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Upgrade from Lightroom 5 to Lightroom Classic... was actually a major downgrade

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February 27, 2020
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Hello all,

I'm new to the forum, and sincerely apologize if I am posting about something that may have no place here. But I've recently had to "upgrade" from Lightroom 5 (a beloved program... its speed, efficiency, and overall performance was fantastic; I only begrudgingly changed to LR Classic when the LR5 export regularly began dropping files and would require constant restarts of my computer) and it has completely wrecked my workflow.

LR Classic is unbearably slow. Images seem to "preload" strangely, and when I try and preview certain images in the print option to check continuity of color across a variety of images shot on different cameras, they won't load properly over there either. The only time they seem to settle into me viewing an image high res is when I full screen the image. The removal of changing settings (ie, exposure) by specific increments on the sliders (it used to jump by .10 when I was set on a specific #) now to a random number means having to type the #'s in, also making things considerably slower. The application of previews that were my failsafes before, now make images look like garbage. It makes no sense. Editing used to be intuitive, and now it is purely a struggle. So many little things that may not bother most people, but makes it feel as though I was once a surgeon with a proper toolbox, who has since been handed random blunt objects and asked to do the same job just as fast. It's impossible.

I cannot go back to 5 with the export being as tempermental as it is, but LR Classic has sucked the will to edit clean out of me. And with thousands more images to process - and this is my SLOW season - I question what the future of editing with Adobe looks like. How is it that upgrading a program means a considerable downgrade in work speed/performance? It's a huge blow - to be spending a longer amount of time, only to be creating a much less pleasing edit.

If anyone has any Classic tips to fix some of these issues, please pass them along. Or, recommendations for programs entirely outside of Adobe's scope. I can't continue to conduct business this way.

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GoldingD

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3. Previews

see

https://digital-photography-school.com/6-types-lightroom-previews/

GoldingD

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2. Pause Face Detection, Pause Address Lookup

Both of these can slow Lightroom Classic down, as they can be very busy, even if not accomplishing much.

First screenshot in the following link shows where to find these two, oh, and a general sync to pause.

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic/make-face-detection-go-away/td-p/9964159?page=1

GoldingD

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1 An article, slightly dated on GPU acceleration

https://photographylife.com/gpu-acceleration-in-lightroom

If you have a display with a resolution less than 4K, sometimes having this on causes failures

If you do not have a 4K or beyond, this might not accomplish measurable improvements

dj_paige

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Let's start with specifics. Please state the exact version NUMBER of your Lightroom and your operating system. Go to Help->System Info and report the version NUMBER of Lightroom and the version NUMBER of your operating system shown there. (Do not copy and paste the entire Help->System info, we just need two pieces of information, not the whole thing).

I suspect you are not using Lightroom Classic at all. I suspect you are using the confusingly named software Lightroom, which is not Lightroom Classic, and which is cloud-based.

Otherwise, I have to say I'm pretty mystified by your comments.

LR Classic is unbearably slow.

What specific actions in Lightroom Classic are slow? Have you turned off the synchrozing with the cloud? Have you turned off the face detection?

Images seem to "preload" strangely

Define "strangely"

The removal of changing settings (ie, exposure) by specific increments on the sliders (it used to jump by .10 when I was set on a specific #) now to a random number

I am not experiencing this at all in my Lightroom Classic. I get a 0.1 increment in exposure when I press + or –.

Editing used to be intuitive, and now it is purely a struggle.

Editing in Version 5 and Lightroom Classic is the same; except that there are of course new sliders and other new features.

Candace KennedyAuthor

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Can't tell you how much I appreciate the response! Here goes:

I suspect you are not using Lightroom Classic at all. I suspect you are using the confusingly named software Lightroom, which is not Lightroom Classic, and which is cloud-based.

- I'm using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic (Lightroom Classic version: 9.2 [ 202001311240-2d026470 ]), and Operating system: Mac OS 10.

LR Classic is unbearably slow.

- Loading from image to image. Cloning (although I read on a forum that if you clone PRIOR to applying a preset, this is quicker. I've been doing my best to do this, but there's still circumstances where something has been spotted at the end of processing an image and the removal of it has quite the delay). Takes a long time for the brush to actually attach and for me to continue defringing, etc.

Images seem to "preload" strangely

- It's as though it's showing me a compressed, not full quality version of the image. When it finally "settles" after a number of seconds there still seems to be noise that is NOT visible in Lightroom 5. I toggle between the two since updating to check my work/see if I'm crazy or if its really happening and I can verify the old program does not have this issue.

The removal of changing settings (ie, exposure) by specific increments on the sliders (it used to jump by .10 when I was set on a specific #) now to a random number

Your answer: I am not experiencing this at all in my Lightroom Classic. I get a 0.1 increment in exposure when I press + or –.

- I edit with a tablet, and when I used to hold down and press and slide backwards/forward to adjust the exposure, it would stay in this increment. It does not do that any more, it just randomly settles.

Editing used to be intuitive, and now it is purely a struggle.

Editing in Version 5 and Lightroom Classic is the same; except that there are of course new sliders and other new features.

- I wish I could agree! But LR Classic constantly seems like its delayed and causing my computer to work incredibly hard, and I've never had this problem. The fans turn on bust for simple adjustments (brushing, cloning, loading) when again, LR5 did not cause these sort of actions. Again, when I head back over to LR5 just to see if I'm losing my mind or if the files I'm working on are truly that difficult, they are always far easier to process in the old version. The new program is easily doubling how long its taking me to edit, and at the end of my time on the computer, I'm still not at all happy with my work like before. But we're operating on two Canon 5DMarkIII's, with an upgrade to the IV soon - or, will wait for the new release, and I understand LR5 won't operate with those camera profiles at all.

I've chatted with other professionals in my area and they too have reported these issues. One has gone so far as to cancel their Adobe subscription and move onto Capture One. This is not something I want to do, but again, am so concerned about the excess amount of time it is taking me to process images and the difficulty associated with it.

dj_paige

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Depending on a number of factors, brushing and cloning can be very slow. If you have a monitor this is smaller than 4K, turn off the GPU acceleration. Preferences->Performance->Use Graphics Processor should be set to OFF. If you have a 4K or larger monitor, you might want to try that as well, but this will cause other things to slow down.

Also, make sure synchronizing with Lightroom, address lookup and face detection are Paused

Images loading slowly ... Are you referring to Library Module or Develop Module? If the Library Module, do you have 1:1 previews created? This is set in the Import dialog box.

Fans turning on — yes, Adobe changed algorithms to use more of the CPU, so many actions should be faster; but using more the CPU causes more heat, which causes fans to run.

I can't comment on problems using a tablet.

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