Can Lightroom automatically detect corrupted image files?
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I’m wondering whether Adobe Lightroom can reliably identify corrupted image files and gather them in a smart collection. I know some problematic files may appear as missing and can be found that way, but does Lightroom detect all types of image corruption automatically?
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No it doesn't. Lately I had a corruped one (see my post on Lightroom is not showing Photo correctly) and LR didn't mention anything.
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No. Lightroom may show some problem files as missing or otherwise fail to display them properly, but it does not reliably detect all kinds of image corruption automatically. A file can be corrupted and still not be specifically flagged by Lightroom, so you should not expect a smart collection to catch every damaged image. In practice, corruption detection depends on how the file is damaged and whether Lightroom can still read enough of it to import or preview it.
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