You might find this helpful: click on the color "x" control at the bottom of your gradient filter. This allows you to dial in an overall hue and saturation to the whole filter. Combine with the normal color adjustments on the filter to taste. ... View more

The x/y positions of graduate filter adjustment brushes seem to be locked. They also don't seem moveable when Lightroom object is put into Photoshop. It seems "wrong" - why would one want to move the filter and adjustments differentially? ... View more

Per Berntsen, thanks, a big doh on my straw-grasping! ... View more

Are you sure you're exporting with bit depth  = 16?  Have you tried recompressing older image to see if results are the same? ... View more

If I am reading right, you deleted your images. You're seeing image previews in Lightroom and this is "fooling" you - there are ways to get images from these previews but they will be inferior: Script to extract previews of lost or deleted photos ... View more

emilee, see the link in "correct answer" - the solution you'llfind there that worked was I was finally able to fix all my problems: To fix the crashing at launching Lightroom issue, I just had to grant Read & Write permissions to Lightroom.app for every account on my MacBook (System, Admin, Everyone, and even adding [UserName]). And to fix the crashing at opening Preferences issue, I just had to hold the Shift + Option keys while launching Lightroom. but there are other solutions there you could try also.  If none work, I suggest starting a new request, include app version, and listing everything you've tried to date. ... View more

With all due respect you'll have to provide much more and better information on the exact nature of your problem if you expect to get help here. ... View more

Re trshaner - is this happening across the board? Anything different about this image like extreme underexposure to begin with? ... View more

Check here to see if it looks like it could be your issue: Optimize Lightroom performance  (deleting preview cache).   To help anyone else trying to answer, where exactly do you see the images with artifacts - in Library, or in Develop view? ... View more

"How do I move them to the folder with the rest?" - How to Move Image Files and Folders in Lightroom – Pretty Presets for Lightroom   or video tutorial from Adobe: Move folders around in Lightroom | ... View more

What everyone else here said. Lightroom makes it pretty easy to use one -and only one- real image file for almost any conceivable situation.  Any other copies = backups, to be tucked away in background storage not to be used except for restore.  By doing this you'll help "uncreates" confusion and unecessary workflow. ... View more

How? Something you did differently? Targeted a different import location? How to move them: i found this quickly and it looks good enough: How to Move Image Files and Folders in Lightroom – Pretty Presets for Lightroom ... View more

What ManiacJoe said, and additionally: you say when you unzip them and they're not .lrcat files, that would seem to be problem #1. What files are they if not .lrcat files?  Are you sure they were .lrcat files when you zipped them, did they lose their extension, or what? It sounds as if you either have the wrong files, or renamed them prior to zipping, or as Joe said, not really unzipped them. ... View more

They loaded fine to custom presets on my Win10 system. ... View more

Or also right-click develop/reset to reset settings. If this gives you your original blue sky, you're good to go, but it doesn't tell you what was the snag. Maybe others know of a utility to show setting differences.  An easily overlooked culprit could be HSL/Color settings or else calibration. ... View more

Another lefty vote for this. We're about 15% of the population, and probably a greater percentage of Lightroom users, as several studies show an over-representation of lefties in the arts. This just wouldn't seem to be any major programming, swap the panels, and a y-displacement for the flyovers. After we get Adobe to do this, let's move to the camera manufacturers for us left-eyers! ... View more

Have you tried the steps outlined here: How do I get PortraitPro Body Studio to work as a plug-in to Lightroom? - PortraitPro Body Support  ?   It seems direct and you should note at what step it fails and contact PortraitPro. Lightroom shouldn't have an issue with multiple plugins. Also, I couldn't see what version Lightroom is supported; you should double check this with PortraitPro. ... View more

It could easily be that the plugins just arent compatible. You'd have to check with their creator/mfgs.  Meanwhile you can roll back to earlier version, see here: Lightroom roll back to prior update version ... View more

While there might be a way to rename them inside of LR, you'll still have to relink all top level folders (I'm assuming you have a preexistent catalog to maintain) so you won't really gain anything.  I'd just rename them in the manner you see fit outside of LR and then relink. If you need help linking folders:  Re-linking Files and Folders in Lightroom « Julieanne Kost's Blog ... View more

With some caveats that there might be user error, let's assume corruption. Make a new keyword "transportation1" and apply it to the proper images.  Remove the perhaps corrupted "transportation". I might even restart Lightroom at this point! Rename "transportation1" to "transformation", insert in hierarchy as needed and see if that fixes? ... View more

What Richard said, and https://www.lightroomqueen.com/how-move-lightroom-to-new-computer/  explains how to relink after everything is copied. ... View more

Are you using Lightroom Classic CC 7.1? I believe this is first ver w/ support. ... View more

New 7.1 update:  "You can now remove individual color range mask sample points by holding down Alt/Opt and clicking on them."  What's New in Lightroom Classic 7.1 (December 2017 Release) | Laura Shoe's Lightroom Training Tutorials and Tips ... View more

Lightroom  does create actual OS folders when you import. And Lightroom does permit renaming, rearrangement, subfolders, etc.of them. Furthermore, -any- work with OS folders should only be done in Lightroom, as manipulation outside of Lightroom breaks links and will create problems. Having said this, you need to just forget the idea of having the OS "take orders" for the other functionalities you've listed. Lightroom's system of collections, collection sets, and smart collections -do- all the things you've mentioned to allow you to categorize at will using keywords. I agree with DJ about nomenclature, but at the same time it's afair to say you can use collections and collection sets as if they are virtual folders. I suspect his caveats are like mine, that if you do this without underlying keyword tagging, they remain ephemeral - "slop (virtual, if you will) collections" and you can easily lose track of images and have a hellacious time restoring order without a keyword underpinning. In particular, if you use smart collections, the mere keywording of an image automagically inserts it into collections already set up along keywording rules. ... View more

Be aware that moving photos should only be done in LR and be aware that drive letters changing on external drive can confuse things, too, if you use multiple externals. ... View more

Don't put any time into folders. Use keywords as much as possible. If you have a specific name for a shoot (Blah Wedding, Sherwood Forest shoot) make that into keywords. Use collection sets and smart collections as basic tools to see groups of photos. Smart folders for a particular shoot in particular, makes it hard for images to "get lost".  Time spent trying to create and classify folders is a time suck and a mess as you have to settle on one view, whereas keywords allow you to work the way your brain does (statues, sunsets, architecture). That way you can easily group to your heart's content, along concepts that make sense to you. ... View more

Only affecting a certain set of photos with no differences from other photos - I'd suspect something like file corruption in one of them. Maybe try leaving those images as is and reimporting copies, see if the problem persists with the new ones. ... View more

I suspect this to be a problem with DxO - see this thread: http://forum.dxo.com/index.php?topic=10217.0  If Lightroom changes anything in its installation references, DxO must alter its methodology. So I believe you will have to refer to DxO support. ... View more