P: Capability to display embedded preview or sidecar Jpeg

[areohbee]

As it stands, there is no way to view the preview embedded in a raw file except by loading the raw file into an external app.

Many a folk has wanted to view, in Lightroom, the camera-generated preview, or preview as edited by camera manufacturer software, or even DNG preview as previously saved in Lightroom or Photoshop/ACR.

So, the 'Idea' is for some way to temporarily view the jpeg preview embedded in a proprietary raw or DNG file.

Embedded preview should be usable in before/after comparison, as well as side-by-side, as well as temporary loupe display.

Note: development resources to satisfy this request would be relatively small.

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[FeedbackCommunityMember]

I feel a good option would be to allow the embedded JPEG to be shown as the reference photo. The reference photo is a great addition and there should be some way to show the embedded JPEG as the reference photo in addition to any photo from the film strip.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

That's the obvious use case for the new Reference View. Spot on!

[loulou1234]

hallo,
in the past i used only capture nx2 which displays all jpg settings including d-lighting on nef files and was really lost when i started to play with lightroom 2 or 3. after LR4, things changed and a simple click on AUTO in basic settings and color profile makes much better results than NX2... so no need jpg anymore, except i shoot raw+jpg so my children can directly uploda to facebook without waiting for me for retouching. i am also fan of on1 photoraw and lightroom cc. so i think no need jpg preview anymore. it would help making grid view faster in LR catalog but with a loss of infos. new machines can display grid much faster now. on1 browse is amzing too ! hope it helps you because i was a fan of jpg preview and rob cole plugins but it is an old story now. ounce LR learnt no need jpg anymore
best regards
marc

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Hi all!
My computer is not the fastest in the world, so I got this idea to speed up Lightroom a bit. At import, or in the catalog preference (Whatever is best), I would like to have the option to use the jpeg embedded in the raw-file as a preview in library, and only have the 1:1 preview file being created once editing starts. A RAW-file that has not been edited will not have a preview file.
Is this a good or bad idea?