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Lightroom 2018 CC - Import of photo extremely slow

  • November 4, 2017
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I've been using Lightroom for years, ever since this latest update of the Lightroom 2018 CC, importing photos has become painfully slow. I have not changed anything about my workflow, hardrives, settings, etc. It used to take 10 mins to import a 32GB card, now it takes over an hour or more for only around 60 photos... Is anyone else having this issue? I have not changed any settings for import. Please help Adobe.

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    Correct answer bhousto90

    I have the same slow import but is most apparent when there are over 50 photos. (under this amount everything seems normal)

    Imported 887 photos in LR CC2015.12 in 14 min vs 59min for LR Classic.

    Today, I tested an import of the same photos on my laptop running Win 10 that has a slower i7 processor but with more RAM than my desktop PC and it finished the import under 15min. So not sure what is going on with the desktop?

    Looks like too many processes are running in parallel and they all get blogged down until the files finish copying then things catch up, but still slower than what previous version of LR could accomplish on the same PC.

    I created a bug report on the feedback site a week ago:

    LR Classic Problem with previews during import for large volume/slower than LR CC2015.12 | Photoshop Family Customer Com…

    Add your vote/comments to this report.

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    jakeegbert
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    December 28, 2017

    I experienced the same thing on my PC laptop in late November 2017. It was so slow (approx. 4 seconds per photo) that I bought an iMac thinking it would give me relief from the abysmally slow import process. Nope! Even the iMac is terrible. As it imports the entire folder tree blinks after every single photo download (and this was the same thing that happened on the PC). At the bottom of the hard drive root directory a 'Lightroom' folder now appears briefly and then disappears with each and every photo downloaded. This is new with one of the most recent CC updates and I am convinced it is related to the increased import time. Anyone else noticed the blinking file tree with the new and much worse import process? What used to take a couple of minutes now takes a looong time. We're getting much less efficient work streams, and we need the opposite!

    oregonworld
    oregonworld
    Participant
    December 8, 2017

    I have the same problem.  Since Upgrading to LIghtroom Classic this program is almost not usable as a professional tool.  I bought a canon 5d mk iv and the imports take 5x - 10x longer than before.

    This is really a set back. 

    I sent adobe a bug report and heard nothing.

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      038098643Author
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      December 8, 2017

      Yep I am still having this problem too, it took 6 hours to upload one card with about 600 images. And still no word from Adobe I contacted them about a month ago. HUGE setback. Hopefully if enough people contact them they might listen. For such an expensive tool we all pay for monthly this is unacceptable.

      Sean Molin
      Sean Molin
      Participating Frequently
      November 5, 2017

      Same here. Abysmal import speed and it doesn't show more than a couple previews until the entire import is complete.

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        bhousto90Correct answer
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        November 5, 2017

        I have the same slow import but is most apparent when there are over 50 photos. (under this amount everything seems normal)

        Imported 887 photos in LR CC2015.12 in 14 min vs 59min for LR Classic.

        Today, I tested an import of the same photos on my laptop running Win 10 that has a slower i7 processor but with more RAM than my desktop PC and it finished the import under 15min. So not sure what is going on with the desktop?

        Looks like too many processes are running in parallel and they all get blogged down until the files finish copying then things catch up, but still slower than what previous version of LR could accomplish on the same PC.

        I created a bug report on the feedback site a week ago:

        LR Classic Problem with previews during import for large volume/slower than LR CC2015.12 | Photoshop Family Customer Com…

        Add your vote/comments to this report.

          adventure_photo
          adventure_photo
          Known Participant
          November 4, 2017

          Very slow for me too. Also having issues with the current import not showing thumbnails and files as it imports. Shows a few after a bit of time but requires all files to be imported before I can see most of the images. Seems to really slow everything else in lightroom too and there seems to be a delay in doing other things in LR until import is complete. I've been using LR since version 1 and never have seen this issue with importing before. It really becomes painful when importing many images from something like a time lapse sequence with thousands of images.

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            linasjustice
            Participant
            November 4, 2017

            Try checking the standard preview size in Catalog Settings, mine changed from 2048px to 3840px.
            Also when importing try a new feature - "Embedded and Sidecar previews"

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