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June 18, 2023
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Lightroom Classic Masking Sky Detect

  • June 18, 2023
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I love Adobe Lightroom Classic Masking, especially the Sky masking tool, but suddenly I put a photo into the Develop module with an obvious sky as part of the photo and I get the following pop-up: "No sky detected" and below that it says: "Couldn't find a sky to detect."  It does this will numerous photos that have obvious sky within the composition, without exception.  Any suggestions?  I can still edit the file globally, or with the Gradiant Filter tool, but not with Sky Detect.

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    Correct answer johnrellis

    With that sample file, my LR 12.4 / Mac OS 13.4 finds the sky:

     

    Most problems with LR's AI commands are caused by older, buggy graphics drivers. Try updating your graphics driver by going directly to the manufacturer's web site:
    https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/troubleshoot-gpu.html#solution-4


    If that doesn't help, please copy/paste here the entire contents of the LR menu command Help > System Info -- that will let us see exactly which versions of hardware and software LR thinks you're running.

     

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    johnrellis
    johnrellisCorrect answer
    Legend
    June 19, 2023

    With that sample file, my LR 12.4 / Mac OS 13.4 finds the sky:

     

    Most problems with LR's AI commands are caused by older, buggy graphics drivers. Try updating your graphics driver by going directly to the manufacturer's web site:
    https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/troubleshoot-gpu.html#solution-4


    If that doesn't help, please copy/paste here the entire contents of the LR menu command Help > System Info -- that will let us see exactly which versions of hardware and software LR thinks you're running.

     

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    default4ucs2ehjp6zmAuthor
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    June 27, 2023

    I finally got it resolved today, and yes, it appears that a reinstallation of the graphics driver solved the issue.  Honestly, I had problems with my CyberPower photography computer and its integrated AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT graphics card in that I couldn’t get the driver to reinstall, even when going to the AMD website.  So, today, I took it to my local computer repair shop and my service guy (who’s wife is a photography buff) was able to install the driver update.

     

    I opened up Lightroom while I was in the shop and was immediately able to access the Sky Detect in the Masking module.

     

    Thanks for your support!!

     

    JCF

      kglad
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      kgladCommunity Expert
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      June 18, 2023

      in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

       

      p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post if it helps you get responses.

       

      <moved from using the community>

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      default4ucs2ehjp6zmAuthor
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      June 18, 2023

      Thanks for the heads up!

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