Please Help- all of my pictures are blurry/pixelated

[bongocmm]

Hi all- I am brand new to LR and have successfully downloaded all of my pictures to LR only to find that they are all blurry/pixelated when viewing in the main window of my library, which renders them useless to me.  Any suggestions on how to fix this or why this might be happening?  I have the latest version of LR CC and Windows 10.

Thank you for any help you can offer!

[JP Hess]

Can you show a screenshot of what you are seeing? Also, what is the exact version installed on your computer? Saying you are up to date doesn't cut it here because sometimes the application manager doesn't really keep people up to date.

[bongocmm]

The version is CC 2015.10.1

[JP Hess]

That is indeed pretty bad. You could be experiencing a corrupted display profile. Try switching to an sRGB profile and see if that makes a difference. Or you could try updating the profile you are using. Notice that the navigator image doesn't look the same. Do you get the same results in the develop module?

[bongocmm]

Yes, same problem in Develop.  I did notice that when I go to the second window the picture is fine although there is an error message stating that the folder could not be found.  I checked my display profile settings and the default is sRGB.

[dj_paige · Accepted solution]

See those exclamation point icons in the film strip? This indicates your photos are not where LR expects them to be, and so what you see that is pixelated is LR attempting to blow up a small preview of the photos that it has, instead of the actual photo being displayed.

So, you need to find out where the photos are according to your operating system, and then tell Lightroom to look for the photos in the location you just found in your operating system. The details are given here: http://www.computer-darkroom.com/lr2_find_folder/find-folder.htm

[bongocmm]

Thank you very much... that was it!

[tbone88]

I've removed the link to the files in Lightroom I relink them from the folder inside the C Dr. when I click on the file the picture is clear then two seconds later it says loading at the bottom of the screen and then the screen gets pixelated

[Rob_Cullen]

Are you pictures shown as 'Missing' ? - as suggested in this old thread from 2017.

Have you tried dis-abling the Graphics Processor in LrC Preferences?

Some more information about your System would be helpful to arive at an answer!

Please include the following in your question:
Adobe product and Version number.
A Screenshot of the info panel from MENU: Help/System Info...
Operating system and Version number
The full text of any Error Message(s)
What you were doing when the problem occurred
Screenshots of the problem

[AWF_]

This is also happening ot me. Images are not missing. They look fine in develope and gallery view, but faces are VERY blurry (like OP's pics) in peopel view. I created a fresh catalogue to try and reimport and they were importing okay (clear). once everything completed loading/building though they switched back to being blurry!!

[Rikk Flohr: Photography]

You’ve posted to an ancient thread. It is highly unlikely that the issue described in this thread, though not impossible, is the same one you are currently experiencing. Rather than resurrect an old thread that is seemingly similar, you are better off posting to a new thread with fresh, complete information, including system information, a complete description of the problem, and step-by-step instructions for reproduction. 

If the issue is the same, we will merge you back into the appropriate location. 

This thread will be locked. 

Thank you!