Previews of Lightroom

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• Curious question about previews of Lightroom and Camera Raw Cache

  Posted in the Flickr Lightroom group as well:

  I noticed something on the previews of Lightroom (3.6) and cache Camera Raw, intrigued me.

  I create a new, empty catalog, and purge the Cache of Camera Raw.

  Then I import ONE Nikon (NEF) RAW file with dimensions 2592 x 3872 (10 mega pixels - 10,036,224).

  Then I export this NEF file to a TIFF 8-bit file uncompressed. You can expect this file size TIFF about 30 MB (10 megapixels x 3 bytes per RGB value) and in fact the TIFF file is size of 30,135,830 bytes. If you export the TIFF file same ZIP compression to specify the size of the resulting file is 10,834,038 bytes. The compression achieved here is obviously going to be highly specific to the image, but so far no surprises.

  When you import I said make 1:1 previews and I spend in the Loupe and see the whole picture in the format 1:1. I also visit the development module and do a lot of manipulation on the image but not cropping.

  At the conclusion of all this, I got out of Lightroom and examine file camera Raw Cache as well as previews of Lightroom file size. It would be my expectation that the previews folder should have a complete image rendering and Camera Raw Cache should also have a display form of raw data. What do you expect the size of these respective folders to be?

  Indeed - in my tests that the previews folder totals a simple 1 675 264 bytes and Camera Raw Cache that contains an image DAT file cached one is simply 267 374 bytes. This doesn't seem like enough bits to preserve the image rendered, nor there at - it an image is full-size, nestled in the actual catalog - the file is not large enough to hold that. And yet I can use the magnifying glass to the format 1:1 mode and move an image to the image without loading delays (even when you import multiple files).

  I wonder if I missed something obvious in my analysis and that, if someone might not care to speculate on what magic Adobe's practice here. Even if grant us them special algorithms to compress their insights that I don't see how they can achieve a compression so much larger than the file ZIP compressed TIFF realizes.

  And for those who might think to ask - I have told these experiences with multiple raw images and on MAC or PC platforms.

  I look forward to answers or interesting theories or maybe someone could reproduce the results of the experiment and report.

  The previews in the preview cache are JPEG files. JPEG compression is much more effective than the lossless zip compression. No magic here.

  Mr. Chan is obviously the expert on regards to the Camera Raw Cache.

  HAL

• Previews of Lightroom appearing only a few at a time?

  All my image previews appear grey in my Lightroom library. When I then open an image and begin to develop it, it then appears in the library, as well as my background Preview toolbar. I will develop in 3-4 images and they all appear, but as I'm on the 4th or the 5th first that I developed then goes back to gray and so on. It's as if he can only handle showing previews of 3-4 images at once? Of course, I tried uninstalling, reinstalling, etc. I have a MacBook AIr from 2015. Everything goes normally but she is a terrible pain in the workflow. Any help is appreciated!

  Hi aguenther,

  Please, rename the Preview.Lrdata folder and restart the Lightroom and check if that helps.

  Steps to follow:

  Go to the image folder > folder Lightroom > Yo should see there should be a file that ends with "Lightroom 6 catalog Previews.lrdata", rename the folder to "Lightroom 5 catalog Previews.lrdata.old.

  Let us know if that helps.

  Kind regards

  Mohit

• I use Lightroom 5 on a PC. When I run the program, I get the message "Lightroom has encountered an error when reading the cache and must leave the preview. Lightroom will try to solve the problem next time. In french: Lightroom a r

  I have not found any solution. You have an idea? Thank you.

  Your preview cache was damaged and should be removed.

  Using Windows Explorer or the Mac Finder, navigate to the folder that contains your Lightroom Catalog - usually within my pictures or photos.

  Delete the folder with the name ending by Previews.lrdata. Do not remove anything else. Now, launch Lightroom.

• Slideshow prepare Preview question Lightroom CC

  This topic appeared before, but I was not able to use the answers to solve this problem. In simple terms, I watched the video of Julieanne on the preparation of a slide show. I've selected 30 dng and tiff in a catalog as instructed, press Play, and two hours later it stuck on "preparation of preview for the number 20 of the slide" and would not go further. MacBook Pro 2.5 GHz 8 G RAM Yosemite 10.10.5.  I can do all create iPhoto/Photo Slideshow thing in two minutes. What is going on?

  Thank you.

  Hi Mike,.

  Please create a new collection in Lightroom with 10-15 images and then switch to the slide show module in Lightroom.

  Try and play the slide show that you created in the collection.

  Please let us know if it helps.

  Kind regards

  Tanuj Sandal

• Help!  My Photos of Preview of Lightroom are associated with the bad image.   How can I fix it?  Thank you!

