Why do photos look corrupted only in Lightroom CC Develop after upgrading from Lightroom 5.7?

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After upgrading from Lightroom 5.7 to Lightroom CC, my images appear corrupted or glitchy only in the Develop module. They still look normal in Grid and Loupe view, and exported files are fine. I can still make edits, but the preview is hard to use, and image loading seems slower than before. Restarting the computer did not help. What could cause this, and how can I fix it?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

10y ago

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This is likely due to problems with your graphics card driver. Try disabling the hardware acceleration.

Set the option to off and restart LR to see if that fixes the issue. If yes, you might try to see how far you can go with the custom settings by slowly re-enabling stuff until the issue reappears.

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user88965

6y ago

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This is most likely a GPU/graphics driver issue rather than damage to your photos or catalog. Lightroom’s Develop module uses graphics acceleration differently from Grid/Loupe, which is why the problem shows up only there while exports remain normal.

Try turning off Lightroom’s hardware acceleration/GPU acceleration in Preferences, then restart Lightroom. If that fixes the corrupted Develop preview, your graphics card or driver is the cause.

From there, you can either leave GPU acceleration disabled or, if Lightroom allows it, re-enable features gradually to see which setting triggers the problem. Updating your graphics driver may also help.

Why do photos look corrupted only in Lightroom CC Develop after upgrading from Lightroom 5.7?

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