Lightroom Classic

Lightroom Classic 16.0 Is Here: AI Blemish Removal, Depth Maps, and Glow Effects ✨

Anshul_SainiCommunity Manager

posted in Announcements

Lightroom Classic 16.0 is here! The November 2026 release gives you new ways to retouch portraits, shape light and color, make precise local adjustments, and streamline your everyday workflow.The Highlights Vectorscope makes it to LrC: Check color accuracy in the Histogram panel by choosing a preview color space and evaluating hue, saturation, color casts, and skin tones. New Glow effects and styles: Go soft, dreamy, or cinematic with Bloom, Halation, and Diffusion, plus five new selected styles. Color Grading in masks: Adjust shadows, midtones, and highlights independently inside selected masked areas. Auto Focus Overlay: See supported camera focus points right on your original Canon, Nikon, or Sony raw images in the Library and Develop modules. Right-click in Loupe view and select Show Autofocus Points to see exactly where your lens locked focus. AI-powered blemish removal tool: Automatically detects and removes skin blemishes, moles, and freckles. Fine-tune with the Remove a

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Rikk Flohr-Retired

P: Do I post in Discussions or Bugs?

When presented with a New Post screen in the Adobe Community, you are given three options for Conversation Type: Discussion, Bug, and Idea.   If you were searching in Discussions, the New Post window will default to Discussions. If you are searching in Bugs, the New Post window will default to Bugs and likewise for Ideas.   Many customers instinctually report problems they are experiencing as “Bugs”. It is natural to think that a problem you are having might be a bug. A bug is defined, for our purposes, as “something in the software that is not functioning as it was designed to function”. Interpreting whether a behavior is a bug or not is not always easy, however. Here are some reasons why you might want to consider posting first to Discussions rather than jumping straight to reporting in Bugs: Most items reported as Bugs are not actual bugs. In a typical group of reported bugs, only about 3 out of 25* bugs reported turn out to be actual bugs.  Of those, typically 2 ou

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1 month ago

Rikk Flohr-Retired

P: How do I write a bug report?Open for Voting

Bugs should only be reported for the latest or current version of Lightroom Classic. If you believe you have a bug, it must be verified on the latest version of Classic. New bug reports will not be accepted for older versions of the software.  If you believe you have encountered a bug, it is important to first search the existing bugs to see if your issue and a possible solution or workaround have already been reported. If so, please add to that thread. If not, it may be prudent to start a new thread.Greater than 90% of the bugs reported are not actually bugs. Before starting a new thread, please read:P: Do I post in Discussions or Bugs?   When logging a new bug report, it's required by the Lightroom Classic team for the information in the report to include steps to reproduce the bug experience. Once we can reproduce an issue, then we can start to investigate a fix. Bug reports without reproduction steps will be moved to discussions.If, after some troubleshooti

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4 years ago

Rikk Flohr-Retired

shared in Feature Requests

P: How do I write a feature request?Open for Voting

Adobe is excited to receive requests for additional features you need to enhance your workflow.   What can you do to increase the chances of being heard?  Don't use the words "Feature Request" in your post's title. Search for and add to existing feature requests rather than creating duplicates. There is no advantage to creating a second request for any existing feature request.  One request per thread!When creating an Idea or Feature Request thread, please keep requests for features to ONE request per thread. Doing this will allow others to vote on a single, specific feature and not confuse Upvotes amongst a list of feature requests. If an Idea thread has multiple requests in it, a moderator may ask you to split the multiple requests up into multiple threads so others can vote. In the event there remain multiple requests on a thread, the first item requested will be the arbiter of where the thread will be cross-referenced or merged. Describe how the featu

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5 years ago

iwaddoInspiring

P: Lightroom Classic Sync gets stuck uploading filesReleased

I often find that Lightroom Classic sync to the Adobe Cloud gets stuck uploading images.Removing the offending images and from sync and all synced images usually clears the issue, however I can repeat the issue.Add some previously un-synced images (mine are usually new imports) to a collection and let them sync - wait for the icon to stop spinning and turn green. Remove some of the images from the collection Then immediately add some of those removed back into the collectionThe added images just added back in to the collection just sit in an 'uploading' state. I have left them trying for hours.I have observed on occasion that LrC will remove the newly added images from the local collectionI occasionally make a mistake and change my mind about images I've removed from collections so add them back.I have done the above steps several times now and find the results consistent.

