If you're seeing the "!" inside a black circle, and when you hover the mouse over it, you see "Lightroom has encountered problems reading this photo, you are not allowed to edit this image", you're probably tripping over a recent bug acknowledged by Adobe: https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-bugs/p-v14-5-lightroom-has-encountered-problems-reading-this-photo-round-circle-warning-on-images/idi-p/15470236/   Most people have found they can ignore the warning and edit the photo anyway.   If you're seeing something else, then please start a new thread and describe in more detail what you're seeing (you've posted in an old thread that's probably not related).  Full-resolution screenshots of the entire LR window (not phone pics) are always helpful. ... View more

When the LR Cloud was announced at the time of LR Classic 7, Adobe stated publicly that there would be no more improvements to syncing between LR Classic and LR Cloud, just bug fixes. They've been true to their word. ... View more

Moderators, @Rikk Flohr: Photography, please merge with the main thread on this issue: https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/p-ai-masks-need-updating-constantly-every-time-i-re-open-lightroom-classic-as-well/m-p/15347415 ... View more

A fair number of people have reported this issue. These symptoms can occur when LR can't write the catalog's .lrcat-data file for some reason, either because LR has corrupted it or there is a permissions issue. The .lrcat-data file stores AI settings computed for masks, remove, denoise, raw details, super resolution, and lens blur. (The main catalog database is in a different file, the .lrcat file.) Also, some previous versions of the Imagen AI service permanently corrupted the .lrcat-data file (this has apparently been fixed). Have you used Imagen AI? Try these steps for rebuilding the .lrcat-data file without losing your edits; these steps have helped many but not all: 1. Do the menu command Help > System Info. If you're not on the latest version (currently 14.4), do Help > Updates. 2. Post the entire contents of Help > System Info here, to help narrow down possible causes. 3. In LR, do Catalog Settings > General > Show. That will open Windows File Explorer / Mac Finder on the current catalog folder. 4. Exit LR. 5. Move the file <catalog>.lrcat-data to the Desktop. 6. Start LR. 7. In Library Grid view (not Loupe view), select all photos and do Photo > Develop Settings > Update AI Settings. That will recompute all the AI settings, which could take a while. Important to note: Recomputing AI settings for Generatived AI Remove will generate new variations for removes, which you may need to then adjust to your satisfaction.     ... View more

[This post contains formatting and embedded images that don't appear in email. View the post in your Web browser.]   There have been a couple other reports about problems with recent Intel drivers, e.g. https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/gpu-stops-working-when-trying-to-add-a-mask/m-p/15486648    You might try reverting to an older WHQL-certified driver: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/785597/intel-arc-iris-xe-graphics-windows.html?wapkw=arc%20b580     The WHQL Certified drivers receive at least a little more testing than the non-certified drivers.   If this doesn't help, do the LR menu command Help > System Info and copy/paste the entire contents here so we can see exactly which versions of hardware and software LR thinks you're running and important LR options that are set.   ... View more

You can download LR 4.4 from the Internet Archive (a trusted repository of old Internet content): https://web.archive.org/web/20150905230858/http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/lightroom/win/4.x/Lightroom_4_LS11_win_4_4_1.exe   I just verified that the download works, beware that it can be very slow (many minutes).   But as mentioned already, Mac OS 10.15 and later won't run the LR 4.4 32-bit installer.   ... View more

[This post contains formatting and embedded images that don't appear in email. View the post in your Web browser.]   "I keep getting generative ai failure notice with something about guidelines in the message when just removing people out of a photo"   There have been many complaints about this.   To see the "guidelines" (rules), click the miniscule "?" icon in the upper-right corner of the Remove panel and then click Generative AI User Guidelines. Adobe's AI is a repressed Victorian and often faints at the slightest hint of skin or small children. In geek speak, it has a high false-positive rate for adult and child p o r n (not allowed to type that in the forum), making it unsuitable for many kinds of innocuous professional use.   Edward Weston wouldn't have been able to use Generative AI! https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/10115/the-edward-weston-nude-that-took-photography-to-new-heights   For example:   ... View more

Unfortunately, this has always been an issue with LR -- when the font size is set too large, Preferences will be cut off at the bottom. So I doubt Adobe will fix it after 18 years.   In your case, another easy workaround is to hit Enter to invoke OK and Esc to invoke Cancel. ... View more

