P: Lightroom Paste Settings with Denoise creates color artifacts & pink overlays

[matthew_5332]

Hi,

Bug 1)  I've been running into this issue for a couple weeks now.  Whenever I copy edit settings, it'll paste fine onto one image, but if I try to paste onto another image, it does nothing.

Bug 2)  I also tried pasting onto multiple images at once and it turned a bunch of them weird colors until I let them update AI settings.  I think it might have something to do with the denoise features, TBH.

The attached green image is after pasting settings, but before updating AI.  Normal looking image is after updating AI.

-Matt

Edit:  I'd like to note that Bug 1 is intermittent.  I'd say it's like 1 in every 3 times I copy settings.  Sometimes it'll paste an infinite number of times, others I get one paste and I'm done.

[vlachjn]

Some photos become pink after using AI denoise on multiple photos in the latest version of Lightroom CC. Need to go and update AI in all of these to get rid of it. 

[Claire H.]

Hi @vlachjn, Welcome to the Lightroom Community forum! To better help you with this issue, we would like a few more details. Can you send your system info, a screen recording of your issue, and a numbered list of the exact steps needed to replicate the issue? You can find your system info by going to Help > System Info, copying and pasting it into a text file, and attaching it here. Thanks! ^CH

[wolfesam]

I'm having the same issue. This is problematic when you batch enhance a lot of photos at once. I don't have time to sit and do each one individually. 

[Aleke]

Hi @wolfesam! Welcome to the community — and sorry to hear you're running into this issue.

Could you share a few more details to help us troubleshoot? For example, which version of Lightroom are you using? Is this happening with every photo, or just a few? If it’s only affecting certain ones, do they have anything in common — like being shot with the same camera or saved in a different file format?

Thanks so much!
Alek

[SpencerthePhotog]

Version: 8.4

Build: 20250603-0500-10f89fb

Running on Mac Mini 2023 with Apple M2 Pro Chip on 16GB of Memory with macOS Sequoia 15.5

I applied batch edits to a group of photographs. After the batch edits pasted, several of my images now have this weird magenta overlay. Reminds of the old days when a form of light leaking would show up on film. 

The AI edit tool I used in the first source image was the Detail > Denoise. I simply checked the box to enable it. I didn't adjust any of the Denoise settings. 

If I select a single image there is an option to update the AI. If I run that update the image corrects itself. I don't want this to be a two step process. And seeing my images this way makes me worried about corruption. 

[moved from bugs to discussions according to the community rules - Mod.]

[OwleyMedic]

I recently updated my LR and was using the denoise feature on some similar photos. I denoised one and then tried using the copy past feature to have the DN added to the others. I checked the box and when I clicked paste it looked like it was working but the the result was a group of pictures that did not convert properly and had a pink tone to them. I clicked on the indivisual photos and LR asked me to update i did and that seemed to work, but a pain to have to do the extra step on each photo. See screenshot attached. Anyone else having this issue. 

[Aleke]

Hi @OwleyMedic, thanks so much for reaching out!

I’ve gone ahead and merged your thread with an earlier one where other users reported the same issue. To help us dig a bit deeper, could you share a few more details? Specifically, what type of RAW files were affected, and which camera were you using? Also, does this happen only when batch denoising, or do you see it when processing files individually too?

If you’re able to share a sample RAW file, that would be super helpful for testing on our end.

Appreciate your help!

Alek

[OwleyMedic]

Hi @Aleke

I am using a Nikon D850 and is a NEF file. Only happens with batch processing 

[OwleyMedic]

@Aleke

I also just tried it with a few photos taken with a Nikon D500, same result.

[Aleke]

Hi @OwleyMedic! Thanks again for following up.

If possible, could you share a screen recording that shows your full workflow when applying Denoise and encountering the error? That would really help us try to reproduce the issue on our end and investigate further.

Thanks so much!
Alek

[wolfesam]

@Aleke 

Hi. The process is I imported the images (all shot on Canon R5 bodies shooting CR3 files), as I always have. I select the first image, apply the AI Denoise option and let it run. I then copy just that setting and paste it to the rest of the images. After it is done running, several of the images show up bright pink and the process has to be run again on each one individually.

