Photos become pink after using AI denoise

[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

[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 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

[OwleyMedic]

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

[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.]

[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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