  Hello

  Part of my images from lightroom 5 were associated with bad images.  I found this after I exported the entire catalog.  How do I re - associate images so that the corrections that I made are to correct pictures?

  Thank you!

  I found the solution... I renamed all the files and made Lightroom force me to reassociate the preview images again.

• Great space occupied by previews of Lightroom

  I have about 22 GB of images on my pc; In addition to this previews.lrdata folder takes more than 3 GB.

  This seems a high proportion of disk space total image (or maybe that's not?).

  Is there a way to reduce the size of this folder found?

  I tried to optimize the catalog but that has no effect.

  Lightroom is running OK, but I could do it just with a little more disk space.

  Thank you very much.

  Mark

  I would say / 3 gb is not that much to 22 GB of pictures, and if the / 3 gb will make a difference to your computer, I would buy another hard drive.

  That said...

  If you are willing to wait for new previews to build when you want to watch them, you can remove the previews.lrdata folder, but just be aware that all previews must return again in the future.

  If you go into the settings of the catalogue, you can reduce the size and quality of any future glimpses that are built, but keep in mind that these are the previews you see in the library module, if you don't want them too small or of poor quality.

  If you have changed at the premiere of smaller size and you want to perform a new made to them you would have smaller, to delete the folder previews.lrdata (Lr closed) and then select all the photos in the grid view and go to the menu library > Previews > make Standard size found to rebuild in the smallest size.

  Alternatively, you can go to library > previews > 1:1 previews unravel to get rid of any size previews of full, but at this size, it seems not that you have a lot.

• Preview of Lightroom preferences

  Hello

  I use a screen resolution of 1024 x 768.

  In my case, does make sense to use a "Standard Preview size" 1440 pixels?

  

  I ask this question because the "Standard Preview size" (1440 pixels) is larger than my screen resolution (1024 x 768 pixels).

  Thank you!

  Yes

• Creation of previews from Lightroom 6 CC takes forever

  It takes several DAYS of non-stop 24 hours of computation to finish construction prieviews of standard size (auto configuration, 5120px) on my retina iMac 4 GHz core i7 with 16 GB of RAM. The library contains about 115K images and he chugs through it at a rate of about 20 K a day. The files are different, from the iPhone to JPEG files and up to 24Mp and 36 Pm Sony and Nikon raw.

  The use of the CPU for LR rarely exceeds 200% (over 800% total possible, 4 CPU core with HyperThreading, Yosemite Mac, all of the updates from the time of the writing of this). So, he doesn't take advantage of the full power of the processors, and nor it using the video processor for the task. Previously, using lower resolution Mac and earlier versions of LR, I could finish the job in 1 day. So this seems like a kind of lame improvement, do you, Adobe?

  The last 6.1 update brought no improvement: LR6previews - YouTube

• DNG preview embeded average size versus Lightroom generate minimum preview.

  HI -.

  I have converted my raw files to DNG with preview set to medium instead of the whole set.

  In contrast in Lightroom, there are several preview option (minimum, 1:1, etc.); I always use a minimum because Lightroom will build a larger preview on the fly when necessary and retains in the cache for 30 days.

  I wonder if I really have no need to convert raw with the complete preview files because Lightroom will build a larger preview in Lightroom. This would save 10 to 15% smaller size of the DNG file.

  I saw the photographers convert to DNG compressed with size super small file and it does not make a real difference in large visible overview to develop.

  Thoughts? I appreciate your comments. Thank you.

  Frank

  Regardless of the size of the preview that you choose to have Lightroom generates, these previews are used only in the library module. Lightroom always generates an overview of raw image data when you use the develop module. I can't comment on the creation of small previews during the conversion to DNG. I always left just the medium setting. You will need to decide what is best for you. If this savings of 10-15% is critical for you then go and generate smaller previews. These glimpses into the DNG file are used by some programs that do not recognize or allow you to work with the raw image data. These programs will automatically display the embedded JPEG preview.

• CC Lightroom is suspended during importation in early phase of construction Standard previews.  Blocks also up to 30 minutes during importation in early phase of DNG conversion.  Installed new CC LR there is less than a week.  Mac OS 10.9.5 help

  CC Lightroom is suspended during importation in early phase of construction Standard previews.  Blocks also up to 30 minutes during importation in early phase of DNG conversion.  Installed new CC LR there is less than a week.  Mac OS 10.9.5 help

  Thanks for your detailed post!

  You might consult import photos Lightroom CC | Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC tutorials for a preview of the new import process.

  Here's a Thread that deals with the same Re: creation of previews from Lightroom 6 CC takes forever

  ~ Assani

• Delete "Lightroom 5 catalog Previews.lrdata Smart?

