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December 23, 2024
Question

Does Spot Removal Really Fill Up PC RAM???

  • December 23, 2024
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Hello everyone.

OK, I use Spot Removal in Lightroom Desk Top  A LOT!!! What I do is I edit really, really old photos (from 1940s-1990s) that I have 're-photographed' with my Nikon Z8 in RAW so the 'new' photo is around 45MP. I Then edit them in 'Local' from a folder downloaded onto my PC desk top. As you can imagine some are really battered, even ripped, creased, torn, faded, scratched etc. I Am using an Apple Mac Studio M2 Ultra with 64GB of RAM & 2TB or storage (24 Core CPU, 60 Core GPU, 32 Core Neural Engine). I Specifically brought this set up two months ago for use with Lightroom only, nothing else. However something is going wrong. After several uses of the spot removal tool on a photo in which the spot is removed instantly it then starts to lag, just a millie second at first but after several minutes of use its taking 3 or 4 seconds for the spot removal to do its job and until then its impossible to move to go on to the next one, very, very frustrating!!! If I zoom in on the photo and work on it zoomed in the lag gets even worse. Sometimes I even get the dreaded Apple revolving beach ball. It has gotten to the point that its taking that long I've just given up and closed down the PC. I Am only using the PC for Lightroom, nothing else is open. 

 

My question is, does the spot removal tool really take up so much of my PC's memory thats its slowing it right down, just from using spot removal???? I Thought the Apple Mac Studio with the M2 Ultra chip (which has cost me almost £7,000 with the Apple monitor) would be able to handle ANYTHING around today with no problems whatsoever. If it cant handle a little spot removal on a photo I am going to be WELL annoyed after spending so much money. Anyone got any advice???

 

Thank you in advance...

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Sameer K
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Sameer KCommunity Manager
Community Manager
December 24, 2024

Hey, @Level42. Welcome to the Lightroom Community. I understand you're frustrated. 

 

The Spot Removal Tool and Local Corrections Brush are not designed for extensive corrections. For numerous localized edits, use a pixel-based editor such as Photoshop. For multiple adjustments, check your History panel, which has no limits until cleared. A lengthy history of corrections may slow down Lightroom Classic.

To clear the History panel, click the X on the right of the header.

 

You can follow other suggestions here under the 'Use optimal settings in Lightroom Classic' section: https://adobe.ly/404OaKd

 

Let me know how it goes. 

Thanks!

Sameer K

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Level42Author
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December 25, 2024

Hello there and thanks for the reply.

 

I Am using Lightroom, I'm not using Lightroom Classic. I Have watched the video in the link and I am getting nothing like the panel in the video. When I click the 'Performance' tab there is a black box which says...

 

''GPU

Use Graffics Processor AUTO (Off, Custom)

Metal: M2 Ultra. 

Your system automaticaly supports full acceleration''

 

Thats what I'm seeing in 'Performamce' however I have managed to clear the Cache and increce its limit as there is seperate 'Cache' tab.  I Can't see an 'Optimize' tab anywhere though?

Apple Mac Studio M2 Ultra 24‑core CPU, 60‑core GPU, 32‑core Neural Engine, 64GB, 2TB.
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