Lightroom filmstrip images are too big

[larryim2000]

I am using a Mac and somehow the filmstrip images have gotten so big that there is no bar across the top to resize them smaller.  I do not know how this happened nor do I know how to make them smaller.  Everything that I find says to hover over the black bar above the images until the symbol to resize shows up. There is no black above the images as a matter of fact the tops of the images are cut off. What can I do to resolve this?  Thank you!!!

[jim197328]

nikitaTR​ solution worked perfectly for me.  But you do need to restart LR for the filmstrip to redraw with its menu bar and resized images.  Thanks - was driving me mad.

[johnrellis]

See this article for the proper way to reset preferences in LR CC 2015 / 6: http://www.lightroomforums.net/showthread.php?25197-Resetting-the-lightroom-preferences-file-updated . The method given to you by Adobe support is harder to do and won't work unless you reboot after manually removing the .plist file.

[reneea92196962]

I restarted my computer then reset the preferences. So far so good!

Thanks!

[Jon Attenborough]

I've had the same problem today too. I toggled show tab bar on and off between restarting and it seems to have fixed the issue to. Strange.

[Familiarjoe]

Very annoying bug, surprised a fix didn't come out with the update on the 8th

[jfallahi]

I just started having the same problem. Any updates with anyone else?

[johnrellis]

This bug has been acknowledged by Adobe: Filmstrip is covering / overlapping filter- and breadcrumb bar | Photoshop Family Customer Community . Please add your me-too vote and details of your issue to make it more likely Adobe will prioritize a fix.

There are two known workarounds.  See this post for the first workaround: Filmstrip is covering / overlapping filter- and breadcrumb bar | Photoshop Family Customer Community . Others have reported that resetting LR's preferences also fixes the problem: http://www.lightroomforums.net/showthread.php?25197-Resetting-the-lightroom-preferences-file-updated

[terrin]

I am having the same problem.  None of these solutions works for me.

[davidd47166761]

I am having the very same problem.  Will try above solutions.  Please fix Adobe!

[Sam Breach]

I have the problem too. Annoying. I used the nikiatr method of "uncheck Window -> Show Tab Bar and restart" which worked, thanks (not sure for how long it remain working), but less obtrusive than resetting the preferences given that I dohave no idea what I may lose by doing a reset, since I have had everything set up for years.

[johnrellis]

Please add your me-too vote and details of your issue to the bug report in the official Adobe feedback forum: Lightroom: Filmstrip is covering / overlapping filter- and breadcrumb bar | Photoshop Family Custome... . That will make it a little more likely Adobe will prioritize a fix, and you'll be notified when the bug's status changes.

[terrin]

Sam,

You are lucky that the uncheck window-show tab bar and restart worked for you.  This fix doesn't work for me, and neither does resetting preferences or uninstalling and reinstalling LR.  Very annoying.

[nikicame]

Exactly what happened to me, that tab bar appeared (I must have done something with the wacom tablet without realizing) and the same issue happened. I unchecked it and the images are back to normal size after restarting.