Per Berntsen
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Per Berntsen
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Jan 10, 2025
01:55 PM
Try resetting the preferences.
Method 3 on this page is the easiest way to do it.
https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/reset-preferences.html
If you have changed many settings in the preferences, you may want to take screenshots of all the tabs in the preferences dialog before resetting to make it easier to restore them.
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Jan 10, 2025
06:41 AM
As pointed out by @Wolf Eilers the files are already DNGs, so why do you want to convert them?
Or did you accidentally shoot jpgs? In that case you'd get an error message like the one below.
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Jan 09, 2025
01:59 AM
You cannot post images when replying by email, you have to use a web browser.
Use the Insert Photos button in the toolbar to embed the image in your post. Do not attach it.
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Jan 08, 2025
02:07 PM
THEY CAN HELP ME AS IT DOES NOT MARK AN ERROR WHEN USING NOISE REDUCTION
By @javier30864682c7dd
Please provide a detailed description of the problem.
Does noise reduction not work?
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Jan 08, 2025
02:01 PM
The zip file looks like a backup, except that LrC puts backups in a folders named with the date, like this: 2024-12-01 0051, and also backs up the lrcat-data folder.
Are you backing up the catalog on a regular basis? You should set LrC to save backups to a different drive, not the drive where the catalog is.
The zip file is fairly recent, so I'd keep it, unless you have a proper backup from that day or later.
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Jan 08, 2025
12:24 PM
The preview cache has to be in the same folder as the catalog, so you will have to move the whole folder to the external drive, which will probably affect performance.
You can delete the preview cache (or move it to the external drive, which will have the same effect), and LrC will then rebuild the previews as you browse folders in Library. Folders you don't visit will not have previews built until you click on them.
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in Photoshop ecosystem Discussions
Jan 04, 2025
07:44 AM
3 Upvotes
Jan 04, 2025
07:44 AM
3 Upvotes
Color management for the preview in Export As is broken, just ignore it. The image will export fine, as long as you check Embed Color Profile. This box must always be checked.
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Jan 04, 2025
04:48 AM
1 Upvote
You have quite a few plugins installed. If you disable all of them, can you then export as PNG?
If you can, enable them one at a time followed by a test export as PNG to find the offending plugin.
I'm a bit suspicious of Plugin Parameters – what does it do, and does it have anything to do with exporting?
Installed Plugins:
1) AdobeStock
2) DxO PureRAW 4
3) DxO PureRAW 4 Importer
4) Flickr
5) jb: Search+Replace
6) LR/Mogrify 2
7) Nik 6 HDR Efex
8) Plugin Parameters
If it turns out not to be a plugin issue, try to reset the preferences.
Method 3 on this page is the easiest way to do it.
https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/reset-preferences.html
If you have changed many settings in the preferences, you may want to take screenshots of all the tabs in the preferences dialog before resetting to make it easier to restore them.
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Jan 03, 2025
03:56 AM
Are you using the Remove tool with Generative AI turned on? This will take some time, depending on the selection, but there is a progress bar.
Without Generative AI, the Remove tool is very fast on my Windows 10 computer, with PS 26.2.
Please go to Help > System Info, click the Copy button, and paste in a new reply.
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Jan 02, 2025
04:04 PM
Saturation is set to 55 in your other screenshot too.
Did you by mistake use the same screenshot twice?
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Jan 02, 2025
03:58 PM
Nikon Z cameras write camera setting to XMP, which LrC understands and honors. This has been the case since 2018, when the first model, Z 7 was introduced.
You can either set all camera settings to zero/neutral, or create a preset in Lrc to be applied automatically on import.
See https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/raw-defaults.html
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Jan 02, 2025
03:47 PM
Good evening and happy new year!
I finally decided to go with a file created by illustrator and exported in SVG at the size 1980 x 1080 and there no more problem.
The problem I have is that now the image weighs 1.8 MB which is huge.
Do you have a solution to try to reduce the weight a little in the svg format?
Here is the page in question: https://anthonycarrel.com/mes-services-de-photographie/mes-services-de-communication/03-support-de-c...
Thank you 🙌
By @anthony_carrel8361
Happy new year to you too!