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5 minutes ago

GunelaKnown Participant

shared in Feature Requests

Allow flexible Vectorscope layout: resize, place beside Histogram, or detach into a floating windowOpen for Voting

Title: Lightroom Classic 16 – More Flexible Vectorscope Layout and Resizing OptionsThe introduction of the Vectorscope in Lightroom Classic 16 is an excellent addition, especially for professional photographers working with precise color adjustments.However, its current placement directly below the Histogram takes up a considerable amount of vertical space in the right-hand panel, making it less convenient to work with the Develop and Masking controls.I would like to suggest several layout improvements: Resizable Vectorscope: Allow users to reduce or increase its size according to their workspace needs. Side-by-side layout: Provide an option to display the Histogram and Vectorscope next to each other, rather than stacked vertically, within the same right-hand panel. Floating window: Allow the Vectorscope to be detached from the panel and positioned freely, including on a secondary monitor. Independent visibility: Allow users to show or hide the Histogram and Vectorscope independe

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DClark064

P: LrC 15.5 Video Files Issues (Windows)Acknowledged

I updated to LrC 15.5 a few hours ago. Since then LrC has problems with video files. The first problem I noticed was that when I tried to synchronize a folder that had two new video files. After a couple of minutes I got the error message “An unknown error occurred while reading the video file. (2)”. I had just completed those files with DaVinci Resolve so I went back and produced the same files again to check if DR had made an error. When I tried again with the new files but got the same errors. I was able to play both videos without any issue using VLC Media Player, so they seem to be OK. I then shutdown LrC and did a backup including optimizing the catalog, and then restarted it to see if that made any difference, but same error. Then I started looking at other videos that were already in LrC and found that when browsing them in the Library module, most of them pop up a message “There was an error working with the video”. They will not play in LrC but work fine with VLC Med

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41 minutes ago

LEMONardoInspiring

LrC 15.6 Curve Input/Output values not displaying correctlyOpen for Voting

Lightroom Classic 15.6Camera Raw 18.7macOS Golden Gate 27.0.1 The Input/Output values of the tone curve only display the first two digits.Here’s a screen recording:https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/blldazhxzee3nebfmynov/lrc156curve.mov?rlkey=d0auh7r1yiff58zsb5opuh0ev&st=u635frll&dl=0

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akbareeInspiring

H.264 video import consistently fails with Dynamic Link server error on Apple Silicon Mac

No sure why I was unable to report a bug, and so I have to create this post. I have beent trying to import H.264 video and it consistently fails - tried with latest 15.6 and also 15.4.1 and 15.3.1 (just in case). The details are as follows… H.264 video import consistently fails with Dynamic Link server error on Apple Silicon MacSummaryLightroom Classic 15.6 on an Apple Silicon Mac cannot import H.264/AVC video.The import causes dynamiclinkmediaserver to consume approximately 100% CPU. After approximately one minute, Lightroom reports:An unknown error has occurred while reading the video file. Connecting to Dynamic Link server failed. (1)The same H.264 file can be successfully processed by Apple's avconvert, demonstrating that the file itself is readable by the macOS media framework.A Dynamic Link process sample captured during the failure shows the server spending its time in Adobe's mc_dec_avc AVC/H.264 decoder path.System informationLightroom Classic: 15.6 [202609251514-f839cde9]Lice

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1 hour ago

stewart_1362Participating Frequently

Some Ai models failed to download. Please try again later

Since updating to latest version 15.3 I cannot use my presets or update AI edits.When I try I get a box appear saying I am downloading AI models. This gets to 99% then stops. Then when I try to use presets or update the AI edits I get a red box that says ‘some Ai models failed to download. Please try again later.This has been going on since yesterday. I have tried uninstalling LR and reverting to previous version but problem persists. Any ideas?

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1 hour ago

PsimanCParticipant

LR 16 Focus Points incorrect in Library ModuleOpen for Voting

The new Focus Point feature in LR 16 sometimes shows the wrong focus point in the Library Module but the correct one for the same image in the Develop Module.

2 hours ago

Virginia PhotoInspiring

Cómo puedo tener acceso a mis presets nuevamente?

Desde ayer por la tarde, al querer usar uno de mis preset favoritos, veo que no lo traslada a la fotografía y me sale el siguiente mensaje todo el rato: “No se han podido descargar algunos modelos de IA. Inténtelo más tarde”.Nunca antes me había pasado, cómo puedo solucionarlo?Muchas gracias.

