

If you’re importing photos directly from a memory card, click Select Folder and choose the card.

To continue using Lightroom 6, there is an easy workaround: convert the images to Adobe’s DNG (digital negative) format, which was designed as a universal raw alternative that retains all the image information saved to the camera’s sensor, but in a file that can be opened by any application that understands DNG files. Since Adobe ended support for Lightroom 6 at the end of 2017, the software will no longer receive those updates. Camera manufacturers tweak the raw recipe for each camera model, which is why you frequently see updates to Adobe Camera Raw, Photoshop and Lightroom that add new raw formats. If you’re shooting with a camera released after that date, Lightroom 6 won’t recognize those raw files. The app still works fine, however, so if you’ve chosen it over Adobe’s subscription offerings (Lightroom CC and Lightroom Classic CC), you shouldn’t see much of a difference for the time being.

The last perpetual revision, Lightroom 6.14, was released on December 19, 2017, and Adobe isn’t going to update or support it going forward. Lightroom 6 has reached the end of its road, so it’s all gravel lane from here on out.