I don't use Illustrator, and have no experience with the SVG format.
If you do an Internet search for "compressed svg", you'll get quite a few results.
But 1.8 MB isn't all that big these days, when most people have very fast Internet.
I'm glad that you were able to find a satisfactory solution.
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Jan 02, 2025
03:16 PM
Saturation is set to 55 for the mask, I'm pretty sure that what's causing the the strong blue sky color.
In the future, please use the Insert Photos button in the toolbar to embed images in your post.
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Jan 02, 2025
01:52 PM
1 Upvote
What advice would you give to someone who is just starting to learn Photoshop to help them navigate the initial learning curve more effectively?
By @Terrance5DD1
Having a thorough understanding of how digital images work will make it easier to learn, and to use Photoshop.
We get quite a few posts on this forum (as well as the Lightroom forums and the Camera Raw forum) where posters think there is a problem with the application (or a bug), and it turns out that the real problem is that they don't understand how digital images work.
It also helps to have knowledge about the various file formats, how they work, and when to use them.
I've written a couple of articles that you may find useful.
What is a digital image?
File formats
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Dec 30, 2024
12:51 PM
1 Upvote
I don't think this is possible in Photoshop.
InDesign will let you use any character for bullets. Possibly also Illustrator, which I don't use.
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Dec 30, 2024
12:26 PM
I just did the test by putting on my site a version in 3456x1942 and the result is no better. I took one screen in 3456x1942 in PNG and the other in 2500x1500 WEBP and no difference:
By @anthony_carrel8361
How did you create the 3456 x 1942 version?
If you used Image > Image size to enlarge the 2850 x 1769 version, that won't work.
You need to start out with an original (PSD or tiff) that is at least 3456 x 1942, and export from that.
If your original is smaller, you will have to recreate it from scratch with larger dimensions.
Can you post a link to a live page? It tried to enter the address in your screenshot, but it requires a Wordpress login.
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Dec 30, 2024
07:03 AM
Hello, thank you for your feedback. Here is a screen of the preview on my website of the rendering of the banner in question.
So in your opinion I can't get a better rendering than that?
I use the webp format, it's the most recent format to optimize your website as much as possible, PNG being heavier and slower in particular.
By @anthony_carrel8361
The image is 2850 x 1769, but has been scaled to 3456 x 1942 in the browser, which will affect quality.
So you need a larger image to begin with, at least 3456 x 1942.
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Dec 30, 2024
06:36 AM
I hope you're doing well.
I'm having a problem with Photoshop.
I'm creating a banner for my website and I've selected a fairly large format, which is 2880x1800 pixels.
Once I was done with my creation, I exported the image as a PNG, but when I zoom in on it, it appears pixelated.
I've tried several times to improve the quality, but I can't seem to get it right. What is even more problematic is that after exporting to WEBP format (necessary for the web), the quality degrades further.
I'm a bit lost, so if you have any tips or adjustments to recommend to keep a sharp image, I'm all for it.
Many thanks in advance for your help
🙏
By @anthony_carrel8361
When you view an image at a higher magnification than 100%, it will become pixelated.
You seem to be viewing at more than 500%, which will make any image look really bad.
Also, the PNG format should be fine for web use – it's the standard format for web graphics.
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Dec 28, 2024
01:06 PM
It indicates that these folders do not have subfolders.
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Dec 25, 2024
10:56 AM
2 Upvotes
If you're working with raw files, they will open in the Camera Raw plugin, which has exactly the same editing tools as LrC.
If you're opening rendered (non-raw) files in Photoshop, use the Camera Raw filter, (found in the Filter menu) to adjust color temperature. For a non-destructive workflow, create a copy of the background layer, right click the layer and choose Convert to smart object.
Then run the filter on the layer, and you can go back to the filter anytime and change the settings like in LrC.
Double-click Camera Raw Filter in the Layers panel to re-open the Camera Raw filter.
The documentation you linked to is for Speedgrade, which is for video color grading.
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Dec 25, 2024
06:41 AM
If the filename displays like this: filename.1 – change the extension from 1 to psd in the file explorer, and try to open it.
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Dec 25, 2024
06:26 AM
Try resetting the preferences.