1. Are you using the numeric keypad or the number keys above the letter keys? There have been problems with that in the past.   2. Are you using an AZERTY keyboard (e.g. for French)? There have been problems with that in the past.   3. Restart your computer. If the problem persists, try resetting LR's preferences: https://www.lightroomqueen.com/articles-page/how-do-i-reset-lightrooms-preferences/ LR sometimes soils its preferences file, and resetting it can fix all sorts of wonky behavior. That article explains how to restore the old preferences if resetting doesn't help.   4. Try deleting the Helper.lrdata folder: a) Do Catalog Settings > General > Show to open Finder / File Explorer on the current catalog folder. b) Exit LR. c) In that folder, delete the folder "<catalog> Helper.lrdata". d) Restart LR, and it will rebuild the folder. The Helper.lrdata folder caches information about metadata, keywords, folders, collections, and other things to speed the performance of LR and it can sometimes get corrupted. In recent versions, LR has used it more heavily to improve the speed of displaying metadata, and there have been a fair number of bugs with it. ... View more

Normally, LR remembers the open/closed state of each of Remove's subpanels (Remove and Distraction Removal).  So if you open the Remove subpanel and close the Distraction Removal subpanel, move to another photo, and click the Remove tool, the Remove subpanel should be automatically opened.   It sounds like that's not happening for you. First, restart your computer. If the problem persists, try resetting LR's preferences: https://www.lightroomqueen.com/articles-page/how-do-i-reset-lightrooms-preferences/ LR sometimes soils its preferences file, and resetting it can fix all sorts of wonky behavior. That article explains how to restore the old preferences if resetting doesn't help. ... View more

One cause of these symptoms is a bug acknowledged by Adobe: Enabling Catalog Settings > Metadata > Automatically Write Changes Into XMP and using Denoise on many photos: https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-bugs/p-automatically-write-changes-to-xmp-can-t-be-used-with-denoise-on-large-numbers-of-photos/idi-p/15393188   The only practical workaround is to disable Automatically Write Changes Into XMP. ... View more

One cause of these symptoms is a bug acknowledged by Adobe: Enabling Catalog Settings > Metadata > Automatically Write Changes Into XMP and using Denoise on many photos: https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-bugs/p-automatically-write-changes-to-xmp-can-t-be-used-with-denoise-on-large-numbers-of-photos/idi-p/15393188   The only practical workaround is to disable Automatically Write Changes Into XMP. ... View more

First, restart your computer. If the problem persists, try resetting LR's preferences: https://www.lightroomqueen.com/articles-page/how-do-i-reset-lightrooms-preferences/ LR sometimes soils its preferences file, and resetting it can fix all sorts of wonky behavior. That article explains how to restore the old preferences if resetting doesn't help. ... View more

@Espen Frivold: "I miss being able to denoise multiple images at the same time. Now when I try to do it, it just bugs out and make the images look glitchy and weird."   Normally, you can apply the new Denoise to a batch of images using Copy/Paste Settings, Sync Settings, or Auto Sync (which I don't recommend).   1. Please post a full-resolution screenshot (not a phone pic) of what you see when you try that.   2. Do the LR menu command Help > System Info and copy/paste the entire contents here so we can see exactly which versions of hardware and software LR thinks you're running and important LR options that are set. ... View more

Next troubleshooting steps:   1. Please do the LR menu command Help > System Info and copy/paste the entire contents here so we can see exactly which versions of hardware and software LR thinks you're running and important LR options that are set.   2. Attach a full-resolution JPEG exported from an unedited original problem photo. Without sample photos, Adobe is much less likely to pay attention. ... View more

Moderators, @Rikk Flohr: Photography, please merge with this Idea: https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-ideas/p-build-library-previews-in-the-background-regardless-of-their-having-been-visible/idi-p/15044055 ... View more

Others have also asked for this. While waiting for Adobe to implement it (if ever), you might check out the Build Previews in Background command of the Any Source plugin. The command does exactly that, continuously building Library previews for newly imported and edited photos in background, making it much more likely that the previews will be built when you visit the next photo and scroll to the next screenful in Grid view.  ... View more