When dealing with 10's or 100's of images, this just isn't practical. I ended up having to install a previous version of Lightroom where it was applied via 'Enhance' just so it would run correctly. 

[OwleyMedic]

I have a recording but it is too big a file to send from here.

[Sameer K]

Hey, @SpencerthePhotog, @OwleyMedic, @wolfesam, & @vlachjn. I'll help you figure this out. 

Please press and hold the OPT + SHIFT key when you launch Lightroom the next time & click on 'Yes' when prompted to reset Lightroom's preferences. 

After this, try to recreate the issue, record the steps that trigger the pink screen, and share a numbered list of steps that recreate this unexpected behavior. 

Let me know if this helps. Thanks! 

Sameer K

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[Aleke]

Hi @matthew_5332, thanks for reaching out.

Could you share your System Info? You can find it in Lightroom under Help > System Info. Just copy the info to a text file and attach it to your response, or share it with us through Google Drive, WeTransfer, or another file-sharing platform.
Thanks a lot! 😊

Alek

[matthew_5332]

@Aleke Here ya go!  I had the GPU enabled at the time this happened.

[Sameer K]

Thanks for sharing the System info; it is rather detailed. Your machine has two GPUs: the power-saving AMD Radeon 780M Graphics and the high-performance Nvidia RTX 4060. The installed and active drivers are slightly older. 

Please try these two suggestions:
1 - Update the graphics drivers using AMD & Nvidia's auto-detect program. (AMD: https://adobe.ly/3Tzf3C6) (Nvidia: https://adobe.ly/44JxZDd) 

2 - Follow step 6 in the content here to configure the default GPU for Lightroom: https://adobe.ly/49YQSCI

After you update the GPU drivers, try the steps below and check how it goes. The GPU info & Logs location on Windows is %APPDATA%\Adobe\CameraRaw. A shortcut to get to this folder on Windows is:

• Press the Windows + R
• Enter %APPDATA%\Adobe\CameraRaw
  
  
• Rename the GPU & Logs folder in this directory by adding .old at the end. (GPU.old & Logs.old)
• Relaunch Lightroom.

Let me know how it goes. Thanks!
Sameer K

(Type '@' and type my name to mention me when you reply)

[Riguy98]

Same. Been happening nonstop since the June update that moved the AI Denoise setting to the edit tab.

I have a batch of photos I want to edit, I import them. I apply the denoise setting to the first photo, copy settings, select the other photos, and paste (right click + enhance was way easier and always worked first try). The settings are copied over, then AI settings have to update, but there are always 10 or so images that are pink or orange like OP's image. Now I have to individually click on each image to update the AI settings, which already should've been done?

latest version of lightroom, I'm running a Ryzen 5600x with a 3070 and 64 gigs of RAM

[Riguy98]

Also all photos are CR3 raw files taken with a Canon R10

[Claire H.]

Hi @Matthew_5332,  I'm just checking in to see if the suggestion helped or if you are still running into this issue? Let us know how things are going. Happy to keep troubleshooting with you if needed. Thanks! ^CH

[matthew_5332]

I have updated my drivers and haven't experienced the issue since.  However, I haven't been editing photos as much since making this post.  Life and all.  If it comes back up when I get back to it, I'll let you know.

[tommy_5060]

I'm experiencing the same issue with CR3 raws from Canon R6ii and R50

[IsaiahFleetwood]

Same exact thing has happened to me. It happened when I tried to bath copy/paste the AI Denoise. To get rid of it, I have to go through every image, turn off AI Denoise, then turn it back on and allow Lightroom to process AI Denoise for each image individually. 

[Matt R Lopez]

Hi Sameer is this for a Mac or PC? I am having the same issues with the newest update for LR.  Where can I go to reset preferences?

[matthew_5332]

Hi Claire,

It's happening again and I checked that I'm on the latest Nvidia drivers (580.97 Studio Drivers).

When I go to edit settings on one of the affected photos, it asks me to update AI Settings.  So far the only AI was the denoise checkbox that was part of the pasted settings.

[matthew_5332]

Seems to be when you try to paste the Denoise settings.  Copy only the denoise settings and paste it onto multiple images that don't already have "Denoise" enabled.  You'll be able to reproduce the bug.