  My Lightroom folder has a 2.28 GB "Lightroom 5 catalog Previews.lrdata" file and a 10.01 GB file called "Lightroom 5 catalog Smart Previews.lrdata."

  "Lightroom 5 catalog Previews.lrdata" file was created on 09/02/13 and amended on 20-11-14.

  "5 Smart Previews.lrdata Lightroom Catalog" file was created on 09/03/13 and has never been amended since this date.

  The last time that I imported the photos 11/14/14. I did no changes what whether from 20/11/14.

  Given that the "5 Lightroom Catalog Previews.lrdata Smart" file has not changed since its inception, I wonder what, if any, it is in service. Delete would free up much of the space, so I want to do if I wouldn't lose something important.

  I use PL 5.7 for Mac, in the case where that matters.

  Thanks in advance for your answers.

  ... Previews.lrdata files (not files), are required by Lightroom and should not be deleted. I mean, they peuvent be removed if they cause problems (or they are associated with a catalog obsolete..) and they can or will be recreated, but management is to minimize the storage:

  remove the 1:1 previews, and/or

  remove smart insights

  (using the Lr menu functions)

  In addition, if you reduce the size and/or quality of the standard previews (using Lr preferences), then it will be not so great...

  That said, some of us just delete these records as a quick dirty way to 'start over' preview-wise...

  SoC

• Wrong thumbnail / preview

  Sometimes a thumbnail / preview image is not going to an image file. When I use 'zoom' to force the hole image load, the thumbnail / preview will be updated. The correct/thumbnail image Preview will disappear after awhile (for example when I go to maps and return library).

  • CC 2015.5.1 version / Windows 10 (problem exists also in LR5 / Win 7 and CC / Win 7)
  • Catalogue control and optimization when LR will be closed
  • Catalog previews.lrdata Lightroom rebuild without changes
    
  • jpg, raf and so forth also affected.
  • Even the preview is correct after 'zoom' - loading, the wrong version is displayed after a time

  Any ideas?

  Thank you for fixing this!

  Concerning

  Peter

  for example 160507_028.DNG

  

  during the zoom-in:

  

  After zoom-in image / loading:

  

  This bug has been present for many years; See this bug report in the official feedback forum Adobe: Lightroom : Navigator displays wrong photo preview pane. Community customer Photoshop family. Please add your vote and the details of your question (especially details) - the most votes and more details, more likely it is that adobe could solve the problem it is. (Adobe product designers generally do not participate in this forum here.)

  See this post for a partial workaround: Lightroom: Navigator displays wrong photo preview pane. Community customer Photoshop family

  Please continue any discussion in the bug report section, so that benefits everyone concerned (including Adobe).

• Cc Lightroom file definition

  What is the difference between these two files

  Previews.irdata catalogue Lightroom

  Lightroom Catalog smart previews.irdata

  I generate more intelligent previews. not exactly whats in previews.irdata but it is 35 GB

  The previews folder contains excerpts as Lightroom users when viewing the images in the library module. The previews smart folder contains larger previews that you can use to change when the main images are not available. If you use more intelligent insights you could remove safely from this folder. If you remove the previews folder, Lightroom will begin to build again as it depends on these glimpses in the library module. You can control the size of the little previews of the size you want to use, and how long to keep them. I do not use the library module that much. I so Lightroom generate smaller previews. And I choose of the deleted after 30 days.

• a few questions of the use of image previews

  Here are a few questions.

  1 Overview of the image created by "option of previews of 1:1, which is used in the module?

  2. If I create "1:1 previews and, 'Insights into Standard' is not created & used?

  3. If 'Standard previews' is generated and used, it will be used for any purpose?

  4. I know that Lightroom uses the Adobe RGB in the library module and the use of Melissa RGB in the develop module.

  then ' 1:1 previews are produced by two types?

  If it is not two kinds, color previews space is not specified, preview image is shown color space of image rendering applied in each module?

  Internal preview of Lightroom image handling is difficult for me.

  Previews are displayed in the library modules map, book, slideshow, print and Web with Adobe RGB

  Previews are shown to develop using Pro Photo RGB. 1:1 previews are used to zoom in with, for example in the development of control and sharpness.

  You can limit the size of the cache of previews, if you prefer.

  Reach:

  Edit > catalog settings > file manipulation

  You can choose to ignore the insights 1:1 for example, after 30 days, or never.

  In Ligtroom the working color spaces have been set by default. But you can choose a different color to export space. For example:

  sRGB for display on the web accessories or email

  AdobeRGB for some printers

  ProPhoto RGB for some equipment top of the range, but only with 16 bit images

  A specific profile for printing

  See this link for more information:

  https://helpx.Adobe.com/Lightroom/help/color-management.html