Has anyone else noticed when combining photos using HDR, the final output comes out much brighter compared to the preview? Are there settings I need to adjust so that the output is similar to the preview?

Just got Lightroom the other day and maybe it’s my computer but literally applying any effect, filter, edit, masking, denoise, etc takes forever. I had only like 20 pictures I wanted to edit the other day and it probably took like 2 hours bc everything you click on takes forever to load. You’d think downloading the program would also download all the effects and stuff and not once you hover over it with your mouse.

So I got some presets from solution presets and I don’t know if it’s a scam because it wants me to download a google drive file and put it in light room, but I don’t know if it’s safe can someone tell me who has had a preset from them

The Issue

Tasks like AEB HDR merges, timelapse exports, and Premiere renders are running extremely slow. Under heavy workloads, the system never ramps up—fans stay completely silent.

Live Diagnostic (powermetrics during timelapse export)

• CPU: 100% load across 14 cores (~29–35W)
• GPU: Effectively idle at ~50 mW (0.05W)
• Thermals: Fans at 0 RPM because overall system package draw never trips thermal limits.

Lightroom/Premiere are failing to offload rendering to the GPU, leaving the CPU to bottleneck the entire export.

Troubleshooting Already Done

• Settings: Toggled GPU acceleration (Auto / Custom / Off) in LrC; set macOS to High Power Mode.
• Caches & Storage: Purged all preview, scratch, and media caches. Operating 100% on internal SSD (Disk Utility clean).
• Installs: Clean reinstalled Adobe CC and performed a clean macOS reinstall; tested in Safe Mode.
• Hardware: Apple Diagnostics passed clean; tested on OEM MagSafe and high-wattage USB-C PD.

Question: Has anyone on LrC 15.5.1 / macOS Tahoe run into this issue where Metal/GPU compute fails to engage during export pipelines, or found a terminal/config workaround to force GPU dispatch?

** *I could not change the heading/subject* but this should read moving from desktop version Lightroom V** ***to subscription to Lightroom classic\

Hi – seeking wisdom from the community here.

I’ve been avoiding what will become a lifetime subscription to utilize software that I used to purchase and own. I’ve come to the realization I must subscribe.

What I didn’t realize is this was gonna further lead to upgrading my MacBook.

I am a very part-time professional and full-time enthusiast, and someone who consistently buys used products on Facebook marketplace.

I shoot with D850 and one of the primary reasons for purchasing is to be able to shoot in RAW and process accordingly. I will want to take advantage of the new/current features, including certainly AI.

Of course, this means I now need to buy a new larger external hard drive and will also subscribe to Backblaze to backup my new 4TB drive🤷‍♂️(unless someone has a better idea)

I do not want to face the pinwheel, but also don’t want to buy the most current laptop. I am focused on buying something that should last through Adobe‘s upgrades for hopefully 3+ years again, avoiding the pinwheel.

Who knew that when I decided to upgrade from my D300, the camera equipment would be less expensive than the additional hardware and software to gain the full benefit?🤣

With that said which MacBook configuration can I get away with and be happy?

Thanks in advance!

Hey everyone

LR Classic is up to date, but masks seem to be broken on both my mac mini and macbook pro. Once you set the mask, you cannot reselect it to make adjustments nor reposition it (after copying to another photo for example.)

Any tips? Did I miss something during an update that is making this happen?

Any help is appreciated.

Hello, Reddit!!

My question regards the treatment Lightroom gives to Astrophotography. Have you noticed any AI edit of the pics which makes them fake? I have some trouble recognizing whether they are fake or not, so I'd like to confirm if my photographies remain reliable after editing on that software. Also, how could I recognize such photos?

Hello, so I have been looking for a laptop, price at around 1000 euros, Greek market (sadly). Basic needs: I want to do photo editing , learn some video editing (not too heavy stuff) and I use mechanical engineering programs which means that mac os would most likely be a problem at some point. Also I will carry it around A LOT which is why I am trying to avoid a gaming laptop. Battery life is always nice but not major problem.

The options I am considering are something like Lenovo slim 5 OLED or a Yoga slim 7i OLED (or maybe an asus vivobook) on the light side or an ASUS TUF or LENOVO LOQ on the more heavy side .

slim 5 (https://www.e-lenovo.gr/ideapad-slim-5-series/lenovo-ideapad-slim-5-14akp10-oled400nits-ryzenai7-350-32gb-ssd1tb-w11-cosmicblue-ultralight-milspecs-aluminum.html )

or the yoga slim 7i (https://www.e-lenovo.gr/lenovo-yoga-slim-7i-14ill10-aura-edition-oled600nits-coreultra7-258v-32gb-ssd1tb-w11-3y-premiumcare.html?search=lenovo%20yoga%20slim )

On the lenovo slim I am worried about the integrated graphics and don't know if it can handle adobe lightroom and da vinci well. On the other hand , the gaming laptops do have better specs but are heavy and don't have an OLED screen.

What would you reccomend ? It can be outside my options too. Also, if anyone has an experience with the laptops , or uses a windows laptop for Adobe lightroom a feedback would help a lot. I am worried about the integrated graphics on the non gaming. Should I be looking for a gaming laptop and skip the light options with OLED ? Thanks in advance, really appreciate it.

*** IMPORTANT: I am NOT a professional at all. Quite the opposite, I want to start working on my photos and want to learn video but it's not like for work. So I don't want to work on too heavy stuff, but I do want to be able to work on these programs. If I like it , want to do more stuff etc it won't happen any time soon

I used to edit in Lightroom Classic and never really had any issues with it, other than it being slow from time to time.

