version 4. Tiff files reload after any change in Develop mode. As in the earlier problem, these are tiff files that have been processed in Photoshop. Tiff files that had been in the catalog before the upgrade to Lightroom 6, and that I have not worked on, do not reload when changed in Develop module. If I open a copy in Photoshop, make a change and save, the edited tiff exhibits the reload behavior, but the original remains unaffected. I thought this was a problem that was behind us, but now it's baaack! I would think Adobe would test any new release for any problem that has occurred in past versions.

[jeffb]

I have this problem with LR CC, it affects files that have been into OnOne and are changed to a PSD file, TIFF'S are fine. I have tried Preferences>Additional External Editor>File Format>TIFF>restart LR but the files still arrive in OnOne as PSD's. Cannot seen to change the file type.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Same here. Sending an image to Photoshop seems to be working fine here though. So for me it is a workaround to do this and open plugins like Silver Efex from there. Restarting LR always helps and everything works fine after that... until I send an image from LR to plugin again...

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Same issue as Jason Tebo

[jeffb]

I find it is just impossible to edit IN LR CC after an image has been in and out of a plugin, so much so I have reverted to LR5, it is a relief to use but rather defeats the object of paying for upgrades.

[SPFischer]

Same issues as reported here. Plus, I now get error message from Viveza and Dfine 2 when trying to export HDR.tif files - file could not be opened because it contains transparency information. Have no idea what that means. Anyone care to chime in?

[lylestavast]

Have the same issue - push D700 NEF into Silver Efex Pro 2, "save" to retrieve the result TIFF into LR CC (6.0.1) (Intel 4600 GPU not enabled)... any attempt to do a duo-tone with just shadow adjustments (either slider) - after about 5-8 seconds, there is a flash and screen redraw - generally the setting being changed drops back to 0 values. Happens almost all the time, but usually when I have the slider engaged with a scroller mouse (as opposed to touchpad or wacom).

How does this make me feel the form asks ? Sad, very very sad. ;)

Thanks for find a fix Adobe dudes...

[JCHolcomb47]

At least the installation of LR 6 did not uninstall LR 5.7. I can switch back to LR 5.7 until this issue is fixed (again!).

[anhm-BN2zdk]

Same problem here. Plus, the overall performance of Lightroom CC/6 is way worse than LR5, which seems to be the case for pretty much everyone.
There used to be a beta testing phase for Lightroom with previous versions. Seems Adobe isn't doing so well if they have to let users pay for being beta testers, rather than having their own staff check their products BEFORE releasing them with false promises.

[JCHolcomb47]

To at least partly quantify the performance degradation with Lightroom 6 compared to Lightroom 5.7, I am finding that it takes twice as long to load an image when zooming in to 1:1 with Lightroom 6. On my machine, an I7-4790K, 16GB RAM, and Lightroom running on an SSD, that's 6 seconds versus 3 seconds, with a RAW file from a Canon 5D Mk II; A big difference!

[Jimre3]

Can I please suggest starting your own topic if you wa t to discuss general performance issues? This thread is about a bug that causes file reloads & data loss. Thx.

[lylestavast]

Followup: Turning off the writing to XMP does seem to stop the behavior in my case, but that's surely NOT how I want to be saving my data long-term.

[zoeandmatthew]

When exporting an image to Color Efex 4 from Lightroom the outgoing process is fine with a TIFF copy FILE created
When reimporting it back to Lightroom however any adjustments made in Lightroom thereafter keep being cancelled out. The screen flashes and the image reverts back to the state it was reimported in from Color Efex.
i have tried the same images in Lightroom 5 with no problems so clearly there is some issue with the processing of images in Lightroom 6.
Any ideas or similar problems found?

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

same problem for me following edit in Color efex. Every time I use the adjustment brush the screen refreshes and all brush strokes are lost.

[Su_Bayfield]

Same issue here with re-imports from Nik plugin. It was fixed in LR5, please lets get it fixed again.

[SPFischer]

Me too, though it's intermittent for me. On the other hand, I am unable to edit the new HDR images in Viveza, Dfine, or either of the two sharpening programs. Get a message the the file could not be opened because it contains transparency information. Extremely disappointing and frustrating!

[Rikk Flohr: Photography]

I don't think Google (Nik) is supporting 32 bit Tiffs yet.

[JCHolcomb47]

I'm glad to see an "Official Rep" (Rikk Flohr) is now adding comments to this thread. I hope we will hear soon that Adobe acknowledges there is a problem, and some update on the status of a fix. This isn't just an issue for those exporting to NIK software, or other 3rd party programs, either. I'm seeing it with tiffs edited in Photoshop CC as well.

[anhm-BN2zdk]

I can confirm that this problem also occurs with TIFF file that come from Adobe's own Photoshop. So this is not a problem with third-party plugins (Nik in this case) but a general issue with the handling of TIFF files.