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Sara W
Sara W
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January 9, 2020
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Lightroom Photo Merge > HDR not working

  • January 9, 2020
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Lightroom Photo Merge > HDR is not working, or rarely and randomly. I will select RAW 4-5 images to export to HDR and it does nothing. So then I try exporting to PhotoMatix Pro via Lightroom (which does work, always). Sometimes after doing that, Photo Merge > HDR will then export (but not always.)

 

I use Photomatrix and Lightroom both to HDR merge, depending on the image, so they are both usually active.

 

I just updated to Mac OS Catalina (10.15.2). I mention that, as I did not have this issue before, so wondering if it's related.  There do not seem to be other changed variables. I am using Lightroom Classic 9.1 Release, Camera Raw 12.1. Any suggestions greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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KR Seals
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KR SealsCommunity Expert
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June 22, 2020

Pat, I think you have a separate issue. HDR in Lightroom Classic does not have "spherical or otherwise" function. You are probably in the merge panorama function. Please post your issue as a new, separate post.

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June 22, 2020
I never knew there were two versions! Thanks for the redirect.

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GoldingD
GoldingD
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June 8, 2020

Can you upload a sample set to Drop  Box, for fellow members to experiment with?

 

 

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Pat_BentImageLab
Inspiring
June 22, 2020

Has anyone come across a solution for this? I installed Lightroom for the first time for this very purpose and am finding that it is unable to merge photos into HDRI (Spherical or otherwise). "Unable to Merge the Selected Photos Please select a different projection or cancel and review the selection"

 

Photoshop does this fine, I wonder what the issue is?

GoldingD
GoldingD
Legend
June 22, 2020

For Photo Merge, be it HDR ot PANO, make sure you have the 1:1 previews created.

 

and, yes, spherical, etc is PANO not HDR.

 

 

Heather Nicole Images
Heather Nicole Images
Participant
June 8, 2020

I'm having this issue as well, SUPER FRUSTRATING.

    Tony_See
    Tony_See
    Inspiring
    January 12, 2020

    Sara I'm wondering if that PhotoMatix update (or removal) may have helped you?

    Can you post back as you progress pls . . .

    Sara W
    Sara W作成者
    Known Participant
    March 13, 2020

    Hi Tony, it helped for awhile (updating Photomatric pro). I also reser my prefs and thought it was working again, but not so.

    Sara W
    Sara W作成者
    Known Participant
    April 22, 2020

    UPDATE!  I just updated to Lightroom Classic 9.2.1. HDR definetly not working.  So, as a test, I uninstalled and reinstalled 9.1.  Thank goodness 9.1 now works, for whatever reason.  Logged onto here to post about it, and found my old post here.  Makes no sense, but Lightroom Classic 9.2.1 definetly buggy in regards to HDR merging.  😞

    GoldingD
    GoldingD
    Legend
    January 10, 2020

    On freshly updated MACOS Catalina, formerly Mojave.

    Ran one Photo Merge-HDR test. No problem

    Ran one Photo Merge-PANO test, No problem

    Ran one LRC to PS and back, no problem

     

     

    Note:

    Decided to update to Catalina last night, accept any disasters, and join fellow members working LRC  on Catalina. Mind you, I made sure not a single non Apple 32bit anything was installed (just 2 Apple apps that got removed during update). This process included absolutly uninstalling every Adobe app as several old leftover bits of 32bit code was lingering, I mean everything, then installing Adobe software afresh, inspecting for any 32bit, then pulling the trigger on Catalina

     

      Sara W
      Sara W作成者
      Known Participant
      January 10, 2020

      Hi David,

       

      Thanks so much for testing!  I wish I knew why it's not working correctly. I tried to search via System Report to see if I had any 32-bit apps but could not determine if I did or not. Wonder if Photomatic pro might be the culprit?  Just found there is an update for that. Will see if that makes any difference (?)

      GoldingD
      GoldingD
      Legend
      January 10, 2020

      Did you try a preferences file reset?

       

      Please remeber that doing so may change preferences to defaults. It will probably cause LRC to forget the previously opened catalog, so pay attention to where your catalog is.

       

      https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/setting-preferences-lightroom.html 

       

      https://lightroomers.com/replacing-the-lightroom-preference-file/745/ 

       

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bARt-hoCc2Q 

       

      https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/recover-catalog-images-resetting-lightroom.html 

       

       

      Tony_See
      Tony_See
      Inspiring
      January 10, 2020

      Sara

      Can you provide a little more detail regarding the "and it does nothing" that apparently occurs thanks?

      Any possibility to go back from Catalina (maybe via Time Machine) . . . 

      Sara W
      Sara W作成者
      Known Participant
      January 10, 2020

      Normally when you choose Photo Merge > HDR a box comes up indicating it is processing the images. This does not happen. When I select the images and choose Photo Merge > HDR, absolutely nothing occurs. It just sits there as if I did not choose the HDR option. So then I go to PhotoMatix Pro (via Lightroom) instead. Sometimes after doing this, it will then work, for some weird reason.  I have never had this issue before now.

       

      I do not want to revert back to Catalina. I actually finally did it because I was so damn tired of the box insisting I update every day. Mistake. Should have held out longer as I find everything to be slower now, a bit wonky. I think the key is that Catalina will not work with anything that is 32-bit based.  So if there are functions within LR that are still this way, that may be the issue (??)

      GoldingD
      GoldingD
      Legend
      January 9, 2020

      Have you considered resetting your preference file?

       

       

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      cornerofyoureye
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      March 12, 2020

      I am having similar issues. I am on WIn 10, latest update to OS and video drivers, just pushed latest update to Lightroom Classic. For the last couple of months any HDR creation gets to the preview, I initiate the processes and it appears to be running (showing briefly 2 processes running) and creates an image that looks like static. I've been using the option to Edit In > Merge to HDR in Photoshop as a workaround,  I'm not happy with the HDR process this way, the TIF doesn't look as good, it's quite time consuming, and breaks the develop processing flow. I am unaware how long this has been an issue as I haven't processed HDR in about a year. 

      I have an i9 processor, 32GB RAM, 2TB SSD, GeForce GTX 1070 Ti. Image files on an 8TB NAS, gigabit Ethernet. I've tried each of the 3 settings for Use Graphics Processor and the results are the same. I'm at a loss why this doesn't work.

      Any suggestions besides "reboot my machine", I mean "reset my preference file"?

      Rob_Cullen
      Community Expert
      Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      March 12, 2020

      You can find some helpful advice here- (maybe an answer)

      Lightroom 6/CC2015 – Photo Merge Tidbits (Part 1) | Rikk Flohr's Fleeting Glimpse Images

      Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .
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