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Heirloom Bob
Heirloom Bob
Inspiring
January 4, 2021
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Photo previews not appearing

  • January 4, 2021
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Created a new catalog for the new year. Imported all my Facourites from my external drive, into this new catalog. The issue is many of the photos show solid grey. If I click on one of them, the histogram says calculating andit will eventually appear. The issue is this takes anywhere from a few seconds to several minutes, for the image to come up.And I have to do eacj image on it's own.

 

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Correct answer JohanElzenga

It has not. Instead I have to click on each image that is grey and/or three dots. After a few minutes, the image appears and I can go onto the next.


That's a bit odd. You can force it by selecting all images, and then choosing menu 'Library - Previews - Build Standard-sized Previews'.

 

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JohanElzenga
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JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
Community Expert
January 4, 2021

The three white dots mean that Lightroom is still busy building those previews. But why create a new catalog for the new year? That makes zero sense.

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga
    Heirloom Bob
    Heirloom BobAuthor
    Inspiring
    January 4, 2021

    Because my previous catalogue contains 544,000 images and Lightroom was becomg sluggish.

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