Help me edit my photos again!

March 4, 2010 8:33 PM

Adobe Lightroom is displaying all of my photos as blank gray boxes (see here)? How can I fix this?

I had to install Adobe lightroom today on Windows 7 and when I tried to import my photos all that showed up was a gray box in the shape of the photo? I tried reinstalling it again and it didn't fix the problem, anyone have any idea how I can fix this?

posted by kylej to Technology (5 answers total)

Response by poster: Note: I've also tried creating a new catalog, it had the same problem.
posted by kylej at 9:04 PM on March 4, 2010

Which version of Lightroom are you using?

Lightroom 1.1 would do that in MacOS, Win XP and WinVista when it ran into memory problems. If you didn't have enough memory available, it would display thumbnails and images (part or all) as gray boxes.

Also, are your video drivers Win7 compatible and the latest versions?
posted by zarq at 10:17 PM on March 4, 2010

Also, how large are the images you're working with?
posted by zarq at 10:18 PM on March 4, 2010

Best answer: I've had a similar problem last year. Try setting the Device Profile to the default on the Advanced tab in Color Management.
posted by aeighty at 8:18 AM on March 5, 2010

Response by poster: Thanks aeighty, that fixed it!

And thanks zarq as well!
posted by kylej at 1:35 PM on March 5, 2010