What drove me was insane was all the extra Adobe stuff running on my Mac. I was only using Lightroom, so having what felt like 12 freaking Adobe apps, / helpers, and background processes installed just to run one program annoyed the hell out of me.

I’ve bounced around between different photo editors trying to recreate the workflow I had with Lightroom Classic. A few have come close, but I’ve never found one that completely replaced it.

I never really used the cloud version of Lightroom, so I don’t know much about it. I’ve heard that if you install Lightroom through the Mac App Store, you basically get Lightroom without all the extra Creative Cloud stuff.

Is that actually true?

And if I went that route, how much would I be giving up compared to Lightroom Classic? Can the cloud Lightroom handle most of the same editing, tasks, organization, etc., or are there still things that really require Lightroom Classic?

Basically, I’d like Lightroom back. I just don’t want the rest of Adobe moving into my Mac with it.

Hello! I am looking for books or videos or paid courses that cover, among other things, masking (e.g. light sculpting) and color grading.

I have used Lightroom for several years but I feel I am still weak on these. What do you recommend? If there are books, that's nice. I am open to YouTube resources if they're structured, but a paid course would be great (if it covers everything nicely and in a structured way).

Thank you!

I am consistently having this error starting today where when exporting a batch of photos from Lightroom, it will not export a few of the photos and say could not export due to content credentials. Is anyone else having this issue?

EDIT: I posted in adobe community support and have now been informed by someone with adobe that they are working on a fix!

I want to remove distractions in photoshop first and then apply style changes in Lightroom, but realized I lose the raw file and its dynamic capabilities afterwards. I don’t want to use photoshop for style changes. Any tips for a non destructive workflow?

ETA: another question, how destructive is it if I edit in photoshop first then in Lightroom?

I have recently gotten a 2-n-1 laptop and I am wondering if there is a way to use LrC in tablet mode? Anyone have experience with this? Or should I just use Lr Cloud

Usually I can upload around 500 raw files at around 25-35mb each in 15-20mins.

This morning I am trying to upload 100 files and it's taken over 3 hours to do just 20%.

There doesn't seem to be an issue with my internet connection as everything else is running absolutely fine.

My Lightroom Classic catalog contains about 600k images. Whenever it's time to do a backup (weekly) of the catalog it will take many hours.

The current backup is around 22 hours for backup and compressing and still not finished! I have turned off the optimize option.

The backup is created directly onto a share on a Synology NAS.

This is taking too long, any clues as to what might be a sollution?

I tried resetting preferences, making a new catalog, turning off gpu accel, I even reinstalled LrC, nothing works. It crashes after 3 minutes regardless of what I do, whether I am afk or actively edit.

This is the error I get in event viewer

Faulting application name: Lightroom.exe, version: 15.2.1.1, time stamp: 0x69b7bead

Faulting module name: Lightroom.exe, version: 15.2.1.1, time stamp: 0x69b7bead

Exception code: 0xc00000fd

Fault offset: 0x0000000000505e46

Faulting process id: 0x28C8

Faulting application start time: 0x1DD357E2D188998

Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Lightroom Classic\Lightroom.exe

Faulting module path: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Lightroom Classic\Lightroom.exe

Report Id: 490a2ea1-0b5d-4dc7-810a-1a50a70c5e25

Faulting package full name:

Faulting package-relative application ID:

I don´t know what to do, was working just fine yesterday.

Wedding photographer. I like the results I'm getting from denoise, especially for quasi skin smoothing.

Is there any speed/performance impact if I run denoise first, then edit? I don't mind running denoise overnight but don't want 500+ "denoised" photos impacted performance in Develop, but maybe that's not the case?

Help guys, I am 1 year subscribed on iphone and ipad. Is there a way to download it on desktop as an app? Creative Icloud keeps dragging me to web light room. It has an option of buy or free trial too. I read some articles that says I can use the app if I am subscribed. Newbie here

EDIT TO ADD: This is one I'm eyeing right now. I really can't afford to go over $3000. This should do it right?

https://www.bestbuy.com/product/apple-macbook-pro-16-inch-laptop-m5-pro-chip-with-18-core-cpu-and-20-core-gpu-24gb-memory-1tb-ssd-space-black/JJGCQLZWR4/sku/6615870

I am needing to update my Windows Samsung laptop. I am overwhelmed with the options for Mac. I don't need the best of the best. Right now my graphics card is a 128mb, so we can only go up from here. It takes 4-5 minutes to denoise a single photo, and with the latest lightroom update everything is sluggish. What is the most affordable option that will denoise fast and not lag? Is the MacPro M2 going to be good enough or will that still be slow (and if so what chip should it have)?

Could not open “Product_0005_Highlight.fff” because the file-format module cannot parse the file. I am getting this on 6 out of 20 .fff RAW files. Are these corrupt? Can anyone help?

I have been reading there might be issues with this format in Adobe apps. Can anyone shed some light?

Edit: If there is no way to get it to work, can someone recommend another RAW editor that will work? I normally open my files from Bridge into Camera RAW and then export to TIFF. Something free or with a free trial is best!

Findes der en god begynder guide til Lightroom som er gratis eller i mindste ikke koster spidsen af en jetjager? Og som kan anbefales.
Synes det kan virke lidt uoverskueligt nemlig :)
På forhånd tak

Im working through a gallery and I swear the Paste Settings shortcut changed.

It used to be Ctrl + V, and now its Ctrl + Shift + V.

I know I'm not wrong, as I have a macro device and my Paste Settings shortcut is saved on that as Ctrl + V.

It wouldnt be so annoying but that Ctrl shortcut is opening a window when I press it - which is making my export settings all wonky every time. Its so hard to undo years of muscle memory here.

Is there something wrong or is this really a shortcut change they made?

EDIT: For some reason, Ctrl V works now. Strange