Upgraded to 7.4 release, but I cannot find the "Profile Browser."

[randalp33064588]

I just upgraded to 7.4 Release (June 2018). On the "What's New" page, the first item dealt with the "Profile Browser." I cannot FIND the "Profile Browser" in either the Library Window nor the Develop Window.

Where is it supposed to be?

And if it is not there, what do I need to do to get it to show?

[JohanElzenga]

The profile browser is nothing new. It should have been there in 7.3 too. Can you show a screenshot of the develop module, showing the entire window with both panels?

[JP Hess · Accepted solution]

The profile browser is accessed by clicking here:

[JohanElzenga]

The OP could well be one of those "Lightroom 7 upgrade" people, in which case he won't have the browser. That's why I asked for that screenshot.

[JP Hess]

It doesn't hurt to post a reference shot, just in case.

[JohanElzenga]

Of course not, and I didn't say it did.

[JP Hess]

Well, I thought you were getting after me for posting the illustration that I did. I realized what you were asking for but thought maybe a little shortcut might help.

[JohanElzenga]

I'm not getting after you. Not now, and not in the past.

[JP Hess]

Okay. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

[AlexHunter]

That option is greyed out for me for all photos i have in lightroom. why is this greyed out?

[AlexHunter]

weird solution: option was greyed out in "develop" pane. so i clicked "library" pane and then "develop" pane again and now I can select the button.

[randalp33064588]

Actually, I do not have that submenu in my Develop Module between Treatment and White Balance. But going back and looking at the "What's New" page, that new feature is only for the "Creative Cloud" users, which apparently I am not.

[JohanElzenga]

randalp33064588  wrote

Actually, I do not have that submenu in my Develop Module between Treatment and White Balance. But going back and looking at the "What's New" page, that new feature is only for the "Creative Cloud" users, which apparently I am not.

That's exactly my point and why I asked you for that screenshot. You say you upgraded to 7.4, but there is no Lightroom 7.4 with a perpetual license. There is only Lightroom Classic CC 7.4 which is subscription only.

You apparently have the infamous problem of having 'upgraded' a perpetual license of Lightroom 6 to "Lightroom 7" somehow. That upgrade should never have been possible, because you do not have a subscription but a perpetual license (for Lightroom 6). There is no perpetual license for Lightroom Classic and there is no Lightroom 7. Due to a bug in the updaters it was somehow possible to install Lightroom Classic without having a subscription, and this now causes all kinds of problems (you’ve just been lucky that it didn’t happen earlier, when you first started with the upgraded version).

The only solution is to go back to Lightroom 6, the version you have a license to use. In order not to lose all the work you may have done since your first update, select all the images that were imported after you updated to Classic and choose 'Metadata - Save Metadata to Files'. Then open Lightroom 6 with your old Lightroom 6 catalog, and import these images. The edits and metadata should come over, except those edits that are new for Lightroom Classic (like Range Mask). You can find the correct installers and updaters here:

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/kb/lightroom-downloads.html

[randalp33064588]

Thanks, Johan, for that clarification. I will follow your recommendations.