How do I force Bridge to generate all thumbnails/previews when I load up a directory?

Question

This problem seems to come and go, even without changing versions, and it results in a lot of wasted time: I load up a directory of 1000 or so images and I start scrolling through them. Bridge pauses each time a new batch of images appears on screen.

So I scroll to the next batch. And wait. Then scroll. Then wait. Then scroll. Then wait. You get the idea...

Sometimes Bridge will generate all thumbnails/previews when I load up a directory but sometimes not. I can't figure out what causes it to do so.

I have Preview Generation set to "Always Generate". I have Preview Quality set to "Standard". I have tried "Embedded" and "Standard" preview size and there is no difference in behavior.

So how do I force Bridge to generate all thumbnails/previews every time I load up a directory? I'm happy to wait for it to finish but I can't figure out how to make it process more than a dozen or so images at a time.

Thanks

murdoc16 · Answer

Have you figured out a solution to this?

I've been having this issue as well. It only occurs. When I'm on the "Embedded" preview size. If I click on "Standard" or "Monitor Size" , it will generate the previews when the directory is loaded, however these processes take much longer than generating the Embedded preview, too long for my liking when I only just need to see the embedded jpg.

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