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3 hours ago

johnrellisLegend

P: Lens corrections don't work with HDRs merged from DNGsNeeds More Info

Lens corrections don't work with Photo Merge HDRs merged from DNGs. They do work correctly with DNGs not produced by Photo Merge.   Tested with LR 14.3.1 / Mac OS 15.5:   1. Download and open this catalog:  https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/vhm0r8s17csaatgs153pw/hdr-dng-lens-profile-bug.zip?rlkey=6i2o4jgomfzpfbj8gm4eizak8&dl=0    It contains raws from five cameras: Canon EOS R6m2, Fujifilm X-T5,  Nikon Z 7_2, ODS OM-1, Sony ILCE-7C. All the raws have Lens Corrections > Enable Profile Corrections checked.   2. Observe that for each camera, there are three stacks containing these stack tops:   - an HDR made from two copies of the original raw, e.g. DSC_0102-HDR.dng.   - an HDR made from full-resolution DNGs exported from two copies  of the raw with the options Image Format: DNG, Lossy Compression, e.g. DSC_0102-full.dng.   - an HDR made from reduced-resolution DNGs exported from two copies of the raw with the options Image F

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Pixel~by~PixelParticipant

problem uploading from classic to cloud

Subject: Lightroom Classic won't sync ~40 photos with AI edits - AuxMissingError 403Hello,I'm on the Photography plan (1TB), Lightroom Classic on Mac, syncing to Lightroom on iPhone 15 Pro and iPad.About 40 photos will not upload to Lightroom cloud. They all have AI-related edits (Remove tool / Generative Remove or AI masks). My sync diagnostic log shows this on the develop settings upload (xmp/develop/parts) to storage.adbephotos.com:HTTP 403, code and subtype "AuxMissingError": "Some of the aux files are not uploaded which is required for rendition generation."I've tried: pause and resume, restarting Classic, Update AI Settings, and Rebuild Sync Data. None fixed it. Taking the failing photos out of sync let the other ~600 photos upload normally. 34 other photos with AI edits did upload fine, so it isn't every AI photo.My log also shows a database error in the AI mask data file on 5 November (it looks healthy now), so I can't tell whether this is a server issue or damaged local mask d

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F Ian Potter PhotosParticipating Frequently

Thumbnails are slow to appear in the import screen

I’ve had this problem for awhile now and haven’t been able to find a solution. On the import tab when attempting to import pictures it takes Lightroom classic forever to generate the thumbnails. I’m not talking about the previews that get built based on my choice during the import. I talking about the grid view where you can select which files to actually import. I just tried on a sample of 280 pictures and it took the better part of 3 or 4 minutes to generate the thumbnails. Which is about as long as it takes to do the actual import AND generate 1:1 previews… I’m shooting primarily a fujifilm XT5 with and only shoot .RAFLightroom version 13-3 (but has been happening for the better part of the last 2 years) I’ve got a very good homebuilt computer Intel Core i7-13700k (liquid cooled)RTX 4070 (GPU acceleration turned on)64 gigs of RAMHarddrive in question is a 30% full M.2 NVME SSD I previously bought a high end card reader and usb 3.0 cabling hoping this would help. Which is doesn’t.

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michaljanataInspiring

Show Autofocus Point grayed out

Just installed LR 16.0, but I cannot make Autofocus Point working, it is grayed out for any image.I couldnt find any settings related.What could be wrong?

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5 hours ago

satisfied_expertsf129Participant

Lightroom Classic 16.0 freezes in Develop on a MacBook Pro M2 Pro running macOS 27.2.1. Disabling GPU acceleration resolves the issue.

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5 hours ago

Anshul_SainiCommunity Manager

posted in Announcements

Lightroom Classic 15.6 Is Here: Improved Reflection Removal, Faster Masking Workflows, and Expanded Camera & Lens Support

Lightroom Classic v15.6 brings a smoother editing experience with improved Reflection Removal, making it easier to clean up reflections in windows, glass, and water. This release also introduces faster masking controls with Check All and Check None options, along with support for new cameras, lenses, and important bug fixes. What’s NewThe September 2026 release of Lightroom Classic v15.6 brings meaningful improvements designed to make photo editing faster and more precise. The standout enhancement is Reflection Removal, which now delivers cleaner results when removing reflections from windows, glass surfaces, and even water. The updated technology reduces smudges and ghosting artifacts, helping photographers recover details more naturally in challenging scenes.This release also streamlines masking workflows with new Check All and Check None options in the Masking panel. When creating landscape or people masks, you can now instantly select or clear all available mask options with a sing

