Hi all- something been driving me crazy and searches and ChatGPT so far not solving.

I have a situation where sort by date captured produces a different sort order between LR Classic and Apple Photos. Specifically, LR is sorting them as expected (by capture time), but when I export JPGs and import them into Apple Photos, Photos is sorting them in a different order even though I am trying to sort by capture time there, too.

I have some suspicions about what is going on, but anyone have any ideas? Ever seen this before? Specific LR export settings that need to be used? Thanks in advance.

I haven't yet seen a post hit my front page from this group complaining about lightroom being slow. Can we please start posting cool new tips triks tutorials.methodkogies and shortcuts.

Cool edits and before afters. Comparisons and news

Please stop with the waaa my lighttoom is slow I can't be bothered to read the rest of the 5million fi the same posts!

I am completely new to lightroom so I have absolutely no clue of what I am doing. I started an edit on a image wich I was really happy with so far and have been tinkering with for a good while, however I am going to have to reinstall lightroom classic before I can finish the edit. Does the edit automatically save to the metadata of my raw or do I have to manually save it somehow and transfer it to the new installation?

This is NOT the first time I've had this issue.

My Lightroom Classic is slow, laggy, and unresponsive compared to my Lightroom CC, same Photos, and format, and is installed and grabs photos from the same hard drives.. LR CC you can arrow key through photo after photo without a lag spike or hiccup, even Capture One is also like lightning compared to my Lightroom Classic.

Using LR Classic feels choppy and a chore to use every time, what settings do I need to change to make Classic handle my photos like they do in LR CC to become responsive and fast?

Anyone else having this issue?

Is there any work around to fix this?

Hello, I’m using lightroom from my iPad, have been for a while now. I export photos from the iPad to other devices. Occasionally I will encounter “rendering- this may take a while” on export and when I do, it takes a very very long time to export the photo. I can’t understand why, as in the same session I will export other photos just fine. No generative AI has been used, but I assume it’s takes ages because a specific editing tool was used?

Anyone have any ideas how to solve?

Hello,

My computer is becoming unbearably slow (it’s 16 years old), so I’m finally ready to purchase a new one. I plan to primarily use it for Photoshop and Lightroom, with some occasional work in Premiere Pro and After Effects (mainly for mobile video editing). I’ve done some research, but since I’m a bit inexperienced, I would appreciate your feedback on whether these specifications would be sufficient to run the latest versions of the mentioned software smoothly:

• Processor: Intel Core i7-12700F 2.10-4.90GHz
• RAM: 32 GB
• HDD: 2 TB
• SSD: 1 TB M.2 NVME
• Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti
• Graphics Card Memory: 8 GB GDDR6

Is there anything else I should take into account or explore further?

Thank you very much in advance!

I want to view the edita in other platforms, is this possible? Thanks in advance.

The one trick I have worked out lately is that in Develop mode you can type in a search phrase in the preset menu, maybe you have 10 presets in the Canadian Desert called "CanDes" numbered 1 thru 17 and so you put "candes" in the search bar and it just shows those presets... well yeah that's handy BUT did you realise that doing this also filters out the presets shown in Library mode (in the Quick Develop menu), meaning it's not a huge fuckin pain in the ass to apply presets in Library mode because it uses that search phrase to filter presets there too.. because normally clicking "saved preset" shows you every single preset on the planet ever and it would take forever to find the one you wanted.

I am trying to build a PC for editing in Lightroom, and I am trying to figure out what graphics card to use. Within my budget would be:

4060, 3070 (used), 3070ti (used), or an rx6800.

I have read that Nvidia gpus are better for Lightroom AI tasks, but I was curious by how much. For example would the RX 6800 outperform the 4060, due to it being a more powerful card with more vram?

Nvidia recommends the 4060 for photo tasks, so I am leaning towards that.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a choice between those cards? What I am looking for most is AI masking and Denoise speed, and general Lightroom smoothness.

I would also love some general input about the performance of these cards from anyone who has them. Speed of AI tasks, masking, editing while zoomed in, etc.

I appreciate any and all help!

Edit: I don't have a PC yet, trying to put together my first build, pairing it with a 12600k. Editing 24mp files from canon r10, and eventually 24 mp files from am r6ii.

I'm using Lightroom Classic on a mac (Sonoma 14.6.1). When exporting, all EXIF data, including the photo's timestamp are stripped out.

In the Metadata section of the export, I've tried all the options, including "Include All Metadata".

Has anyone else experienced this? Am I missing something silly?

