Why even bring them into Lightroom, not the case for most of us using Lightroom. That option is great if you’ve preselected your images and do not need to edit in the Develop module. When I started working in Lightroom, I had no clue what these options meant, and was always told to choose Minimal to save time importing the images into Lightroom.
Drop this panel down, and we have Build Previews as our first option. (I will come back to catalog management later in the article.) When you open the Import module, you’ll notice a panel called File Handling on the right-hand side. Let’s assume you work in a single master or main catalog for all the work you shoot this year. Let’s move on to some key choices to make when importing images into your main catalog. You should be working on fast drives while importing into Lightroom.
I don’t have a magical solution to shave time during memory card ingest other than to invest in at least USB 3.0/3.1 devices and for Mac users to save via Thunderbolt. It depends on your computer’s power, choice of port, hard-drive speed and ports, Internet speed for network and offsite drives, etc. Regardless of where you ingest your files, you should back up Raws to an external offsite source. Let’s jump right in to prepping your catalog with Previews. Managing your time in Lightroom means managing your workspace and multiplying your efficiency. Starting with your ducks in a row is essential to saving you seconds of load time per image, which adds up when you have thousands of images to go through. From Previews to Preferences, these simple settings can make all the difference, whether you are on a $500 or $5,000 machine. I will set you up with the right workflow to make this as painless as possible. As many of you know, culling in Lightroom can seem like the dumbest choice an editor can make. These are the lifeline for preparing your catalog to work in. Luckily, the import module has not changed, and it all starts with building Previews. Open our newly updated Lightroom Classic CC and get to work. Wait for everything to update, and we’re ready to go. In the pop-up box, click the arrow next to Advanced Options and uncheck the box next to Remove Old Versions.įor now, we will skip installing the new Lightroom CC app since I will be discussing this in a future article.
Install Lightroom CC or Update Lightroom Classic CC? Do not install Lightroom CC if you intend to keep older versions of Lightroom installed. The first thing I noticed was two versions of Lightroom listed in my Creative Cloud app. Lo and behold, I discovered multiple updates and a brand-new version of Lightroom just after I filed this story, so I had to go back in and add fresh content. My first instinct when Lightroom is acting up is to check my Adobe Creative Cloud app for an update.
Are you struggling with the same post-shoot stress? If so, this article will forever free up these worries and let you get to work-at the pace of your computer’s speed, of course. Lightroom can be a huge time suck: waiting for my memory cards to ingest, waiting for each Raw to load for culling, waiting for adjustments to render in the Develop module.
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