P: LR4 is slow to move photos from one folder to another compared to LR3

Hi Ben,

Thanks for the information. Do I still have to close the Collections to have the files transfer at a reasonable speed or is that not necessary anymore?

Regards,

Lance

Ben, why is it not sufficient to just close the Collections panel for the filters to become inactive?

I consider the fact that one has to relaunch Lightroom to deactivate the smart collections to be a bug.

Please consider fixing this issue.

How well LR performs seems to vary for me. Sometimes it seems OKish (LR3.6, Win7), sometimes it is really slow. I've tried closing the Collections panel in the past as a way of speeding up LR but obviously expected to see an impact immediately.

I have all non-essential panels closed (i.e., navigator preview, histogram, film-strip when not needed, etc.). I hope that all the processes behind those panels are deactivated when the respective panel is closed (i.e., there should be no histogram calculations when no histogram is being shown).

I'm using a DELL E6520, Core i5 2.5 GHz, 4 GB Ram, nVidia video card, and adjusting images is anything but fluid. If I turn off the details and tone curve panels, performance increases significantly. However, I feel that this hardware should be sufficient to provide fluid image adjustments without switching off essential image adjustment panels.

N.B., I'm running LR on a secondary 1920x1200 screen. I used the nVidia control panel to configure the card to "optimize for single display performance" (or similar). Some suggested for older LR versions that it is even beneficial to uninstall the whole nVidia control panel. Not sure that this is still required.

FYI, I run no other programs in the background and have even tried to deactivate non-essential services, accessories, etc. I believe I've got better performance from LR in the past and wonder where it is gone. I'll try to do the "close & relaunch" for the Collection panel, but I'm pretty sure that won't fix my adjustment speed issues.

Hi Lance,

Our database engineer has been looking at your catalog, and believes that he has figured out the problem. You have a couple of smart collections that take a _very_ long time to run. The query that builds these collections runs every time file paths are changed, added, or removed. This is why moving photos between folders is so slow for you.

We are working on a real fix for this, and I'll keep you posted. In the meantime, as a short-term work-around, try this:

1. Close your Collections panel (click the header of the Collections panel to collapse it).
2. Quit Lightroom.
3. Relaunch Lightroom.
4. Do not open the Collections panel! As soon as you do, you're pretty much hosed until the next time you quit and relaunch.
5. Try your file move again.

My expectation is that it will still be slower than it should be (this is a separate, known issue that we are also working on) but it should be _way_ faster than what you're seeing now. Let me know how that works out.

Thanks,
Ben

Thanks Lance, I've emailed you privately.

-Ben

Ben,

I set up a shared folder in dropbox. I put the LR catalog file in it. I just need your email address so I can send you the link.

Ben,

I compressed the catalog file down to around 82mb. Please send me instructions how to get it to you. Thanks.

Ben,

I think that the file is about 800mb. I will be home in about an hour and can take care of that. Can you send me instructions how I should do this? If you need to send me something privately, you can send it to my email address (which I think you have). Thanks.

Hi Lance,

Would it be possible for me to get a copy of the Lightroom catalog from your iMac? I only need the catalog file, not the photos, and the catalog can be zipped to make it fairly small. Then you can upload it to Dropbox or YouSendIt and post a link here, or I can contact you privately with instructions on how to FTP it to me directly at Adobe.

Thanks,
Ben

Thanks Lance, I'll let you know when I have more info or if I need more info.

-Ben

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