There’s been a lot of discussion recently about Lightroom 5’s performance, and whether it’s faster or slower than Lightroom 4. Jim Wilde, one of our gurus on Lightroom Forums, decided to run a few benchmarks. In summary, he said: The main finding is that in almost every test that I ran, LR5 (specifically the 5.2 Release… Click to continue
Adobe’s own performance tips
In response to customer requests, Adobe have compiled a list of the most popular Lightroom performance tips and tricks and posted it as a TechNote. There are some very good hints in there. One section that’s causing some confusion is “avoid corrections you don’t need”. The idea behind it is simple – the more adjustments… Click to continue
Hurry up Lightroom! The best speed tips!
This post was originally written in 2009, and a lot has changed since then, so you’ll want to check out my new series of 8 posts on improving Lightroom’s performance. [Warning – this is quite long. I had originally intended to split it over a number of blog posts, but it’ll be easier to reference as… Click to continue
What is the difference between Minimal previews, Standard previews and 1:1 previews?
Extract from Adobe Lightroom 2 – The Missing FAQ There are a number of options to choose from when importing your photos, and which you choose will depend on your own browsing habits. Minimal shows the thumbnail preview embedded in the file. It’s the quickest option initially, but it’s a very small low quality preview… Click to continue