Ok, I need a new computer, my high end spec’d PC takes 4-5 min per 24mb image to denoise. Does anyone have a new M4 and would care to tell me the denoise time for a 24 or so mb photo. I shoot low light events and to use AI denoise would take me well past photo delivery time. I’m really liking the new MacBook Pro but do not want to waste money if the time is not greatly improved.

I have a couple of fonts I like to use for watermarks I’ve downloaded on my PC through Creative Cloud. Is there a way to get them onto my iPad? A Google search gives me a page on the Adobe Website telling me all about the Creative Cloud for iOS app, which doesn’t seem to actually exist anymore, as it doesn’t show up in the App Store. Is there an alternative method, or any recommendations for a good free font app?

Hi. I use Lightroom Classic on a Windows notebook. My photos are stored on a server at home in a folder synced with my Dropbox account. My Lightroom Classic catalog is stored on the notebook in a folder also synced with Dropbox. To access the photos, I’ve mapped a drive letter (F:) to the folder on the server so that Lightroom sees the photos as “local” on my notebook. This setup allows me to use the network drive even when I’m away from home by connecting to the server via VPN.

When I edit photos, changes to the catalog are saved locally on the notebook and backed up to the cloud via Dropbox. However, I have to wait for Dropbox to sync changes before reopening the catalog, which can be inconvenient.

Another issue is that while access to files is fast at home, it becomes slow and frustrating over VPN.

I’m considering adding an external (or internal) drive to my notebook and copying both the catalog and the photo files there, allowing me to work entirely locally.

I’d appreciate feedback on this approach.

Is there a way to change which frame of video is shown for video thumbnails in the Grid View? I have a lot of videos in my Lightroom catalog in addition to all of my photos and sometime the thumbnails for videos are not really representative of what the video is.

Hi!

I got my brand new Nikon Z8 yesterday and tryed it for a shoot.

In lightroom i normally worked with Sony RAW's and they always "looked" like RAW.

Now when i watch the RAW's from my Z8 all my shots gets a automated colorprofile from lighroom. When i watch this .NEF File on windows i can clearly see a Color Difference between Lighroom and Windows Photo Viewer. (First is Lightroom, Sec is Windows)

Can anybody help me please :-)

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Hi, one question about the file structure of lightroom catalogs: I have a folder on my computer with a lightroom catalog. Let’s call it xy.lrcat The folder will contain the .lrcat file and the lrcat-data, -shm, -wal and -lock files as well the helper. and preview. files

When I did and update on the lightroom version it saved the catalog in the same folder under a new name xy-v13.lrcat. If the new version works just fine, can I delete all the files of the older catalog version and just keep the new catalog version?

Or does the new catalog ’need‘ the old catalog files to function properly?

Sorry maybe this is a noob kind of question. But I‘m just a bit scared that I might lose some data or destroy some functionality.

Thanks and regards

Hola amigos. Tengo una duda y no se si existe un plugin que haga esto en Lightroom Classic.

Me gustaría, a la hora de importar las fotografías que se pudieran agrupar las ráfagas en una sola pila, creo que algo parecido hace Capture One durante la importación.

Hey all, I’m helping my little sister with this because she is not the most tech savvy and runs a photography business and is trying to do edits for her clients. I’m not versed with Lightroom and presets much but trying to help out and other Reddit posts and Adobe question boards haven’t helped me find the solution

After updating the OS on her Mac, her presets don’t appear in the Develop tab of Lightroom. When you click “add preset” and get to one of her XMP files (she has many) and click it, it says cannot add because already imported. The plus button next to presets only has “import preset” highlighted and I can’t access the “manage presets” button

Checked the Preferences > Presets setting menu and the boxes most posts have suggested are checked (“show partially compatible presets” and “store presets with this catalog”). In the Location sub section I can click on the “show Lightroom develop presets” button and it takes me to a folder in Finder called “Lightroom Settings” and in there are all her XMP preset files. That “Lightroom Settings” folder that contains the XMP preset files is located in a main Lightroom folder on her computer in Finder that has a bunch of light room catalog data files that I don’t know much about

Anyways, we’re both stumped and she’s being overreacting that the OS software update fucked her ability to use/access her presets she’s spent a lot of money on. They’re clearly on her computer but we can’t for the life of us figure out how to get them to show up in the Develop tab of Lightroom where they normally show up for her, and the trying to add them is just a circulated issue of “their already imported”

Please help so I can be a good big brother and help her fix this before I head back home from the holiday weekend

basically as the title says, Im really struggling to even get started with LRC, compared to using Lightroom mobile on iPad. Mostly looking for either online courses since books might be out of date.

