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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … Click to continue