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johnr64922529
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February 14, 2020
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Transform tool problems since latest update in Lightroom CC

  • February 14, 2020
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Hi All, Is it just me or has anyone else had issues with the transform tools?  I take still images for real estate interiors and my workflow included applying tranform (typically auto or vertical) to the first image of several bracketed exposures and flash images and then syncing the transform across all images.  Since the latest update, images are no longer appear to be given the exact transform as the first image.  They each appear to be given a transform independent of eachother and so now, when sending them as layers in photoshop and auto aligning them, it is creating misalignment issues.  Help.     

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Marcin218240280qrh
Participant
November 18, 2021

I have the same problem after updating the new ver. 11.0 . 

Everyday I shoot hdr photo of real estate so I have always used auto sync with auto transform etc for all group of 5 photos. Now I can't do this!!!!

Iam very very angry!! 

Sean McCormack
Community Expert
Sean McCormackCommunity Expert
Community Expert
November 18, 2021

You've said it's not working Marcin, but you've not said how. This post doesn't even refer to Lightroom Classic 11, so a new post would have been a better option for help. 

 

What are your steps, and at what point are you seeing the issue? 

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    peterw92635922
    Participant
    November 21, 2021

    Hi

    I have exact tha same issue as Marcin described in LR Classic V.11 (and 11.1)

    Transform do not work as supposed. 
    When marking several photos, exact same photo but with different exposure, then the result are different on each photo. 
    That's a big issue when I make a HDR of the result. The HDR becomes blury. 
    Only solution is to push the "Sync" button afterwards. But why this extra step, when LR used to sync automatically in earlier versions. 

    coreyg82155551
    coreyg82155551
    Participant
    February 20, 2020

    I noticed this issue too.  I had to revert back to 9.1 until this issue is resolved.  I rely on the transform tool syncing across multiple images heavily as part of my workflow. 

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    ebshipman
    Participant
    June 10, 2021

    Has there been any movement on this issue? I have been without auto transform for over a year due to this update. It doesn't make sense why it is so far off. It seems like they could detect straight lines or possibly pull from camera meta data to correct this. 

     

    DeeHouk
    DeeHouk
    Known Participant
    June 25, 2021

    It seem to me that with every LrC update... it gets worse and worse. I just want the hours I spend each day having to go through every photos and deal with these issues back. I am seriously thinking of looking for a different program. Something has to be better.

    johnrellis
    johnrellis
    Legend
    February 20, 2020

    I submitted a bug report:

    https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/lightroom-transform-doesnt-copy-sync-correctly

     

    Please add your constructive opinion to the bug report, and be sure to click Me Too and Follow in the upper-right corner. That will make it a little more likely that Adobe will prioritize a fix, and you'll be notified when the bug's status changes.

      Bob Somrak
      Bob Somrak
      Legend
      February 19, 2020

      After further testing it appears the way transform is SUPPOSED to work according the following blog is no longer the case in Lr9.2

       

      https://blogs.adobe.com/jkost/2013/04/lightroom-5-beta-upright-sync-behavior.html

       

       

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      Conrad_C
      Community Expert
      Conrad_CCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 19, 2020

      I don't know the exact cause or solution for this, but one of the changes mentioned in the release notes for Lightroom Classic 9.2 is “Expanding on our GPU support, we have added full GPU acceleration for Lens Correction and Transform adjustments.” That implies that the Transform code was changed in this version, possibly for the first time in a while. If those changes are somehow related to the new behavior you’re seeing, then the behavior might be different with GPU acceleration off vs on. Have you noticed if toggling GPU acceleration changes how the transformation is applied to the synced images?

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      halvor1
      Participant
      February 19, 2020

      Hi Conrad: Thanks for the reply. I disabled the GPU acceleration but the transform issues persisted. Do you know if Adobe is working on this? Thanks!

      Conrad_C
      Community Expert
      Conrad_CCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 19, 2020

      OK, then maybe the problem isn’t related to the new GPU acceleration. At least we ruled that out.

       

      I don’t know if Adobe is working on it, but if none of the forum folks here can think of a solution, then it would be worth checking the official Lightroom Feedback site. First, check there to see if anyone else has reported it and if it’s already being voted up and discussed. If not, create a new problem report. I didn’t see this mentioned there when I took a quick look under the Problems heading.

       

      The difference between this site and the Feedback site is that this forum is just discussions, while a post on that site can be voted on, tracked, and some get a status update from Adobe engineering staff. Many of the fixes listed for each release of Photoshop and Lightroom directly reference user reports on that site.

      Bob Somrak
      Bob Somrak
      Legend
      February 19, 2020

      Transform works 2 different ways depending how you do it.  See here for a detailed explaination.

       

      https://blogs.adobe.com/jkost/2013/04/lightroom-5-beta-upright-sync-behavior.html

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      99jon
      99jon
      Legend
      February 19, 2020

      Are you shooting with a tripod? Have you tried selecting the thumbnails in the filmstrip and then turning on auto-sync before applying the transform? Does it make any difference if you align in Photoshop first, and then do the transform as the final step?

      johnr64922529
      johnr64922529Author
      Participant
      February 19, 2020
      Hi 99jon, I use a heavy tripod, it's definitely a software issue that
      wasn't there before. But I tried autosync images before applying the
      transform and that seems to do the trick. Thank you!
      99jon
      99jon
      Legend
      February 14, 2020

      It will help us to answer your question if you could provide the exact version number you have installed and details of your operating system e.g.
      • Windows 10 v1809, v1903; MacOS Mojave (10.14) Catalina (10.15)
      • Lightroom v3.2; Lightroom Classic v9.2, Lightroom Mobile iOS v5.2, Lightroom Mobile Android v5.2
      You can find this from your application menu:
      Help >> System Info

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      adriana29182758
      Participant
      February 19, 2020

      Hi, I'm having the EXACT same issue and I'm desperate for a solution to this! It's so frustrating. I'm on Catalina 10.15.3 and have LR Classic v9.2. Has anyone found a solution to this issue yet??

      johnr64922529
      johnr64922529Author
      Participant
      February 19, 2020
      Glad to know I'm not the only one to notice. Thought I was going crazy.
      Much easier to get the verticals done first in LR and then do more refined
      adjustments in PS if needed. Hope more folks chime who are having the same
      issue or that happen to know the fix.
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