I have Lightroom classic and am still learning. My photos are in a file on my computer straight from my camera. When I click on a photo to view it, it automatically opens Lightroom. I do not want that happening unless I specifically select that myself. Can anyone tell me how to stop that from happening? I can't find anything on google about it. I just want to be able to look through my photos before they even go into Lightroom

I've been using the X-Rite ColorChecker Passport Photo 2 for years without issues. Recently, however, Lightroom Classic will not create a custom profile and it doesn't show any of the previously created ones either. I think it started when I updated to Lightroom 2025. It's very frustrating.

Has anyone else had this issue? I know that X-Rite is now Calibrite or something, but, surely, that shouldn't affect my ColorChecker.

so I'm working on doing concert photos in Lightroom that have been shot in NEF format and am exporting them to JPG. issues I am having:
- Lightroom adds a ton of noise post-processing (see examples)
- also can't seem to make it export to PNG format (not sure why)

this only happens on certain photo sets I do. I kind of want to blame bad lighting but it's happened so often that I don't really know what else to do.

https://imgur.com/a/akEKo4U link to images with descriptions

Hi! Just wondering if reverie + oak PNW presets are worth the money ? Also if anyone has any of the PNW presets by them that they would be willing to share so I could try one out I’d be super grateful!

I usually use Lightroom's Ai to clean my photos, whenever I edit an image I can see my battery gradually degrade and feel my iPad overheat. For example, I edited a photo that took roughly 10 minutes or less today. This action cost me to go from 31% to 15%. This iPad is less than a year old and having to charge it every 30 minutes is irritating. Could this be an optimization issue? Does anyone else have suffer from this? I would be grateful if someone could help me, thanks.

PS If its any relevant,
-I use Lightroom Premium v.10.0.02 340050/173.
-There weren't any other apps in use.
-I use an Apple Pen and A Smart Folio Keyboard so my bluetooth and Wifi were on.
-Battery health is 95% or more.
-The iPad wasn't being used while charging.
-There were approximately 10 images that I have imported in Lr .( Now I have cleaned it in hopes of making it faster)

and no it doesn't usually overheat this much (except when I'm using GoodNotes but thats a whole another story)

For a year I have been using Lightroom on my iPad and have about 7500 RAW files there. I recently got a Macbook and bought a one-year Lightroom classic subscription. Is there a way to make the workflow between the two devices smooth? How do I get the images from my iPad to my Macbook? Thanks!

I’ve been struggling with Lightroom Classic not syncing photos to the Lightroom cloud and running out of ideas. I’ve been working with Adobe support for weeks, but the problem persists.

Here’s the issue: I have around 4,000 images that need to sync. Every time I contact support, they manage to get the sync going for a few minutes, but it always stops shortly after. Even more frustrating, support has run queries a couple of times to update metadata for all my images, which causes the number of unsynced images to go back into the tens of thousands.

Is there any way to troubleshoot this on my own? I’ve tried all the basic solutions (restarting, signing out and back in, optimizing the catalog, etc.), but nothing sticks. Any advice or tips would be hugely appreciated!

Hello my good fellows!

I use a PC with an i5 8600k with 32gb of DDR4 and a 2060 super. I am finding that imports are taking an age these days, and doing anything involving AI is beset with lags. I think it is time for an upgrade.

I have been offered a Ryzen 7600 for £135, and I can pick up a motherboard and 32gb of DDR5 from Amazon as there are a couple of Black Friday deals. I can't afford a new graphics card at the moment.

Do you think I will see an improvement in performance in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop Beta and Topaz Denoise with this upgrade?

Thanks in advance for your advice my good fellows.

Thinking of buying my partner a laptop for Christmas. She's been really getting into photography and uses my desktop for lightroom but it would be nice for her to be able to do it on her own laptop as something that she can travel with and bring along. Found a great deal on an unused laptop. Specs listed below. She's not looking for a workhorse, she's not a professional, just a hobbiest. Ideally the laptop below is capable of getting the job done. Any insight would be appreciated

HP ProBook 440 G10 i7-1355U

》Processor: 13th Gen Intel Core i7-1355U 》Memory: 32GB (DDR4-3200 MHz x 1) 》Storage: 512 GB PCLe NVMe SSD 》OS: Windows 11 Pro 》Display: 14" FHD 》Graphics: Intel UHD Graphics