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6 hours ago

GunelaKnown Participant

Lightroom Classic 16 – Vectorscope context menu immediately disappears when right-clicking on the right sideOpen for Voting

I have noticed a reproducible issue with the new Vectorscope in Lightroom Classic 16.When I right-click on the left side of the Vectorscope, the context menu opens normally and remains visible, allowing me to select its options.However, when I right-click on the right side of the Vectorscope, the context menu briefly appears and immediately disappears, making it impossible to interact with.Steps to reproduce: Open Lightroom Classic 16 and switch to the Develop module. Display the Vectorscope in the right-hand panel. Right-click on the left side of the Vectorscope: the context menu works normally. Right-click on the right side of the Vectorscope: the menu appears and immediately closes. Expected behavior:The context menu should remain open and usable regardless of where the user right-clicks within the Vectorscope.Actual behavior:The context menu immediately disappears when opened from the right side of the Vectorscope.Environment: Application: Adobe Lightroom Classic 16 Operati

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6 hours ago

travelgalCindyKnown Participant

Lightroom Classic development mode "fill" is only using a quarter of the image panel.

Images load full-size (filling the screen on the longest edges) normally when viewing an image in the library.But when I switch to develop mode the image reopens in the upper left quarter of the editing screen. Sometimes it opens on top of the full-size preview image, sometimes in a new window. If I change from “fill” to “100%, it just gets bigger in that quarter so you can only see the center of the image. This just started after trying to balance text sizes on my other programs and lightroom. So it might be related to that. Or it might be related to closing and reopening lightroom multiple times. For a hot minute I actually had a readable font size, but that also disappeared when this started.

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7 hours ago

SdeGatInspiring

Lightroom Classic (LrC) is too Slow (Windows)

Like many others, I am experiencing frustrating slowness with LrC.First, long startup time: about 1 minute to see the LrC grid and then another minute for LrC to be responsive. That happens once a day so not a big deal. It could be an indication of something though. Now, clicking on an image in grid mode may suffer a delay of about 5 seconds. Hitting "P" to pick can suffer a delay of 5 to 7 seconds (approximately). Those two delays will add up when I have to click on a picture to select and then pick it.This is basically unworkable (especially when you have multiple selections to make).My machine is somewhat old (see below) but should be enough according to some people. For example, denoise only takes about 10 seconds for a 50 mpix photo. (12 GB GPU, M.2 4 lane SSDs, etc) I suspect there is a Windows or LrC configuration issue somewhere.I always update my GPU drivers. I have uninstalled my Norton antivirus and Loupedeck app to see if they were the culprit. (ran

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7 hours ago

GunelaKnown Participant

Lightroom Classic 16 (macOS) – Generative Remove Mask Overlay Appears Partially ClippedOpen for Voting

In Lightroom Classic 16, the red mask overlay displayed while using the Remove tool with Generative AI enabled appears partially clipped or incomplete.When brushing over an object to remove it, the red overlay does not visually cover the entire selected area, even though the selection itself is correctly processed and the object is completely removed.This is a consistent and reproducible issue that occurs every time I use the tool.The same behavior did not occur in Lightroom Classic 15.6.Lightroom Classic Version NumberLightroom Classic 16.0 (macOS)OS Version NumbermacOS — exact version to be added.Camera ModelNikon D850Step-by-step Reproduction Instructions Open a photograph in the Develop module. Press Q to activate the Remove tool. Select the Remove mode (eraser icon). Enable Use Generative AI. Leave Object Detection disabled. Brush over an object to remove it, observing the red mask overlay. Notice that the red overlay appears partially clipped or incomplete. Apply th

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7 hours ago

barristerrParticipant

shared in Feature Requests

Allow importing unsupported file types so all assets from a shoot stay togetherOpen for Voting

Lightroom Classic silently skips any file it can’t decode: PDFs, text notes, LUTs, release forms, project files. I’d like an option to import these anyway as catalog entries with a generic icon, no preview, no editing. They would sit in the folder alongside the photos, be visible in the grid, and open in the system default app on double-click.Why: a shoot is more than its images. Shot lists, permits, LUT notes, and Gyroflow or Resolve project files belong with the folder they describe. Today they live outside the catalog and get lost when I move or back up through Lightroom.Bridge does this already, but it’s a separate app with its own window and no catalog. The ask is just to stop dropping files at import.

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Greg339821751go2Participant