Catalog Lightroom Classic

Report · Sep 06, 2023

How can I create a catalog in Lightroom Classic?

Report · Sep 07, 2023

There are two alternatives.

The first is, if Lightroom is running to click on "File" - "New Catalog...".

The second is to press and hold the Alt key (Option key on a Mac), then launch Lightroom. Keep the Option key pressed until a dialog appears. In the dialog click on "Create a New Catalog".

My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 23H2 -- LR-Classic 14 - Photoshop 26 - Nik Collection 7 - PureRAW 4 - Topaz PhotoAI 3

Report · Sep 07, 2023

Lightroom Classic always has a catalog open when it runs. It cannot run without one, so when you start Lightroom Classic for the first time, it will create a catalog right there and then. So the question is: do you have a reason to want to create a new catalog, or didn't you realise that Lightroom Classic already did create a catalog and that you are looking at it when you run Lightroom Classic?

-- Johan W. Elzenga