Method 3 on this page is the easiest way to do it.
https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/reset-preferences.html
This will reset all preferences to default, so you may want to take screenshots of all the tabs of the preferences dialog before resetting.
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Community Expert
in Lightroom ecosystem (Cloud-based) Discussions
Dec 21, 2024
11:57 AM
Dec 21, 2024
11:57 AM
I managed to find the classic display, but the bottom banner of all the photos has become very small and the stars I assign are no longer visible.
By @danieljkiks
To make the filmstrip larger, hover your mouse over the area shown in the screenshot below.
The cursor will turn into a double arrow, click and drag up to make the filmstrip larger.
Your question is about Lightroom Classic, but you have posted in the Lightroom Cloud forum.
A moderator will move this thread to Lightroom Classic.
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Dec 21, 2024
05:03 AM
1 Upvote
Hello everyone,
I don't know if it will happen to you the same as me, but I have a hard time seeing light room with that black background. I ask, is it possible to put it lighter or another color to see it better? Thank you
By @angela35000891oc3a
It is not possible to change the color of the interface.
What you can change is the "fill color", i.e. the background color surrounding the image. You can do this in Preferences > Interface, or by right clicking the background.
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Dec 21, 2024
03:36 AM
I'm guessing that your originals are raw files, and that you're exporting jpgs.
The file size of a jpg depends on three factors:
Pixel dimensions
Quality setting used when exporting
Image content
The jpg format uses compression to create smaller files, and the degree of compression possible depends on image content.
Images with predominantly smooth, flat, or out of focus areas will compress well, resulting in a relatively small file.
Images with lots of sharp, busy detail (or noise) are much harder to compress, resulting in a relatively large file size.
The difference in file size can be quite dramatic.
To evaluate the quality of a jpg (or any image), view it at 100%.
100% view is an important reference point – one image pixel is represented by one screen pixel, giving you a true representation of the image. Any other view will be inaccurate and misleading because the image has been scaled.
2048 x 1536, Quality 85, 2.72 MB
2048 x 1536, Quality 85, 448 KB
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Dec 20, 2024
08:07 AM
Adapter #2: Vendor : 8086
Device : 9a60
Subsystem : 12ea1462
Revision : 1 Video Memory : 80
LrC doesn't work well with multiple GPUs.
Adapter #2 seems to be an integrated GPU (intel?), try disabling it in the Windows Device manager.
The driver for your RTX 3060 is up to date, but make sure that you have the Studio driver, not the Game ready driver.
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Dec 18, 2024
01:19 PM
LrC never touches the original files, but creates previews from them. All the work you do in LrC is done using these previews.
For raw files, the previews are an absolute necessity, since new files has to be rendered from them. A raw file (if you could see it) is very dark and flat, and in grayscale. The same method is used for none-raw files, like jpg or heic.
The edits you do are applied to the previews, and written to the catalog.
When you export, a new file is rendered from the raw file – or the non-raw file – with your edits applied.
The normal procedure is not to export unless you need to use the file outside of LrC
So I agree with @dj_paige that there is no need for a folder, just view the files in the collection, and export if you need to use files outside of LrC.
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Dec 18, 2024
07:48 AM
The Canon R8 requires LrC version 12.2 or later, you are using 12.0, so you need to upgrade. The latest version is 14.1.1.
See https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/kb/camera-raw-plug-supported-cameras.html
Windows Photos can only display the jpg embedded in the raw files, not the actual raw files.
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Dec 16, 2024
08:13 AM
use TIFF and ZIP-compression
By @JohanElzenga
ZIP compression works best with 16-bit files. LZW is very effective with 8-bit, and can reduce the file size significantly, depending on image content.
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Dec 16, 2024
08:05 AM
It backs up the entire catalog file (.lrcat), which contains edits, edit history, ratings, collections, stacks, keywords and so on.
It also backs up the .lrcat-data folder, which I believe contains all the masking you have done.
It does NOT back up your photos.
Backups are zipped, and to restore a backup, unzip it to a new folder, then double-click the catalog file to launch LrC.
For safety reasons you should back up to a different drive – not the drive where you keep your working catalog.
You choose the location in the backup dialog. (click the Choose button)
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