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litmyndp3118279
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April 4, 2018
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preview generation settings

  • April 4, 2018
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Hi

Can anyone tell me about "preview generation settings"

What does it do and should i check it in Preferences

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    litmyndp3118279Author
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    April 4, 2018

    Thank you for this. I'll give this a try

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    litmyndp3118279Author
    Participant
    April 4, 2018

    No, I had looked at this before. Just need to know what this does and whether I should check this. LR is very slow and I have to wait to see what I am doing when i make a change.

    Ian Lyons
    Community Expert
    Ian LyonsCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    April 4, 2018

    'Preview Generation Settings' is only available in Lr 7.0 and higher.

    When 'Preview Generation Settings' is set to On (checked) the application will use the latest parallel processing algorithms to speed up preview building during import or when building previews for multiple files. However, during Lr 7.0 development it was found that some older hardware performed better when parallel was Off (unchecked). The recommendation is that you leave it On unless you find preview building is faster with it Off.

    Akash Sharma
    Akash Sharma
    Legend
    April 4, 2018

    Hi litmyndp3118279,

    Could you please take a look at this discussion Preview generation performance in LightRoom | Photoshop Family Customer Community ​and let us know if that helps in explaining how the preview generation works in Lightroom?

    Thanks,

    Akash

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