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Greg22281114o3iv
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October 2, 2024
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Single catalogue makes lightroom slow.

  • October 2, 2024
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Hello everyone, 

 

My lightroom has been super slow lately. I see each button loading and it takes a while to change from library to develop interfaces. 

 

Trying to use the mask effect is so laggy. It was just super slow. 

 

I read that sometimes the catalogue size can make the program slow so I made a new catalogue and now it seems to be working fine once again. 

 

My question however is on Adobe official page it says catalogues are optimized for hundreds of thousands of photos (I had about 30 000 photos in my catalogue).

 

So do large catalogues slow lightroom down or is there another issue I'm facing? 

Correct answer dj_paige

Please make sure you have installed the latest NVidia studio driver for this GPU. (Do not use the game drivers)

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dj_paige
dj_paige
Legend
October 2, 2024

There are plenty of causes of slow catalogs, and I would say that the size of the catalog is not in the Top 25. Try to figure out the cause of slowness rather than jumping to the conclusion that its the size of the catalog.

 

If masking is laggy, this has nothing to do with the catalog size. It is quite likely due to slow CPU and or GPU. Please provide the information at Help->System Info as text, down to and including the GPU information. We don't need and don't want anything after that.

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Greg22281114o3ivAuthor
Participating Frequently
October 4, 2024

Thanks, here is the info you requested :

Lightroom Classic version: 13.5.1 [ 202408271704-d15d09cd ]
License: Creative Cloud
Language setting: en
Operating system: Windows 11 - Business Edition
Version: 11.0.22631
Application architecture: x64
System architecture: x64
Logical processor count: 32
Processor speed: 3,4GHz
SqLite Version: 3.36.0
CPU Utilisation: 1,0%
Power Source: Plugged In
Built-in memory: 98222,1 MB
Dedicated GPU memory used by Lightroom: 1018,2MB / 24326,0MB (4%)
Real memory available to Lightroom: 98222,1 MB
Real memory used by Lightroom: 1999,5 MB (2,0%)
Virtual memory used by Lightroom: 13398,0 MB
GDI objects count: 1017
USER objects count: 3000
Process handles count: 4263
Memory cache size: 1694,8MB
Internal Camera Raw version: 16.5 [ 1954 ]
Maximum thread count used by Camera Raw: 5
Camera Raw SIMD optimization: SSE2,AVX,AVX2
Camera Raw virtual memory: 1264MB / 49111MB (2%)
Camera Raw real memory: 1175MB / 98222MB (1%)
 
Cache1: 
NT- RAM:0,0MB, VRAM:0,0MB, Combined:0,0MB
 
Cache2: 
m:1694,8MB, n:0,0MB
 
U-main: 124,0MB
 
System DPI setting: 96 DPI
Desktop composition enabled: Yes
Standard Preview Size: 2560 pixels
Displays: 1) 2560x1440, 2) 1920x1080, 3) 1366x768
Input types: Multitouch: No, Integrated touch: No, Integrated pen: Yes, External touch: No, External pen: Yes, Keyboard: No
 
Graphics Processor Info: 
DirectX: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 (32.0.15.6081)
Init State: GPU for Export supported by default
User Preference: Auto
Enable HDR in Library: OFF
 
Application folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Lightroom Classic
Library Path: G:\Lightroom\Lightroom Catalog-v13-4.lrcat
Settings Folder: C:\Users\Greg\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom
 
Installed Plugins: 
1) AdobeStock
2) Flickr
3) Nikon Tether Plugin
 
Config.lua flags: 
 
Adapter #1: Vendor : 10de
Device : 2204
Subsystem : 87af1043
Revision : a1
Video Memory : 24326
Adapter #2: Vendor : 1414
Device : 8c
Subsystem : 0
Revision : 0
Video Memory : 0
AudioDeviceIOBlockSize: 2048
AudioDeviceName: $$$/dvaaudiodevice/SystemDefaultAndEffectiveDeviceName=System Default - Speakers (Realtek(R) Audio)#{comment}DVAAU-4201250: Open the audio hardware preferences page.
AudioDeviceNumberOfChannels: 2
AudioDeviceSampleRate: 192000
Build: LR5x120
Direct2DEnabled: false
GL_ACCUM_ALPHA_BITS: 16
GL_ACCUM_BLUE_BITS: 16
GL_ACCUM_GREEN_BITS: 16
GL_ACCUM_RED_BITS: 16
GL_ALPHA_BITS: 0
GL_BLUE_BITS: 8
GL_DEPTH_BITS: 24
GL_GREEN_BITS: 8
GL_MAX_3D_TEXTURE_SIZE: 16384
GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE: 32768
GL_MAX_TEXTURE_UNITS: 4
GL_MAX_VIEWPORT_DIMS: 32768,32768
GL_RED_BITS: 8
GL_RENDERER: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090/PCIe/SSE2
GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION: 4.60 NVIDIA
GL_STENCIL_BITS: 8
GL_VENDOR: NVIDIA Corporation
GL_VERSION: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 560.81
GPUDeviceEnabled: false
OGLEnabled: true
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dj_paige
dj_paigeCorrect answer
Legend
October 4, 2024

Please make sure you have installed the latest NVidia studio driver for this GPU. (Do not use the game drivers)

    JohanElzenga
    Community Expert
    JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 2, 2024

    No, they don't as a rule. And a 30,000 images catalog is not large at all for Lightroom Classic standards. A large catalog is a few hundred thousand images. Some photographers have catalogs with a few million images.

     

    -- Johan W. Elzenga
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