"Select Subject" Not Working on Specific Subjects

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November 3, 2022
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I am running Lightroom Classic 12.0.1 on a Windows 11 PC. I have a problem with "Select Subject" not working on a specific group of bird photos. On other bird photos it works fine. This has never happened to me before. Normally, the frame around the "Select Subject" panel lights up and then you click to select the subject. When I hover over the "Select Subject" panel it doesn't even light up. Clicking on the panel does nothing. Here's two examples, one that worked and one that didn't.

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GoldingD

Legend

In your second screenshot, in the histogram panel, note the lighting bolt symbol bottom right corner (of the panel) .

Your selected photo is using an older process. Maybe imported long long ago? As a result, newer edit tools do not function, surprised they show up at all.

https://photographylife.com/lightroom-process-version

Jeff A. GouldenAuthor

Inspiring

Hi GoldingD,

You nailed the problem. The image is using version 1. I changed to version
5 and now "Select Subject" is working perfectly. I'm not sure how that
image got to be version 1 though. It's a photo I took today and imported
today. Every picture I imported today was version 1.

Thanks

Jeff Goulden Photography

Nature, Wildlife and Landscape Photography

<> www.JeffGouldenPhotography.com

Phone: (253) 691-9258

GoldingD

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KR Seals

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Whenever LrC shows erratic behavior, the first thing to reset the preferences. Also restart the computer.

Ken Seals - Nikon Z 9, Z 8, 14mm-800mm. Computer Win 11 Pro, I7-14700K, 64GB, RTX3070TI. Travel machine: 2021 MacBook Pro M1 MAX 64GB. All Adobe apps.

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