I think you'll have to contact Topaz support. ... View more

"I have contacted Adobe support several times, but the only response is that Lightroom 11 is “no longer supported” and no installer can be provided."   There are many posts in this forum over the past many years from people who have successfully contacted Adobe support to get links to older versions.  You might try contacting support again a few more times.  Adobe support can be pretty random. ... View more

@ChrisOak: "Anyone found an answer"   See my reply showing the behavior in the original post was caused by Dehaze: https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/presets-appearing-different-on-the-same-set-of-photos/m-p/14101068#M335889    If that doesn't explain what you're observing, then do these troubleshooting steps: https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/presets-appearing-different-on-the-same-set-of-photos/m-p/14100942#M335885  ... View more

@kasparw82552213: "Error in Lightroom Classic 14.5.1 with Camera Raw 17.5: When denoising row images, the photos get a strong purple color cast"   Update your graphics driver by going directly to the manufacturer's web site, rather than relying on Windows Update or a manufacturer's update utility: https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/troubleshoot-gpu.html#solution-4 If that doesn't help, please copy/paste here the entire contents of the LR menu command Help > System Info -- that will let us see exactly which versions of hardware and software LR thinks you're running. ... View more

New cameras from major manufacturers are usually supported in the LR release following the release of the camera, sometimes the release after that. A new version of LR comes out about every 8 weeks ... View more

Indeed, the Pixel 10 is not on the supported-cameras list: https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/kb/camera-raw-plug-supported-cameras.html   Since its raws are encoded as DNGs, LR knows how to edit them, but Adobe has not yet provided the camera profiles Adobe Standard, Adobe Color, etc. (part of what makes a cameara "supported"). ... View more

@Rikk Flohr: Photography, please consider moving to Bugs, since LR is displaying an obviously incorrect message (see my most recent post above). ... View more

When Healing or Clone has been applied to a photo, the AI Edit Status drop-down says incorrectly:   "The following AI tools have been used on this photo"   The message is incorrect, since Healing and Clone are not AI tools. The message should say:   "The following settings have been used on this photo that may affect the proper rendering of AI edits"   That will more clearly align with the existing message that appears when an AI tool has been applied:   "The following settings need to be updated in order to properly render your recent edits" ... View more

[This post contains formatting and embedded images that don't appear in email. View the post in your Web browser.]   Now I understand what you're seeing:   I agree that message is misleading and not well-written (LR has long had a reputation for imprecise terminology). It should really say:   "The following tools have been used on this photo that may affect the proper rendering of AI edits"   For example, when you apply Heal on top of a Sky mask, the AI Edit Status menu correctly shows:   Despite the wording of that message, elsewhere LR shows that it does not consider Healing to be an AI Remove:   When LR exports a photo with Content Credentials, it correctly records the presence of Healing. For example, when that photo has just two settings, Exposure = -1.37 and the application of Healing, the exported content credentials contain: [JUMBF] Actions Parameters Com Adobe Acr: Exposure2012, Healing, Healing [JUMBF] Actions Parameters Com Adobe Acr Value: -137, Changed Healing, Changed Healing   I doubt Adobe will consider the misleading message a "bug". ... View more

Try the steps in this help article: https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/local-sync-database.html ... View more

I'm not observing that misbehavior for the Clone and Heal tools.  To make this an actionable bug report, please share a photo with its edits that gets incorrectly identified by the "Has AI Remove" filter.  Select the photo, do Metadata > Save Metadata To File, upload it to Wetransfer, Dropbox, Google Drive or similar free service and post the sharing link here.   Also share the .xmp sidecar either via the sharing service or attaching it here.   Without an easily reproducible test case, Adobe will almost certainly ignore this. ... View more

If Axel's and Ian's suggestions don't help, please do the LR menu command Help > System Info and copy/paste the entire contents here so we can see exactly which versions of hardware and software LR thinks you're running and important LR options that are set.  Also, include a full-resolution screenshot (not a phone pic) of the Preferences > Performance window. ... View more

@Michael at UNCP: "Is there any way to this for batches of keywords?"   Use the Export Keywords and Import Keywords commands of the Any Tag plugin. Export a CSV of all your keywords, edit the CSV in Excel or Google Sheets, change the person column, save the CSV. Then import back into your catalog. ... View more