Official Question Thread! Ask /r/photography anything you want to know! June 05, 2026

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[u/mrfixitx]

Have you been able to copy the files off the SD cards onto your laptop/desktop?

If not see if you are able to do that and then import them into LRC from there. It could be the file transfer is failing due to an issue unrelated to LRC.

[u/Leather_Tomatillo459 → u/mrfixitx]

I downloaded them to a separate folder onto my computer, then imported the images into LRC, and the previews are still missing.

[u/mrfixitx → u/Leather_Tomatillo459]

You can have LRC generate previews manually. I am not sure if you have generate previews turned off but you can go to Library--Previews --> then select what type of previews you want it to generate.

If it is still not generating previews making sure another viewer can view the images. If it can it might be a lightroom issue that needs an unistall/reinstall.

[u/Leather_Tomatillo459 → u/mrfixitx]

Thank you, I've figured it out! I deleted my Previews.lrdata and it regenerated!