- Lightroom Classic User Guide
- Introduction to Lightroom Classic
- Workspace
- Import photos
- Organize photos in Lightroom Classic
- Process and develop photos
- Develop module basics
- Create panoramas and HDR panoramas
- Flat-Field Correction
- Correct distorted perspective in photos using Upright
- Improve image quality using Enhance
- Work with image tone and color
- Masking
- Apply local adjustments
- HDR photo merge
- Develop module options
- Retouch photos
- Cure red eye and pet eye effects
- Use the Radial Filter tool
- Adjustments with Lens Blur
- Edit and Export in HDR
- Remove Tool
- Viewing photos
- Export photos
- Work with external editors
- Manage catalogs and files
- Maps
- Photo books
- Slideshows
- Print photos
- Web galleries
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Content Authenticity
- Lightroom and Adobe services
- Troubleshooting
- Technical Support
- Performance Guidelines
- Technical issues
- GPU Issues
- Startup Issues
- Rendering Issues
- Stability Issues
- Miscellaneous Issues
- Workflow Issues
Learn how to access and modify Lightroom Classic preferences and customize them per your frequent workflows.
You can explore categories such as General, Presets, External Editing, and more within the Preferences dialog box. Each category offers customizable settings, enabling you to adjust interface colors, default preset behavior, external editing preferences, file handling options, performance optimizations, and interface elements. You can enhance Lightroom Classic to suit your needs by fine-tuning these settings, improving efficiency and productivity in your photo editing. You can manually reset your preferences to their default state in Lightroom Classic, ensuring that problematic plug-in preferences or user presets are not loaded.
If you reset your preferences without noting your current catalog's name and location, it can appear that your catalog has disappeared when you restart Lightroom Classic. Before you reset your preferences, refer to Recover catalog and images after resetting preferences, which contains steps to avoid this confusion.
How to set Preferences in Lightroom Classic
- On Windows, choose Edit > Preferences.
- On macOS, choose Lightroom Classic > Preferences.
Learn about the preferences that you can set for working in Lightroom Classic:
General
Language: Select the language from the drop-down list according to your preference.
Settings: Select the checkbox if you want a splash screen during startup.
Default Catalog
You can select the catalog from the drop-down to set the default catalog.
- Select Load most recent catalog to always use the most recent catalog used in Lightroom.
- Select Prompt me when starting Lightroom to always show the catalog prompt when Lightroom starts up.
Import Options
Select the checkbox you want for your Import Options preference
- Show import dialog when a memory card is detected
- Select the "Current/Previous Import" collection during import
- Ignore camera-generated folder names when naming folder
- Treat JPEG files next to raw files as separate photos
- Replace embedded previews with standard previews during idle time
- Show parent folder during import
Completion Sounds
A completion sound plays when specific actions are completed. To update the sound, select the completion sound from the drop-down list for the following actions:
- When finished importing photos play.
- When tether transfer finishes play.
- When finished exporting photos play.
To configure system sounds, select the Configure System Sounds button. This opens your system sound settings, where you can update the settings.
Prompts
Select the Reset all warnings dialogue button to reset all the warning dialogue in Lightroom Classic.
