📸 Lightroom Classic 14.5 release is now available

[CMass]

We're happy to announce the release of Lightroom Classic 14.5

The August 2025 release of Lightroom Classic includes the following feature enhancements, new cameras and lenses, and fixed bugs.

Lightroom Classic

• Generate Previews using GPU - Lightroom Classic will now use the GPU for preview generation on supported devices.*
• Create and manage custom subsets in Copy-Paste settings, with options to select only the modified Develop settings.

Head here for the detailed summary of what's new in the update.

To update Lightroom Classic to 14.5, click "Update" in the Creative Cloud desktop app next to Lightroom Classic. More detailed instructions for updating

[digital paradise]

Thanks. New GPU. Is this for Library or Develop previews or both?          

[ShootingPixelsAndy]

Develop doesn't use previews so it will be for the library. Be interesting to see if it's now faster than sidecar & embedded on import.

[digital paradise]

On a Mac Develop caches previews in the User - Library - Cases - Adobe Camera RAW 2. Not sure where they are cached in Windows. You can control cache size and purging Preferences - Performance. You can also delete that file and LrC/ACR will just rebild it. Dvelop Previews are already pertty fast and I figured this update was for the Library but I thought I'd ask anyway.  Some people do complain about how long it takes to scroll through files in the Develop module but that like anything else is system dependant.                              

[Earth Oliver]

Hopefully, someday, Classic will be able to cache more than 3 Develop images at a time. I know Adobe have had only 18 years to implement this, but my fingers are crossed that they'll finally understand that we often need more than THREE IMAGES at a time to be rendered in Develop. Gets really old constantly needing to wait to have an image in a series re-rendered because the Develop cache can't handle more than a handful of images in the cache.

[digital paradise]

Yes. On another site it was explained that LrC creates previews for files before and after the one you viewing. I have never really noiced any significant lag that would tick me off. It's pretty fast. There may be a reason why Adobe limits it.               

[ShootingPixelsAndy]

For clarity, 14.5's introduction of GPU for preview creation is only for images outside of develop which has been using the GPU for image rendering for quite some time.

[digital paradise]

Thanks for clarifying. This update only inlcudes anything outside of develop. Got it. Good to be be sure for other members.            

[Temple Dog]

I'm delighted to say that the LR Classic update to include the new OM-5 Mark 2 has landed today. And the quality if the images is stunning - noticeably better than the DNG files from Camera Raw that I was using whilst waiting for this. Happy camper.

[Wil1305]

Nice, however after update LR to this version my photo is not opening in PS anymore. PS in use latest version as well.

What to do??

System MacOS

[Wil1305]

Hi,  removed and reinstalled photoshop without success. Again PS removed and reinstalled and now it's all working again as it should.

[imontv08]

Still no working AI Denoise for modern Pentax DSLRs. ☹️