In Compare Mode in Library, left photo always says "Embedded Preview"

[dj_paige]

Lightroom Classic 14.4, Windows 11

I select two photos in the grid, then press C to go to Compare mode. The left photo always incorrectly says "Embedded Preview". Example:

Note the barn photo says Embedded Preview. Now if I swap places and compare, note that the barn does not say Embedded Preview but the Pembroke sign photo now says Embedded Preview, and it did not say that a minute ago before I swapped places.

Resetting preferences did not change this behavior. I also followed instructions to remove embedded previews by using Library->Previews to create new standard and 1:1 previews, didn't help.

[Aleke]

Hi @dj_paige!
Thanks for flagging this! I tried testing it on my end, but I haven’t had any luck reproducing the issue—on my setup, the embedded preview label moves along with the photo as expected.

Does this happen with every photo for you? If you could share a quick video of your whole workflow along with your System Info, that would really help us investigate further.

Appreciate your help!
Alek

[Per Berntsen]

This happens to me too from time to time, not only with raw files, but also with tiff files.

Sometimes, Embedded preview will show for both images briefly, but disappears on the right image.

Swapping left and right image will fix it, and I can then swap again without Embedded preview appearing.

I use version 14.4, but I believe that it also happened on previous 14.x versions.

I'm on Windows 10.

[dj_paige]

It happens to me with JPG originals too.

[dj_paige]

And today the problem is gone.

[dj_paige]

And the next day, the problem returns!

[Per Berntsen]

There seems to be a pattern on my two computers – one running version  14.2 and the other 14.4.

The first Compare I do after launching LrC will display Embedded preview as described in my previous post.

If I carry out the procedure with swapping left/right twice, it doesn't happen again until I close and relaunch LrC.

[Jim Wilde]

On first launch of LrC, initiating Compare mode shows one of two slightly different states:

1. The Select image has the Embedded Preview bezel, but not the Candidate image. If I click on the Candidate image the Embedded Preview bezel disappears from the Select image and does not return until the next launch of LrC.

2. Using a different catalog, first use of Compare mode after a restart shows the Embedded Preview on BOTH images. Clicking on the Candidate image removes the Embedded Preview bezel from the Select image, then clicking back on the Select image removes the Embedded Preview bezel from the Candidate image. No return until next restart.

[wanderer]

I have also been struggling with this for a while (weeks?).  Clicking on the candidate image makes the Embedded Preview badge go away temporarily.

I read somewhere that LRC would not use the Embedded Preview if the image has been edited, but that is not true for me.

I do not have any confidence what I am actually looking at, even at 100%, is a correct representation. The problem is not just to make the Embedded Preview label go away, I want to be sure of what I am seeing.

[Jim Wilde]

AFAICT, the compare mode IS showing the correct state of the edited image. The confusion is the presence of the "Embedded Preview" bezel, but that to me is a simple bug and nothing to be overly concerned about.

[wanderer]

I believe you are probably right, but without insight into the internals of LRC, I am having to rely on hunch/trust/faith to know what I am seeing. I would greatly preferr to have a better feeling.