"What's wrong with Sony that they'd have such a dumb default setting?" - This might be better addressed in a Sony forum 😉      I can see where they might want to give the quick, easy, and small default to the average user thinking the advanced user would more easily find the correct setting - but you'd think it a no-brainer to send a reminder heads-up that settings had been defaulted. ... View more

Very interesting - I shoot Fuji and have never experienced it so I took a look and found this https://www.fujix-forum.com/threads/lightroom-problems-with-importing-jpeg-and-raw-files-from-one-sd-card.73802/  Appears to be a Lightroom problem with Mac. Note this, halfway down the thread, bolding is mine: Please correct my error above. I wrote"Other tests were done using the internal Mac SD card reader, an external reader plugged into a USB port and copying and pasting files from the SD card to the Mac hard drive. The same results were obtained." Actually, the test with copying and pasting files from the SD to the Mac hard drive resulted in no problems. then this, following: What I do is go to preferences in LR and uncheck the box that says treat jpegs as a separate file. Then all the RAW files are loaded up and I save the jpegs ... View more

Support for Canon 6D Mark II was added to CC 2015.12 / 6.12  mid-July 2017 - what version have you updated to? Lightroom CC 2015.12 now available ... View more

Are you working with an Olympus RAW image?  I believe you wont see profiles for jpgs or for different RAW file types than your image supports. Further questions please supply lens, Lightroom version, RAW file type etc. ... View more

Just to make sure - you should see a folder called "Imported on [date]" inside the secondary folder you specified, as opposed to a folder name matching your primary - it's meant to be only a temporary safety backup.  If this isn't the case, I'd next check that the secondary drive is working, writeable, etc. Beyond that, I'm at a loss. ... View more

Take a peek at this thread, too: Lightroom Olympus om d em-10 mark iii support ... View more

I'd proceed with the following, trying to avoid a reinstall: first make sure graphics processing is off. then try starting a new catalog. see if that works. (might be a good time to make sure you have your lrcat backed up, too.) if that doesnt work, reset preferences and start with a fresh catalog. and see if that works (again make sure you have a copy of your catalog saved outside Lightroom). You'll have to search for instructions on locating preferences file which you must delete in LR5. if that doesnt work, all I can suggest is trying a complete reinstall. it does occur to me that perhaps some disk/file issue could cause your problem too, so perhaps running a disk check first would be in order. Sorry, that's all I got! ... View more

is it (apple phone, any other device) attached to your computer at all? if so try detaching. ... View more

Quick shot in the dark from googling - any new (or old) attached android devices? Been a problem. ... View more

My next suggestion is to see if somehow files are corrupted. Make a copy of one already imported (raw?) file and see if that imports again. I suspect if it doesn't, a LR reinstall might be the next option unless others have ideas. ... View more

Are you trying to import directly from camera or camera memory? If so, first thing to try is copying image files to your computer directly and try importing from there. If that works, it tells you Lightroom's ok, the problem is something else. ... View more

I enjoy using a midi controller for adjustment sliders: https://petapixel.com/2015/08/12/midi2lr-an-open-source-app-that-lets-you-use-any-midi-controller-in-lightroom/  Downside: takes a bit of tech know-how to set up. Upside: I used an old Korg Nano Kontrol and they sell for maybe $25 used. It works great, I have four banks of 16 controls. ... View more

Have you had more than one account? What account is your Creative Cloud set to?  Barring finding an issue there, you might need to get to phone support - have your computer ready for them to get onto it remotely.  It took me awhile to get phone support recently, but they figured it out in a few minutes (was CC mismatch, duh). ... View more

Mike, First off, re dj_paige, post 3: type like this And Not Like This.  The latter makes it agonizing to read. Second:  This might not be a Lightroom problem. The first thing you need to do is confirm that these images actually exist. You can do this by trying what I suggested in #1 and then answering the question wobertc posed in #6. In other words, forget about Lightroom until establishing these files actually exist and can be read from your card. ... View more

I do see a softening in the highlights of the eye etc when I blow it up - image on right seems softer. But yes, dj, the "Excel" jumped out at me, too! ... View more

If some worked and not others, it's unlikely that the problem is with Lightroom. Instead of importing straight to Lightroom, try first copying the files from your card into a folder on your desktop. Then import to Lightroom from that folder instead and see if you get the same results. ... View more

hesphoto, heh i was trying to be funny with the model part and lost sight of the "film look" in your title which makes it clear what you wanted - sorry bout that. ... View more

Many of the "film-look" settings of this sort start with a raising of the leftmost point in rgb point curve setting such that an absolute black is never obtained in the photo. This looks useful: How To Create The Film Look In Lightroom Without Presets or https://www.slrlounge.com/adding-matte-look-lightroom-easy-kardashian-nearly-overdone/ also google "matte" and "film look" w Lightroom. And 99jon gave good info on DOF. Someone might talk about the graininess which could come from underexposure, or added effect in post. Or perhaps "get a great-looking model..." - it really depends on what factors of the image you're trying to emulate ... View more

Reminds me of "how do I get to Carnegie Hall?" A: "Practice".  First, understand that Lightroom might not be the main tool of choice used here. But for the second photo,there appears to be desaturation used in combination with brush-masking. Look at how there's a fade to gray, especially as it approaches upper left of photo. I suspect this is on top of some overall selective color desaturation. There could be use of color curves in ToneCurve as well.  The model's face has probably had a good smoothing in Photoshop using frequency-separation, but you might get some reasonable results using some combo of brush masking w clarity/sharpness/noise in Lightroom. The third photo uses settings of retro-toning. There are lots of tutorials on this and both free and $ presets. The first photo appears to have benefited from a lightly overcast day. Could have been additional lighting and/or fill off-camera. Add the kind of beautiful light you might only get using a fabulous lens in Bermuda! Summary: lots of advanced techniques here - high-end advertising images shot and retouched by pros who could name some of the techniques better than I. I hate to say, but no easy one-fits-all adjustment solutions that I can see. Back to the "practice" joke. People spend all sorts of time learning and perfecting these techniques. Lightroom and Photoshop tutorials are your best friends here, and there's a wealth of decent free tutorials on YouTube and elsewhere. ... View more

I confess to having a hard time following this.  The most problematic part: "used various ways of copying and renaming the folders". Lightroom has no problem relinking your new image locations if the original folder structure is preserved on down through the subfolders. Drive letter doesnt matter!  Parent folders (if any) above your target folder and children doesnt matter! Once you get this right, all you have to do is link up your top-level folder that has a "!" in Lightroom with the correct "new" matching parent folder wherever it is on whatever drive, as explained here: Adobe Lightroom - Find moved or missing files and folders On the other hand, if your structure is now unrecognizable because of "various ways of copying and renaming", it's going to be a mess to untangle until you get it straightened out. ... View more

Whoops my bad, LR is not PS - thanks! ... View more